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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
The Little Eat Doctor.

He seemed so strange to me, every way
In manner, and ways, and size,
From the boy knew bat yesterday
could hardly believe my eyes,
To hear his name called over there
Ny memory thrilled with glee,
And leaped to picture him young and fair,
And fresh as he used to be.
But looking, as only glad eyes can,
For the boy knew of yore,
l smiled on portly little man
l had never seen before
Grave as a Judge, in comtliness-
Professor like and bland
A little fat doctor, and nothing less,
With his hat in his kimboed hand
But how we talked old times, and chaffed
Each other, with Minnie" and "Jim!''
And how the little fat doctor laughed
And how 1 laughed at himl
"Andit's pleasant, Tsaid though yearn to Sc
The face of the youth that was,
To know no boy could smile ON me
As the little fat doctor does!'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12

How near, and yet how far behind
Is yesterday,
That came with scented summer wind
And footstep gayi
How bright the sun shone on the hours
Which swiftly fed
How bloom d the paths with rarest how'rs
Where 'er we sped!
The waves rolled in upon the sand,
With faces white
/ held you warmly by the hand
We saw no night.
The restless breakers ever cried
With mournful voice,
While my full heart, deep satisfied,
Did but rejoice.
The salt air swept across the tide
q breathe it yet
Have you its mem'ry thrown asidel
Can you forgetD
My soul met yours and intertwined-
Twas heart to heart;
We walked adown path rose lined;
Why should we partl
To-day the world is dun and chill,
The sun low down;
No Aow'rs spring up my life to Gil
And dull hours crown.
The breakers hoarsely lash the beach
Ills but knel;
long for dreams passed out of reach
Farewell! farewell!
Mayhap there is another cline
Where we turn back
And visit scenes Of olden time
Upon life's track.
How light will seem the sorrows then,
The shadows gray,
If in that world find again
My yesterday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
The Honors to General Grant.


The great and exceptional honors paid to Gen
Grant in the House of Representatives attest
the deep regard iii which he is held bythe Amer.
lean people, without distinction of party Rep
resentatives of all parties and all sections
those whom he led to victory aud those to whom
he gave a generous hand in their defeat-ioined
in this spontaneous ana hearty demonstration Of
gratitude and respect for the great commander
Time does not diminish does familiarity stale
the public sense Of his illustrous services
General Grant, though in private life remains
the first citizen of the republic. There is no man
to dispute his place of pre-eminence.
Abraham Lincoln alone, even in the
heroic period was able to do q work rs
important and vital for the country as the
leader of our armies, and it is not within the
bounds of reason that any other American Of
time can match the proportions of his
transcendent service Neither the opportunity
nor the man will come. AS long as General
Grant lives he will stand as the foremost Ameri-
cana great, modest, sagacious man, who
whether in private station or in public councils
will possess the esteem of all the people and de
serve the respect Of all administrations.
The sentiment OF gratitude for Grants match
less services and the sense of his personal worth
and greatness are felt by none more than by
those who were unwilling to depart from the
traditions of the country respecting the presi-
Dental term. His grand career and immortal
work are the pride and the heritage Of all
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
General wallace and the Grand vizier.

Edward Kings Paris Letter.
The story of the suubbng which General
Wallace has received in Constantinople at the
hands of a beggarly Nizier should arouse Uncle
Sam to a sense Of his dignity. The Turk pre-
tends that a minister is not entitled to the same
courtesy as an ambassador and that conse
quently General Wallace has no right to com
plain because the NiZier refused to see him when
he came to press his claims for an immediate
settlement of the veXed petroleum business.
The time has come for the United States to
claim for its ENJOYS the same consideration that
ambassadors who represent the persons of their
sovereigns are entitled to, and it is TO be hoped
that some envoy from our country will some day
have the courage TO resent the mean spirited
precedence which gives him q lower seat at a
table than those accorded to the japanese Chi
nese or Roumaniau ENJOYS on the occasion of
dinners to which the diplomatic corps in foreign
capitals are invited will be willing to wager
that before General Wallace gets through with
the Grand Nizier he viii make that presumptuous
Oriental wish he had never rufied the feathers
Of the American eagle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
Nonsense JingIes.

Twas a strange young man of the dreamy times
When bards made money, and bankers rhymes;
And drones made honey and bees made naught;
And the bad sung hymns and the good folk fought;
And the merchants lurked in the shade all day
And pitched horse-shoes in hstless way:
When the ticket-man at the depot knew
If your trunk would go if you checked it through,
And if 230 meant half-past two,
And what in-the-name- the land to do
If a man got left when he oughtnt to-
When the hackman wept as he took your fare,
And the street-car-driver led in prayer
And the lsuss with the dyed mustaehe was there
That rode in town Jumper" sled
And got whipped twice for the things he said
To fellows that told him his hair was red.
And the strange young man of which and whom
Our pencil offers to deign presume
TO treat of now, in the days like these
When young men dress as they please to please;
Went round I'M coat of pale pinlt-blue,
And a snow-white vest Of a crimson hue,
And trousers purple. and CATERS gray
All cut as the French or the Dutch would say
J4amacht NIGHTS aus, oderdecollete-
Strange not only in dress, but in
The dimples he wore in cheek and chin
All nailed over with scraps of tin
And his Grape cravat, and the shape of that,
And the ear-tab over his diamond PIN
And his friends all wondered and used to say
What a strange young man! All me- Hooray,
How sad he seems in his wild delight!
And how tickled indeed when he weeps outright
What a comcal man when he writhes in pain,
And how grieved he grows when he's glad again!'
And, marveling still to remark new facts,
They said, How slender and slim he acts!
And isn't it odd for a man to wear
A thumb-stall over his nose, and pare
His fngernails with a carving knife,
And talk of prunes to the landlords wife!
1t is patent to us-and, indeed no doubt,
Though as safely sealed oyster can,
Our interest in him must needs leak out
Nsmely-tlat he is strange young man."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12

NNII.
Presidential aspirant walking the floor and
swinging his arms aboutl-'I am not a candi.
date, not candate, no candate"-
His wife-"Merey me- John! have you lost
your senses! What are you mutterng aboutr
Nothing, nothing at all, my dear; only re-
hearsing.'
"Rehearsing for whatl'
''You know how hard have been working to
get delegates!"
YES"
well have succeeded in getting large
number pledged, and have just sent for re
porter to come and interview me-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
None There Now.

" an hITttI DHIIY NtWs.
He was Cincinnati reporter, down South to
feel the political pulse of the people When he
reached Birmingham, Ala, he asked police
man for the whereabouts of free-trader who
would be apt to pan out on an interview The
officer walked him about half mile and turned
him over to second and the second passed him
to a third The third was walking him to the
city limits, when the reporter inqured
Does he live far from here!7
"Livel Why, the man is dead7
dead"
Certainly. thought you wanted TO see the
tree on which he hung himself He got so lone
some here that he even spoiled a good harness to
get rope to choke himself with"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12

Old man Sam Kalleton was doubtless one of
the most ardent legislators known to the history
of Arkansaw Every bill introduced by we'll
dressed man he looked on with suspicion, and
never failed to suggest an amendment One
morning after nights carousal, he entered the
legislative hall just as the chaplain was asking
divine aid The old man took Il chew of tobacco
and listened attentively until the chaplain
closed his petition with effective recitation of
the Lords prayer.
Mr.. Speaker" said the old man, arising, ST
move to strike out the words daily bread and
insert as much bread as may be found necessary
for twenty day We have already done enough
for the flood sufferers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
The Newspaper Interview.


We had occasion some time ago to say con
siderable about the modern practice of inter
viewing. A Boston paper gives the following
definition, which agrees perfectly with our OBJ
servation and descriptions
An interview is modern invention good
nature9dy adopted by newspapers to enable pub
lie men to put their ideas before the people with
Cat assuming the responsibility for them, and in
a form to be repudiated as the inaccurate work
Of the reporter in case the views do not take
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
A ROundel.

She was a beauty in the days
When Madison was President;
And quite coquettish in her ways
On conquests Of the heart intent.
Grandpapa, on his right knee bent,
Wooed her in stiff, old-fashioned praise
She was beauty in the days
When Madison was President.
And when your roses where hers went
Shall go, my Rose, who date from Hayes,
l hope you'll wear her sweet content
OF whom tradition lightly says
She was beauty in the days
When Madison was President.
fl. @. Buuner,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
Facts About Mean Temperature.

Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Inquirer would like to know what mean
temperature is. If Inquirer is a perfectly
broken-in married man, he can find out for him
self Let him put thermometer to the soles of
his feet after returning from his regular trip
down stairs to light the early \. NJ. kitchen fire
The mercury will show the very meanest tenn
perature in existence
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
poEMs-BY JAMES wH1TcOnB RILEY.


MY EFienus
"He is my friend, " l said,-
"Be PATIENT" Overhead
The skies were drear and dim;
And To- the thought Of him
Smiled on my heart-and then
The sun shone out again!
He is my friend" the words
Brought summer and the birds;
And all my winter time
Thawed into running rhyme
And rippled into song,
Warm, tender, brave and strong.
And so it sings to-day.
So may it sing Away
Though waving grasses grow
Between, and lilies blow
Their trills of perfume, clear
As laughter to the ear,
Let each mute measure end
With Still he is thy friend..'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
Her Gracious Graceness.
Texas Siftings.


He was quite late arriving at a soiree given BY
a prominent belle and he Immediately sought
her presence to apologize, and said
II beg a thousand pardons for coming so late ;"
''My dear sir rephedsthe lady graciousy
mo pardons are needed. You can never come
tno lntc.n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
The Cincinnati Haven of Refuge.


First Cincinnatian-''W What a fearful riot that
was. l lost several dear friends in it, Second
Cincinnatian-"Were you hurt yOurselfr Yes;
l was wounded while standing on my own door
step but only slightly. We're you'll hurt" "Oh
not at ALL | was in a safe place while the riot
ing was going on Where were your In
iailn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
Dawn.

Days fondest moments are at dawn.
Refreshed by his long sleep, the Light
Kisses the languid lips of Night
Ere she can rise and hasten on
All glowing from his dreamless rest
He holds her closely to his breast,
And sees her dusky eyes grow dim
TIL, 10! she dies for love Of him
Ella Wheeler.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
Southern Affection for Faro.

Speaking of faro and other wicked games, a
Virginian after remarking that in the better
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-06
Value of Manners.

We have heard it sal 1 that you can
do everything, however unpleasant it
may be to those around you, if you only
do it in the right way; and the instance
given to prove this assertion is taken
from humble life. A cat walks daintily
into room ON cold winters day, and
with a benign glance at the company
and melodious purring sound she
walks leisurely around, selects for her.
self the warmest place in the room, per-
haps the only warm place, right in front
of the CRATE, curls herself up and goes
serenely to sleep, secure that no one
will be so unreasonable as to question
her right to sleep wherever inclination
prompts her. No one calls her selfish,
no one is annoyed, because she has
done it so prettily, so gracefully. In
deed, every one experiences an excess
of warmth and comfort in themselves
from beholding pussy's blissful repose.
Now, imagine the same thing done in
different way and by less self-posses-
sed individual-if it were done hurried
ly, or noisily, or ditfidently even, or in
any way obtrusively, what storm of
indignation it would excite in the bo-
som of all beholders! How thought
less, how inconsiderate, how selfish!
No, it must be done as the cat does it,
without sound or gesture to provoke
or it must not be done at all.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-06
Where We Got the "Cue."

The game of billiards was invented
about the middle of the sixteenth cen
fury by London pawnbroker named
VIM. Kew. In wet weather this pawn
broker was in the habit of taking down
the three balls, and with the yard mea-
sure pushing them, billiard fashion,
from the counter into the stalls. In
time the idea of board with side
pockets suggested itself A black-let-
ter manuscript says: master William
Kew did make one board whereby a
game is played with three balls, and
all the young men were greatly recre-
ated thereat, chiefly the young clergy
men from St. Pawles; hence one of ye
strokes was named cannon, having
been by one of We said clergymen in
vented. The game is now known by the
name of 'bil1-yard,' because William,
or Bill, Kew did first play with a yard
measure. The stick is now called
kew or 'kue.'" 1t is easy to under
stand how "bill-yard" has been mod
ernized into "billiard," the transform
alton of "kew' or "kue" into ''cue" is
equally apparent
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-06

| sidered void and of no force in cOurtp
Why does an alarm clock make the
most noise when you want to sleep?
Why does mans own dog always get
licked in fight? Why is it that your
2:30 horse can never trot inside of 3
when anybody else is along? Can you
rely upon the parsons word in horse
trade? And if so, why not? Why is it
right to steal from the government?
Why is the farmer more honest than
the city man? And if so, how manyp
Why does the spring chicken live long
er than the ostrich? Why does the
man with the fewest troubles make the
most fuss about them? Why is man
so much better than his neighborsP
How is it that the country gets along
just as well when congress isn't in ses-
sion? Why does the man with smallest
''local?" Why does an ugly man have
such profound contempt for beauty?
Why does a man hate soap? Do the
best men in America rule the countryp
Is the president always the best and
wisest man in all the landP Does the
Judge really and truly know more than
any of the lawyers who practice in his
court? Is the member of congress hon
estly and truly the most intelligent and
ablest man in the district? Are the
members of the school board men of
educationP Consider these things, my
son. 1t will do you good to think over
them, even though you may never
solve the easiest conundrum in the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-06
ROUGH GALLANTRY.


The Miner and the CO'cbOy's Respect for the
GenHer Ser.
New York Mat.
In the early days of California the
men who gathered in the mining
camps in the gulches or among the
mountains seldom saw woman's face.
they grew careless of their own APP
pearance; left hair as well as beard to
grow-hair which never saw brush
or comb-till they came to look like
wild men of the woods; yet beneath
the unkempt locks, and beneath the
shaggy breast and tattered garments,
there lay in the heart of every man a
memory of some farm house far away,
and of mother or sister for whose
dear sake he reverenced the very form
of woman as sacred. Her approach
commanded every token of respect.
Said one who had lived much among
the miners: ''If they were driving a
team on dusty road, and met wo-
man riding the other way, they would
turn to the right or left to give her the
side of the road where the dust would
not blow upon her. And if perchance
at long intervals there appeared in the
camp the face of woman, every
mothers son of them stood one side on
the mountain trail to let her pass, and
pulled off his miners cap, and not
seldom the tears stole into his eyes at
thought of the old.folks at home; of the
mother who sat in the chimney-corner,
and who, as the winds blew and the
rains fell, peered out into the darkness
and sighed as she asked, ''Where is my
wandering boy tonight" 1t would
not have been safe for any one to whis-
per disrespectful word as that face
passed by. If some vulgar fellow ven
tured coarse remark. the eyes of
others flashed, but they bit their lips
and were silent till the woman was out
of sight, and then, said our informant,
"that fellow had got to take lick
ing!" 1t seemed as if every miner felt
that his own mother or sister was in
suited by sheer at one of her sex, and
they answered the insult with heavy
blows till the coward was kicked and
cuffed out of camp.
When | hear such stories as this, my
heart relcnts towards class of which
had judged hastily and unjustly.
And for the same reason that l would
stand up for the miners, would say
good word for the cowboys. We need
not be frightened by name. They are
not worse than other men. Why should
they be? They pursue an ancient and
honorable occupation, one held in es-
TEEN among every rural and pastoral
people since the time of Abraham. The
sons of Jacob themselves, as well as the
men who attended their fathers focks
and herds, were cowboys.
In our new states and territories the
influences of civilization will
work great changes in the character of
the population. The time will soften
their roughness and give them more
polished manners; but it is to be hoped
that it will not abate their courage or
heir chivalry; for these are elements
If a noble manhood, and may in the
future contribute to form the mighty
people that are to constitute and gov
srn Qua western and southern common
wealths.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-06
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The heart of a Greenland whale is
| three feet in diameter.
The comb of the bee is hung verti-
cally; that of the wasp is horizontal.
The skeleton of the carrion crow
weighs, when dry, only twenty-three
grains,
The human skull contains fewer
bones than the skull of most animals
excepting birds.
The crocodile is said to swallow
stones sometimes, like birds, to aid the
gastric mill.
The amount of coal shipped from
Wales to foreign and British ports re-
Gently in one week was 278,37S tons.
The large, prominent eyes of the bril-
liant dragon flies or devils darning-
needles are each furnished with $4,000
polished lenses.
Pigeons have double crop. In the
crop of the common fowl vegetable food
is detained sixteen hours, or twice as
long as animal food.
The intestines measure $50 feet in
length in full-grown OK, while they
tIO UuU bHICC bliC lCuS I'll VI buC
body in the lion and six times in man.
1t is difficult to drown an insect, as
the water cannot enter the pores of the
skin; but if drop of oil be applied to
the abdomen it falls dead at once, be-
ing suffocated.
The number of flowers produced by
the palm is astonishing, no less than
$4,000 having been counted in a spathe
of the date, and POI, 900 in one of a
species of Alfonsia.
Continued observations made since
the year 1875 at the Meudon Observa-
tory have confirmed the conclusion
that the rings of Saturn are extreme
" variable, and do not retain fixed
form.
Solutions of choral should be kept
in dark glass bottles. Sunlight de-
composes it into chloroform. The
change is not easily perceived, and has
caused number of accidents in the
past five years.
An ordinary spiders thread, just Wis
IDLE to the naked eye, is the union of
1000 or more fine and delicate threads
of silk. These primary threads are
drawn out and united by the hind legs
of the spider.
Professor F. A. Forel, of Morges, who
has for many years recorded his OBJ
servations on the Mer de Glace, re-
ports that the glaciers of Mont Blanc
are advancing again, after long pc
riod of decrease.
An electric horse chronometer has
been invented. The movement is con-
trolled by current opened and closed
by the breaking of an almost microsco-
pic copper wire stretched across the
track. 1t is said to record to the 1900
of a second.
Jurubeba, drug that is quite popu-
lar in Brazil, has been recently intro
duced into the United States. 1t be-
longs to the Solanum or tomato family,
and is said to possess all the virtues
and none of the vices of mercury. DR..
of Rio de Janeiro, and DR..
De Champs, of Paris, call it "the vege-
table mercury
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-06

ton that may become vacant; when
there is pension fund adequate to the
comfortable support of its worn-out
clerks; when it has board of direc
tors who are not content to be mere
figure-heads, but who understand their
business and remember their qualifica-
ton oaths-directors who count the
cash frequently and without notice to
anybody; who insist that everybody
employed in the bank shall take va
cation of at least two weeks every year,
at which time another shall do his work.
and who believe in this dogma, that
''nothing is good enough that can be
made better"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-06
President Washington's Accounts.


A copy of George Washington's sun
dries account during his eight years as
president, from 1889 to 1896, has just
been brought to light by Mr.. H. NJ
Zimmerman, of No. 40 Ninth street
northwest. Among other curious items
in the account, which are written in
Washington's own handwriting, are:
1.-TWO dogs, weight So pounds, from
Farmer Basset, to guard the presi-
dents house," '13 patent lamps to
illuminate the presidents PREMISES
''damask curtains for the state dining
room" "a massive desk for the presi-
dents Office, f121 10s." Besides
these items the account includes vari-
Gus amounts loaned by President
Washington to different parties, be-
sides amounts paid for at least 100
looking glasses and French mirrors. A
Franklin stove' for Mrs. Martha
Washington's room cost "a and a
French painting for the main parlor
cost ELS.