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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-16
Idle Words.
q idla Uordsi


o idle words!
Why will We never die.
But float forever in the sky,
Dimming the stars that shine in memory,
Destroying hope and causing love from earth to fee
Il-omened birds
0 idle words
Preying upon the heart
Leaving with wounds deathly smart;
Expiring breath that taints the very air,
Will We forever leave your victims to despairl
nlomened birds.
o idle words!
How many are the tears
That We have caused to flow; the fears
Ye have begot and made to mountains grow,
Crushing the innocent beneath weight of woe,
nl-omened birds.
o idle words!
Your fight is ever on,
In heaven darkening the sun;
BY weary journeyings without delay,
To wend your dreary way unto the judgment day,
ulomened birds.
Every Other Saturday.
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A Natural Error.

New York Graphic.
Il suppose you wouldn't drink eitherYs asked
the red-nosed man of the man with long face.
No, sir; wouldn't"
''Or smoker
.No, sir certainly not"
Cor swear2p
Sir, you insult me
you're daisy, old man, and you're working
it first rate I'm all right; you needn't be afraid
of me giving you away. When do you make
your first speechln
Sir, what do you meanT returned the sol
emn man with amazement.
why, amt you a--P
sI'm preacher Of the Gospel. sir.
iGosh Excu-u-use me. ] thought you were
an independent
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THE DAYS HUMOR.

I kissed her hand and sped away,
With winged feet that dare not stay
Where honeyed lips a pitfall made
For stern Decorum, primly staid,
And cruel Cupids ambushed lay.
Oft wondered shall dream and say:
Might have kissed her lips that day
When tempted ssre-yet half afraid
kissed her hand!'
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MANY who long suffered from indescribable
feelings Of distress, lame back, aching Joints.
sores, swellings, weakness of the urinary and di-
gestive organs, unnatural feelings Of WEAKNESS,
headache nervousness, despondency, sleepless-
ness, disturbing dreams, partial insanity, etc..
after doctoring liver, kidneys, nerves and brain
being nearly frightened to death by their alarm
ing advertisements, quietly began using DR..
Guysotts Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla and
were agreeably surprised to quickly and them
selves restored to perfect health.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-16
The shy Little GIRL

saw maiden on the train
Beneath her fathers watchful eye;
Her lashes droop'd in bashful glance
Demure was she, and very shy.
Her coyness every charm enhanced,
Such eyes, such hair such teeth of pearl;
sat adoring and entranced,
Done to death by the shy little girl.
saw maiden on the beach.
Papa was DOING far away;
Beneath parasol she sat,
And by her side lover lay;
Her timid waist his arm enclasped;
His fingers toyed each bashful curl;
Wildly gazed and madly gasped-
Heavensl twas she; the shy little girl!
Z. O..
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Lovely Time.
pbiladelphia Call.

Miss Ayes have just returned from Canada.
had lovely time. Met everybody in the best
society.
Miss B.--You like the Canadians, theni
Miss A-Oh did not associate with Cana
dians but Americans The American society
there is just splendid / had such lovely rides
Finks, the ex -fLancier, and nearly fell in love
with Mr.. Pinks, the handsome young einbezzler,
and just wish you could have seen Mr.. Binks,
the eminent defaulter, lead the german He is
just too sweet for anything
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He Gave It Up.
New York Life

George, DEAR" cried Eveline, tsdo you sup
pose heaven is as nice place as people say it
isq well, really, Eveline, as have never been
there. cannot say but from what hear
the society is very select Everything is bright
and golden there, isn't it Georgel' Yes,
darling; the streets are paved with solid gold
blocks; golden bricks make the houses, and only
specie payments are allowed WELL then,
George, archly said the maiden, as she nestled
closely to her lover. if everything is so golden,
why don't the guilty get inr But the answer
came not. He had gone to be cowboy.
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Ratification Meeting.

Newman Independent.
''Well, said Smith, at the conclusion Of an
argument, every dog has his day.
Select your day, then, said Brown
''Oh, pshaw! But that reminds me that yes
terday was my birthday"
How did you celebrate it,"
pretty we'll took that terrier to an old pit
in the southern part of the town, and he killed
forty-tw rats in fourteen minutes"
'Humph Celebrated your birthday did you9
l should say that your dog ratified it,"
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The ,JarphIys.,.
Pittsburg Chronicle

Pittsburg Chronicle
''Pah, are you waiting to hear from any one2"
asked young Johnnie Sharply.
Il do not know that exactly comprehend you,
my son" replied Mr.. Jarphly with some caution.
well, you amt been forgotten, have youl"
"Forgotten2 These questions are certainly
very strange. answered the elder Jarphly sus-
piciously. why do you askP
t'Why heard nah say this morning that the
Lord only knows what you are good for, and he
won't tell, and-Ouch! Oh! Boob, hooh, hoohlH
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-16

IT is fact which can be proven by single
trial that the flavor given to cakes, puddings
creams and sauces by DR.. Prices Special Flavor
3ng Extracts is as natural as the fruit from
(which they are made. DR.. Prices for creams
cakes, ETC.. are as much unlike, in delicate flavor
land strength, the cheap extracts as can possibly
be imagined.
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Sunrise.


The low-browed night, with all her train,
Retires into the west;
Her dark attendants fold their wings,
And vanish to their rest
The slightest tinge of mellow light
Steals thro' the woodlands crest.
The cool, fresh air from out the east,
Breathes thro' the trembling leaves
And seems to bring ten thousand rays
Of light, like golden sheayes,
And thread them thro' each fairy loom
Where'er a spirit weaves.
For every leaf that clothes the tree,
Each blade of waving corn,
The breeze that Ger the clover comes,
The very light of morn,
Seem all instinct, as if soul
Into each one were born.
But yonder, where the eastern sky
Down Ger the valley bends,
Where, hidden half by grasses tall
The laughing brooklet wends,
A scene bursts on our raptured sight
That all things else transcends,
That cloud, all wreathed in shinh
No brush, nor poets pen
Can trace upon the whitened shee
For other eyes-but then,
We all may see, and in our souls
BIHHP Produce the scene again.
Those glowing clouds that hem the vale
Where floats the morning mist,
Are but the outer battlements
OF Heaven, climbed and kissed
By spirits rising from the earth,
Beyond them to exist
And if we could but look beyond
Across that shining wall,
Our eyes would see what mortal eyes
Should never see at all,
The glories of that other land
Whose light doth DER US fall,
Edmond B. Truebloo
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20 Gentle shade Of Quiet woods!"

30 Gentle Shade of Quiet WOOds!'
o, gentle shade of quiet woods,
Where nature in profusion CLOVIS,
I love the sacred void that throws
Sweet music DER thy solitudesl
Within thine arms the weary heart
Is hidden from the tolls of men;
And pleasure makes ambition start
Into nobler life again.
Among the fragrant shadows throng,
With all the riches of their truth,
Glad echoes from the days Of youth
And mingle into laughing song;
While angel fng ers touch the keys
Which slumber in the silent breast,
Till MEM y wakes her lullabies
And chiidhood's fancies rock to rest.
Again the hours Of early joy
Upon the aged years intrude
And rise amid the summer wood
The golden dreamings of the boy;
The strain of life again is new
With notes of gladness over-wild,
While visions of success imbue
The snowy bosom of the child.
Enchanted choirs of baby years.
Sweet dirges from the cradles keys,
The richness of your harmonies
Impels my secret soul to tears
The roses of my fancies fade
Into the dust of wicked strife,
And all the promise boyhood made
Has proved the desert of my life.
o, fragrant woods Of happy times,
Fair children of the glowing days,
How sweet the music of your lays
Is mingled into fairy chimesl
Ye lisp again the songs of yore,
The stories of my infant years,
And throw sweeter cadence Ger
My hoary sorrows and my tears.
ILLsBoRo. Ind. Freeman e. Mile
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woes Of the French Girls.

Ouida's Moralizings.
1t is hard for a girl of noble blood and no
dowry to end otherwise in France than in con-
vent The men who ought to marry her--her
equals-will marry instead some Americans
with dollars whose fathers were stokers or
pork butchers.
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A Slight Mistake.

New York Graphic.
Gimlet-By the way, was mistaken about
Oleson.
Auger-In what particular?
Gimlet-You recollect said he was Sweden
borgian.
Auger-Yes.
Gimlet-Well, he's Norwegian.
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DOM Piatt of HIac-o-chee.

/.
Dom Piatt-of Mac-o-chee,-
Not the one Of History,
Who, with flaming tongue and pen
Seathes the vanities of men;
Not the one whose biting wit
Cuts pretense, and etches it
On the brazen brow that dares
Fitch the laurel that it wears;
Not the Dom Piatt whose praise
Echoes in the noisy ways
OF the faction, onward led
By the statesman;-but instead,
Give the simple man to me-
Dom Piatt of Mac-o-chee!
Dom Piatt of Mac -o,cheel
Branchesof the old oak tree,
Drape him royalty in fine
Purple shade and golden shine!
Emerald plush Of slopiug lawn,
Be the throne he sits upon!
And 0 summer sunset thou
Be his crown, and gid a brow
Softly smoothed and soothed and claimed
By the breezes, mellow-palmed
As Erata's white hand agleam
On the forehead of dream
So forever rule Ter me,
Dom Piatt of Mac-o chez!
III.
Dom Piatt of Mac-o-chee,
Through a lilied memory
Plays the hayward little creek
Round thy home at hide and-sesk;
And see and hear IT, still
Romping round the wooded hill
Till its laugh-and- babblc blends
With the silence while it sends
Chances back to kiss the sight,
In its babyish delight,
Ere it strays amid the gloom
OF the glens that burst in bloom
OF the rarest rhyme for thee,
Dom Piatt of Mac-o-chee!
".
Dom Piatt Of Mac-o-cheei
What darling destiny
Has been mine-to meet him there
Lolling in an easy chair
On the terrace, while he told
"reminiscences of old
Letting my cigar die out,
Hearing poems talked about;
And entranced to hear him say
Gentle things of Thackeray,
Dickens, Hawthorne, and the rest,
Known to him as host and guest
Known to him as he to me-
Dom Piatt of Mac-o-chee!
james Whitcomb Riley.
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"Silence Is Golden. !"

Aunt-sHas any one been at these preservesfn
Dead silence around the table
Aunt-"Have you touched them, JemmyW
Jemmy-"Pa never lows me TO talk at din
1er -
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THAT tired feeling from which you suffer SO
much, particularly in the morning, Is entirely
thrown off by Hoods sarsaparilla
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-21
Cable Notes.

L. A. Englehardt, merchant of London, Eng
land, has failed for $270,000
It is reported from Tangiers that French
comedy company travelling through Algiers, has
been massacred by Arabs, near the Moroccan
frontier.
A Russian military train on the Baku rail-
road was attacked by Persian robbers. yesterday
the Cossack guards killed, and the commander
wounded.
Prime Minister Ferry has explained to the
Cabinet the condition of the negotiations between
France and China He said it appeared certain
that China would shortly satisfy France as to the
indemnity demanded
The Anarchist Hammer, in prison at Vienna,
has confessed to numbering banker Lienhart
sentinel Adels, at Strasburg and banker Eisert
at Stuttgart He declares that Schumacher and
other Anarchists assisted him.
Advices from Mozambique state that Leuten-
ant Schufeldt, of the American navy, after visit
ing the Queen of Madagascar, and obtaining val
liable information, has reached the west coast of
the island He was escorted by several hundred
men.
Lombardy and Tuscany are at present
scourged by the terrible skin malady called the
tpellagra,n which in most cases destroys the
mind, while the body slowly collapses. The
number Of deaths has stirred up the government
to offer handsome premiums to any scientists
who shall successfully combat the disease
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| in the United States primarily for the purpose
of stirring up strife in CsIha am ab1e to 1y;1-a
you a very interesting bit of news regarding the
matter, which reflects great credit on the
shrewdness of one of your New York lawyers
Mr.. Sidney Webster who is counsel for the
Spanish government, is now in Europe, osten-
sibly for his health, but really to look after the
interests Of his client. When the Spanish
American commission in Washington came
to deadlock on the question of
citizenship of course negotiations were
opened between the two governments
Spain maintained her right to go behind the nat
pralization papers. The United States stood
Armly for the contrary. No progress was made
i the negotiation. Mr.. Webster came to the
rescue He was trusted implicitly by the Span
9h foreign Office. The Spanish minister at
| Washington was instructed to follow the direc-
tions OF Mr. Webster. That clever and expert
enced lawyer drafted an article for the proposed
treaty on the subject of citizenship. He also
instructed the Spanish minister to adhere, in all
his conferences with Secretary Frelinghuysen,
to certain set of phrases. He had an apt pupil
MI. Frelinghuysen accepted Mr.. Webster's pro
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sPANIsH CONTROL or CUBA.

Chance for Its Transfer to the United
states-A Minister Fosters Negotiations.
Madrid Letter.
Minister Foster, who reached here some time
ago, returns with full instructions to complete
the negotiation Of a commercial treaty between
Spain and the United States, and also one
which will provide for the adjustment Of the
claims of the citizens of the respective coun-
tries. There are very great obstacles in the way
OF the successful negotiation of the commercial
treaty Those which presented themselves
prior to Mr. Fosters visit to the United States
have practically been removed. The United
States will have substantial advantages if she is
contcnt with what is offered. But the trouble
is that Mr.. Foster is instructed to insist upon
claims treaty, which will provided for the settle
ment Of the claims Of citizens of the United
States growing out Of the action Of the Spanish
government in Cuba. AS these claims amount
to many millions, the Spanish government is
naturally anxious to postpone as long as posi-
bic the day Of settlement
The Spanish treasury is not in healthy con-
ditlon. The prospect of its Improvement is not
hattering The government does not feel Sc
cure Disaffection is widespread, and the peo-
pie will not stand additional burdens. Cuba, SO
long source Of revenue to Spain, s now seri-
Gus charge Very naturally the government
does not want to be mulcted in many millions Of
damages and put these millions in the pockets of
Cubans, who, as it is claimed, sought an asylum
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ent, the plan agreed upon. I have, therefore,
revoked the appointment of Inspector McNally,
and any others designated as inspectors.
Acting on this information, Secretary Folger
to-day issued instructions to collectors of Gus
toms and other persons interested to prevent,
until further orders. the unloading of rags from
foreign infected ports, and rags which are sus-
pected, on good grounds, of being infected, com
ing from any foreign port
The Surgeon general of the marine hospital
service has telegraphed the health authorities at
New Orleans that the Secretary of the Treasury
has directed vessels of the revenue marine serv-
ice to patrol the coasts of the United States,
including the gulf coast as a precautionary
measure against cholera.
1t is expected that the President will issue an
executive order calling attention to the necessi-
ty for more stringent precautions against the in
PRODUCTION of cholera, and urging the greatest
vigilance on the part of agents of the govern
ment, both at home and abroad Quarantine
will probably be established against Canada and
also against Mexico, in which latter place there
is reported to be an epidemic of yellow fever
The epidemic fund, of which there is an unex-
pended balance of about $78 000 will be utilized
by the authorities for these purposes. The adj
ministration has determined to make every pos
sible effort to prevent the introduction Of the
contagion
PRESIDENTS PRocLAMATIoN
By the Presidentof the United States of America:
A Proclamation.
While quarantine regulations are committed
10 ghe several States, the general government
has reposed certain powers in the President to
be used at his discretion, in preventing threat
ened epidemic. Feeling it my duty, hereby
call upon all persons who, under the existing
systems in the several States, are intrusted with
the execution of quarantine regulations to be dill
lgent and on the alert in order to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of the pestience which we all regret
to learn has made its appearance in some of the
countries of Europe between which and ports of
the United States intercourse is direct and
frequent. 1 further advise that cities and
towns of the United States, whether on the
coast or on lines of intercommuni cation, by
sound sanitary regulations and the promotion Of
cleanliness, be prepared to resist the power of
the disease and to mitigate its severity; and 1
further direct consuls of the United States in
ports whore the pestiience has made or may
make its appearance, to exercise vigilance in
carrying out instructions heretofore given, and
IN communicating to the government of the
United States any information of value relating
to the progress or treatment of the disease.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
By the President:
F. I FREL1NGHUYsEN, Secretary of State
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Foreign PostofIices IN turkey.

LONDON, July 2O-The Porte has sent circu-
lar note to the powers, notifying them Of the
assumption of postal service The note says the
existence of foreign postotices in Turkey is an
infringement of the sovereign rights of the Sui
tan. The Porte insists upon prepayment of let
ters with Ottoman stamps, and the powers are
invited to close their respective Offices It is
run4ored the Porte will on the 1st of August
surround the foreign Offices in Constantinople
with gens-d' armes to prevent the posting Of let
ters The various ambassadors to Turkey have
asked their respective governments for orders in
view of such contingency
The foreign ambassadors at Constantinople
have held an informal conference and have
agreed to act collectively in resisting the postal
charges proposed by the Porte
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The Disease IN Paris.

PARIS, July 19-Three cases of cholera are re-
ported here to-day, two of which proved fatal.
Five cholera deaths are also reported in the de-
partment of the Lower Alps. The fumigation
of railway stations at Toulon, Marseilles and
Paris has been discontinued, proving useless
The Ministers Of the Interior, Commerce and
Public Works, on tour of inspection Of the
holera-infected cities, have returned to Paris
They state the adoption of sanitary measures is
imperative, and that q 000 900 francs will be in
adequate for relief measures.
The government has decorated DR.. Koch with
the cross of the Legion of Honor, in recognition
Of his researches as to the source and spread of
cholera.
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Deaths at Marseilles and Toulon.

LONDON, July 90 "A dispatch from Toulon re-
ports thai for the twenty fours ending at 6
o'clock this evening there were forty y-six deaths.
During the same time ITO cases were received at
hospitals The refusal of the municipal author
tiles to allow a procession of women in the
streets offering prayers for the cessation of the
sconrge has created bad impression The dis
ease is spreading. There has been one death at
Nismes. The shop-keeners here are closing their
establishments The fight of residents is uni
versal The men stationed at the arsenal are
leaving.
At Marseilles for the twenty -four hours end
ing at o'clock tonight there were ffty-seven
deaths. The chamber of commerce has voted
an appropriation of 10000 francs for relief of
sufferers There were three deaths from chol-
era at Brignoles to-day
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THE OLD ROMAN.
Democratic Ratification at Columbus-Speech
by Ex-senator Thurman.

Democratic Ratification at Columbus-Speech
by Ex-senator Thurman.
COLUMBUS, O., July 19. About five thousand
people attended the Democratic ratification
meeting at the east front of the Capitol, this
evening. John G., Thompson presided and read
letters from gentlemen who had been invited to
be present,
Governor Cleveland wrote; Il thank you for
the words of encouragement and assurances Of
hearty support. am convinced the Democracy
of Columbus and the State of Ohio are deter
mined to complete the organization which is abb
solutely essential to victory
General Durbin Ward wrote: 81 regret will
be unable to attend the ratification meeting
preferred Thurman to all men for
President and deeply regret his defeat
It was due him and the honor of Ohio
that he should have had the solid
posed itopposed the popular will of the party
and weakened and defeated Thurman by divid.
ing the vote In favor of a candidate who has no
following whatever outside of the State. That
was blunder worse, as Talleyrand says than
crime: but must e0ndone all. and heartily
support Cleveland as the nominee. With Thur.
man, Ohio was safe to the nominee Let us
work and hope to make it SO for Cleveland The
public welfare requires the defeat of Blaine.
Ohio must do her share to bury personal defects,
and work for the cause The latter word was
received with demonstrations
Letters were also read from Governor Hoadlv
Secretary Of State Newman and others
Judge Thurman delivered the principal aa-