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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09

on tother side OF your NIUE Duuuy, anu uv
you shake him and pat him if he goes to wake
up. and don't you agervate hum nuther I've
had too hard a. time a-gittin' of him to sleep
for the likes of you to wake him up; you chill
hun has been a-stuffin of him on them old
hard green peaches and everything else you could
lay your hands on all day long, and don't look
TOR nothin else but for him to have a spasm this
night. Fetch yourself here to me. William
Henry Forney you and Robert E. Lee, and wash
them black feet of yourn and lay down thar side
Of your SIS. Don't you hear me, William Henryt
Come here to me quick and wash them pizen
black feet of yourn, and lay down thar side of
Your big sis quick fore knock you down, and
don't let me hear another whimper from you
tonight owe you beating anyhow for
snatchin' that chicken gizzard out'I your little
buddys hand Now aotl't try to take up all the
room and spread yourself all over that ar pallet,
for YOU. sis May Lizais got to pile in thar
somer rs"
Cal gin a groan and rolled over to the edge of
the pallet wonderin how she was ever gwine to
Steep Old Miss Raincrow fused around aud
got all the chilluns feet washed and TO bed; then
she tuck a smoke and bowed out the taller can
die and left it smokin' and smellin wussera
the pipe and went to bed grumbiin' II lay &c
he comes home from that grocery drunk to-
night. lay make him wish he never had saw
no whisky"
Everything got still and Cal tucka notion
shed git on tother side of the pallet away from
the child that was likely 10 have spasm She
gin Robert E. Lee shove and he worked his
way offn the pallet up into the smutty fireplace
and sot up yell.
sit up from thar, Robert E. Lee, and git
yourself back on that ar pallet fore ! stomp the
life outn you-but he cried on-I lay can put
you back and she riz in the dark and piled him
over in amongst EN-, then come down on Cal
with rousine slap mought have knowed
your sis May Liza wouldn't rest tel she kicked
you off'n this here pallet
Its me you are a hittin',n says Caledony.
'DOnt-eh! don't, its me- / tell you.
Yes, L know it's me- and its me I'm AFTER
says old Miss Ranerew. You've been devil
in and tormentiu your little buddy all day
long and eaehin' for whippin',
and You not gwine to rest till you
git it. Now take that tgivin another slapl and
lay still and shet up You mouth fore beat the
life outn you"
tell you Cal hushed quick. feered she mought
keteh it agin. hearn the boys IN the shed room
snickerin' After while everything got quiet,
but it wasn't long tel little John 7. Morgan
rolled over toEheF ehillun and turned his heels
loose, kckin Cal in the face. 1t was pitch dark.
She couldn't see him. but she yelled out, This
chi1ds got a spasm. Come and git him. Come
quick; he's got a spasm.
Old Miss Raincrow riz quick and struck q
| light and tuck the youngun in bed longer her,
and Cal was mad kase she hadn't thought about
that spaSn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
NV Friend


s. W. L., DIED JULY IL.
Through hours of long companionship
We learned each Others hearts to know,
And felt the bond that made us friends
Strong and enduring grow.
walked with you in storied lands,
Ger hallowed ground and ancient street.
The places that you sought, cen then,
With tired and faltering feet.
1 stood beside you as you paused
Within the dim cathedral's gloom,
Where pealed the organ swelling psalm
Ger many scuiptured tomb.
Or where what the immortals dreamed
Hung in the dusk above shrine,
Faces of Mary, fair as youth,
And Of the Child divine.
From your wide windows we have watched
The grass to deepening greenness grow,
The blaze and queneh of autumn fires,
The fall of winter snow.
But this shall be no more on earth,
The tale is told the arrow sped;
No voice speaks through the dark that hides
Those whom we mourn as dead.
But what was mine shall still be mine;
Though other friendships may grow cold
This shall the past keep for me still
When I am sad and old
And we shall meet again, dear friend,
Where you have found the new life sweet
So perfect that it lacks no joy
To make its bliss complete.
Mary II. Krout.
CRAwFoRDsvILLE, Ind, Aug. 5.
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Here and rhere.

Ne sit beside the lower feast to-day
She at the higher
Our voices falter as we bend to pray;
In the great choir
OF happy saints she sings, and does not tire.
We break the bread Of patience and the wine
OF tears we shares
EShe tastes the vintage of that glorious vino
Whose branches fair
iSet for the healing of all nations are.
q wonder is she sorry for our pain,
Or If, grown wise,
She. wondering, sunless and counts them idle, vain,
These heavy sigs,
These longings for her face and happy eyes.
Smile on then, dsrling AS God willis is best,
We lose our hold,
Content to leave thee TO thedeeper rest,
The safer did,
10 Joys immortal youth while we grow old.
Content the cold and wintry day to bear
The icy wave
And know thee in immortal summer there,
Beyond the grave;
Conteat to give thee to the Love that gave
-Spsan Coolidge.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
a BOY with ! Catfish.

Rock Falls NeWs.
On Friday Of last week boy named Forbes,
living at Rock Falls, was fishing from the dam
and hooked a catfish He was unable to pun it
in. and after struggling while the fish turned
and started down stream The boy went over
the dam head first, helding on to the pole, and
started for the Mississippi river, the catfish In
the lead AS they went past the paper mill
some of the workmen saw the boy id the water
and went TO his rescue IN boat. They over
took him opposite the island, near the old
bridge, and took him into the boat He was
still holding the pole and hooked to the Iine was
the catfish, which they captured The boy
weighed e1ghty Ave pounds and The catfish
thirty five pounds and nine ounces Thus il is
demonstrated that catfish can get away with
more than twice his weight Of boy. The bov
says he would have followed the fish 60 Rock
Island before he would have given him up.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
Midsnnnnner.

If should wake from drowsiness,
Aud see the leaves hang motionless;
Above my face the dreamy skies,
While dragon-fies with sapphire eyes
Dart up and down in gaudy sheen,
Then light on Haunting cat-tails green;
Behold the poppy's withered STALK
A pigeon fleeing from hawk,
The white reflections of sad,
A hat hung loosely Ger the rail;
l say if / should waken thus,
And hear the bees sing in chorus
Between the thrush's roundelays,
Whose trills sound drowsy on such days;
And note the insects lazy grace,
And feel them eircling round my face,
And catch the splash of turtles play
In quiet brooks not far away
And should raise my head and lean
My elbow ON this patch Of green,
And watch for clouds till they appear.
I'd know that August days were here. .
Ida MAY Davis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
III. NTH Of the Daisy.


A fairy on bright sunbeam
Once, when theworld was new, came down.
A fairy in a silver dress,
And on her head golden crown.
And wheresoe'er her footsteps fell
Possessed of wondrous magic powers,
Bright as the eyes of summer days
They woke to life the daisy flowers.
Sweet flowers! Gifted with content,
Willing to blossom anywhere,
Wooed by the wind, kissed by the sun,
They never need the gardeners care.
They make in far, forsaken fields
A gladness, all the air that fills
They run along the lonely lanes.
They climb and crown the grassy hills.
In every land the country folk
Have dearly loved the simple things.
And aye to meet a daisy bloom
The child's exultant laughter rings
AS some sad mourner through his tears
Has seen, amid gloomy glen,
A daisy, like blessing bright
He gathered it and smiled again.
While Fashions tickle favor now
Has throned it with the rose to reign.
It smiles its smile of old content,
Counting it neither loss nor gain.
It's petals hold the silver hue
Of that pale dress its fairy wore;
It's heart retains the glory glow
Of that gold crown it saw of yore.
Louise v. Boyd.
DUBLIN, Ind, 1884.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
THE DAYS HUMOR.

Note by eynic-"There are two kinds of
womeR-the bad and the worse"
1t is mean father who as early as 11:30 at
night will scare his daughter from her Alphon-
SOS arms by calling from the top of the stair,
Sarah, wind up the clock. It must have run
down. Up Philadelphia Cali.
Evidence - Clergyman ton his way from
church, to the son of parishoner, rather adj
dicted to hunting on Sunday) My little boy,
didt see your father at church this morning;
am afraid he does not fear God
Young heather: Oh, yes, guess he does; he
took his gun with him this morning New York
Life
Beneath a shady tree they sat;
He held her hand she held his hat
held my breath and lay right Hat
Fhey kissed saw them do it.
He held that kissing was no crime;
She held her head up every time
l held my peace and wrote this rhyme,
While they thought no one knew it.
-Princetonian.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
Rnttar Than Va0afion

This is pre-eminently the vacation month.
when thousands seek rest and recreation But
TO those who suffer the depressing effects Of sum
rner debility, the disagreeable symptoms Of scrof
ula, the tortures Of biliousness, dyspepsia or
sick headache. thete Is more pain than pleasure
SafsapaFiIlA 4 trial II win purity Your blood,
tone up aud strengthen your Body. expel every
trace % sefofula correct biliousness, and posi-
lively cure dyspepsia On SICK headache. Take j.
before you 60. and you win enjoy your yac4liQn
q thousand fold
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
why He was Regular.

Brooklyn Eagle.
For ten years past, said the new hoarder,
smy habits have been regular as clock work
rose on the stroke Of 6; half an hour later |
sat down to breakfast; at l was at work; dined
at r. ate supper at 6, and was in bed at $50; ate
only healthy food, and hadn't sick day in all
that time
Dear me. said the deacon, in sympathetic
tones, .'and what were you in forgp
And in the awful silence that followed you
could hear the hash CRATE his, teeth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
Treading the Downward Path.

New York Sun.
You are lot taking as good care of yourself
as formerly, old man. What's the matterl A
streak Of hard lucklr
Yes, rather
What are you doingr
i am landlord Of q large summer resort hotel !"
II shouldn't think you would have very much
reason to complain if that's thecase. Last season
you were only waiter.
Il know it, 2 he answered, regretfully.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
The WINE that CONQUER Care.

The following poem. says the San Francisco Areo
lnaAt is by General William Haines Lytle author %
Tbe vas Union anu o Ssnsr ho 5 e
batte IN 1868. These lines have never appeared il
print before, the original manuscript being IN nos
session Of lady who resides on this eoast.I
Nay, frown not, fairestI Chide no more
Nor blame the blushng wine;
Its fiery lips innocent
When thrills the pulse with thine
60, leave the goblet In my hand
But veil thy glances bright,
Lest wine and beauty, mngling here
Should wreck my soul tonight
Then, dearest, to the ancient rim,
In sculptured beauty rare,
Bow down thy red aRched lip, and aJaH
The wine that conquers care
And breathe upon the glowing cup,
TIL thus its perfume be
Sweet the scent of orange groves
Upon some tropic sea-
Then while thy fingers idly stray
In dallianee Ger the Tyre,
Sing to me, love, some rare old song
That gushed from heart of fire.
Song such as Grecisn phalanx hymned
When freedoms field was won.
And Persia's glory with the light
Faded at Marathon.
Sing till the shouts of armed men
Ring bravely cut once more!
Sing till again the ghest-white tents
Shine on the moOnlit shore!
Bid from their melancholy graves
The buried hopes to start
knew many storm had swept
The dew-drops from my heart.
Sing the deep memories of the pasu
My soul shall follow thee
It's boundless depths are echoing
Thy glorious minstrelsy;
And as the sweet vibrations hang.
Enfettered on the air,
I'll drink thy white arms round me, love-
The wine that eonquers care.
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A Distinction.

San Francisco Post.
Il understand said cow-county politician
walking into the office of the local paper the
other day, revolver in hand. Il unders tand
that you called me liar in your paper this
morning
so did, my dear sir, said the editor calmly,
"but only said you were campaign liar"
"Ohl Is that alllT said the Modified intruder
and after rendering the molder of public opinion
his fne-cut, he walked peacefully cut
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09

DR PACKS Special Flavoring Extracts are
made from the fruit and have their grateful,
agreeable taste without the turpentine odor
which Is observed in those extracts usually sold,
made from poisonous oils, acids and taste sharp
enbd by cayenne pepper We advise thosB who
wish choice, pure hdsvors, to buy Dr.. Prices
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
Asking Too Much Of Him.

New York Sun.
My dear, said wife to her husband sup
pose party of men should break into the house
some night when you were away, and abduct
me, what would You DOR
That is not supposable case, he replied.
Il know it is not likely to occur, but just i'm.
agine it,
impossible.
well you certainly can imagine it,
no can't, my dear"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
At the Rink.

She went to the reIIer-slSating rink,
And put the sliders on;
A strap or two about her shoe,
And then she's off and gone.
She slid, she slode she Gid, she glode,
Unheld by fear or fetter,
But at last the gentle maid was ''throwed,"
And the roller-skates upset her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
One TEne, T,xo Motions.

One Time, Two Motions.
She sat upon his lap
Happy ehapt
And their billing and their cooling
Made it plain that they wore wooing-
Came rap!
On a canp-chair just in sight,
Bolt upright,
Sat the young man, and the daughter
Was compromising sonata
With her might
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09

hesFtly joined--after an unnamed object in an
other part Of the house, with Baron RothsehiId
al u" I+afan ambassador as subjects, formed
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
our new Railroad.

The completion of the Queen and
Crescent Road to Shreveport Saturday
marks the adyentofa new era for North
Louisiana. The new extension affords
the parishes ofBossier, Webster, Blen-
vile and Lincoln much needed COM
munication with the rest of the State,
enhances tenfold the value of the track
in Ouachita, Richland and Madison.
The increased facilities afforded to Cad
do will be valuable. It will not be long
before the completion of Col. Bremond's
road to Shreveport /; it will give the
Queen and Crescent connection with
Houston and all roads thence dlverglng
Tt will bind together North Louisiana
and East Texas, and will permit an In
terchange of the various products OF TN
respective sections. The Queen anc
Crescent already owns the twenty miles
Of track next west OF Shreveport,
which is used by the Texas Pacific.
This road has been a long time III con
temptation. The ~ miles between
Vicksburg and Monroe was built be
fore the war. In 1881 it was bought by th'
Alabama, New Orleans, Texas ant
Pacific junction Railway Company
limited, of London, England, which
now has a completed line from Clncln
natl to the Texas line and New Orleans
It had to build about 300 miles, pur
chasing the remainder. IN. U Pica
yune.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
The Fountain sunstroke Rem
cay.


&& F#1B4 YES
Editor sPicayune : AS the time for
sunstrokes is at hand, the following
remedy for the malady may be of great
importance to your readers and the
public generally. / have had several
cases myself and have known of many
others where by the faithful carrying
out of my directions, life in each instant
has been saved. FIRST drag the body
into the nearest shade, place the legs
upon the ground, and the body upright
against a post, house II any other sup.
port. Tear open the collar. H any.
Pour plentifullY over the head ice-eold
water. Immediately after the first APP
~plication of Che water, pour into the
mouth a strong mixture Of the essence
of Jamaica ginger and water have it
very strong with the ginger. Should
ginger not be handy, give a good big
drink of brandy, undilnted, By-keep-
lug tile head cool and giving d milder
dose of the gingeror brandy in fifteen
or tNeenty minutes, the patient will re-
yiVe and be able to 60 home Id an hour.
Many lives are lost by waiting for a
physician or.some vehicle. Amy man
or wofna of nerve can save life by fol-
flowing these directions implicitly and
fearlessly. ]. q. FOUNTAIN.
8NHE sM~
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26


The Rising Sun Indiana Recorder,
a staunch Republican paper, walls
over Gen. Grants recent humiliating
fall in this wise t.The greatest fall
in the history Of this country during
its existence Of 100 year is that of
General Grant. AS the victorious
commander of the grandest army of
modern times, afterwards President
of the country for eight years, follow
ed by his trip around the world, re-
ceived with ovations such Us no mai
had ever received from the rulers of
all countries, he occupied the highest
position of any a in the world. He
had an abundance of this worlds
goods to live upon, and in addition
to this a trust fund, yielding $4,000
a wear was made up for him by a
grateful people. What more could the
heart of man desire ? But he was not
satisfied. The root Of ali evil the
love of money as a mania overcame
him and his family, and he entered in
to extensive Wall street gambling OPP
erations, and not only bankrapted
himself, but his friends were deluded
out of millions by the prestige Of his
name. What a lesson this should be
to the young The foremost man in
the world bankrupt, disgraced and
humiliated ! and ten millions of dol
lars belonging to other people sWal-
lowed up also, some innocent parties
robbed Of their all, and turned out
in old age to poverty and want, from
no fault Of their own"
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
Fences and Defenses.

N. o. City Item.
The fence, as a rule, is intended for
use rather than for ornament. LIS
nurpose is to defend the property II
surrounds from lawiess invaders. VI
late. however, there is agroWlng senti-
ment 10 the effect chat fences are ex.
pensive. and unsightly ~nuisances, ana
that, so far as farmers are concerned, IL
would be cheaper and better to fence
in their stock than to fence out the
stock of their neighbors. At any rate,
the plan has been successfully tried IN
several of the Western States, and
while the protection afforded is quite
as great as that obtained under the Old
system the economy is Immensely
greater. II has been estimated by
careful statisticians that in quite large
sections of this country the fences are
worth more than the stock, and that,
therefore, the investment is unpron,
table, especially when the stock could
be effectually secured without so great
an outlay,
The tendency just now is to do
away with all unnecessary obstrnc-
tions in the way of fences, even where
thew are more OF less ornamental.
Thus the old iron ratings around our
public souares--the so-called lungs OF
a city--have been removed, and the
Improvement is obvious to every eye.
If beautiful hedge rows could be SUP
stituted for rough fences, where oo-
%structions Of some kind are consla-
cred necessary, they would greatly
improve the esthetics in the premises
bv furnishing pretty frames for pasto-
raj pictures. But so far as economy is
concerned, fences should be employed
only to conine animals within pre-
scribed limits and it is certainly alb
surd to maintain an expensive line oil
fences, ten miles in length. when one
mile would be sufficient to furnish all
the protection necessary.
In view of our rapidly diminishing
forest and the immense tax
imposed on farmers by the mainte-
nance of unnecessary fences, it Is Ger
tainly advisable to consider the mat
ter in ali its bearings and geta rid Oh
, fences whenever it is possible. But in
order to accomplish this inteliigently
the parties Should take council togeth,
Ter aud act not only with a common
purpose but on a grand community
of interest. They, of course, desire te
get rid of unnecessary expenses and tt
improve the appearance OF their coun,
try homes. Let them, then, get TIC
whenever possible of the unsIghtly
fences which cost SC much and which
SO poorly serve their purpose.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
Read Democrats Read !

We call attention this week to the
liberal offer made by that excellent
Daily journal, The National Democrat,
Washington, D.. C. Our Subscribers
would do well to avail themselves Of
the same. Every good Democrat is
called upon to aid the circulation OF the
above mentioned paper. A correspond
emit is desired in this section. See ad-
Yertisement.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
EXTRACT from Constitution of 'zs.

"There shall be exempt from taxation
and license, for a period of ten years
from the adoption Of this Constitution,
the capital, machinery and other pro-
perty employed in the manufacture OF
textile fabrics, leather, shoes, harness,
saddlery, hats, -four, machinery, agri-
cultural implements and furniture, and
other articles of wood, marble or stone
soap, stationery, ink and paper; boat
building, and chocolate; provided thai
not less than five hands are employed
in any one factory"
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

The population of the United States,
on July !, was about 5 100000. This
is ascertained in the following manner +:
For many years the increase in time OF
peace has been almost precisely 2 per
cent yearly from excess of births over
deaths, besides the excess of immigra-
ton over emigration. The popula-
ton June 30, 1880, vas 50,l55,783; add.
ing Q per cent increase 1,OO3,115, and
the net immigration of the fiscal year
1881, Sos, 43I, We have 81 ,S38,329 as the
population June 80, 1882. Again add
ING 2 per cent, 1896, $50, and the mel
immigration, 599,0I5, we have $685..
97e as the population June 30, 1883
And again adding 2 per cent for the
current year, 1,106,519, and about $50,
900 for immigration-the number dur
ing the fiscal year up to June ! having
been 454 ,206-we have as the probable
population June 80, 1884, about So,
972 ,498. In two years more, says thu
New York Tribune, it will probably ex
coed go, 100000.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

AID Illinois town was agitated over
the discovery of a metal several times
heavier than lead. It was found in
the house Of a newly-married couple.
It turns out low 10 be the first effort of
the bride at bread making.-Wicked
Old Bachelor.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

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We will furnish the weekly States
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papers, n city and one local, can OBJ
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