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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-10

]. Burdette.
The pArson in the pulpit stands,
His locks are thin and gray;
He bends his head. he clasps his hands
And springs upon his pray.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-10

DRh TT1sV For Spnburn, Tan and Oily Skin,
use Cuticura Soap.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-10

Uhs I unuerstanu.
It was a cold day for some.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-03-22

was goingto Be a fight, and of one of
them replying that some folks might
not call it fight. but just simply a
massacre.
ssAfterward, Mr.. Haddock went on,
wiping the perspiration from his fore
head, "afterward, when / lay tossing
and gibbering on my narrow iron cot
at the hospital, and watched the golden
summer weeks drift slowly past; into
the mellow autumn, and learned to
keep my false teeth in, vowed that il
kind Providence spared me, and let the
tar get entirely off my back, 1 would
devote the remnant of my life to some
pursuit that offered no temptations to
stray off into the fair, fatal paths of
fancy. You may think, sir, that the
coal business is Incompatible with my
vow, but get around that by hiring a
young man Of fertile imagination to
tend the scales, and / never got off the
books myself, sir, never-ahd that is
why-ah! but upon my word" he in
terrupted himself, staring suddenly out
of the window, '.here's my getting-o of
place. Good day, sir. Stick to the
cold facts. You may not have so much
excitement, but you'll live longer if
you do, and eat more regularly-good
day, sir; pleasant trip to yod."
As the train pulled out he was stand
ing on the platform. He had quite re-
covered himself, and waved mela cold,
formal 'adieu.-OrtA Harper Stein, in
Terds Siftinqs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-03-22
THE CITY CAT.

He IL gaunt and thin, with ragged coat,
A scraRgy tail and hunted look:
No songs of melody burst from his throat
As he seeks repose in some quiet nook
A safe retreat from this world of sin,
And all of its boots and stones and that
For the life of cat is a life of din,
II he is q city eat
He is grumpy and stumpy and old and gray,
With sleepy look In his lonely eye,
CThe other he lost at matinee
Knocked out by a boot from window high.
Wherever he goes. he never knows
Quarter or pause In the midnight spat,
For the life Of a cat is a life of blows
II he is Q city cat. ~
He is pelted by boys IL he stirs abroad,
He Is chased by dogs IL he dares to roam;
His grizzlcd bosom has never thawed
Meath the kindly blare OF the light OF home;
His LIES perpetual warfare, waged
On balcony, back yard fence, and fiat:
For the life OF a cat Is life outraged,
II he is q city cat. sih,
The country cat is different beast,
Petted, well-housed, defnure and sleek;
And why should he not be quiet and meek?
No dreams Of urchins, tin cans and war
All! cat life is thing worth living for.
II he isn't a city cat.
And even when dead, the city cat
With strfdent members uneasy lies
In some alley-way. and seems staring ut
"A coming foe with his wild. wide eyes.
Nobody owns him and nobody cares
Another dead Tom, " and who mourns for
80 If he's only city cat. g
80 -Proptdence Press.
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History Repeating Itself.

Away back in the dead centuries of
the Middle Ages there was an Emperor
of Germany who long and loudly braved
the pretensions of one of the sternest
and boldest men who ever filed the
Papal Office. After long andweari-
some quarrel, ending in the excommun-
ication of the Emperor by the Pope
and in the destruction of the loyalty of
his subjects, the German warrior was
at last compelled to make q Journey to
an Alpine castle in which the Pope was
then temporarily sojourning. The OBJ
ject of this imperial visit was to get alb
solution for his disobedience and resto-
ration to hisStemporal powers. 1t was
in the dead of winter Arrived at the
castle, which was called eCanosa, the
Emperor was compelled to wait in the
bitter cold for hours, but the object of
his visit was achieved by humiliating
apologies and solemn promises to do
better in the future and never to dis
obey the Pope, who in those days was
throughout all Christendom held
to be above kings. princes and
emperors, as these were above
the common people. When Bismarck,
a few years ago, was resolved or resolv-
ing on State policy for the new Ger
man empire, antagonistic to the fixed
policy OF Rome, he was reminded of
this event in the history Of the old Ger
man empire and warned by one of the
Windthorst or Ultramontane members
of the Reichstag that history sometimes
repeats itself. Strong in his own con-
victions and contemptuous of those who
opposed his plans, the Chancellor re-
torted CURLY: 1--WE are not going to
Canosar' The curtness and pfumpness
of the retort brought him the laugh for
the time, but there were those even then
who remembered the ;maxim: .ssHe
laughs bestwho laughs last" Bismarck's
fight with the last and the present Pope
has has been lonoer than, that, rf uo,,,.,,
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Church commandments in this coun-
try, the New York Independent reports,
after careful inquiry, number 1861
1868, of whom $685., 954 are Catholics.
Just because the widows mite was
so highly praised there are lots of people
who pride themselves with never put
ting more than a penny into the con-
tribution- Chicago Tribune.
"A Manchester boy has played tru-
ant uninterruptedly from October, 1882,
until the present. time. His parents
thought he was attending school and
his teacher believed him to be at work.
Boston Post.
The suit brought by Rev. Edward
Jones against the Rev. Miss Anna
Oliver in Brookly for $500 he gave tho
church, now claiming that it was n
loan, while she insists that it was a gift,
has been decided in her favor. Brook
Ign IN. ~ Eagle.
On account Of the fact that many
of the Jews do not understand the He
brew language and therefore do not
take interest In the services in that lam
guage Rochester On. W synagogue
has decided to adopt the English trans
1efinr of thu ritual - RocbecfeJs Er4rPSS
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j Unexplored and Unknown.

The English are beginning in a vague
way to realize the magnitude of India,
and to comprehend that it, contains
some fifty millions more people than all
Europe west of the Vistula.. Few, how
ever, are quite aware of the number of
its cities, or believe that it includes
sixty-two with more than sc. 900 people,
and twenty-five with more than 100, 900;
namely; Bombay, Calcutta, Madras,
Hydrabad, Lucknow, Benares, Delhi,
Patna. Agra, Bangalore, Umritsur,
Cawnpore, Lahore, Allahabad, Jeypore,
Rangoon, Poona, Ahmedabad, Bareilly,
Surat, Howra, and Baroda- We give
them in order of population, but, prop
erly speaking, in the English way of
counting, Howra, the Southwark of
Calcutta, should be included in the
capital. which with it contains above
$4,000 souls, and is the greatest, as it
is by far the wealthiest city in the en-
pire. Below the limit Of $4,000 the
towns become more numerous. and
there are hundreds with populations
above 10000. The majority of the
latter are quite unknown to Europeans,
an active magistrate or two, excepted;
and so far as we are aware, there IS no
book in England which gives the
slightest account of their. organization,
or of the life and people in them. Yet
many of them have histories of two
thousand years, and in all flourish
families which think themselves noble,
and have long pedigrees and stirring
tales to narrate. We hear every now
and then much of Indian princes who
in India are hardly mentioned, and of
educated natives. scarcely percep-
tible class, but of the true 'sBritish
India" as little is known at home as of
the eastern provinces of Peru. London
Spectator.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-03-22

se;ence.s Tie Republican party ask Il
= diet o. demagosgery. hate, reaction
and chafihtanistic bhicanery. There Is
nd honor in its policy, there is no prog
ress in it, there's no patriotism in It,
there is no craftsmanship in it. The
votes of the people can be relied on to
show that there is no success in it.-AL
,bany. argus, ff.ss>,- ffgA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-03-22

The claim asserted in behalf Of Gen.
eral Malone that. as q distinctive and
peculiar faofer in the politics OF the Re-
Publican party, he was entitled to some
peculiar and distinctive recognition,
based upon alleged services Tor the
cause in Virginia. his finally been
passed. upon and is lnnrescrvedly re-
jected. - s.<ez " sser
State was rendered on the 9th OF No
vember overwhelmingly against him.
The accounts between him and the
Administration show a balance. which
is also heavily against him. He is
debited with item after item of Federal
patronage, but the credit page is hope
| lessly blank. 81 oos1q soN-&0
The Republican National Committee,
which met in this city on Wednesday
last, dared not mention his name. Even
Mr.. Chandler's Southern outrage reso-
luton, which was adopted by the Com
mittee, Is impersonal and SO indefinite
that it might have been passed at any
time during the last fifteen years with
equal appropriateness and had no such
peg3oa as Malone ever existed.
So with the call of the Committee, in
its pointless and general illusions to
free suffrage, an honest ballot and the
protection Of human rights -it Is still .
thinner and more hsiPid SOP, -.
And now t 10 Republican Senatorial
caucus so far forgets the services, sacri-
fees and martyrdom of General Ma
hone that it ruthlessly overslaughs the
candidate of his own naming and bursts
the bubble Of his political importance.
Participating in the proceedings Of
the caucus as a Republican he could not
do otherwise than abide its action. He
has broken bread with the new commun-
ion and can mot betray his pledges.
But he Is no longer dictator Of n0mi-
nations. no 1ongera power to b. court,
ed, no longer .: bandit to be negotiated
with. no longer the wedge to split the
Solid South. He is simply q Republic-
an Senator Washington Post
PROF. C. a. Young. Of Princeton.
and DR.. James &. Nichols, OF the Boz
ton journal of CHEMISTRY, regard the
rejecting stratum in the upper air 81
the product Of the JavAn volcanoes.
They believe The matter il volcanic
dust. This theory win take its place
with others. bat It seems inadequate.
Calculating the superficial area covered
by the stratum rejecting the red light
it will be seen that it is hardly reason
able that the volcanoes in Java could
have poured duet enough into the air to
form . shell around the entire earth.
Colonel Aderhold. Of, Kbsimmee
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-03-22

do not pack several varieties of
apples in the same barrel for market.
Use the odds and ends ut home, and
make as salable packages as possible
for shipping - chicago Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-03-22

There are mountains of solid iron
fore in Northern Sweden less than q
hundred miles from the atlantic Ocean.
-Cticdgo Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-03-22

invent III W GET y means GQrQSe-uP part
of-sfhe . yearly 800. 001. 90 surplus,
which, they say, must be perpetual.
cut down 70 the line 81 actual 6xbe Rses.
All beyond that line is robbery. The
people clearly understand the question.
The other propositions are seif-fefut-
ing or meaningless. Securing free
suffrage and honest counting Of bal
lots IS work not in the charge or pur-
pose of those who put in Hayes and
Wheeler, BY fraud Of count, and Gar
field and Arthur, by fraud of corrup-
ton. A COMMITTEES chairmaned by
Sabin, who is declared by every. re-
form Republican tot hsve bought
his election to the Senate, mont
tored by VIM. E. Chandler, who
executed the. Florida fraud and the
Robeson-R Roach contracts, and coun-
seled in the interest of those who car
ried the last Convention at Saratoga by
crime. is simply guilty Of satire and e.
frontery in talking Of free Suffrage
and ian honest counting '.Efectu-
ally protecting human rights" is a Re-
publican indictment of the Republican
United States Supreme Court, for de-
Gliding the Civil Righls bill unconstitu-
tional. The party lacking knowledge
or purpose to legislate efficiently for
'human rights is the Republican. Its
record uproots its rhetoric ON the sub
jet THE promotion Of friendly feel
ing and permanent harmony" viii not
be devolved on the waivers Of the bloody
shirt
These are the s'issues'' presented by
Republicanism. Those that are not
empty are rankly Bourbonish. The
country is pulsing with reform and con-
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linen let me INFORM you, sir, tha,
no such an accident ever took place
= i know it. / said. grinning. ,.r u
"a rich, prismatic wave of color,
like piece Of rainbow combining ali
tints, passed over, .O'Niers bald spot,
and, lest he might fall in a fit, l took
the paper out of his hands and pointed
with q triumphant chuckle to the date.
Don't you know / cried, gayly,
that everything goes on April ,1stp
HE stared at me for an instant, and
then he burst into q wild laugh; it was
not at all natural. but kind of n CUR
CLING, insane sound, such as you hear a
star at theater make Just before he
grabs his forehead. you know, and
says, Me brain reels!' -
q DO | understand you.' he finally
asked, that everythsnq senseless, and
false, and idiotic should properly go to-
II did not see the low, covert mean
ing in his words, and said YES.
"sThen come with me, he answered,
we have something to say to you in
the counting-room. fi's.i &
"heavensl Why did l follow nimp
Why did l trust him? q. why did |
not instantly fly? In the calm moments
OF after years. l have often put these
questions to mysek;:but ] was guileless
tnen' and saw none of the deep, lurking
treachery of his proposition. :
II remember. as in dim, unpleasant
dream, that the Office was full Of neo-
pie; remember that O'Niel yelled ont
Here he isl then Of several men sud-
denly peeling OF their coats; | remen-
her | inquired cqrioualy whether thsrs
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
Abnormal Appetites.

While the normal appetite naturally
indicates the amount of food demanded
to repair the waste caused by the ordi-
nary exercise, with the kinds especially
demanded to meet present necessities,
this appetite may be so nodded. by I'M
natural habits, as to become wholly I'M
reliable. It is creature of accident,
and may be made or unmade at will.
changing to the extent of our changes
of habits. Any article, however dis
tasteful, even disgusting to the natural
taste, by q systematic and continued
course, may be made to become the
most agreeable to the taste (vitiated, of
coursel OF any known substance. If
violate physical law, SO revolutionize
the taste as to relish tobacco, any known
article may be tolerated and enjoyed!
And here, it may be remarked, that the
more repulsive any article may be, the
greater the effort required to establish
q habit, the more the system is violated
in the formation of such habit. the
stronger that habit will become, making
its victim a slave!
1t is as true that the qualification of
such morbid appetites, demanding un-
usual violence to nature, the less will be
the real pleasure of such qualifications,
as nature always institutes q ''draw-
back" on all arrangements of her laws.
It follows, therefore, that the use of the
simple foods, rich in natural nourish-
ment. with q normal appetite. will
afford the greatest amount of pleasure
to the taste, in accordance with a gen.
eral law in morals, that it is always
safe and profitable to do right-Golden
Rula.:
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-" Horrors of Hotel Life is the title
Of a hook recently issued.
Tea Garden is the name of strong
and substantial citizen of Austin. Tex.
-Beechsr's double, the man who
goes 70 theaters and gets the Brooklyn
pastors name in the papers, is John
Wyman. Their resemblance Is very
striking.-Brooslyn Eagle.
Camp Meeting" John Allen. OF
Wilton, Me-, has read the Bible through
and the New Testament half way again
within four months. although he is
eighty-three years old.-Boston Post.
DIR. Edward H. Williams, ct Phila-
delphia, is having built on the site OF
the old Williams manson at Wood
stock, VT. q library building as me-
mortal of his father, the late Norman
Williams.-Philadetphia Record.
In reply to recent invitation to
deliver lecture before the Manhattan
Temperance Association in Cooper In
ion, p. T. Barnum writes from his home
in Bridgeport: "Friend Gibbs: l have
finished lecturing forever in this world.
Truly yours, P. T. BARNUM. ~ Y.
Times.
--Mississippians feel very proud of
their State library in the capitol at
Jackson. 1t comprises thirty-eight
thousand volumes, which include the
legal textbooks and reports from all
the States in the Union, making a col
lection which ranks third in complete
ness in the whole country Chicago
Herald.
Charles Beach says that he once
searched the pockets of Horace Gree
ley's historic white coat. in which he
found more than two hundred business
cards, which had been given him from
time to time during the many years he
had worn the coat. He was not aware
chat there was a card about his clothes.
N. Y. Herald.
The last signature of Peter Cooper
was on q postal card written by his
secretary. 1t was addressed to a
gentleman in the West, and stated that
Mr.. Cooper took pleasure in sending
him copy of his work on the protec-
tive tariff. The card lay unnoticed on
Mr.. Cooper's desk for several days aft
er his death, when it was mailed to the
person for whom it was intended
y. Matt.
"A Boston correspondent of the
New York Graphic writes: Il doubt,
too, if there is another city in which
women have entered journalism in as
large numbers as they have here.
There is not daily paper in the city.
and not weekly of any importance
that has not at least one woman, and,
in several cases, two or three women
on the staff as reporters, editorial
writer's, critics or special writer's"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-06
HUMOROUS.

-Leap-year parties are popular in
some sections. At these gatherings the
girls yell ''mouser' and the young mer
lump on chairs and shrek. Detroit
Free Press.
To get rid of the smell of fresh
paint in chamber or living room, slice
few onions and put them in the d.
die of the room. After that it will be
desirable to get rid of the smell of the
onions. This can easily be done by
putting on another coat OF paint. Pill
aaeipItia CAL.
"A country girl, coming from the
field, being told by her poetic cousin
that she looked as fresh as a daisy
kissed with dew, said: "Well it wasn't
any fellow of that name; but it was
Steve Jones that kissed me. l told him
that every one in town would find it
out. ''--Chicago Tribune.
A poet sings: "Let me die when all
is cold and drear' Now is an excel
len season for the purpose, and the man
who would interpose Il single oh, ection
should be severely talked to. Ii a poet
wants 70 die when all is cold and drear
and we are not surprised that he
should feel that wayne should be en-
couraged in his laudable purpose.-Er-
change.
Quite unsympathS3ic: Birdie Nc.
Hennepin and her brother were at the
seashOre: 20, see that!' exclaimed
Birdie. "See what?' inquired the
stoical John. "Why, SEE that little
cloudlet Just above the wavelet like q
tiny leaflet dancing DER the scene"
80. come. you had better go out to tha
pumplet in tho backyardIet and soak
your little headlet. "-Bos:oD Tran
script.
"A servant girl in New Haven stole
her mistress false teeth. The woman
told policeman that .'She shcesh Gosh
shwenshy shollarsh, ansh she shwash
wOsh shusha wresh ashdo shteesh fawshe
"Wait till | find an in
terpreter," interrupted the policeman,
the woman was q newly ar
rived Hungarian; but she was an Amer
lean, and when her teeth were in she
could talk the bead Off him.--NeW Ha-
rem Rcgister.
Pa said the daughter of the
house to the man of the house the other
evening, "What are VIC going to have
for beakfast?'' Il have ordered Lyon
naise tripe, my child.' was the fathers
answer. "And where does that come
from, pa? Does it come from an ami
NAL, or does it grow?'' lit is taken
from an animal. my dear" ''Oh. i
know, THEREAFTER a pause to think up
her natural history-''then it is taken
from lionesses, isn't it, pap" Pa was
weak enough to say Eyes. ''-Loweu
"A great. big. burly fellow stepped
into the editorial rooms of one of our
contemporaries yesterday and
said: II want to clean out this office"
''Wha-what's the trouble now?"
feebly asked the editor-in-chicf. turn
ing CHASTITY pale. ''NothiDg's the
trouble l will clean out the Office and
scrub down the stairs for one dollar"
Then the editors face resumed its
natural color, and splitting half way
across the room, he shouted: 'sGet out |
If here, you tramp, or l will spill you
head first into the waste basket. -
Call.