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A White House Yarn.
San Francisco Post.

San francisco Post.
President Arthur told good story to Cali
fornia M. c., not long ago, which deserves to be
passed around.
AS every one who has ever visited the White
House on business knows, there is an unfailing
crowd of anxious walters for an interview with the
chief magistrate waiting in the ante-rooln. Of
these, about per cent succeed in their object.
One morning man VINO had been Willing away
the time writing letters until his hopedf for turn
came suddenly presented himself at the door of
the private secretary's room and demanded to
see the President at once.
ut is impossible" said the secretary: 'the
Cabinet is now in session"
But the importunate visitor elbowed his way
past the secretary, and, running across to the
door opening into the Cabinet room, he stuck
his head through.
"Cone here one minute, Chef! Excuse him,
gentlemen, he cried.
Mr.. Arthur, convinced that New Jersey had
declared war, Mrs. Stow had been assassnated,
or something else no less terrible had happened,
arose from his seat and approached the door.
II say, Chet," said the intruder, anXiously,
chow do you spell commission? With one N or
two; | made a bet with fellow out there, and
he agreed to leave it to YOU"
you won't need to spell it at ALL sir, replied
the President significantly, pulling the door shut
and locking it. The intruder was then hustled
down stairs by the janitors, while the Secretary
of State proceeded to speak for fifteen minutes
on the proposition that the country was going to
the dogs, and the Secretary of the Navy offered
a resolution that the executive bodyguard be
doubled and armed with Calling guns.
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off, as ifit came strained through some dense
medium.
She looked up and could not understand it.
Hes knocked senseless," she claimed, 'sWhy
doesn't somebody bring waterlg
He never knowed what hurt him, cautiously
said one villager to another. 'sThe train was
goin' so fast, and he came up from among the
houses onto it so fast, that it was done in a
fash"
And l don't never want to see no better
boy than Willie HARRISON was, responded the
other.
But only his mother-when she had him at
home lying in that pomp of death with which We
all shall impress beholders--could have pro-
nounce9 the true grafton over him. Through
her dumb tragedy she wanted to make deaf
mute signs to some intellie ence that here lay
one of natures poets, with gift virgin and I'M
furnished
He had never hunted public His public
was the woods and sky, and his critic one fond
woman. Not line of unsatisfied ambition
marked his placid face. He had lived hum
BILE, happy life, and sung for the sake of ex-
preston, not for the sake of praise He had,
after all, only gone to find the best publisher,
and his mother could always hear him singing
in the dark"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
A Nation of Gamblers.
Pittsburg Times.


We are not becoming but have become, ma
ton of gamblers. That sounds harsh, but the
facts and the figures are at hand to sustain the
assertion. In the stock, oil and cotton exchanges
of New York, despite the depression that pre-
vailed during 1884, the total of the transactions
runs into billions
In the Stock Exchange the par value of all the
securities dealt in is stated at ST. OIL 800, $685.,
01099 The commissions of the brokers
amounted to 100000, an average OF more
than $40 900 for each member.
In the four oil exchanges, at New York, Oil
City, Bradford and Pittsburg, the sales foot up
Sc, SCI, 823, $3.50.
In cotton the magnitude of tho speculative
business is made manifest by the fact that the
entire crop of 1888 and 1884, amounting to 4, $780,,
900 bales, sold nearly five times in the
New York Exchange alone, or about ten years
crop to one years sales.
At the Produce Exchange margins for gam
blers in wheat, corn, oats and lard, aggregating
SIC, SOC, 1852, were paid during the year,
OF course the list of failures is prodigious, and
it covers nearly every line of trade There
isn't very great distance between nation of
gamblers and nation of bankrupts. Shall we
traverse itR
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When They Are Decidedly Injurious-COm-
mon Sense Rules.

When They Are Decidedly Injurious-Com-
New York Tribune.
Much of the literature on the subject of the
Turkish bath owes its origin to those who are
financially interested in the success of the baths.
AS such it is of course to be regarded with GER
tain degree of sceptcism. In order to get the
opinion of high and disinterested medical au-
thority in the matter, Dr. William A. Hammond
was called upon. In response to the question:
rs the Turkish bath always beneficial in its eff
fectsF DR. Hammond said: 1.-The Turkish
bath is generally beneficial to a person in good
health Always is a word which never occurs in
a physicians vocabulary. Thus the layman
might say that strawberries were always health
full. but the physician knows that the generally
harmless strawberry when eaten by certain per
sons will produce a most violent eruption OF The
skin. / am justified in saying then, that the
Turkish bath is generally beneficial. although
have known cases in which a serious derange-
ment of the body's functions has resulted from
single BATH"
I'm what cases are the baths the most in
juriousn
'In all cases where there is tendency to
heart disease. Men have died in the bath from
aggravation of this trouble produced by IL No
one should enter the hot room for the first time
without having had his heart examined by a
physician"
care you patron of the Turkish bathf' was
the next question.
Il used to frequent them, was the reply but
every morning. / find that the best both for
health and cleanliness"
Would you recommend that for a person of
slight physiaue9' asked the reporter with a
glance at the doctors stalwart figure.
81 would recommend it for every one with
whom it agrees That is the test of common
sence and medical science. If you remain blue
and cold after a bath, don't take il again with
the same state of health. If, on the other hand,
your system reacts, the effect is entirely bene-
fetal If you pin me down to generalization,
should say that the tepid bath is the most bene-
fetal to the majority of the people. The ho9
bath should never to be taken in ones house"
When handed a long newspaper clipping in
which it was laboriously proven that the curse
of this age was too free use of soap and water,
the people of the temperate regions growing
weak and shorter-lived under its application,
while the natives of the North lived to good
old age, encased in dirt and train OIL the doctor
cha racterized it as IAN elaborate argument
built upon false premises"
"a person should wash once a day." he con-
tinued with soap, for without soap the skin
will shed water like the plumage of duck In
diligence in Turkish bath should not be as fire.
quent, owing to its weakening tendencies 1t is
preposterous to say that the inhabitants of the
earth outlive those of the South. The Esqui-
maux are a very shortiived race while the
negroes are at the other extreme Witnes the
number of colored nurses who handled the father
of his country upon their knees, and still they
tell the tala -
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The Outside Dog.

You may sing of your dog, your bottom dog.
Or of any dog that you please;
j go for the dog the nice old dog,
That knowingly takes his ease.
And wagging his tail outside the ring,
Keeping always his bone in sight,
Cares not pin in his sound old head
For either dog in the fight
Not his is the bone they are fighting for,
And why should my dog sail in
With nothing to gain but certain chance
To lose his own precious skin?
There may be few. perhaps, who fail
To see it quite in this light;
But when the fur flies | had rather be
The outside dog in the fight.
1 know there are dogs, injudicious dogs,
That think it is quite the thing
To take the'part of one of the dogs,
And go yelping into the ring.
But care not pin what all may say
In regard to the wrong or the right
Ny money goes, as well as my song.
For the dog that keeps out of the fight.
Philadelphia Call.
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Freedom of the Press in Arizona.

San Antonio, Texas, Times.
A couple of Indian warriors in Arizona got
drunk Their hearts became bad" AS an In
dams heart usually does when he imbibes too
much fre-water. These Indians aimed to strike
a death blow at civilization by cleaning out
local newspaper Office The two copper-colored
gentlemen were named respectively Gee-up
Charley and Short Pants. The editor OF the pa
per describes his interview with the children of
the forest in the following impressive style: 'At
first they had the advantage Short Pants hav-
ing hit us a terrible blow in the stomach, which
temporarily knocked the wind out of u.s. But
we soon rallied, and by pielng two forms on Gee
I'D Charles head eliminated him from the bat
tie. Then, by skillful maneuvering, we kept
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
A viIlianell of Despair.

Breath Of the broad, blue sunlit sea!
Scent of the heavens and hilltop high
Oh! watt word of hope to me!
Glittering glance of the glad suns glee
Shot aslant from love-lit sky
Oh watt a word of hope to me-
Hope! faint Hope! Flower doomed to die!
All my dreams, are they never to bea
Scent of the heavens and hilltop high!
Oh heart. there is no rest for thee!
None but when in the grave you lie.
Oh! watt word of hope to me!
Cease tired heart! Has the day gone by?
Oh win the night bring rest to mel
Scent of the heavens and hilltop high.
No rest! No rest All! where shall fee?
Oh! watt word of hope to me!
Oh that / could with the sunlight die!
Scent of the heavens and hilltop high!
Will Robert Williams.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
Philadelphia City Hail.
PHILADELPHIA North American

Philadelphia North American.
Philadelphia's great city hall. begun many
years ago, is not completed The great tower is
about l5O feet high, and when completed it will
be 537 feet four inches, the tallest structure in
the world, except the obelisk The building is
of white marble, 4S6 feet six inches, by 40 feet
in size, covering four and half acres of ground,
with $40 big rooms, and total of fourteen and
a half acres of floor room. 1t is to have big
clock, with dials twenty feet in diameter, and If
they get off with bill of costs of $l0 600, 600 the
tax-paYers will rejoice
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
A Showery Morning.

All my heaven was dark with rain,
As unused of loss and pain,
Going down a Devon lane
On showery morning.
Joy had vanished, frail and feet.
How could rose and woodbine sweet
Lift their heads. and tempests meet
With such merry scorningl
''Such great drops were never known"
Said the speedwells, shrinking down;
"They have spoiled my only gown"
Sighed a crumpled cistus;
Quoth the roses in surprise,
Answering in solemn wise,
Though smile was in their eyes,
Nay, they only kissed u.s."
Ragged robins shook with glee,
Foxgloves laughed in company,
Till the sun peeped forth TO see
Through cloud enbrasure;
Lo! the rain was past and gone,
And stellarias clustering shone
Like milky way upon
Speedwell depths of azure.
Every blossom on its stem
Wore a shining diade7n,
And my heart rejoiced with them
In their fresh adjoining;
Flowers are sweetest after rain,
Joys completest after pain,
Life is but Devon lane
On showery morning!
Mary Rowles. in Sunday Magazine.
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Mrs. Talmage's Bible Glass.

One of the largest Sunday school classes in
the country is taught every Sunday afternoon in
the Tabernacle, Brooklyn, by Mrs Talmage,
gray bearded ex-membcr of the class said yester-
day: II found her to be one of the most enter
tanning and instructive teachers / had ever
listened to. She is peculiarly happy in illustra-
ton and bright in metaphor" Superintendent
Eels said: 'Such classes as Mrs. Talmage's are
detriment in one sense. / find great difficulty
in recruiting teachers from her class, because
they would rather hear her talk than talk them
Selves
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Silhouettes.

Looking from the hills brow toward
The fields that stretch out to t'ls right,
/ see the plowmans form DEFINED
In bold relief, like specter gaurt,
Moving darby in phantom strides
As if pursued by quilts dread past
Relentlesslv.
Beyond the field
OF trembling gold, near by the road,
The piowmal S cottage stands. His wife
And children laugh as only they
Can laugh whose homo is blessed with love.
AS wait they, watching his return
In attitude that speaks content.
And then know that have seen
Into The true and inner life
OF that Elusive shadow form
That grew from out disordered light.
And thought T. o. how oft we look
Upon brothers life, and see
DISTORTED form;
The truer self
Quenched out in discord ere the light
OF love and harmony difused
Soft melody from music Of
The voices loved and waited for
We idly look and Judge him wrong;
All, we ourselves might thus be judged
j turn and look into the west;
There, ere the outer rim of day
Touched sides with nights low circling wheel,
j see, athwart the ftful sky,
A looming shape more dark and grim
Than yonder jagged figure in
Ungainliness.
lraise my hand
Up warningly, as justice might
When mercy sleeps, and 10. the arm
OF that dark mystery uplifts
hi answer swift, and stern, and sure;
And then know, that am
A silhouette to others eye.
Ida May Davis
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Acknowledgement.

o, love- dear love- when first on me
j dreamed your thoughts dwelt tenderly,
Upon my heart the knowledge lay,
The burden of summer day.
Bowed humbly down in deep distress
Of reverent unworthiness,
j longed to stand upon your height,
And in loves dawn forget the night.
Yet scarcely dared to touch your hand,
Or meet your look demurely bland:
And your sweet smile could only raise
Remembrance of unkallowed days.
But here at last, know not how,
o. love, your touch upon my brow
Has cooled the fever of regret,
And loves fond look by mine is met.
And can almost feel again
YOUTHS aspiration in the brain;
Your soothing presence makes me whole,
o, love, dear love. nay second soul!
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sic1tur.

Tours weeks and days bring round the golden moon;
While still wait: i mid these solemn frs,
Iate.howering meadows and grey mountain spurs,
Watch summer fade and russell hues imbrune
The stern sad hills. All while thy smooth lagoon
Invites me- like murrnnred spell recurs,
When south winds breathe and the cloud landscape
stirs
One sombre sweet Venetian slumberous tune.
Arise ere autumn's penury be spent;
Ere winter In a snow-shroud wrap the year;
Ere the last oleanders droop and die;
Take VIC the rugged ways that southwark lie;
Seek by the sea those wide eyes sapphreclear,
Those sofsened stars, that larger armament
1sna0nIa.
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New Years Wishes.

Three things to wish for: Health friends and
cheerful spirit
Not wealth. to weigh the courage down,
And cares increase;
But health, which braves misfortunes frown,
With inner peace.
Not fawning crowds, to the ear
With empty words;
But faithful friends, whose tone of cheer,
The spirit girds.
Not dreams, which lure the soul to roam,
In vague unrest;
tjoys, which bind it to its home,
Content and blest.
Health, friends and spirit full of cheer;
o, bounteous store
Iwish you these through all the year;
What can more? &c.
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Society Note.
Whitehall Times.

Mrs. Snoberly, very aristocratic New York
lady, received a visit from a friend, who, among
other gossip, said:
''Do you know that your son has been seen
several times in company with q seamstressl
Everybody is talking about it,"
''Oh, that doesn't amount to anything replied
Mrs. Snoberly, smiling
but am told that the young lady is perfectly
respectable"
''Horrbel Horriblep shrieked the agonixed
mother He may bring disgrace upon our family
by marrying her."
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The Loss of a Husband.

Young Lady Gust returned from attending
funeral)-Such a crowd as there was at the,
house, mammal And flowers! Why. the parlors
were completely filled with them. It was plain
that no expense had been spared. And poor,
dear Mrs. b. liz her rich, deep mourning, hooked
SO heartbroken and superb.
Mamma-Was she very much overcome2
Young Lady-Not apparently. Mrs B. is too,
we'll bred to display emotion But the richness
of her toilet surpassed anything / have ever
seen. Her grief was subdued, but magnificent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
An Irish Epitaph.

The American Queen.
Here is an epitaph from an Irish graveyard;
Here lies the body of Lady OTooney,
Grand-niece to Edmund Burke,
Commonly called 1.-The sublime
She was bland, passionate and religious,
Also,
She painted in water colors.
Also,
She sent several articles to the Exhibition
She was first cousin to Lady Jones.
And of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Amen.
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The Ever Tender-Hearted Women.

At the Women's Benevolent Club: Mrs A.
Mrs B.-"Yes; Mrs c., whose husband is iIl
with fever, has applied for temporary aid"
Mrs. A.-"Hm | don't really see how we can
do anything for her" Mrs. B.-"Nor either.
Then there's another case. Jack Triple has
been on long spree and has beaten his wife and
children so badly that he has been discharged
from employment" Mrs. A.-"Ah! that's a
very interesting case. We must do something
for poor jack but we must be careful that his
family don't get any of the money we give him"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
The Picture Not ove,drawn.

Indianapolis independent.
The Journal says of one of our school COM
missioners: ''He is recognized as a ward poll
tician of small caliber, hot and furious parti-
san; man whose size was shown when he sum-
moned all the saloon influence of his school dis
trict to help defeat q woman for the position of
school commissioner Those who know the
aforesaid best viii say the picture ia not over
drawn in the least
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Fonnd,

Found, gem of priceless beauty;
Found, a pearl without flaw;
Found, a friend to all the people;
Found, a play to always draw
Found, foil to wasting canker;
Found, a joy forever more;
Found, the choicest, purest. sweetest
Dentifrice e'er known before.
Found, is Sozodont, the Peerless
Boon to every one on earth,
Cleansing, healing, all men bless the
Hour sweet Sozodont had birth.
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A Thoughtful Sweetheart.

San Francisco Chronicle.
"Only one thing I ask, darling" she whis-
pered
What is it, my own sweetl" he yelled.
Let our engagement be secret for another
month"
''Whyl No, let me tell the world you are
mine. Let me show them the prize Ihave won.s
Not for month, dearest-one, one little
month, beg of you"
why do you want TO keep it secret9 fear
you do not love me-"
II adore you. You are the only man ever
loved But you are pocr-and-
'But will be rich. With you, love- will
work for wealth"
Eyes, darling, yes. But Harry is wealthy.
George is we'll off, William has plenty and sew
eral Of my admirers have money
"Still thinking of your admirersp
Eyes, dear, for Christmas is next week, and
they have all given me handsome presents ON
previous occasions"
'aThoughtful angel forgive me. Let us wait
a year,
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Canned with Pearls.

A mouth gemmed with pearls flashes radiance
every time it opens. The contrast between the
ruby of lovely lips and the pearly teeth they en-
closed has winged the fancy of many a poet
Sozodont, fair ones, is the thing that most con-
pure, it is aromatic, it retains the natural color
Of teeth incrusted with yellow tartar. No
gritty or Objectionable ingredient contaminates
it its odor is balmy, and its purifying operation
thorough.
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Fancy Figures ON ice.

They were gliding over the glare surface OF
the ice together, making graceful sweeps with
the glittering blades of their ''clubs."
II dare you to make the fancy figures ON ice
that will, said Reginald
I'm quite sure, Regy, my boy, that you could
beat me handsomely at that replied Algernon.
''The fancy figures / make on ice generally de-
my trousers And he Immediately illustrated
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His wedding Present.

There, my daughter" said the old man.
placing deed for beautiful mansion among
the wedding gifts, lis my present, and my best
wishes for your future happiness go with it.
God bless you, my child, God bless you'll" aud he
turned away, choked with emotion.
is there mortgage on it, papa" she asked
brightly, as she arranged the deed conspicuously
the table.
mo, he said, there is no mortgage on the
deed; it's on the property
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Short Pants from hitting US again until we got
to the door, when we called to Al Blodget to
help US, which he did. The red devils are now
in Jail. where they will have a chance to sober
up. Our loss was about $40
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Still Another Phase.

Cameron journal.
'Yes. my dear daughter wish you to do
your best to captivate the heart of our coach
man.
'Ah, see, you dear, good papa, you want all
the papers to say | am fascinating beauty and
the reigning BELLE"
'Well, of course, that will help little, but
that's not the main point"
What is the main point papa?"
swell, you see, the newspapers will say you
are the daughter of millionaire"
"Weli2p
''Well, that will enlarge my credit. Sect Now
run out to the stable; that's good girl.'
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How the Policeman and Soldier Sleep.
Cali

thing spent SO many years in the field that it
is utterly impossible for me to get good
nights rest in a bed. Time and again have
got up, gone out in the back yard, wrapped my
self up in my blanket, and slept like top until
morning
Elk Policeman-My case exactly. When I
want good nights rest l have to put on my
old uniform and lie down on my front door
STEP
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Family Complications.

How like your little girl is to you. Mrs
Brown How odd that you should think 80.
She's my husbands child by his first wifer "A
-a-at all events l don't think I'm wrong ip.
saying your little boy is the image of Mr..
BroEInp He's my son by my first husband,
MI. Green"
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Auburn Tresses.

San Francisco Chronicle.
What do you think of Mr.. Thompson mar
tie seems to be very nice, but would not en-
COURAGE him if i were youn
Why. mammal"
HE has red hair, and red haired men are al
ways deceitful."
But pa has red hairp
''Nell, not quite red, child It's quite red
enough. though"
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WHIMSICALITIES.
ContempIating Matrimony.

Burlington Free Press.
What in the world are You staring at that
young married couple so intently FORT asked
one young lady of another in a railroad train
"Ohl" exclaimed her companion with a start
and sigh. Its so natural for us girls to con-
template matrimony you knowl"