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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23

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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23
BUFFALO BILL.
rhe Way He Married Nebraska
Opple.

After serving for Years on the frontiers,
Cody settled at Mcpherson, in this state, and
in 1872 was elected justice Of the peace, and
in the following year was chosen a member
of the legislature. A good story is told of
how he performed the ceremony of marriage
while he was justice of the peace. 1t was his
first attempt, and the applicants were of the
true western type. They called upon Cody
in the log cabin where he held his Justice
Office. Bill had book of forms which he
took down and studied attentively to get
some idea OF how he should tie the knot.
There were forms for nearly every transac-
ton of life, but he failed to find what he was
looking for, and finally slammed the book
down and observed to the parties:
You two fellers join hands," and the
"two fellers'' did so.
Then he said to the groom, "Are you will
ing to take this woman to be your lawful
welded wife, TO love her, honor her and
obey herr"
"You bet your butes," was the response of
"And you, miss, are you willing to take
this here man to be your welded husband,
to love him, honor him and support himT
She gggled, and nodded in the affirma-
tive; but this didn't suit Bill, who. said
"See here, Miss, we've get tn have this thing
on the dead square, and we can't marry
folks by halves IN this country. We are
bound to go the whole hog. If you want
this here man for husband you must speak
out and say so. as though you meant it sure.
I'll ask you again. Will you take this here
man to be your lawful welded husband, to
love him, honor him, and support him?"
This time the lady responded bravely,
Eyes. sir, L will
This satisfied his honor, and he remarked:
THAT settles it. Now look here, you two;
you are man and wife, and whoever Bill
Cody and God Almighty have Joined to-
gether let no man put asunder."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23
THE PRESIDENTIAL FRAUD.
The Picture.

[Sparks from the New York Suns Flint and
STEEL
What is this that see, oh Rutherford b.
An +, and an r, and an A, U, ID,
Stamped on your forehead.
Pray, what does it mean7 Explain; for ween,
OF ali horrible things that ever were seen,
This is most horridi
No birthmark, 1 trow, which dishgures your
brow;
No gentle reminder of rumpus or row.
Then what the deuce is it?
Not soap, nor yet sand, will wash out the brand
Which you carry forever throughout the broad
AS you do on this visit.
Can it be- can it be that your Fraudulency
Is an f, and an r, and an A, U, ID,
As the picture makes you?
If indeed, then, you are, take drawing room
Go back to Washington, bearing your scar,
Ere truth overtakes you! M. f. c.
A correspondent appeals to us to deal
softly on fraud. My good friend" he
writes, "don't you think it would show good
taste on your part to refrain in the future
from all mention of those estimable men in
your paper who are chosen heads of the ma
ton? Do remember that how ever much
you may differ from them in political senti-
ments certain respect is due them from
all good citizens"
Now, they are not chosen heads of the ma
ton. The nation did not choose them; 1T
rejected them, and then they were put in
through fraud. They are receivers of stolen
goods, and no respect Is due them from
good citizens. On the contrary, 1t is the
duty of good citizens who look to the future
welfare of the country, to repudiate the
fraud by which the constitution and the will
of the p-ople we alike set aside, and to es-
chew the men who bear rule over US by
a fraudulent title.
We can't help feeling sorry for Charles
Francis Administering Post.
You needn't. He needs no sympathy. He
has not committed any crime; he holds no
stolen office. The man to be sorry for is the
de facto president, who must forever carry
upon his brow the stamp OF fraud.
Though there can be no doubt of the sem
timents of majority of the chamber of COM
merce In regard to the fraudulent president,
he was treated last evening with due cour-
tesy. His remarks were listened TO with pa
tience, and their abrupt termination well
coined with relief His uneasy bearing was
almost painful to those who witnessed it. 1t
was evident that no one appreciated better
than he did himself the fact that fraud is
stamped on his brow.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23
TURKS AND RUSSIANS.
The Relative Strength of the Contending


rPera Correspondence of the London Times.l
independently of the vast numerical SUI
periority that Russia can bring into the field,
She can now fully reckon on the co-opera-
ton of Roumania, whom geography has
placed at her discretion; of Seryia, Bosnia
and Montenegro, whose accounts with the
porte are not yet satisfactorily settled; of
Greece, whose ornaments have been for
months carried on with undisguised ostenta-
ton; of Crete, where anarchy is rampant in
town and country, and instruction openly
organized; of Persia, which has been treas
uring up grudges for years and cloaks her
ambition we'll; and, finally, of the
disaffected subjects of the porte throughout
the empire, all of whom, Christians In the
European provinces and Mussulmans in
Asia, especially in Syria and Arabia and
even in Constantinople, reckoning the rab
BILE which was yesterday gazing with un-
disguised delight at the lowering of the big
two-headed eagle from the top of what was
so lately Ignatieffs home-all of whom, L
say unite in their intense feeling of hate to
the overbearing 0smanh, and look to the
struggle which has now become imminent as
an opportunity for the qualification of their
long pent'up yehemence. Were Turkeys
ruin decreed by faith, she would be sure to
fall without friend, for nothing can be
more hollow, more skin deep, than the at
tachment which many of the self styled
Turkophiles whom interest binds to her for
tunes profess to feel for her cause.
For their own part, the Turks, beside
their regular army, which even the Russians
reckon at 500 900 combatants, an6 the Bashi-
Bazouks, who thirst for blood and plumber,
can swell their force to almost an indefinite
extent. Besides their position on the DAN
ube, unequaled in strength for defensive
purpose, and besides the command OF the
sea, which insures them easy communities
tons between their two main ARMIES they
seem to set no limits to their imagination
when they conjure up auxiliaries which
Mohammedan enthusiasm may muster in
the field under the banner of the Crescent.
We hear of Kurdish chiefs calling together
the nomad tribes of the desert, and prepar-
ing to come to the rescue with 100000 horse
men. We hear of Egypt, some Of whose
battalions are still encamped in the Bosnian
or Albanian districts, aiming and equipping
fresh contingent of $1,000 men. Equally
jealous in his duty as vassal of the porte is
said to be the Bey of Tunis, and lavish both
of his men and money. He of Tripoli alone,
It appears. evinces a lukewarm, II not &C
tuafly unfriedly, disposition toward his
Suzerain. What more? Yakoob Khan. of
Kashgar who, one hears, has enough to do
to keep off the Chinese, is expected TO be
able W spare the sultan $1,000 Of his T0rko-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23
THE BORE.
A Marylander's View of the Animal.
TRalffrnOra Gazatfa

baltimore Gazette.]
1t is related that when a certain Chicago
man called on Mr.. Emerson, bowling himself
In with 81 hope don't intrude," Mr. Emer-
son replied THAT depends upon how much
we have in common" The Chicago man is
conspicuously a man of brass, but he is not
by any means the only surviving Paul
Pry. How many people who 'just
drop in for talk stop to
think whether there is anything in
common between the party of the first part
and the party of the second part? Every
hour in the day some man is being taken
from his desk, or his counter or his bench,
to waste his time on some one with whom
he has nothing in common, except that both
are supposed to be members of the same hui
man family. We are not sure that they
have even this much in common. There is
in the bore hardness of cheek a volubil-
ity OF speech, complacency of man
ner, an invulnerability to suggestion, and
withal a observation-disclosures of envelop-
ment which seem to mark a distinct species.
He is very extraordinary and peculiarly
constituted man who has anything in COM
mon with this type. The bore, who really
has nothing in common with anybody else
unless it be another bore, is painfully abun-
dant. He is, moreover omnipresent'
He will fasten on to you in the
street cars; buttonhole you on the corner;
DOW nlIuStll 1nIO yOuT MUSE as ne QlQ dI
Mr.. Emerson's; draw his chair up beside
your desk before he has been invited to a
seat, and unbosom himself by the hour-if
you allow him to do il. There is nothing in
common between the two, but the bore
never thinks of this, or, if he does, is not
staid by it, for he has all the boldness
of man with mission. To him it matters
not that his missionary Office makes other
people miserable; he will not resign. A
man enters an editorial roonr-without ask
ing leave-seats himself coolly beside an ed
itOr and proceeds to let the editor into the.
secrets of a good thing he has on hand.
As soon as the editor discovers that the
good thing is of no possible interest to the
public, he politely insinuates that the two
have nothing in common. But the bore is
iron clad; you can't even dint much less
penetrate, his armor of impudence. He
may be set back for moment by hint, or
checked by a look, but as soon as he can
catch his breath he is up and at you again.
Now, what are you going to do aboat it? If
you could throw him out of the win
dow, drown him in the gutter, box
him up in the cellar, or even bowl him down
stairs, you might feel that you had benefited
your race and set a glorious example. But
vow can't. The laws restraints protect the
bore And so he lives and fourishes, plant
out of place, being with nothing in conf
mon with bore-stricken humanity.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23

Washington Capital: There are very few
men who will not regret the removal of Col
onel Butler from his official position, and
not few who do not regard the Postmaster
Generals order as prematurely perenptory
and based on doubtful evidence. 1t is usual
to hear both sides of all stories, and an in
vestigation into the matter before the re-
moval would have conformed with the dig
nifty of the postoffice and justice to George.
1t was Georges good nature that seems to
have been his pitfall. He asked man to
take drink and was removed for inviting
him. The moral has warning attached to
il that is obvious.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23
UNWILLING THE STATUE.

The following poem, written for the occs
on of unwilling the statue of the poet Ha
,ck, by John g. Whittier, was read in HI
bsence by General James Grant Wilson, VIII
Tas an intimate friend of Mr.. Halleck:
FITz GREENE HALLEcK.
Among their craven shapes to whom
Thy civic wreaths belong,
u, city OF his Lowell make room
For one whose gift was song.
Not his the soldiers sword to WELD,
Nor his the helm of state,
Nor glory of the stricken field,
Nor triumph OF debate.
In common ways, with common men,
He served his race and time
As well as IL his clerkly pen
Had never danced TO rhyme.
II. in the thronged and noisy mart,
The MUSES. found their son,
Could any say his tuneful art
duty left undone?
He toiled and sang; and year by year
Men found their homes more sweet,
And through a tenderer atmosphere
Looked down the brick-walled street.
The Greeks wild onset Wall street knew,
The Red King walked Broadway;
And Ainwick Castles roses blew
From Palisades TO Bay.
Fair city by the sea! upraise
His veil with reverent hands;
And mingle with thy own the praise
And pride OF other lands.
Let Greece his fiery lyric breathe
Above her hero-urns;
Ard Scotland, with her holly, wreathe
The flower he cuIled for Burns.
o, stately stand thy palace walls,
Thy tall ships ride the seas;
To-day thy poet name recalls
A prouder thought than these.
Not less thy pulse of trade shall beat,
Nor less thy tall fleets swim,
That shaded square and dusty street
Are classic ground through him.
Alive, he loved, like all who sing,
The echoes of his song;
Too late the tardy need we bring,
The praise delayed so long.
Too late, alasl-Of all who knew
The living man, to-day
Before his unveiled face, how few
Make bare their locks of gray!
Our lips of praise must soon be dumb,
Our grateful eyes be dim;
o, brothers of the days to come,
Take tender charge of him!
New hands the wires of song may sweep,
New voices challenge fame;
But let no moss of years o'ercreep
The lines OF Halleck's name.
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: the SENTINEL
10 THE OLD TRAMP.
BY LEE o. HARRIS.


He came to the door at the close OF the day.,
When the winds OF the winter blew cold.
They saw he was ragged, decrepit and gray
He was only tramp, and they turned him
Nor would heed the sad story he told.
They Knocked at his sorrow and babe him be
gone,
Nor trouble their peace with his prayer.
And, though he had Travelled from earliest
dawn,
He turned from the door and went lettering
on,
With heart that was chill with despair.
For why should his sorrow intrude on their
mirth, le
Like a skeleton guest at a feaste
To be poor is a sin, and the standard of worth
Is the chance that distributes the portions Of
EARTH
And the viIest is he who has least.
He saw through the window the ruddy light
glow,
And he turned with a sorrowful gaze
To envy the comfort denied him, when, 10!
A vision came down from the years long ago,
Like picture afioat in the blaze.
A picture of home that was happy as this,
Where had waited beautiful form
To greet his return with a smile and a kiss,
And his heart grew so full to o'erhowing with
bliss
That he felt not the wrath of the storm.
All the wearisome tramping, the hunger and
tears
And the cold, they were only dream.
All the nights witlDut shelter. the burden of
years
He laughs at them now as before him APP
pears
This light with its welcoming CLEAN.
Again he is young, with heart that is brave
Again is a husband and sire,
And thankful to God for the mercy that gave
The wife-she has lain thirty years in the
grave
Who is waiting him there by the fire.
How sweet to be home, for the tempest is wild,
And the fire will be cheerful and bright.
Harki was Argonaut eer by such music be-
guiled?
'Tis the voice of his wife as she sings to their
child
lis her shadow that crosses the light.
Why tarries he here in the tempest so long?
He eagerly turns to the door;
Oh heaven! where now are the light and the
song?
Alas! twas in dreaming, alone, he was strong;
ne WAKES ne Is IeeDle ana poor.
All silent the voice and extlnguished the
lamp,
And the happy ones gone to their rest;
HIS brow with the dew of his sorrow is damp,
The night is less dark than the soul of the
tramp.
And less chill than the heart in his breast.
Alas! for the home that was cheerful and
warmi
He dashes the tears from his sight;
He gathers his rags to his shivering FORM
And, turning his face to the pittiless storm,
He totters away In the night.
II angels look down from that radiant sphere,
Where thew never grow feeble and old,
VIII they smile on the happy ones slumbering
here,
Or gaze on the tramp with plying tear
For his crime of starvation and cold9
LEwsvILLE, Ind, May IA, 1877.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23

BARRIERS often assert that razors get tired OF
shaving, and that thew will perform salts
factorily if permitted to rest for time. 1t
has been found by microscopic examination
that the tired razor, from long stropplng by
the same hand and in the same direction,
has the ultimate ibres of its surface or edge
all arranged in one direction, like the ecEe
of piece of cut velvet; but after months
rest these fibres rearrange themselves heter-
generously, crossing each other and pre-
senting a saw-like edge, each fibre support
ing its fellow, and hence cutting the beard
instead of being forced down fiat without
cutting, as when laid by.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23

Superintendent Leach, of Providence, says
in regard to the schools of that city, that the
principal rules of arithmetic are now taught
in a very concise, comprehensive and practi-
cal method. Far less time than formerly is
given to the dry and unimportant details in
geography and history, and map drawing is
now very prominent feature In teaenlng
these branches The practical use OF Ian
guage in writing sentences is almost q daily
exercise in the best schools. Sewing is now
taught to more than a thousand girls in the
intermediate and primary departments.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23

Mrs. Gaines, 1t is now said, shows no dis
position to make any compromise with the
holders of the property for which she has
been contending SO long in the courts. In
one case. where one of the defendants had
improved the land which she had purchased
at an expense of $1,000, risking the outlay
on the decision OF the United States supreme
court, Mrs. Gaines is said to have been Of
fered recently first $4,000 and then Sc, 600 to
compromise the matter, but declined to do
40.
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and local papers will make it too hot for
Child to stay there He should be bounded
out of creation, and the newspapers are the
agents by which IL can be done.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23
ALL SORTS.

A sewing machine concern In New York
has made contract to supply an English
house with %, 900 machines result of last
years exposition.
A scientist warns people against eating
water crosses, as they are poisonous, being
filed with animalcule that burrow in the
human throat, producing strange diseases.
At lecture in a western city a learned
professor made the remark that demon
stration like that is worth something"
Lets go out" said an economical back
woodsman to his son, 'they air gwine to
take up collection"
In Turkey the government has promul-
gated a new press law. Nobody is permitted
to establish a printing press without permits
SION OF the government, and any journal
issued without permission incurs a penalty
of from f1O to els for each month of its con-
tinuance.
Few persons have an idea of the magni-
tude OF the dairy interest of the country.
The number of mich cows is reported at TO-
100000, and the estimated product, exclu.
sive of milk consumed, is 225,OO0, 900 pounds
of cheese and 10, 0Oo, 900 pounds of butter,
6 valued together at soc, SOC, 600.
The Massachusetts, supreme court is called
upon for ruling as to whether an English
prison is state prison, or any Jail or house
of correction" the case being that of a wo-
man who sues for divorce her husband hav-
ing been extradited to England as a criminal
and sentenced there. If it is, she gets the
divorce.
The Duchess Marie, of Edinburgh, has
been attending special service held for the
success OF the Russian army now in the field
against Turkey. 1t is said that in the event
OF any unforeseen contingency arising out
of the present hostilities the Duchess will
remain in England-which is excessively
vague and diplomatic.
Earl Marble is the acknowledged best art
critic In Boston. He is printer by profess
sion, and has worked his way at the lease"
through the adversities of life till he has
reached that promise which yields reward to
every earnest man. He is recognized au-
thority on all matters relating to art, and he
drops equally well into verse.
Cardinal Simeoni has issued circular in
.structions to papal nuncios on the line of
conduct they are TO observe in the face of
complications which may arise through the
war. They are neither to give advice nor
seek to exert any influence whatever but to
keep the Vatican thoroughly informed on all
points.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23

The question of removing the capital OF
Georgia from Atlanta back to Milledgeville
promises to enter largely into the politics of
that state,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23

A meeting of the members of the protes-
tant episcopal church at large was held in
Trinity church. Boston, on Thursday even
i--s, AZ ti4c purpose Of lnrlasx soasi1sx44lg
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-23

A German journal recommends for the
preservation OF cut flowers almost indefinite
lly. either singlyo or In bouquets, that they
be dipped in a solution of pure albnmen,
and after allowing them TO become per-
fectly dry, that the operation be repeated
several times, each time with a fresh albu-
men, The white of an egg is nearly pure al
bumen.