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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10
A TALENT FOB DETAILS.
How She Gave the Census.
detroit Free Press


When the census tsker raped at the door
of certain Detroit cottage on Crawford
street the other day, and wondered If the
woman would set the dog on him or douse
him with dish water, q great disappointment
awaited him. she opened the door softly,
snuffiRg the air to see if he smelled of light
ming rods and then threw il open for him to
enter
Madam, am making a canvass of the
city, he began.
''Ah. SIT down." she replied, and as he
began opening his book she continued:
There are five of us in the family and we
paid 500 down on this place. My husbands
name is Peter. hIs age Is ~. and he came
from a mean family. His father was always
having lawsuits about dogs, and his mother
was the greatest gossip in Elmira. Have you
got that down.
He granted assent, and she continued:
my name is Alvina Sarah, and l was
born in"
Il don't care to know where you was
born, madam" he interrupted.
well, L carer' she exclaimed; sit makes
a great deal of difference whether L was born
in Africa or Boston, and | wantit put down.
AS l was saying, | was born in Boston in
1888. Put down that / came of a good
family
Madam, you don't uDderstand-you-"
Don't understand that came of good
family? I'd like to know of Boston family
which carried their noses higher than the
RogeIsas! Put down that my father was in
the Mexican war"
You have three children, madam"
IL haven't any such thing sir Put down
that my mother was killed by an explosion
in quarry. Her and father we're"
"HOw many children have you madam"
"Have you got mother DOWN.
NO, madam. You see I'm taking the
census of the city"
"Well," she said. giving him a dangerous
look, 81 had the typhoid fever at the age of
Fifteen, and for weeks and weeks hung on
the edge of the grave. | bore up as well as /
was able, and"
Five in the family-how many child
ren?' he suddenly asked.
Put down that bore up" she command
ed. And that one night when the watches
were asleep l crept out of bed and took a
drink Of"
This is foreign to the subject, madam.
How old are your children
Haven't you put down that hung on
the edge of the grave?'
No, madam"
Aren't you going TOP
mo, madam. You see | am simply TAX
ing the census of Detroit. / desire to ascer-
tam"
you can't ascertain it here, sir!'' she
snapped. IF my sickness, which cost over
two hundred dollars, isn't good enough to go
in the book. then you don't get line herev'
Let me askyou-"
mo use asking for any of our photo
graphs, sir IL you get 'em anywhere and
put our pictures in that book we'll make il
hot for you! Good-day, sir-good-day
He stood on the step, signing, and she
called through the door:
my grandfather was also bitten to death
by alligator. but / wont give you any of
the particulars. You want TO walk
He passed on, sorrowfully wondering II
the next woman's mother was blown off a
bridge or carried down the river on hay
stack
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10
Wade Hampton's Triumph.

The reports in the South Carolina news
papers of Governor Wade Hampton's recent
trip from Columbia to Anderson, in that
state, show more fully than the accounts
received by telegraph the general good feel
ing that exists among all classes there, and
leave no room to doubt that Senator Howe
would have poor chance of an election as
Justice of the peace il he was a candidate in
the state where he thinks that Mr.. Chamber
lain should be in the governors chair. At
every railroad station crowds awaited Gov
ernor Hampton's coming, and all classes
united in testifying to the popularity of his
course. In a brief speech from the car
platform at Newberry the governor said:
have tried to translate into acts the words
pronounced here last year. that IL elected
would be the governor of the whole people,
"knowing no race, recognizing all citizens OF
South Carolina as Carollnians, and extending
to each the fullest protection OF the law"
have tried to do that, and the same rule shall
guide me to the end OF my term. came 10
YOU to-day pointing back to the condition of
things when / spoke to you last, and the con-
ditions which exist now. What they were
you all remember. What they are you all can
see. Peace reigns supreme; the laws are re-
spected ard enforced everywhere. There are
no disturbances and no scenes of bloOdshed
We are on the high road To prosperity. We
have everything in the future to encourage
US. and ali this mas been accomplished-why?
Because your representatives, the governor
and the Legislature, have stood squarely and
honestly on the platform, and have fulfilled
the pledges made in the last campaign.
At Helena a colored woman advancing
from the crowd, said Governor Hamptonl
You stay governorl Yves had a better time
since you was made governor than we's had
since the wor" you stay governor" is
likely to be made the campaign motto in
South Carolina this year, and there is little
doubt Of its effectiveness.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10
PENS Oys.
Warriors and widows of 1912.
fPhiIadelnhia Times

Il AiAHtCit'nAd 4iiutS-
The grandmOthers in black went hating
up and down Library street IN such nunsbers
yesterday as to become special objects of
remark 10 passers by on Fifth street and to
louDgers in Independence square TIE old
ladies are pensioners of the war of 1872. and
were induced to call upon MessrS. Joseph s.
Ford d Co, who, located at 406 Library
street. are paid certain fees by the government
TO look after pension applications, as much
by an advertisement inviting them as by
the delightful spring sunshine and the Jolly,
breezy day. According to the law passed by
congress on the Sth ult. all honorably dis
charged soldiers of the war of 1872 who
served as much as fourteen days and less
than sixty days; all who served less than four
teen days, but were in an engagement with
the enemy; all widows of such soldiers.
without regard to the date of their marriage
licenses, and all widows of revolutionary
soldiers will hereafter receive IS per month
until the day of their death This is an i'm
provement on the bill of 1871, by which all
widows not married before the conclusion of
the treaty OF peace were excluded. although
by the state law of 1866 they, together with
the veterans themselves, were getting SIS
per annum. Under the law l73 old ladies
of Philadelphia are benefited at the rate
OF the IS per month. Most of the soldiers
went out while mere pplings-young fell
lows who never thought of marrying until
until the twenties Besides, many veterans.
having served their country well even at
Tppecane, took unto themselves fair maids
while they were in ripe years Some of the
widows themselves are vet on the sunny side
of sixty, having been thirty years or so
younger than their husbands Those that
painted up the stairway at 400 Library.
however, were seventy, eighty, eighty
five and even ninety years old.
They were cheerful to a soul and
chatted with one another so heartily
that at times there would be nothing but
smiles and chuckles all around One asked
how long il would be before the first pay
ment would be made, and. upon being told
three months said. while she shook with
mirth: An the tea'l be gettin' weaker an
weaker for three months: what a burnin'
shame.: All seemed to want to entertain
the roomfull on people with stories of John
who went out in the Darby Bucks" or
phil, who was down with old Hickory
The rolls indicate that there are fully 100
more widows in the city entitled to
the pension, but as they belong
TO well-to do families, applications
have not been made. Some of these drive to
the offices in their carriages and draw the
state pension of $40 for pin money, with this
pm money purchasing birthday gifts for
their grandchildren. OF the soldiers them
selves who draw money there are about
twenty only in Philadelphia, and the young
est of the twenty is four-score. So far IS
applications have been made out for the new
pension. In the state there are between six
and seven hundred war of 1912 pensioners,
most of whom live in Montgomery, Bucks,
Chester and Delaware counties
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10
Holm M0rrissey.

Interview with Him in a New York Paper. ]
THE trouble was that | only started to go
to Savannah. l staid there eight days, Sleep
ing in a room with a bed against the win
dow, several panes of which were broken.
took a bad cold there and went to the
warmer climate of Jacksonville to cure it.
1t rained every day or two in Florida. and
| was so poorly that did not leave my room
for month. AS soon as / got better | took
a trip up the river, and with 1t another cold
which lasted me two weeks. When | took
my shoes off to go to bed with this second
attack l did not put them on again for a
month. have had five serious attacks of
illness, three very serious, and in two came
near handing in.
You thought yourself, then. in critical
condition.
"Well, used to get the Tammany news
papers morning and evening that reported
me dying; | said 10 myself, m see about
that and I'm back here. Pm all right as
ever outside, only weak; but my trouble is
here" said Mr.. MorrisSey, pointing to the
region of his heart and stomach.
Senator Morrlssey's affection is said to be
Brigrt's disease of the kidneys, complicated
with arrangement of the heart and stom ach.
DR.. Bradley, his regular medical adviser in
this city, does not agree with his confreres
as to the Brights disease, and the zenator is
inclined TO accept his diagnosis.
what the physicians called kidney disease
which affected him just at the beginning Of
his first term in congress He suffered great
agony for weeks before he hit upon the self
treatment by which he gained ten years re
lease from pain.
81 remember" said he, that when | was
in training for the fight with Heenan that
had TO suspend for day occasionally for fear
of over training During these odd days
would accumulate flesh, and it struck me
that getting rid OF 'superfluous' was only
voiding old impurities. l was so convinced
of this that went into training as soon as
my doctors told me that / had an incurable
kidney disease. 1t was harder training than
for fight, and / could not drink even tea,
coffe or water When / went into the Hofi
man house restaurant L felt like eating up
everything, plates and all; but had self
control enough to keep on as i had begun,
and cured myself. The cure created much
discussion in the medical papers, and was
regarded as so phenomenal that Louis Napo-
Icons physician came on an especial mission
to see how 1 had effected the miracle, in
hopes that he might repeat it upon his mas
ter. | informed him how it was done, and
at the same time 1 said, He can't do it.
There is only one man in this world who
could endure the torture-and he did 1t. I'm
well of kidney disease now; it's my heart, ("
said Senator Morrissey.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10
rHE DAY OF THE LORD Ar HAND.
BY CHARLES KINGSLEY.

The day Of the Lord ia at hand, at hand,
Its storms roll mp the sky;
The nations lie starving on heaps OF gold;
All dreamers toss and sigh;
The night is darkest before the morn;
When the pain is Sorest the child is born,
And the day of the Lord Is at hand.
Gather you, gather you, angels OF God
Freedom, and Mercy and Truth;
Conlei for the earth is grown coward and old;
Come down, and renew us her youth:
Wisdom, Self-sacrifice, Daring and Love,
Hnste To the battle field, stOOp from above,
To the day of the Lord at hand.
Gather You, gather you, hounds of hell
Famine and Plague and War;
IdlenesS BigOtry Cant and Misrule,
Gather and fall in the snare.
Hireling and MammOnite, Bigot and knave.
Crawl TO the battle field, eak 10 your grave,
In the day of the Lord at hand.
Who would SIT down and sigh FOR lost age OF
gold
When the Lord OF all ages is here?
True hearts will leap up at the trumpet of God;
And those who can suffer can dare.
Each old age Of gold was an iron age, too.
And the meekest of saints viii find stern work
to do
In the day of the Lord at hand.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10
SAN STEFANO.
An insignificant Town Forced Into Im-
pOrfance-
TIondoD Trnfb


San Stefano, the --LATEST ugliest and most
uninteresting country resort in the neigh
borhOOd of ConstantinOple, has suddenly
risen 10 fame and honor. 1t has thrown open
its best houses to the strangers. and there is
q strong rivalry in hospitality between the
rich Greeks and Armenians who own most
of the handsome villas there. Their
empressement to welcome the coming
guest must be taken for what il is worth.
They do not love the new corners, but they
know which is the winning side, and their
sincerity is about on q par with that of the
Greek bishop of TcharaldJa, who publicly
hailed the Russians as deliverers and then
privately cOnfided TO a benevolent neutral
that the Russians had made his life and that
of his people a burden, and. with deep
sigh, exclaimed, "Oh, tor the good old times
OF the Turks, when we had every thing our
own way, except in The matter of tltheS and
taxes"
San Stefano lies close to the sea; its shore
is bathed by the Marmora, and during
August and September its chief recommen-
datiOns are its bathing and quail shooting.
AT present the Russians are the great at
traction. Their military display ana their
splendid bands are pleasant novelties for
the Constantinopolitans. who seldom see or
hear anything finer than shabby, outat-
elbow Turkish regiment, with its brazen
monOtony of trumpets- The railway runs
extra trains, and the government steamboat
company have put on extra boats,
which are crowded daily with excursionists
eager to behold the conquerors. The Russian
force at San Stefano is rapidly swelling into
a respectable sized army, the 500 men orr
ginally expected having increased to 10000.
and as fresh regiments are still arriving, it is
but natural to expect that they will outgrow'
the accommodations of San Stefano, and
spread themselves on to Makrikioi, from
which TO the seven towers-which means
Constantinople itself-is but step.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10

ill-shaped grains on this end. which most
farmers discard, are the best The stalks
produced from these are the finest when
they first make their appearance above
ground; the largest aud best at maturity
In three years, by persistence in this practice
and with handful of cotton seed to The hi,
on rich bottom land Won will find corn
growing on the suckers You can do this by
commencing with any good variety of corn.
IL you have no good corn for seed. go to your
neighbor or some one that has and get il.
Give this matter special attention. 1t will
pay you. Farmers would do well in their
selection of corn for seed to remember what
Darwin calls "the preservation OF the fittest."
and should never forget the rule that like
produces like"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10

are historical, and can not be doubted, let
alone disputed. The military culprits in
command have TO admit what every officer
who survived that fearful day are ready to
state. To have il, however, demonstrated
we give here a letter from General
Beauregard, who was in command after the
gallant Johnson fell wounded. He say:
NEW ORLEANS, January %, 1878.
DEAI SIR-Your favor of the 22d instant has
Just been received, etc.
am willing to state that the stubborn de-
Tense of a position ON the extreme right OF the
feoeTal line delays our advance sufficient 10
prevent an ca lier route of the federel army
than occurred on April 6, 1862, thus giving time
the field at Pittsburg Landing, Just previous TO
the attack about p. M of the cOnfederateS
on that last stronghold of the federals.
infer from official federal reports, to which
have been lately referred, that the position
on the eXpreme right, above alluded. TO, was
held by the Forty-siXth Ohio, Colonel Thomas
Worthington. And the Sixth Iowa, Lieuten-
ant Colonel Cummings, on his Left T. W
Should ! be in Washington at the period
stated by you, will be glau to make your
quaintence, and confer with YOU further rela-
tive to the bloody battles of Shiloh. i remain
G. T. BEAUREGARD.
Colonel thomas worthington, Morrow, " al
rem county, Ohio.
And now while Sherman rolls by in his
equipage-the fool of luck, paid an enormous
salary for doing nothing-and is followed
flattered by the crowd, this brave old man,
whose past glitters with an achievement that
saved an army, and perhaps the republic is
left TO penury and rags. He can not even
get an honest claim paid, based on service of
an important sort rendered the government
In the beginning of the war. Can the repub-
lie afford TO treat its children in this unjust
and inhuman manner?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10
Tress Win Souls.

lOlnciDitll odtuIudy NtSutl
Scientists are coming TO think that trees
plants and flowers have feeling intelligence
in short seuls. We remember as a school
boy discovering a good deal of feeling in
birch occasionally. You can't go into
wood yard without finding wood of various
kinds in tiers, caused, perhaps, by some diff
Guilty in the lumber region. Haven't you
seen a forest tree pine away almost to
skeleton, with hardly a (hem) lock left to
decorate its brow? Oak is tough at the
heart, but when it comes to hattery can't
maple sugar" Why does the weeping
willow grow alongside of the laughing brook
If not to teach the lesson that the world is
not all mirth and sunshine? 1t seems little
hard, however that as the willow was intro
duced into this vale of tears to weep, con-
siderate nature hadn't furnished 1t with a
pocket handkerchief. Plants whose mission
il is to give pain instead of pleasure seem to
be conscious of their unhappy destiny.
Haven't you seen a thistle down" before
now2 And there is that poisonous plant
that makes you break out in cuss words; it
suffers pangs of remorse for doing what it
can't help, ivy notion. Oh. yes. vegetation
has feeling; there is no doubt about it.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10
selection of SEED Corn.
[John ii. McAke, Of Mississipi. D

This requires special care. My plan has
been to take one or two careful hands at
gathering time, in - best corn on the place
selecting the largest and most prolific
stalks. From these take the top ear, which
is the largest and best. In this way 1 select
three or four times as much as is required 10
At planting time have all this husked and
then select the seed this do myself, trust
ing to no one), taking the largest and best
developed ears. Shell about half the ear,
commencing at the stem end. The rough,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10
Our Family Bread.

Truly the most important authorizations to
avoid are those which are calculated TO in
lure the staff of life" Merchants who sup
ply their customers with pure articles like
DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder, retain
better patrons, have a larger trade, and make
more money than those who recommend
cheap adulterated powders.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10
Sick and Afflicted.

A cough or cold, If not promptly attended
to, may result in an incurable lung disease.
For all diseases of the throat. breast and
lungs bronchial or asthmatic affections, DIR.
Swayne's Compound Syrup OF Wild Cherry
is a pleasant and certain cure. The oldest
and best remedy. Itpromotes expectoration
and removes all diseased matter which OBJ
structs the lungs; the liberation is healed
and the sufferer is restored TO perfect health.
If the bowels are costive or liver disordered,
take first a few doses of Dr. Swayne's Tar
and Sarapa Pills. which will evacuate the
bowels, and is of vital importance, relieve
the congested liver and remove all bilious
ness These valuable remedies, sold at the
leading drug stores or can be had by writing
TO DIR. Swayne q Son, Philadelphia. Ask
your druggist for them. Browning x Sloan,
wholesale agents
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10

All sufferers from headache, giddiness,
coated tongue, liver inactive, costiye bowels,
bilious, will find an effective remedy IN
'Swayne's Tar and Sarsaparilla Pills"
Eevers are prevented by the use of these
Blood purifying pills. as they carry off
through the blood the impurities from
which they arise. They are purely vegeta-
BILE, and we hope all who are suffering viii
give them trial. Price 25 cents box, i've
boxes one dollar. Sent by mail to any adj
dress by DR.. Swayne & Son, Philadelphia, il
your druggist has not got them. Browning
4 Sloan, wholesale agents.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-03
EDUCATIONAL ITEMS.

The st. Louis school board has rejected
the proposition TO establish halliday classes
in the two lower grades of the district
schools.
The public schools for white children In
Maryland will receive from the school tax
TINS year sl02, ,625; the colored schools will
receive S25, 900.
The university of Virginia is about to in
stitute local examinations. They will be held
in Richmond, Charlottesville and Staunton
in May and June.
The board of education of Wheeling, West
Virginia, has passed resolution expressing
disapproval Of the spirit of military display
and the organization OF military companies
in the schools.
The Massachusetts legislative committee
on education is considering a bill authoriz-
ing cities OF over $4,000 Inhabitants to main
tain an officer who shall act as sanitary in
spector of schools. 1t is much to be hoped
that the bill will become law.
The modern school system is criticised
with much justice and good sense by the
Globe Democrat, of st. Louis. Ii says: SIN
stead of endeavorDg to ground children as
thoroughly as possible in the most important
common branches during the first four or five
years of the. course, several ornamental
branches, such as drawing, music and Ger
man, have been made part of the course
from the very beginning, and il is . fact that