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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-06
LONGENGS.
BY EMILY HAWTHORNE.

sadness but loves completeness?-
Joy ever alloyed with fears?
Doth time prove only the fieetness
OF the passage of winged years?
Is life to be clouded with sorrow,
Till earth seems night shrouded plain?
Doth n 1pe falsely whisper tomorrow
May bring thee surcease from pain?
Are pleasure, and mirth, and gladness,
All joys that the world can bring,
Must envy, and malice, and sadness
Wound the heart as wi h poisonous sting?
There's depth of yearning and longing
Expressed in the half uttered sigh,
And turbulent thoughts that come thronging,
As though they would speak from the eye.
Though ye grieve with the soul sadly aching,
Rejoice in its happy release;
For We know that heart that is breaking
Must soon find the solace of peace.
No happiness e'er in the throbbing
or the unquiet bosom there dwells,
But a wall comes forth in its sobbing
That rises and surges and swells.
But cometh peace most enduring,
When the tumult termed life shall have
ceased,
And the spirit slips forth from its mooring,
The soul is from durance released.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-06
Ask the Old Woman.


A gentleman travelling outwest relates the
following:
Riding horseback Just at night through
the woods in Signor county, Michigan, /
came into the clearing, in the middle of
which stood log house with its owner sit
ting in the door smoking his pipe. Stopping
nv horse before him, the following CONVEX
sation ensued:
'Good evening, sir" said 1.
Good evening"
"Can get a glass of milk to drinkr'
"Well, don't know. Ask the old wo-
man"
By this time his wife was standing by his
side.
''Oh, yes," said she, "of course you CAM
While drinking it asked:
'Do you think we are going to have a
stormr'
"Well, really don't know. Ask the old
woman-she can tell"
81 guess We shall get one right away" she
said.
Again asked:
"How much land have you got cleared
here?'
"Well, really don't know. Ask the old
woman-she knows"
"Abost eighteen acres, she replied.
Just then troop of children came run
ming and shouting around the corner of the
shanty.
"All these your children?" said |.
'Don't know. Ask the old woman--she
knows"
/ did not wait to hear her reply, bat drew
up the reins and left Immediately.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-06

will l better, Miss?' and she paused waiting
for ta. name "Miss Maggie" was the quick
repy. 81 can not tell you; but am sure of
one thing, you must be more quiet or you
will make yourself worse" well, don't
care; want to die anyway. Will thinks
only of May, and the sooner l am dead the
sooner be can have her all to himself. All!
husbands are not very loving when you lose
your good looks and begin to get old and
ugly. Don't you think sc? Were you ever
married? OH 1 forgot; you are miss.
Well, you have escaped worse lot than be-
ing an old maid. You can never tell
whether your husband loves you or whether
he is fooling you; 1 am sure l can not
"Why, Katiel"-and her husband opened the
door and listened for a moment-"you are
not thinking of what you are saying. You
know love you. You must not believe all
she says, Miss-?' "Miss Maggie" inter
posed Mrs. Phelps. He turned for glance
at the bowed face just beside him, and in a
flash he knew the sweet, pleading expression,
the delicately moulded features and the
lustrous eyes. Miss Maggie!" and he slow
ly put out his hand. but she gave no sign Of
recognition, but, ignoring the proffered
palm, bowed courteously and left him and
his wife
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-06
The Cost of a Passenger Car.

Passengers in railway cars often wonder
how these carriages can so long endure the
wear and tear and shocks of travel. The
detailed items of the expense of construct
ing first class standard passenger Car at the
Altoona shops of the Pennsylvania railroad,
published in Engineering. solve the mystery
The whole cost of the car is $4.423 20 The
leading items are, for essentials: Labor,
1858 81; wood of various kinds, ash predom.
mating, 1916 "a; wheels and axles 1892 IS;
passenger car trucks. $533 81; air brakes,
Sl31 40; various other small, but indispensi-
ble articles carry the price of the car, un-
adorned and without luxurious appliances.
up to "a! $1,000. the m 4rking for ornaments
and taste being about 81 500 OF this mar
gin over $500 is required for upholsteriDg.
These items show why cars last The money
paid in wages shows the employment OF
good workmen. and the price of the wood
used indicates its good quality and careful
seasoning.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-06
The Man without n Future.

Who does not know him, the man without
future, whose life is spent on playground,
and who finds sport in all that comes across
his path? His thoughts rarely peer over the
boundary of to day; it is of the same stuff
on the other side; and for the rest he has
the philosophers instinct that nothing is
more certain and less worth looking after
than the unforeseen-a Nihilist as sure of
his Nirvana as the devoutest follower of the
divine Sakya NUM-. The man who will not
look forward-what more is be than life
annuitant-if you like, a soul annuitant?
For his hopes to come are no bigger than a
butterfy's But let him tell you he is no
nonentity yet a while, and 80, believe him,
he is not the least important figure of the
nineteenth century. Why, he is represent
alive man, the exponent of this blase age.
Without futurel He is a present wonder
all the more, ar evergreen that acknowledges
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For the Contract Dollar.
fChicago Tribune.


The gold bugs who ask for the coinage for
one year of silver dollars of 434 grains are
playing confidence game. They know that
such dollar could not circulate if the price
of silver bullion advanced on cent an ounce
in London, and all that might be coined of
that weight would have to be exported or
put into the melting pot and
coined over again with less weight
This whole clamor for. heavier dollar
than the regular one is dishonest and tricky.
No sincere friend of silver remonetizatisn
will be caught in any such trap, or support
any proposition OF the kind. The old dollar
is just the right weight. Let gold come down
to its level of value, as it must do when sill
yer is received as a full legal tender. and
then there will be no necessity for changing
the weight of either coin.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-06
CHAPTER VII.

'It is the one thing on my mind night and
day. If 1 could only hear her say, I forgive
you,' could die happy, but as it is, it rests
like terrible load on my soul. o Will,
save me to get back home, and will hunt
forever until find her." "Katie, you must
be quiet; you are very i'll, and you must be
still" But the poor, wandering mind did
not comprehend the meaning, nor cease its
rawlings. Bring her to me, and will give
you back to her. All, it is no wonder there
have been no blessings on our marriage.
Her face, like spectre, has haunted me- and
1 see it now by me. Pity, pity, Maggie
Phelps, I implore!" Kate" and the calm,
quiet nurse took the cold fingers, already
chilled with death, in her own warm clasp.
kate, am Maggie Phelps, and as hope
for pardon forgive you all the harm you
have done me-" The dying woman was
quiet in an instant. ''Maggie, will you prom
Use me one thing? When 1 am gone
will you take May and raise her?'
"No, no, Kate, can not. Anything eise?'
"But beg you to say yes. See, am dying.
Would you refuse the last prayer of dying
woman? Let me do this 1 took your hus-
band, and 1 give you my child" Scarlet.
with bushes, Maggie, to quiet the sink
ing, pleading mother, promised her that
she would indeed take May as her own child.
The scene was terrible. Will Phelps knelt
by the side of the deathbed, while Maggie
supported in her arms the invalid. She
gave no sign of noticing the weeping, trem-
bling man, but was pale and calm. 30
Maggie, there have been days and nights
when l felt and knew that God would pun
ish me for robbing you of the one love of
your life. never loved him, but wanted
him for his money, his position, for his
appearance. knew that was committing
a sin when 1 drew him on to declare to me
his love, the love that belonged to you. All,
you will have him now, when / hoped to
keep you forever from him. He loves you;
has loved you always, for he married me
when piqued by passion. But have been even
with him. He got olove, for he gave none
o raise me; raise me quick Give May to
me. One kiss, my child; you are to be Mag
gie's and papa's now. 1t will be papa and
mamma before the grass grows over me. Will
be forgotten by all; or will you teach my
child to love me? Kiss me good-by, Will;
now the next kiss is for her." and with a
parting caress the proud beauty was dead.
They gathered delicate flowers from the valley
and placed them in the slender fingers and
at the white throat Maggie robed her for
the grave, and the tears were bitter that fell
] on the cold brow. ''She was punishe at
last" whispered the sad heart, land / Cor
give her as L forgive him. They need none
of my anger, tor they have suffered. will
try to step back into my old duties and forget
these few weeks of pain. He must take
May, though the poor child clIngs to me
tenderly, but while 1 forgive can not,
must not, forget to be true to myself
| ITO be Continued.l
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-06
A STREET ARABS PRAYER.
BY SARAH T. BOLTON.

Two waits upon the stream of time,
Outcasts, without a home or name;
Born in the haunts of sin and crime
Heirs to a heritage of shame;
Two wandering Arabs of the street,
With tattered clothes and bare, brown feet.
One, crushed and mangled till the life
Was slowly ebbing from his heart;
The other, racked with fever's strife
Beyond the healing power of art;
Their pallid faces nestled there,
Framed IN a mass of tawny hair.
One murmured, with plaintive sigh,
''Say, Bobby, did you ever hear
OF Jesus? Maybe when you die
He'll come and take you up from here
To heaven, and there you won't be poor,
Nor cod, nor hungry any more.
At mission school heerd 'em say
He goes about ADDING good,
And, If you'd ask Him, night or day,
He'd come and help you all He could.
Who knows but He'll come round tonight
And you would know Him, Bob, at sight"
"No," said the boy, whose eyes grew dim,
ST don't know where the man might be;
And a great gentleman like Him
Would hardly stop to speak to mes
But If He comes around, III try
To ax him-doctor says I'll die.
1 never heard of Him before;
But, Bill, If could only walk
I'd try to find Him-shut the door;
1t hurts me so can not talk"
"Then, Bobby, just hold up your hand,
And if He comes He'll understand"
Up went the trembling hand to tell
Needs that the white lips could not speak,
Fluttered M 1ment there, and fell
Went up again; but ah too weak
Was little BIB to hold it there
And then he wept in his despair.
"Don't try it, Bobby" said his friend;
"Give me your hand, III fix it. up"
And with his pillow end to end,
He deity improvised prop.
And all night long the voiceless prayer
OF that small hand was offered there.
And when the morning looked abroad,
And sunbeams kissed that silent bed,
The hand still pointed up to God,
And little pauper Bob was dead.
But, by his face so calm and fair,
Men knew that Jesus had been there.
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sLEIGHING SONG.
BY LEE o. HARRIS.

We are gliding where the meadows
In their crystal beauty glow;
Through the forest where the shadows
Lie asleep upon the snow;
Where the naked oaks, ashiver,
OF the stinging cold complain
To the half-imprisoned river
Tearing at It's icy chain.
Where the frozen brooklet fingers
Till the winters reign is DER,
And the willows wiring their fingers
AS they crouch along the shore;
Through the silvery light that glances
Where the mail clad hills arise,
Till they shake their ashen lances
In defiance at the skies.
Oh, was ever joy completer
Than the sleighing time compels?
Was there ever music sweeter
Than this singing of the bells?
Was there ever lighter motion
Than this gliding of the sleigh,
Like shallop on the ocean
With its wake of flying spray?
Not cloud is ia yon far height
AS it arches blue and fair,
Anu the lrOSb, ike lTOZcu starlight,
Trembles downward through the air,
While the moon above us hanging,
Earthward turns her silver bow.
Don't you hear her arrows twanging
AS they fall upon the snow?
Love may pine in melancholy
Where the tropic breezes blow,
But he laughs to scorn such folly
AS he flies above the snow,
Where the blood with very madness
Through the bounding pulses swells,
And the he art in rhythmic gladness
Times the music of the bells.
Lewisville, Ind, Feb. 4, 1878.
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Whatever happens, never forsake a friend.
When enemies gather, when sickness falls
upon the heart, when the world Is dark and
cherries. is the time to try friendship. They
who turn from the scenes of distress betray
their hypocrisy. and prove that interest only
moves them IL you have a friend who
loves you, who has studied your interest
and happiness. be sure to sustain him IN
adversity. let him feel that his love was
not thrown away. Real fidelity may be
rare, but n exists in the heart They only
deny its worth and power who never loved
a friend or labored to make a friend happy
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Let young man be as much of util-
itaran possible. he can very seldom see
the use of the old folks in the parlor.Sunday
nights.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
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ssIt viii Care i'll Fairly Tested,

1t gives me much pleasure to be able to
state that L nave derived an ettectuai cure
OF Scrotula from The use OF Mrs Joe rer-
sons remedy for that disease. L had suffered
from SeTOfula Ter moe than three years,
and ha1 deSpal ed OF eve getting We'll. 4
was treated during that Time by three very
emlnent phA5icldES, without ar good re-
suit Itne.. went TO the National Surgical
Institute, at Atlanta, ga, anC was treated
there more tnIn Two months, with no bet
Ter result than my FANNY physicians met
with. Aft II returned lroa, the institute |
was persuaded To Try Mrs Persons remedy y,
auQ i had not used Ii more than a weeh be-
IoIe 1 discovered It's curative and healing
properties, My sores soon began TO heal.
ana the COLI OF my Skin chang-a as fast a.
HE Sores haaled. haQ mol thought OF ever
=tillAg wen aealn, Out ny II pes increased,
my low sl-riIvuneSs ned before the remedy,
ana L am 4uW enjoying SpteHGIu heath and
am III goNd Spirits. tnc IemeaS IS MID j.
- pufSaJIve, and d strong ton lc ;IJ will neal
he most stubborn sore lii three weeks il
taken IeEGidriy 1t = my opinion tAaI it
snuLlu ue tahSn SOuie time alter the sore is
Ii liz, 10 remove tie cause OF lis effects, Ii
shout Uc taken regularly ~ all Means, Tor
a have sometimes neglected II, from the
pressure oil business, and ia all cases found
THAT tn cure al.eady naae would I'm
u'ence 20 Tetrograce, anu Tor this alone il
shouia oe taken Regularly until All eIectual
cure Is Completed. Nothing snouid prevent
Regular iLy II the use OF the rtln6oy and il
s. Guild DC taken a. the proper giIre. l would
recommend 10 ali VII are suffering from
o~cIotGla TO ny II. 1t viii surely cure you i
you gI,e IL a 1aii test. L speak from ex.
pericHce, ana MT from hearsay. | am q
| gratcfut recIpieLto OF i cure rom tie use Of il
ana : am "a 0eT many ana aStIlg obiiga
| tons u MIS-. I elsOh tOr the sreiI reiIeI I
have obtained from It's use, Sufferers, IT'S It
AMI be cured, Is IA! advice.
am, respectfully,
JARLo A. MORRIS.
kITTaELLs, n. c.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
A BRIEF HISTORY:

The following is from the Raleish News.
and was ] voluntary insertion and NOT an
advertisement
years ago an old Indian left a receipt foI
c~uriEgScroful2 with Mis- Persons fafn1r.
Mrs. Person ives II Frankli.ton, or in that
section. \ cIilQ MAS orn 10 Mrs, Person,
and III mad the >croiula. Inc doctors Eavelt
up 10 die. she thought ~ t2at receipt, thai
was now old and musty, and mia away In an
upstairs drawer. She concluded II Tie child
was bound 10 die, L Aouian'J hurt To IoliUp
thar recrlpf- She Hent oul ana gathered the
herb, got tie WhlS>ey, cuu did as nlrtcteGtU
the cllll. Her chiid LOW lives wcI & q
hearty. More thanthis o, lN d eW months
since a South CaroiinIau, whose meme has
slipped Us, was suffering with some S;roIu-
lous affection OH the heel. lie had been to
the Hot SDIiug,ta ~rhanS2S, and from there
lie wenI T. kiCtr.n Springs. Notf II Z dio
hin any 20 q At kitt ell ) they ti nm
of Mrs. Persons recipe. anu Or. - wrote
to Mrs L rSoIi II she cured hat south Ca.o-
linian her receipt was worth money. And
the >ouJn CarOitnian sent Ter v ord II Snt
cured HIM lie would give her five nun
dred doIiars. She sent hi IL directions what
TO do, and added If they cured aim he
could send uer twenty-five dollars; she
wouldn't ask five hundred. The south
CarUiinian went home. and SbDrlly after
ward sent MIS-. Ferson a checA for twenty
five dollars, and wrote the most grateiullet
Ter he knew how. Bless u. Sc old INDIANS.
We would like TO have one Tor a neAf neigh
bOr."
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Canal Street from Sixth to SIEVE q
RICHMCND, Va.

ENGINES, portable and stationary. saw
MILLS, / f-MILLS, BOILERS, CAST
INGS of BRASS and IRON. tORGINGS,
sc. MACHINERY for Gold and Coal Mines.
Blast Furnaces, &c.
!. call special attentionto ouriMFROVED
PORTABLE ENGJNE, .nr agricultural and
other purposes The Boilers # our Agri-
cultural Engines are provided With our
AIENI REMICM SPARK AIRES TERS,
a device by which tn Spa Ks are forced 10
pass downward over a reservoir IF Hater and
etectually eHtingpished Wituout the use or
wire game. OII s the onl. ~raLgeme
OF this klnd mich arcrCs free access to the
boiler tubs for clea.ing from each end
Ais. 2 our new styles SHALT LOCO
MOTIVES for hauling lumber, and other
articles upon tranways AID harrow gauge
railways.
The Oest Planters regard our GINNING
ENGlN - superior To any In use. Send for
Liu tIat-d catalogue free. Other things
beng equal encourage olthern institutions.
Repair worE solicited ano rromplly ooue.
Sharing PUleys, &c, for ON Houses.
"riannfacturers OF Jones patent Tobacco
| Lump AacllneS 10 work bv hani or D0wer.'
WI + TANNER s co.
h. r. RACGHAN. r ch >qrare, n. C,
zen | agent IN Eastern North Carolina.
I mar 3 70 d&wly
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THREE CEFELUEsNS IN THREE
WEE.EAs.
Il JOE PERSON /:

Dear Madame-Your letter has been re-
ceivea. anu on accounS of btlilg absent irow
home Tor Il Week CT Two, have not hid the
opportunity 10 answer IL 1 certainly will
take great pleasure Iii Going ali |. IL is WITH
III my pc CT t0walGS getting you patients
Tor treatment oil SCI o ula. / hardly know
how 10 express my Sra.ILuut To You Tor cul
uS my three little 1h.iur II. thsy took mtu
icllie rom my Iaiilis physician Tor s.Dout
Two years, with seated. Any EelieI at al. |
trled Your rcnieay, anu III less Than three
weeks Cney Mere All perfectly cuItd, anC
have never ShC WI any SISu oi LrpASIne out
agaiu. feel Very tn.,nk.u 10 you. c&n
safely say that / believe your .emeuy to Ue a
Gel Ia. IL cuft fOl oSIoICia. II : can eN L be
oI d y service to You IL any way, | want you
to be sure ami call OH III Yours truly,
Va. Ii. aknINGlU
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AS TONIC AND NITE AY5EE

M~OOEESVILLE, Co., y. c.
Being deSiTGuS of adding IHy Testimonial
TO GJherS, concerning The merits oi AIRS Joe
Persons Remedy fui ScrUfula, 1 lake pleas
urt III saying that as a tonic and Alternative
/ 40 not thluE il has an .qual. lhaVe fairly
testt "a 1t, ana after trying Segetine, Sarsa-
paGiiIa, vinegar blJsefS, ana various other
remedies, L have 10 hesIldtion III
Ing Ii far superior to any 4ONIG | nave ever
used. When l ccmmenced using Mrs Per
sons Remedy 1 Was very weak. cOmplec-
ton 5 Ito ", and now ! am WE'LL,
respectfully y~ur friend,
Mrs. IT, BROWN.
Sent 26 1879
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
UMEQGAlIsD As A EEGOD
PURIFIER.

MRs. jos Person
The medicine | purchased Of yon last win
ter proved OF las -eneht Io my son, no
was troub.ed with "a running sores,
some of them quite large, ana of a scrofulous
nature. IL less than three weeks after com.
menCing the Use of your remedy. he Was
perfectly restored, and IS to-day qui e sound
anu healthy. AS , TONIC And BLOOD PUkI
FIEK IT HA> No EQUAL. topping thai you may
be spared for many yea 5 of useiuiue 5, j
iemain, Very respectfully.
III STOKES
Louisburg, \. c.. Nay Y, -.
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My receipt for the cure of Scrofula has
been IrIeo ~ me With the most unDreccdtn.
TED success Tor lie last Twelve years. and L
have 10 hesitation III accommodating it as a
sovereign cure tor that disease and as a
general Tonic aud Blood Purider. Ii is every
where ivIng perfecs satisfaction, While
10 specially recommend il for other dise aSeS.
l believe 1t Will ultimately prove 10 be of
benefit III all cases arising from lmpurity Of
he nlood and probably for other diseases