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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-23
The Boys and the Farms.

At the meeting of the Berks County Agri-
cultural society, Professor James Calder,
president of the Pennsylvania State College,
was present, and spoke upon the subject of
"How to keep our sons on our farms"
Among other things, he said:
"a fortune acquired through the tillage of
the soil is more permanent than that secured
through any other means. If farmers have
failed in their business and suffered pecuni-
airy losses, it has been because they diverted
their attention to other matters, such as
improbable speculations and business
undertakings with which they were I'M
familiar.
There is no calling without Its tempta-
lions, but there is none SO tree from tempta-
ton as that of the farmer, who, by his loca-
ton, is so isolated as to be removed from the
evils and vices which beset the denizens of
cities. The calling of the farmer leads him
to commune with nature. He is also taught
patience, perseverance and hope, and be-
comes naturally man of faith, confidence,
hope and assurance. Under all circumstan-
ces the farmer is more likely to be a man of
honesty and integrity than if he was engaged
in any other avOcation in life.
Young men should be left TO understand
that II they desire to become good farmers
they require an education. Much can be
done by farmers in the care and improve
Pennsylvania can be found as fine cattle,
horses and mules as can be found on any
farm in the world. Quite q revolution has
been accomplished in this respect, as COM
pared with the practice of years ago. If
farmer desires to have his boys early trained
to the farm, it is well to instill in their
minds love for farm stock and this can be
best done by giving each son an animal, and
letting him know that he has absolute own
ership nit. So, likewise, IN regard to fruit
gro wing, child can be interested by giving
1T q certain number of trees or plat Of
ground to take care of"
As to the opportunities of farmers
children to acquire bstter educations than
can be given them in the ordinary country
schools the teacher instanced the State
Normal schools, which are greatly improv-
ing, and concluded by referring to the
Pennsylvania College in Center county, of
which institution he is president. He re-
lated the difficulties encountered in estab-
fishing the college upon paying basis, and
recounted the numerous things which had
| to be learned. he expressed sincere wish
to have any gentleman present interrogate
him in reference to the msnagem mt of the
State College, as there is not single thing,
he said, which it was desired should be con.
! cealed.
The thanks of the society were rendered
the professor for his interesting address.
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IngersolI's Ideas.

Colonel Ingersoll has christened his new
lecture the "Words of Man About the
Word of God" Below are q few extracts
from it:
| can't sin against God, because can not
affect His happiness.
Think OF God giving q man brains, and
then making it a crime to reason.
No man on earth controls the wind that
fills the sails of that ship called himself.
According to this great scheme (Chrls-
tianity) the innocent suffer for the guilty.
The church hates a moral uubeliever q
thousand times worse than it does an i'm
moral one.
He who has made the best use of this life
will be the nearest ready to enter upon the
next.
How does the murderer in Heaven feel
with his victim in hell? IT he was a gentle
man he would trade places with him.
1t is possible that, If an infidel has been
honest all his life, he will, upon his death
bed, regret that he has not lived lie.
According to the best of Christians, man is
totally depraved. II man is totally de-
PRAYED, then all his acts are sinful.
1 like voltaire because he carried the
torch of Reason. I like him because he
loved humanity and despised superstition
with all his heart.
had rather be in he'll, where there is
some sympathy, than in Heaven, where
they are so happy that they don't care for
their friends.
Anything is sin that causes innocence to
suffer. Anything is sin that causes unhappi-
ness in this world. Everything is right that
tends to make men happy.
Whenever / pronounce the name OF Vol
taire feel as though / saw some glorious
leader of the host calling on the beleagured
city of Superstition for immediate surren-
der.
II go to hell, no matter how hot 1t is, and
there remember some good and splendid
thing that have done-the hunger l have
fed-the darkness have clothed-I believe
it will cool up on me little.
Now, they say that the persons who never
heathen-will go to Heaven. Why, o God,
il there is one. did you not keep us all in
ignorance OF the scheme, that we might all
be saved?
My doctrine is that. If / go to Heaven
and 1 probably shall if there is one-no
matter in what star / may be spending the
| summer, and there meet man whom l
wronged. and read the story IN his eyes,
shall fall behind a little in the tune; l
won't go quite so lively with my harp as
was.
| A minister told me once thai If did moi
believe the Bible ought not to say SO.
asked him il he believed it. He said he did.
1 told him didn't know whether he did OF
| not, for man who would advise another to
lie, might lie himself. And shall die with
out ever knowing whether that man be-
Iieves the Bible or not.
A man lives to the age of 90. and then
| dies, but not being Christian he goes to
hell. He has always been good citizen
| His whole life has been devoted to makine
| people happy. Another man, whose life has
been dishonest, who has plundered widows
| and orphans, also dies, but at the last
moment he accepts the scheme and goes tc
Heaven.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-23
FASHION NOTES.

Marabo1t feathers are most used in millin-
cry this spring.
Very few black bonnets are seen at the
spring openings.
Violet button-hole bouquets are worn by
Mdies and girls.
Bonnets of jetted and gold beaded lace are
in special favor.
Little Buttercup" is the name OF new
style of hats for ladies'
One Of the pretty toilet graces of the day
is the use of ribbon bows.
Handsome articles in crystals, designed for
ornamentiDg hats, are shown.
Exquisite taste ia shown in the models
exhibited at our fashionable bazaars.
Modistes are now kept busy day and night
preparing and finishing new costumes.
The newest dining-tables are square,
the round extension table being out Of favor.
Canton crepe will be one of the mater
ials most used for elaborate bonnets this
summer.
New walking boots for ladies have pointed
toes, and are much higher In the ankle than
formerly +
Chips are firstclass, Tuscans come next,
English straws rank third, and rustic brAids
bring up the rear and are counted ordinary;
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-23
The Pefloneter.


One of the most curious little instruments
brought out lately, says Eli Perkins, is the
pedometer, small machine about the size
OF watch, which you carry in your pocket
to denote the distance you travel on foot or
ride on horseback. 1t is a very accurate
machine. A friend of mine put one IN his
pocket the other day, and walked from the
Fifth Avenue Hotel to the Central park and
back. Strange to say, it marked the distance
as accurately as surveyor could measure
it. The little machine works this way: 1t
tells the number of steps you take, or that
your horse takes, during any given time.
To get the length of these steps yor take an
average That Is, you walk 200 feet; then
count the number of steps; divide the
number of inches travelled by the number Of
steps, and you will have the length of your
average step. Then set the pedometer, and
start
The other morning a young married lady,
Mrs. -, who had an idea that her husband
was "larkipg' it too much when he ought
to be IN his Office attending to business, put
a pedometer in his pocket book. Kissing
his wife goodby, the innocent husband
sauntered out and took the stage for his
down town office. In the stage he met a
dashing widow. who took him up to Central
park to see the animals, or rather to carry
on a filtration on some OF those bowery seats
rooted with woodbine and ivy. After prone
nading through the park, visiting the SEALS
the ostriches, the baby lions. and the muse
um, the sentimental husband returned
home.
"Ab, duckey, where have you been-you
look all tired out?" asked the wife, as she
kissed him as usual.
"Oh, down to the office; the same old
drudgery: oh; pet, I'm SO glad toget back
Ibid you take the stage to the door,
sweet?" asked the wife, tenderly.
"Yes. lovey; and was too tired to walk
home. Why, 1 never went out to lunch; 1
was so busy"
Just sat down and wrote all day, darling,
did your
Eyes, daisy, all day long. Oh, I'm SO
tiredi"
Let me see your pocket book, precious"
continued the wife; l want to put something
in it." Then she opened it and took out the
little pedometer.
30. Edward" she screamed, as she held it
"what, Caroline?"
why, here you've travelled ii miles since
morning. Where have you been? How
could you? o, you wicked, bad man, to de-
ceive your wife sou
Don't but me, Edward. You've been
walking around all day. You couldn't have
been near the Office at all. Oh, you naughty,
naughty mani / am going homa t, my
mother; I won't live with you another
day. Now, who was she? Who was the
Lady,"
''Why, Caroline, 1 met Mrs. Swope, our
clergyman's wife, and
mo you didn't; she's been with me all
day o, Edward" and then she burst into
tears.
Thst night, that poor, heart-broken hus.
band swore by all the pedometers in Heaven
or earth that he never lie to his wife again.
He even took pew in the church next to
his mother-in-law, and every Sunday we
can now see him with pedometer in his
pocket measuring his way to church.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-23
rot when rustic hat is prettily trimmed it

yet when rustic hat is prettily trimmed it
looks quite nobby.
New and elegant gloves are finished with q
kid lace which falls oyer the arm with ele-
CANT effect.
The most original bonnet of the season is a
coarse straw, composed like Joseph's coat of
many colors.
The combination of materials and the
charming shading of dress goods are very ar
tistic this spring.
Very large flowers are used in millinery
this spring, single rose in many cases form
ing the crown of q bonnet.
Some of the latest evening dresses, and in
tended particularly for wear in dancing,
have the short round skirt.
The most fashionable combination of the
season is that effected by the union of MORE
antique with fine camePs hair.
The Japanese ladies paint their cheeks
with green substance, which, on exposure
to the air, soon turns to q sea she'll pink.
As the summer advances there will be new
shapes in lace wraps to chronicle, shawls
having long ago ceased to be fashionable.
The conspicuous Alsacian hood which was
worn in the winter in place of evening bon
nets, will be superseded by the flower crown
bonnets.
Very. elegant mourning parasols are of
finest quality black silk, having deep band
of Grape on the edges and finished with
crimped fringe.
The many handsome new suits displayed
in the churches and on the promenadss on
Easter Sunday created quite furore among
fashionable ladies.
There is q probability that audacious com
binat1ons in spring and summer attire will
meet the eye, such as q dress with blue
sleeves and sash lined with scarlet.
A broad band of chenille, resembling sea
moss-not sea weed-in color, in which is
set at irregular distances the most minute
sea shells, is the latest fancy in trimming.
Sun umbrellas are of twilled silk or Turc
satin, plain or bordered on the edge with a
satin stripe. They are mounted on sticks of
ebony, lnalecca or rattan, with self polished,
ivory or horn handles, and on light paragon
frames.
Costly black satin parasols are ornamented
with successive sprays Of fine embroidery;
usually bouquets of flowers in natural colors
with attendant leaves of green; but some
are worked in black silk on foundation of
black satin.
The most fashionable evening dresses are
now either black or white, the stuffs which
are in mixed color5 being reserved for day
wear. This effects a sort of revolution in
dress. black having been for SO long period
q sort of uniform for the street.
The parasols that have come out are pecu-
liarly fanciful. They are of polka-dotted
and sprIgged damask and Turc satin, satin
striped pekin, basket pattern Drocade and
plain chameleon Turc satin, mounted on
sticks of ebony, malaccs bamboo and rattan,
with rs ribs of gilded steel. The lining is
generally OF a contrasting color, and placed
under the gilded ribs. The sticks are cut
square off, about an inch above the color
and the effect ID unique and remarkable.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-23

The so-called rose of Sharon is one of the
most exquisite flowers in shape and hue.
Its blossoms are bell. shaped, and of many
mingled hues and dyes. But its history is
legendary and romantic IN the highest de-
gree. In the East throughout Syria, Judea
and Arabia, it is regarded with the profound
est reverence. The leaves that encircle the
round blossoms dry and close together when
the season Of blossoms is over, and the stalk,
whitening completely away from the stem,
the flower Is blown away at last from the
stem on which it grew, having dried in the
shape of ball, which is carried By the
breeze to great distances. In this way It il
borne over to the wastes and sandy deserts,
until at last, touching some moist places. i.
clings 70 the soil, where it Immediately
takes flesh root and springs to life and
beauty again.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-23
Take Care!
AVOID
IMPOSITION

Most druggists are conscientious in their
dealings, but there are a few who are not. A
number of cases have been reported to us re-
Gently where druggists, for the sake Of gain
ing a small additional profit, have sought to
i'm pose upon their customers by offering them
cheap and worthless limitations Of BENSON S
CAPCINE Porous PLASTER In place of the gen.
uine, or have tried tn sell them the common
porous plaster when Benson's Capcine Porous
Plaster was asked for, falsely claiming that
the common article possessed equal merit.
We therefore caution ali buyers of Benson 8
Capcine Plaster to see that the word CAPClNE
is correctly spelled each plaster has the
word C-A-P-C-I-N-E cut through it. By this
simple precaution imposition may be avoided.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-23
THE GENUINE
DIR. G. McLANE'S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
OR
VERMIFUGE.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

FNHE countenance is pale and leaden-
4 colored, with occasional fushes, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu-
pills dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eye-lid; the nose is If
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds;
a swelling of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming or throbbing
of the ears; an unusual secretion of
saliva; Shiny or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly in the morning;
appetite variable, sometimes voracious,
with a knawing sensation of the stom-
ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeing
pains in the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels IT.
regular, at times costive; stools Shiny;
not unfrequently tinged with blood;
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult, and
accompanied by hiccough; cough
sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy
and disturbed sleep, with grinding of
the teeth; temper variable, but gener-
ally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR.. c. McLANE'S vERMIFUGE
will certainly effect cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepare
ton, not capable Of doing tie sLgAtes:
injury to the most tender infant.
The genuine DR.. McLANE's YER
MIFUcE bears the signatures of c. Nc
LANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
wrapper. o.
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IN LENT.
BY vANDYKE BROWN.

Down the cathedral steps she comes,
With fashionable look demure;
Tor all her LIES Perplex King sums
Are solved within, where incense pure,
And gorgeous carvings overhead,
And costly carpets under feet,
And music soft, and prayer low said,
Combined to make religion sweet.
Her carriage waits her at the door,
She sinks upon the seat within
Why should she now think any more
OF wretchedneSS or woe or SIN?
If others doubt, she knows her worth;
Where others grope, the light she sees;
Her Heaven is but grander earth,
Her earth is all a Heaven OF ease.
She knows no doubt, she feels no fear,
Her faith is perfect in its way;
'Twould shock her fine, faStidiOus ear
To hear what soothing skeptics say.
That Heaven to which her future points,
The final home her fancy paints,
Rejects the many and annolnts
a most exclusive set of saints.
The Man OF Sorrows wandering down
The stony steps of Galilee;
The humble fishers, rough and brown.
Who cast their nets upon tho sea;
Can she connect her lordly church.
Where every line is shaped to please,
Or trace il back by long research
To such plebeian souls as these?
Nay, give the gentle saint her dues,
For 10, on sacrifice intent,
She lays aside her gaudier hues,
To don the ashen silks of Lent.
And, lest such penitentiaI tasks
Should not suffice a crown to wiz, .
she pays the price that fashion asks
To bring the distant heather in.
Adown the steps my lady goes
To where her liveried carriage waits;
Bright is the only life she knows,
And far removed the furious fateS,
And SO the lofty creed she hears
Has come to be seFenely sweet,
While skeptics' darts and scoffers sneers
Fall harmless at her dainty feet.
Clipper.
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SEN II n Ell
The Daily Sentinel

Is acknowledged by business men as the COM.
MERCIAL, FINANCIAL and INDUSTRIAL
PAPER, superior in editorial, equal In literary
and news merit to any of Its rivals In the
State. THE SENTINELS prospects for the
new business year are most fattering.
Special attention is iven to our MARKET
REPORTS, both home and foreign, and busi.
ness men win at all times find 1t as correct e.
we can make it.
The attention of the legal profession is called
to the court decisions. THE SENTINEL has
long enjoyed an enviable reputation for its
court reports, and is pleased 10 know its efforts
are appreciated by the bar.
During the coming sessions OF the State Leg.
islature and Congress we viii give q full and
concise report Of each days proceedin 8, and
as 1t Is expected a long and heated session win
be held, THE DAILY SENTINEL VIII be
more than ordinarily interesting.
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Electric Light at the Circus.
philadelphia Tines.l

The electric light was put into use at the
circus last night for the first time, and with
great success. Eighteen chandeliers, with
one burner each. and estimated to be equal
in power to {, 800 gss-jets. made the interior
of the vast spread of canvas appear almost as
bright as if there was sunlight. The bril-
liant scene was enjoyed by the largest
throng that has yet been at the circus. Be-
tween z and s O'Clock every street car run
ming to the vicinity of Broad and Federal
streets was literally packed with people. and
hundreds who desired to ride were obliged
to walk. The entrance to the circus had to
closed q quarter of an hour before the per-
Torrance began, SO great was the throng in
side, and it was estimated that at least 2, 900
persons who sought admittance had to be
turned away disappointed.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-23
DIR. G. McLANE'S
LIVER PILLS

are not recommended as a remedy "for all
the ills that flesh is heir to-" but in affections
of the liver, and in all Bilious Complaints,
Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases OF
that character, they stand without rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used preparatory
to, or after taking Quinine.
As simple purgative they are unequaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has red wax seal on the lid with
the impression DR.. McLANE's LIVER PILLS.
Each wrapper bears the signatures Of c.
McLANE and FLEMING BROS.
Insist upon having the genuine DR.. c. Nc
LANES LIVER PILLS, prepared by Fleming
Bros, Of Pittsburgh, Pa, the market being
full of limitations of the name McLane,
spelled differently but same pronunciation.
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The Sunday Sentinel

Has been published with great success, without
suspension, for SIX YEARS. Its columns are
filed with the latest news, including the As
ISOLATED Press Dispatches. Special attention
is given to Literature, Science and Art, and to
Educational and Religious matters. It is q
welcome visitor at the freside of thousands
SO firmly established that 1t can not be SUD-
planted by any other. The first edition is is
sued at IL o'clock Saturday night in time for
the trains on the vandalia, indianapolis and
st. Louis, Lafayette, Peru and Bloomington
Roads.
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sherman and Grant.
New York SUM-

We do not admire Mr.. Sherman. His
principles and practices are alike odious to
us. But If the race lies between him and
General Grant, We certainly hope that he
will distance his military competitor.
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THE SENTINEL
As A! Advertising Medium

The DAILY and SUNDAY SENTINEL has
the largest circulation of any Indiana daily
paper. The vast railroad system Of Indiana
with the thirteen lines OF railroad diverging
rom the Capital to all points Of the compass,
enables us to serve THE SENTINEL by carr1-
ers In over2oo cities and towns tributary there.
70. THE WEEKLY STATE SENTINEL
reaches every Indiana postofnce in large num-
beers. Almost every farmer or stock raiser In
this State takes or frequently sees it.
Specimen Copies Sent Free to Any Address.
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Thst night, that poor, heartbroken hus.
band swore by all the pedometers in Heaven
or earth that he never lie to his wife again.
He even took a pew in the church next to
his mother-in-law, and every Sunday we
can now see him with pedometer in his
pocket measuring his way to church.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-23

Colonel Ingersoll has christened his new
lecture the "Words of Man About the
Word of God" Below are a few extracts
from it:
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-16
VIRGINIA q TRUCKER RAILROAD
TIME TABLE.
ron IAN

1A,o.sl Passenger Nal asd Express Trails
Leaves Virginia daily as 9 =. \. and Gold
Hin al els P. n; Mound House. Gas
Carson, 7:S5; Steamboat. SAT. On every
dsy except Saturday connects with Li9A,-
.iso Erprsss. leaving Reno at . ?. H..
arriving In San Francisco At ll:l0 A. =. on
following day. On Saturdays connects
only with Overland Passenger Train. leaving
Reno at laos a. n, arriving In San Fran
DISCO via Stockton at s:is ?. n. on the fol-
lowing day.
Rstsrai.g. leaves Ban Francisco at4r.n..
arriving in Carson at 9:05 a. n, Gold Hill
a 1880. and Virginia at io:ao a. 4. on the
following day.
LooiL PAssxSoEl TRAM.
1er Carsoa aad Rsso (hornisg)-Leavss
VIRGINIA st 7:so a. H. and Gold Hill 81
7.lS A. ~. arriving In Reno at i2:l5 ?. y.
For Carses (Ajisrnoonl-Leaves Virginia
u, 2:so ?. H.. and Gold Hin at 2:4s ?. y.
Rstsrning, leaves Reno at 7:45 A. n.
arriving in Gold Hill Ut LIS ?. H.. and
Virginia at $50 p. \.
Leave Reno Of l:30 r. n. arriving In Gold
Hill d TOO ?. ~. and Virginia at tbs Pm.
Ssspisy Car leaves Carson for Ban Fran
cisco. via Vallejo. daily except Saturdays.
~ 7:s5 p. n; Returning. leaves San Fran
cisco for Carson. via Vallejo. daily except
Sundays. n&P.x \.