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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-12

abundant creamy folds behind me, and Cedric
and were standing before the altar, and Mr..
Amherst was reading the marriage service |
2 / believe that Aunt Browne tainted, or she
would have forbidden the banns. sil .a
"You see it was impossible for me TO give
you away, Adrienne," said Cedric, later,
when we were steaming out of town. "Am-
herst is a trump; and may he find wife as
sweet as Mrs. Brownel If it hadn't been for
him. / should have been of all men the most
miserable to-day. What do you think he
did7 Why he wrote me all that sad little
story you thought right to tell him, and added
that he would not deny he was making a
sacrifice; that in renouncing you he re-
nouneed all that made life lovely TO him, ex-
cept his work; vet he felt it was better one
should fail of Heaven on earth than that
two should suffer; and that if loved YOU, as
1 had once said, would take his place at the
marriage, and allow him to solemnize it2 1t
was whim of his TO have it so, 'to avoid
explanations" he said. couldn't believe ip
my luck, YOU know, Adrienne. We banded
letters to and flo, canvassing the subject. 1
feared he had made mistake, as | had re-
newed my offer some little while before, but
had received no reply still dozen things
happen to letters every day."
"Yes, and something happened TO yours, "
| said
Years after, when Susette and Anne were
married, when Adele's husband had taken
the children home to a new mamma, and
Aunt Browne had gone to "the land of the
hereafter" when Cedric was repairing the
old house for summer residence, in ripping
away the ancient dado in the MUSHROOM,
which had always warped away from the
the carpenter unearthed my lost letter. Had
it slipped down there, or had Aunt Browne
given it push2 We gave her the benefit of
the doubt.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-12
DEsoLArIos OF eALEsrrsE.
A Traveller Tells What Turkish Rule 4,
Doing For the Holy Land


Rev. w. j. Starcey writes to the London
Times Of the deplorable condition of the Holy
Land which he has recently visited. He
says: .ss. .r - l.f. ,
Nothing can we'll exceed the desolateness
of much of it. Treeless it is for twenty or
thirty miles together, forests which did exist
thirty years ago (e G., on Mount Carmel and
Mount Tabor) fast disappearing, rich plains
of the finest garden soil asking to be cult.
waited, at best but scratched up few inches
deep in patches, with no hedges, or boun-
diaries, mountain terraces, natural or artif-
eially formed, ready to be planted with vines,
as the German colony are doing at the foot
of Mount Carmel; the villages nothing but
mud huts, dust, dirt, and squalor; the inhabi-
tants with scarce clothing enough for de-
cency, their houses-ovens; large tracks with
out horse or COW, sheep or dog; no pretense
at roads, except from Jaffa to Jerusalem, and
this like cart road over a plowed field, the
rest at best, like sheep-walks on the Downs
OF Sussex, but for far the most part like the
dry bed of the most rocky river, where. amid
blocks of stone, each makes his way at 8
foot-pace as best he can, or on smooth, slop-
ing rocks or over loose stones thrown down
from the old walls on either side, which no
one offers finger 10 remove; nothing upon
wheels, not so much as barrow to be met
with in ride of over 800 miles EVERYTHING
is taxed; every fruit tree SO none now are
planted; every COW or horse, ETC., every
vegetable sold out of aprivate garden. Every
eighth egg is not taxed but taken by the
Government. Nothing like small farm
house is to be found far or near. If there
were the owner is liable to have soldiers OF
revenue officers quartered upon him, to be
1a1 Ia L. m
towns are filthy in the extreme. None more
so than Jerusalem itself, where, however,
taxes are levied from every house for light
ing and cleaning the streets, while sprained
ankle or splash into hole of blacklist dirt
is sure to be the result of momentary care
Iessness. Nothing is done for the good or
improvement of the people. or the land, by
the Government. Not only so, but every
offer, and heard of several made BY private
individuals, or by companies, is at once
refused, or refused unless a bribe be first
given to the authorities pe
"This is picture,I believer no way over
drawn, of that land which was once flowing
with milk and honey What might it not
become again, with fair usage and good
government? But there is no hope for Pales-
tine while it remains in the hands of its pres
ent rulers. Palestine is worthless to the
Turkish Government. The whole revenue is
stated to amount only to f180,00O or f20O.-
600 per annum. Capitalize this at per
cent, and it comes to but four millions of
money. fit were 5000, 000, or even 1000, 900.
what would that be for Europe to raise for
the purchase of Palestine7 A sum sure TO
be repaid athousand-fold in few years time
And what would not 10000 900 in hard
cash be to the Turkish Government at this
moment2"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-12
An Incident of the Stage Door.
ITinsley's Msgazine.l

Stage-door homage often proves the bond
of sympathy existing between actor and au-
dience. What mean will be best illustrat-
ed by the following incident. A friend of
mine was once acting at Swansea. One
night whilst WAITING at the wing, he was &C.
costed by the door-keeper, and told that
some one was asking for him at the door.
"Who is it?" asked my friend.
AZ don't know, sir, was the response.
"What is the person like?" questioned my
friend
ats boy" answered the hall-keeper.
ga boy" echoed my friend. "Ask him
what he wants"
ale won't say, sir; and" added the man
with serious tone, II didn't like to send
him away. He don't look well, sir"
every strange. I've long wait after this
scene; let him stay till it's over, and I'll come
and see what its all about" and my friend,
taking up his cue, walked on the stage.
When the scene was over, putting his great
coat over his dress, he sought the hall, where
he found, waiting within the shadow of the
door way, poor, pale and weakly-lookin g
lad in a sailors garb.
"Do you want me?" asked my friend
kindly as soon as he had reached him.
Yes, sir, please"
wv ell, my boy, ana Wnat is III I
They lad looked shy and confused, then
said softly, 'I'm very sorry, sir, but l want
ed so much to see you"--here he broke down,
and the tears trickled from his eyes.
"My poor lad, what is the matter? You
don't seem WELL"
"No. sir, Pm not. I'm stranger here
I've seen you play sailor in our town, sir;
and as Pm sailor, and have been ship
wrecke--"
"Shipwreckedl" cried my friend. ''There,
don't be down-hearted, lad; Pll-" and
my friends hand instinctively sought his
pocket. But the lad suddenly stopped the
action with touch of pride in his tone, as
he said:
mo, sir it wasn't that wanted to see you
for. They've done all that for me over
yonder"- and he looked in the direction of
the Sailors Home-"But / wanted kind
word; and as l saw your name, 1 thought
you'd give it. and you have;" then clutching
my friends hand in both his little ones, be
murmured broken "God bless you for itl'
and was gone before my friend could stop
him.
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HE CAN'T HELP 1T.
BURTON c. INGEssoLL.

q
wonder how she will receive me Tonight srr ,.f
II may be with scorn in her beautiful face;
Or q may be with blashes aud smiles Of delight,
AZ she gives me welcome with. queenly grscel
Tut what do care for her smiIesf lis not she, no
But her excellent brother, I'm going to see, f-
For the proud, naughty beauty is nothing to me-
L remember the light when 1 rode with her last,
Or rather the morn, for the moon Ger the hill
In The vest slowly setting long weird shadows cast
The sky in the east with faint rosy glow, .H
And 20 pale the light OF the moon, sinking low,
And to kis into bushes the ermine snow.
The party was over, the music had died,
or sleigh bells and laughter away on the air;
I sat by the gate in the sleigh, and beside
The sleigh she was standing, so naughty and fair;
Ger the bill top the moon beams fingered apace,
And the dawn glimmered redder. to let me trace
The pride aud the beauty that dwelt in her face.
We had quarrelled that night coming back from the
Twas a trine at most and we couldn't forssee,
l remember the angry, imperious glance
OF her scornful eyes as she flashed them on me;
remember the hss,y words that she spoke,
The passionate words that resentment swoke,
The words that the ties Of our friendship broke.
Again. IS of gore. in the moons tender light.
sm treading the path by each well-Ioved place.
wonder how she will receive me tonight!
IL may be with scorn in her beautiful face;
But scorn che pleases, and hate she mag,
1t is nothing to me, for the unlucky day
When loved her has vanished forever away,
Her brother is fond of a bottle of wine
And fragrant cigar with jovial friend;
A polite invitation he's sent me to dine,
And with him in q reYel the evening I'll spend;
For to me, with friend and bowl there Is more
True bliss TO be had with our wit, fun and lore,
Than with false, hesrtless woman a thousand times
Ger.
Here's the top of the HILL where the pathway winds
Its sinuOus course to the valley below;
Down yonder dwells the proud beauty, where shines
Through the clambering ivy, the lamps soft glow;
And some one Is singingl tits she; and know
The song; her lips trilled IL TO me long ago,
When she WAS my sweetheart and was her beau.
She is singing little love ditty tonight,
That recalls to my mind happy days that have flown
And somehow feel tender toward her, in spite
OF my hate, rather more than I'm willing to own.
She Is standing, know, in the porch, where I've
sped
The hours with her Oft while her witchery led
Into bondage my heart and my giddy head.
Sing on, white in time to the song my feet trip,
Sing on Oh sing on with that sweet voice Of thine
I'D give more for one drop of the dew that lip,
Than for all the worlds revels and all the worlds
winel
What painting to meet her in haste down the hill2
Shamel am | a slave to this proud beauty stilll
i should hatel but love; aud always will.
Waukesha Democrat.
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Not more than others ] deserve
Yet God has given me more.
The Soothing Effect Of Politense..,..I.. g.

Politeness has been aptly and truly iken-
ed to an air-cushion. There may be nothing
solid in it, but it eases the jolts wonderfully.
'sGood manners are the shadows of virtues,
if not virtues themselves" And "bad man
ners," what are the sources from which they
spring. Vanity, want of sympathy or sense,
are some of them; and spite, envy and ill
nature may be added. They are about the
most expensive luxuries of life-if Injuries
they are; for no one can afford to surround
himself with the host of enemies he is sure 70
make by an indulgence in unmannerly habits.
Good manners, like good words, cost nothing,
and are worth everything. Sidney Smith
attributes bad manners to lack of that fnq(
vision which sees little things, want of ID
delicate touch which handles them, and
that fine sympathy which superior mo-
organization always bestows. A well-man-
nered man is courteous to ''all sorts and con-
ditions of men," He is respectful to his in
feriors as well as to his superiors. Canon
Kingsley tells us that the love and admirA-
ton which Sir Sydney Smith won from every
one, rich and poor, with which he came Ia
contact, seemed to arise from his treating
rich and poor, his own servants, the noble
men who were his guests, alike. courteously,
considerably and kindly-so leaving bless
ing and reaping blessing wherever he
went.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-12
Woman's Tears.
New York world.J


Stop this scientific business where it is,
and don't let it go any further. 1t is robbing
life of all that is worth living for. Only a
short time ago one of these scientific joskins
analysed tear that had trickled down upon
the cheek of lady who wanted new dress,
and he found it to contain phosphate of lime,
chloride of sodium and water. Ever since
reading that analysis we have lost faith in
tears, and no matter what person is below
ing about, we can only look at the tears as
they flow over beauty's cheek, and think of the
phosphate of lime, chloride of sodium and
water. The Internal analysis has knocked
all the poetry out of tears for us, and we feel
as though we wanted our money back. If
the scientist will refund what he has taken
from us he can have his old analysis. We
would like to throw him in a corner and
jump on him. He has robbed us. Obi give
us back them other days, when tears were
tears and not chloride of sodium and other
nauseating drugs.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-12
Merry saints.

A most striking example was Robert Hail,
who could indulge in merry jests and pungent
sayings even when suffering from sharp pain
"Mr. Hall, said some one to him, 81 under
stand you are going TO marry Miss -"
al marry Miss --i 1 would as soon marry
Beelzebub's eldest daughter and go and live
with the old folks" To q solemn brother
who rebuked him for his vivacity, he replied;
''You carry your nonsense into the pulpit; i
keep mine out" Even when stricken with
mental hallucination he did not lose his RELISH
for Jest. When a stereotyped condol Il
called upon him at the asylum and asked, ID
whining tone, "What brought you hert.
Mr.. Hall?' He significantly touched his
head and replied, "What'll never bring you
siri Too much brain, sir, too much brainl"
Old DR.. Emmons, of Franklin, Mass,
said as pungent things at table as in pulpit.
His wit was as sharp as his logic. A young
preacher occupied his pulpit one day, and at
dinner angled for compliment. al hope /
did not weary you by the length of my SER
mon, Doctor?' mo, nor by its depth, either"
Spurgeon is noted for the keenness and
causticity of his wit. When well known
bore sent word to him that "a servant of the
Lord" wished to see him, '"Tell him" was the
reply, shat / am engaged with his Master"
III preaching w OOihpoh1 Va OuSOHOioJ no
opened with hymn:
Not all the blood Of beasts
On Jewish affairs slain, etc.
When told that twins we're born to him,
he cried out: ..r.t
Not more than others deserve 4, ..rr1
Yet God has given more.
Some years ago clergyman near Boston
asked another who was noted for his prolixity
to preach for him. 81 can not, was the re-
ply, "for am busy writing a sermon on the
Golden Calf" "That's just the thing" was
the rejoinder. "Come and give us fore
quarter of it."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-12

Our ideas of right and wrong are mostly
right. We can all agree as to what is best
for man. No one will assert that a lie adds
a mans character; that dishonesty inspires to
confidence; that expensive, injurious habits
are to be commended; or that vices that
shorten and brutalize human life are fit for
men and women to practice. Sins may have
made saints, but we do not believe that they
have made great many. You will be a
better man tomorrow by being good man
to-day.
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where the Noble Have Their Country"

Brighter than the glorious sunsets
Which delight this earthly cline,
Than the splendors Of the dawnings
Breaking Ger the hills Of time,
Is the richness Of the radiance
OF the land beyond the sun
Where the noble have their country
When the work Of life is done.
With the the deep mysterious problems
Or their earthly life made plain,
All the bitters turned to sweetness,
All the loses golden gain;
And the new life's heavenly rapture
Far exceeding griefs Of this.
Esrth's hard toiling all forgotten
In the restfulness of blissi
Aud the music of their welcome
From angelic Tyres of gold
Shall full often be repeated
Yet 1t never shall grow old;
Music higher than earth's noblest,
Than all eloquence of words,
Than the sweetest Of the carols
OF the glsddest Of the birds.
Springfield Republican.
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Your Friend.

The friend who holds mirror to your face,
And hiding none, is not afraid 20 trace .
Your faults, your smallest blemishes within;
Who friendly warns, reproves you If you sin
Although it seem not so-he lie your friend.
But he who, ever fattering, gives you praise,
Who meier rebukes, nor censures, nor delays
To come with eagerness and grasp your hand,
And pardon you, ere pardon you demand
He is your enemy, though he seem your friend.
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Irish Lamentation

Cold, dark, aud dumb lies my boy on his bed;
Cold, dark, and silent the night dews shed;
Hot, swift, and fierce fall my tears for the deadi
His footprints lay light In the dew of the dawn
As the straight slender track Of the young mountain
But III ne'sr again follow them over the lawn.
His manly cheek bushed with the suns rising ray,
And he shone in his strength like the at midday,
But q cloud of black darkness has hid him away.
-H i. = -siamsE "a = ,ui ~
And that black cloud forever shall cling to the skies
And never sh, never, I'll see him arise,
Lost warmth Of my bosom, lost light Of my eyesi
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who wsssleeping of the effects of the whisky
Be- the exertions Of the detective HIS money
was recovered His protestations Of graft
tnds and intense delight at being able to con-
tinue his journey made q pleasant ending to
this insight into the rough life of the West
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-03-13
CIaIksViIIe Wholesale Market,
CORRECTED BY ]. ]. CRUsMAN.

SUGAR-Cut Loaf, Crushed, Powdered and
Granulated, 1O4@lI1ac; Clarified, 1O@lO7ac;
MOLASSES- Orleans, 35 to 55c.
SYRUP-40c to 81 90.
3 COFFEE quote Rio, Is to lSc; Java,
27 to 32c.
SALT-Kanawha, Z bushel bbls., 81 so; by
FLOUR-Superf1ne "a IS; Extra, S. 90 to
5 so; Choice or Fancy, So 90 to 6 so; Patent
Process, Sc 80 to 90.
STAR CANDLES-121% to 15c.
WHISKYaaCommon country, 81 00@1 20;
best brands Robertson county, 81 % to 90.
CHEESE-Prime factory, l49l5c.
RICE-Carolina, 6 to Sc.
TIMOTHY SEEDS 90.
CLOVER SEEDS 90.
RED TOP-S5c.
BLUE GRASS-z5c to SOC.
ORCHARD GRASS-s2 90.
GERMAN MILLET-SI 25.
HUNGARIAN-Sl 25.
DUTCH MILLET-S1 %. p .-A'
oILs-Coal oil, 20 to 26c; lard oil, COO; i'm
seed oil, raw, zoe; boiled, 73c,
TURPENTINE-Spirit 36c.
XARNISH-Copa1, 81 90; Japan, soc.
GIAss-Window, Sx1O, 81 Is per box; 1Ox
POWDER-Ride, 81 soto 90 per keg; lead,
&c per Id.
CAPS-4OG5Oc per LOCO.
OYSTERS and Id. cans, 81 159l IS.
SARDINES-I3 to I5c.
MACKEREL-No. 3 per Dbl, Sc 90 to So 90;
kits, Nos. l, 2 and 8, 81 90 to 80.
BLAGKING-35955c per dozen.
NAILS-S5 %.
Kentucky, 2114c; Tennessee, &c.
ROPE-4@2Oc.
y TRACES 90 to u 90 per dozen.
COLLARS-S4 90 to Is 90 per dozen.
HAMES-S2 so to 10 90 per dozen.
AXES-S6 so to 10 90 per dozen.
The following are the prices paid here at
this date for country produce:
BACoN-Hog round, ~ to SC.
LARD-Sc.
TALLOW-5c.
PEANUTS-40@50c per bushel.
GINSENG-60c to T5c.
BEESWAX-2Oc.
FEATHERS-new,3 IS to 40c.
BEANS-White, 81 90.
PEAS-75c to 81 90.
EGGS-Sc per dozen.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-03-13
TO MY FRIENDS
And Patrons i'm GAINESVILLE and
Surrounding Counties.

l havereceived and am constantly
in receipt of every novelty in
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS
as they appear in the Eastern mar
kets. We have a complete line of
Round Hats and Bonnets in the
newest and most stylish shapes.
wish TO call the immediate attention
of the ladies to my Cloak Depart
ment, which they will not find ex-
celled in quality, designs or prices
in any market. My Dolmans are
especially handsome in trimming
and general effect. / would say
that in Kid Gloves we have the
best qualities, from such manufac-
turers as Lupin and Jouvaise, from
two to ten-button, in opera, black
and street shades. / have the usual
line of Fancy Goods, comprising
Ties, Ruching, Lace Goods, novel
ties in wide leather belts of Alliga-
tor Skin, and also the Ladies'
Yachting Belt. have also a well
selected stock of ladies', misses and
children's hose in Cashmere and
plain cofors. My prices are the
closest figures and. will compare
favorably with houses In this and
other cities. Respectfully, 70
MRS. ROsENFIELD.
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finally enter. The name of the in
strument is suggestive = Watch.
This suggests that / am under the
espionage of intelligent eyes which
will look to my example and Judge
the cause of Christ by me. There
fore / must obey the apostolic ex-
hortation: "Walk in wisdom to-
ward them that are without, re-
deening the time" 1t reminds
me also to be ready, for in such an
hour as l think not the summons to
appear before the Judgment seat of
Christ may DE given. Brethren, let
US respect the symbolic suggestions
of this beautiful present, and so live
that when time shall be no longer,
our eternity may be one of felicity.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-03-13
Fire Insurance.

We are glad to insert this week a
new advertisement from Mr.. NJ. G.
Pitman, of Pitman & Lewis cloth
ing store. Mr.. Pitman has long
been known as agent for reliable
Insurance Office, and he now gives
his list of solid companies, whose
policies he offers, to-wit:
The Insurance Company of North
America and Franklin Fire Insur-
ance, both of Philadelphia, and the
Phoenix, of Hartford, Connecticut.
Persons insuring will find Mr.. Pit
man a reliable business man, who
knows which companies are safest,
and will accept an agency for no
other.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-03-13
QUIZ GREAT BUSINESS houses


The new advertisement of thi.
firm affords us the opportunity O
calling attention to their establish,
ment as one of the business concernS
which has taken leading part in
reconstructfng the prosperity o.
GAINESVILLE since the war. We first
became acquainted with Mr.. Leo
pold Bloch at Dover, when we were
a red-handed rebel in 1861, in med
cal charge of the troops at the then
infant Fort DOnelson. So far as our
reeollections of the city of Dover
extend, that magnificent metropolis
then consisted of Mr.. Bloch's store,
Major Brandon's Hotel and a re-
cherche drinking saloon, whose spe-
cialty was an insinuating and
treacherous compound of peach
brandy and honey. OF course the
Bloch establishment comprised ev-
erything that the needs of Stewart
county could demand, and several
things besides; groceries, dry goods,
boots, shoes, hats, etc., etc., and its
proprietor was noted for his liberal
hospitality to the officers of the Fort.
During the siege and battle of
Fort Donelson, Dover was the cen
ter of a flint mill in vigorous action,
and when that mill stopped, there
was no Dover left and no Bloch.
For a short time Mr.. Bloch took
up at his abode at Indian Mound,
trying to get his shattered business
settled up, but unsuccessfully, and
in 1868 he removed to GAINESVILLE.
Here he found the flint mill still in
operation, though in milder way.
He was subject to all those annoy
ances and disabilities so well known
to a Southern sympathizer doing
business in a place occupied by the
Federal army, but he worried along,
and when the war was over and the
military occupation ended, ne grad
ually increased his stock, keeping
well within his means, selling but
little en- credit, and so advanced
safely and patiently till he added a
wholesale department to his extens-
i've retail business, and is now at
the head of one of those great estab-
liShmentS which are identified with
the commercial prosperity of Clarks-
vile.
Such are the men who build up
thriving towns and cities and
achieve prosperity for themselves
by the only unfailing means-by
deserving it.