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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21

at home were appealed to for the first time,
and strong influence was brought to bear
upon the president for a Communication Of the
sentence. / know that he inclined TO mercy
always. but the necessity of making such an
example rs would break up the blockade
running was strongly urged also, and l came
near falling victim to it. The president
held the matter under advisement for week,
and then decided to commute my sentence
to a confinement in military prison during
the war. Fort Delaware was selected for
my prison, and out of the portfolio Of my
casemate there / could see the home of my
boyhood, and sometimes WAS able to recog-
nize old acquaintance casting their nets in
the river near the granite stronghold. There
was no chance of escape. Swimming a
mile and half in the current might have
done, but the risk of the shot of the guards
who lined the bank rendered any such at
tempt impossible. l had plenty of leisure
to reflect on the mistakes of my life, for /
was the last prisoner who was discharged
from the mid-river fortress
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
To Bertha.

My pleasures are brief, my duties are long,
Not Oft can tighten the burden with song;
The sorrows that come, the cares that are mine,
Thou could turn into JOY, If 50 thou'dst incline.
The bright star Of morning see in my dream
Shall shine a. the sun in its brilliant CLEAN;
If You do not forget me in your evening prayer.
We each can be happy and our happiness share.
Heart sorrows, they say, are good for the soul
When with fond hope feelings
control;
But hope shall grow dim, and pleasures all fee,
II can not In future share them with thee.
The moments, the hours, the years they 20,
shall bring all the blessings We each here shall
know;
, If the heart Is devoted and true 20 thy friend
We shall drink in the pleasures that never will
end. -WsTtriy Magazine.
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Where He Put His Hat.

The night is pitch-dark and the compart-
ment in the car crowded. An honest peasant
would like to take little nap, but his huge
three-cornered hat is in his way and he does
not see what To do with it.
Here put it in the cupboard, my good
man." says commercial traveller, opening
the window.
The drowsy peasant complies, murmuring
his thanks and expressing his ignorance Of
the ways Of the rail. and falls into sweet
sleep, during which the commercial traveller
gets int another compartment.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
Humphrey Davy as a Lion.
Temple Bari

His STOPPING gait, discordant voice, and
bovine countenance produced so unfavorable
an impression on Count Rumford, that that
gentleman expressed regret that he had
so hastily invited him to become a lecturer
| in connection with the institution. He re-
| fused to allow Davy to lecture in the theater
| till his qualifications had been tested in the
smaller lecture-room. 1t is needless to say
that he passed the ordeal triumphantly; the
counts first exclamation after the lecture
was, "Let this lad have free access to all the
arrangements and helps the institution can
afford"
His subsequent career is a record of tri-
umphs. His lectures were new dissipation
for the frivolous; revelation to the wise.
Men of the highest genius and OF the most
exalted rank, the literary and the scientific,
the practical and the poetical,
blue-stockings and butterflies the fresh in
mind and the faded-all crowded to hear him.
His youth, his rusticity, his natural eloquence
his chemical knowledge, his happy illustra
tons and we'll conducted experiments, excited
universal attention and unbounded applause
Compliments, invitations, presents, were
showered upon him from all quarters. Peers
were candidates for his company at dinner.
Fashionable parties were incomplete with
out him. At the dinner-tables of dukes he
sat on the right hand of duchesses. Poetesses
of historic name indited gushing sonnets to
him, and even accompanied them with pres
ents of trinkets. One of them requested him
to wear at his next lecture locket she had
ventured anonymously to send him, to sig
Nifty to her that he deigned to accept her
homage, and pardoned the daring OF the de-
voice
Let us thank Heaven that the great and
fashionable among them did not ruin him.
Ever untravCled, his thoughts returned to his
labratory; and though he did set up as man
of fashion, he never forgot to keep this
ambition subordinate to that ofscientfiic fame.
He would remain calmly conducting his ex-
periments till he left himself no time to dress
for dinner; and in his haste would ''clothe
himself upon with white and clean linen,
without ''unclothing himself Of that which
had ceased to be sweet and fresh. One day
he would be of aldermanic proportions,
wearing a wardrobe of five shirts on his back
and five pairs of stockings on his calves, till
he was able to snatch an hour from science
and frivolity, and then he would appear, to
the CONSERVATION of his friends, but shadow
of his former greatness. These alterations
of physical bulk were matters of sore per-
plexity and alarm, till the cause of them was
discovered. His day was too short for the
service Of the two opposing oeities. He
would serve science till the hour to present
his offering 10 Fashion arrived; and then be
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
The Death of the AppIe-tree.
I II. II. Mccartney,

When boy, we used to enjoy frequent
visit TO the apple orchard of an uncle. Our
favorite tree of fall eating apples was a
gnarled, knotted old fellow. standing alone in
a corner cut of from the orchard by a clear.
pebbly brook. Oh, the generous feaSts of
juicy, luscious fruit the oldapple-tree used to
afford us, and how jealousy We boys would
guard the choice apples we had marked for
our favorite girls, climbing into the tree and
tying colored strings to the twigs for that
purpose. But one fall the old tree surprised
Us. Loaded down with golden, yellow fIuit,
as large and fine looking as the Belle de
Eleur, the tree was an object of
beauty that attracted many visitors,
and all deformities of body were hid
den in the bounteous store of fine fruit-when
suddenly, almost in a night, the branches be-
came covered with snOw-white bloom, and
the old tree was perfect, physical emblem
of saint, giving, at the same time, abundant
fruit for present use and wonderful promise
for the future We children were al first
awed, then delighted by the phenomenon,
but uncle shook his head and said: II am
sorry to see it, boys; the faithful old tree,
which has never yet missed season since it
commenced bearing, is dying. You will eat
the last of its fruit this fall" and so proved
to be. The next spring no buds swelled-
no flowers bloomed on the old favorite-but
a lifeiess knotted trunk brought tears to the
eyes OF boy visiting the old orchard.
Then came timid, sweet little maiden, and
laid in the hand of the woman-hearted
boy, whose peculiarities made other boys
laugh and deride him, little bunch of
withered apple blossoms and two plump,
dark-skinned apple Seeds "you gave me
these, the first flowers plueked from the
dear old tree last fall and the seed from its
finest apple; 1 saved the flowers in two
lunches and two of the seeds for each of us;
let us live rs the old tree lived-useful till
death comes-and showing our greatest
beauties in our dying moments. If you sur
vive me, sprinkle the dust of the flowers and
plant the seed over my grave; if L outhve
you, your grave will receive those 1 keep,
but neither shall ever forget the dear old
tree and its life-lesson." Years after the
grown-up boy sprinkled the flower dust over
a newly made grave, and as the tears welled
up from the Utmost fountains of his soul.
an angel spirit seemed to whisper, weep not
for me; live as the old tree lived-in useful
ness; die as the old tree died-in beauty"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
How To Say No.

For boy to meet temptation boldly,
frankly, and at once with NO." which has
meaning in it, is great thing. Some boys
will say NO." but 1t is in such half hearted
way that the tempter knows that it means a
half Yes" This simply gives an invitation
for repetition of the solicitation, and
makes almost certain, too, the yielding. But
"No," that is enforced by tone and look
that tells that the word has its own true
meaning settles largely the matter, or if it
does not settle it makes it certain that if the
temptation comes again it will be weaker and
be will be stronger. The first ''No" is great
thing.
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Now Orleans Times.l


Irwin Russell, native of Port Gibson,
and frequent contributor to Scribner's
Monthly, and for short while past employed
upon the Times, died last evening after a
short but severe illness. He was a young
man of bright intellect and finished educa
ton; he practiced law in Port Gibson for
a while, but becoming enamored of a Bohe-
MAN life, set out out in search of fame and
fortune. Few men ever got so many bullets
from the hand of fate, and still fewer so little
benefit. His existence was a struggle with
necessity from the time he left his home,
and although his prospects were always fine,
he never lived to establish himself perma-
nently any where. His health failing him in
New York, and finding if he renamed there
he would certainly die in few weeks, the
poor boy shipped on board steamer and
worked his way here, near his childhOod's
home. He was employed occasionally upon
this paper, and whileso. wrote many pretty
little poem and many little sketch which
reveal an inner life which hard lines hid
from the view of the world. His fund of
humor showed itself best in dialect writing
and some things he has written have already
found permanent resting places in the
compiled edition of American humorous
verse. By strange coincident his last
published lines were written upon the sub
ject of his own grave. Let the reader see
what is the lesson this just completed life
caches. They appeared in the Times of De-
cember IA:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
What Astonished A Young Wife.

A friend of mine, confined by illness to
the house, asked his lately married wife to
call at IS for his letters. The then hall
porter, one of the politest of men, expressed
his extreme regret that it was against the
rules of the club to give up members letters
without written authority. But / ann his
witeI" exclaimed the astonished lady. Every
sorry madame; no doubt you are; but so
many ladies call here and say the same
thing, and whom we don't know replied
the diplomatic official. Ny friend never
divulged what occurred between him and his
bride when she returned home; but he
looked gloomy for weeks afterward
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
Loves Vows.

Long as the towering mountains stand
Lifting their heads against the sky;
Long as the Lephyr's perfumed breath
Watts gentle fragrance by,
just so long my love will burn
In the hearts most sacred urn.
Long as the river glides along,
And murmuring seeks the ses;
Long as the golden sunbesms shine
On flower and shrub and tree,
Just so long I'll constant prove
To my vows of truth and love.
Long as the moon hangs In the sky;
To light the traveller on his way;
Long as the starlight hours of night
Follow the II footsteps Of the day,
just 80 long ny love will burn
In the hearts most sacred
j. VIM. Van Nance, NJ. Z
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
He Had Fired.

Quoth q wise man 10 yC nth one DAY:
Tell me your aim in life pray"
"a mighty general I'D be"
Replied the youth sEbitiOusly.
Then quoth the stripping to the sage:
TELL me your aim in your old sgel"
Then said the sage q little tired:
s'Aimg OH i have no aim; I've fred
-Harys-s c-imson.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
A Big Pic

Not long ago an lrishn r Hlied 10 an
overseer in Tyne shipyar4 TO be put onto s
job. He was Informed that he could not
comply with his request, but as Pat continued
TO gaze earnestly at an anchor which was
lying in the vicinity, the foreman repeated
his reply that there was no work for him
and advised him to go away. "Divil q bis
viii l storr, sorr," replied Pat, till ] see the
man that's going 10 use that pick"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21

That every day has its pains and sorrows is
universally experienced and confessed. But
let us not attend only to mournful truths; if
we look impartially about US we shall find
that every day has likewise its pleasures and
its Joys.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21

would dart out of his laboratory and run
neck and neck with Time. When the SOL
emnties of folly were over, be would return
TO his labratory and remain in il till 8 or A
in the morning. and the servants Of the in
stitution often found him at his post when
they arrived next day.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
A Figure OF Speech.

2 lovers sat beneath the shade,
And | uu2 the other said:
"How II that yon BEG
Have smiled upon this suit of mine;
If 5 heart il palps for you
Thy voice 10 mu6 melody
It's to be thy loved 1, p
Say, 6ty nymph, wilt marry me7"
Then lisped she soft: "Why l3ly."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
THE CEMETERY.

1 stand within this sole mn place
Aud think of days gone by
] think Of many an old-time face
Here's where those faces lie.
! think of when, what time God please,
The hour shall come to me,
That. covered by the clay, like these,
Ny face shall masked be.
No marble monument will rise
Above that grave Of mine
No loving friend will wipe their eyes
When life / shall resign.
But when leave my life-hsye left
My every present care
I'll find a home OF care bereft;
My friends are living there.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
The Consistency of Nature.

The minds OF men, in perpetual strife,
Rrvolye from age to age, and find no rest
While nature in unfading youth and beauty
Obeys one everlasting law Of duty;
Upon her constant bosom, ever green,
Beneath her sky Of never fading blue,
Lived all the generations who have been;
And still her children ind her fresh aud new
And the same sun that Ger some Grecisn hill
Homer beheld, is shining on Us still.
Schiller
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21
BLOCKADE RUNNING.
Ths Psrils Which ATTENDED Running
the Potomac Blockade.

Reprieved From the Gallows by the Mercy
of President Lincoln.
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when daylight came we got our bearings
and soon reached a friendly domicile, and
with hospitable cheer and lashings Of drink
we soon recovered our spirits. We found
the country full of Yanks, and were in con-
siderable doubt as to our best way of getting
through. 1 was for pushing through at all
hazards. but Walter Bowie-that was his
name-had got tired of that sort Of expert
ence. and determined TO stay where ne was
until he got a chance to recross the river and
return to the armies in the field. He would
no. be argued out of it. SO parted with him
for the last time, as it proved. he managed
aftsrward. He reioined his company and
was killed at Silver Springs while leading a
cavalry raid only few weeks afterward. A
drawer fellow never lived. found tenn
porary shelter in the house OF one OF
Bowies relatives. The country was full Of
scouting parties, who. have since heard,
were looking especially for US. A party Of
them came up to the door Of the house ] was
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-21

IattISHtu Out IIe IIIaH WIFI us
opened them after the started, looked
down at the ruined chrome, and sadly sighed:
"Ahl masterpiece of Gonzia de Moria, alas!
that such fate should come upon thee
who's got any chewing tobacco in this carp
Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-28
A Wise Serpent.


 MT. M. of our sister city, West Point, WAS down on the river fishing last summer, when he discovered very wise serpent. He was sitting near rock, under which was a snakes den. The proprietor of the den came gliding up from foraging expedition, and was disap- bearing in the hole under the rock, when, with dexterous movement, Captain M. seiz ed him by the tail and threw him twenty feet away. The snake hardly knew what had hap pensd, and again essayed to enter his domicile in the same manner. Again he was treated as before. Never despairing, for a third time the willy serpent approached the rock. This time he came deliberately, as if carefully contem- plating the situation. Arriving at the mouth of the hole, this time he deliberately coiled himself up and put out his long tongue, as if to take in the full situation. For 8 while he maintained this defensive position, when he carefully began to uncoil at the same time disappearing tail foremost into the den This story is fully warranted by Captain NJ, who stands ready to testify to it's correctness.
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Saturday Morning. Feb. 2S: 1880.


The Republicans of the several towns in this State requested to send the usual number of delegates to the State Convention be held at the Grand House, in the city of New Hsven Wednesday, April T. 1SsO at 10 o'clock , to appoint delegates to proper business.
 In accordance with the rules adopted in 1876 the fol. lowing notices given:
 l. All for the appointment of delegates to the State Convention must be held at least five days before the convention.
 g. The chairman of each town committee must send copy of the credentials of the delegates from his to secretary of the Republican Gen. tral Committee at least four days before the tion.
 g. of the delegates will be held at the New Haven House, Tuesday, April 6, at o'clock p. m.
 f. District conventions will be held at the Grand Op- House, at Il o'clock 8. the day Of the con- vention nominate district delegates to the National Convention.
 By order of the Republican State Central Commit tee. CHARLES J. COLE, Chairman.
 Hartford, Feb. 25, 1880.
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There are two sides to speculation in stocks, and occasionally one of them is very bad one Brooklyn man who lost all he had in Wall street was unable to endure his disap- pointment, and died Thursday from the eff fects of dose of laudanum. Men should keep out of Wall street, especially if they care more for money than life.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-28
COMMUNICATIONS.
A Womar,,s Suggestion.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 An active business man once said he had never succeeded in anything unless he had first consulted his wife. Now, at this junc- ture, when the men all seem to be at their wits end about who should be the next President, would it not be wise to ask the women what they think about it?
 I believe they would point to the man who stands to day first in the confidence and re- spect of the nationJ who has shown himself to be stthe right man in the right place." and say ''Please ask President Hayes to continue in office another term" WOMAN.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-28

President Grevy of France is almost as silent a man as General Grant. He seldom goes to public places, writes few letters, and his speeches are as infrequent and as short and pointed as politeness will allow.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-28

In another column ''Woman" attempts to help the men out of the difficulty they find in picking out the best man for President. She would have President Hayes asked to take a second term.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-28
EDITORIAL NOTES.

What is the matter with Canada? There has been great increase of crime there-not less than 25 per cent.-within two years.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-28

H.R. Woodworth. New Britain express man. had the knee cap of his left leg broken about five weeks ago from kick of his horse. and died yesterday morning. The surgeons who attended advised the amputation of the leg, but he would not allow 1t to be done. pr. Sweet, of Middletown, visited nm Mon- dsy and then said he could live Rut 8 few days.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-28

Russia and Persia are long way of, and therefore the miseries of the parts of the hu- man family which inhabit those countries can- not be realized here. But faint idea of them may be gained from the statement that in Russia, since November, 10000 people in two provinces alone have died of diphtheria, and whole villages near Walki have become almost depopulated; and in Persia there are 30, 900 starving families near Oroomiah.
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5oarnal and QuuFier.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY HARRINGTON & CO.,, No. 400 State Street, Courier Building.
 JOHN B. HARRINGTON. EDWARD T. cARRINGToN. JOHN B.. CARRINaToN, JR.
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POLITICAL CONVENTIONS.

Republican National Convention, Chicago, June 2. Connecticut Republican Convention, New Haven, April T.
 New Hampshire Republican Convention, Concord,
Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-28

VEFHES Justly celebrated DIetetIc PreparatIc JEL derived from the WHITE WINTER Fl A Invention of an eminent Chemist. 1t certified to by a large number of CheP1lsts al Of medical scIence--aS the Safest, Most Acc Protection of INFANTS and CHILDREN, a n1ent for their offspring
 Unlike those preparations made from stimulate the brain and IrrItate the digestive sition--That which makes strong Bone and Blood. That which Is easy of Digestion friendly to the Brain, and that which acts incidental to Childhood.
 And, while 1t would be difficult to cor ceive Of anything In Food or Dessert moI Creamy and Delicious, or more Nourishin and Strengthening aIiment In Fever. Pulmonary Complaints, Dyspepsia and Ger eraI Debility, It's Rare Medicinal Excellence all Intestinal Diseases, especiaIIyIn Dysenter Chronic Dlarrhea and Cholera Infantum ha been incontestably proven.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-28

The Committee on Constitutional Amend ments have reported favorably on the pro posed amendment giving the Governor power to nominate the judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts. The friends of this amend ment claim that it would be of great benefit to the State, but there are many who think it not worth while to make 8 change. The members of the General Assembly should be very careful to take the right action in so i'm portept a matter.
 If the Washington correspondent of the Springfield Republican may be believed, the selection of Cincinnati as the place for holding the National Democratic conven- ton was not only not a victory over Tilden, but it showed that he con- trols the machinery of the Democratic or ganization. The correspondent says that ex- Senator Barnum, whose personal wishes were toward Chicago, found when he reached Washington that the Tilden group at Wash ington and in New York had fixed on Cincin- nati, and he brought his friends from his own section to the same way of thinking.
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FOR. RENT.

1AHAA ONE STORE five Rooms 445 State street #fiI five Rooms five minutes from the Otty Market M&M-has modern Improvements; i've Rooms corner Park and South streets. Inquire of
 JACOB HELLER, O1K NO I Ya1a Hank RufI0
Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-28

As every one must have noticed, the num- ber of defaced coins in circulation is large and seems to be constantly increasing. Out
Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-28

Houses and Lots For Sale. atsA HOUSES AND LOTS situated in different Al parts of the city. Also several large Lots hav- BAi ing Tailroad and tgGter fronts very desirable for manufacturing purposes. All for sale cheap and on easy terms. Apply to -
 BENJ. W. STONE,