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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
How to Write and Talk.
[Forney's Progres.1

Sentiments are thoughts from the prompt
ings of the feelings and the passions, and are
therefore real. At Florence there is an I'M
finished bust of Brutus by Michael Angelo,
under which cardinal wrote the following
distich: GAS the sculptor was forming the
efigy Of Brutus in marble he recollected his
act of guilt and refrained" An English
nobleman, indignant at this distich, wrote
Immediately under il the following; THE
sculptor would have framed Brutus, but the
vast and manifold virtues of the man flashed
upon his thoughts; he stopped and remained
in astonished admiration"
The following words are often misused in
speaking and writing: "Pride is that which
makes us esteem ourselves. Vanity makes
us desire the esteem of Others" As Dean
Swift said, ga man is..too proud to be vain
Only imports that there is no other of the
same kind. Alone means being accompanied
by no other. An only child is one who has
neither brother nor sister. A child alone is
one who is left by itself Opinions signify
10 think, to judge; sentiment TO feel. 0pin-
ions are more liable TO error, as they depend
upon knowledge, which is not always cor
rect. Different opinions on different subjects
is of common occurrence in the affairs of life
mo, cousin" said Henry ~, when charged
by the Duke of Bouillon with having
changed his religion, 81 have changed no re-
ligion, but an opinion"
An adverb should never be used to denote
quality. The soonest moment should be the
earliest moment She looks sweetly should
be she looks sweet. No, as an adverb, can
qualify comparatives only. 1.-The task no
longer appeared difficult" Adverbs should
be placed near the words which they qualify.
The auxiliary to should not be separated by
the remainder of the infnitive by any inter-
vening word. "Be careful to not disturb
him" should be, "be careful not to disturb
him." More than one subject connected by
or or nor, one of them being in the plural,
the verb should be in the plural, but the
plural subject should be next to the verb"
Neither he nor his friends were to blame"
The pronoun you, though of plural form,
when used to represent a single person, re-
quires the plural form of verb, because of
the plural form of the pronoun, as "John,
you are in error"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19

Teach your boy to save part of his earn
ings, if it be ever so small a sum, If he can
lay by only ten cents week let him save
that. 1t doesn't amount to much, it is true,
but it is worth saving; it is better saved than
wasted-better saved than thrown away for
tobacco, or beer, or any worthless article or
subject But the best thing about it is that
the boy who saves FIVE dollars a year on q
very meager salary acquires habit of taking
care of his money which will be of the ut
most value to him. The reason why work
ing men, as class, do not get ahead faster,
are not more independent, is that they never
learn to save their earnings. Young people
who desire TO retain their own independence
under all circumstances must learn to save
So sure as they do this, so surely will they be
In a situation TO ask no special favors. Every
man needs to feel that he is the peer of other
men; and he can not do it if he is penniless.
Money is power; and those who have it
exert wider influence than the destitute.
Hence it should be the ambition of all to
acquire it-honestly of course. This is Q
lesson in life which should be early installed
into the minds of the young. e' 'il seH
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
What P-perfect Gentleman May Endure.
Free Press1


At11 o'clock the other night Detroit po-
hceman came upon man pounding vigor-
ously on the door of dwelling house, and
he asked what he wanted there The FOUNDER
was pretty well set up. He descended the
steps, went close up to the officer and softly
whispered in his ear: "It's my-my own
abode, and / w-want to get in" But why
don't you call out?" asked the blue coat.
"B-Because l don't want to g-give myself
away. Iwant to get into the house b-before
the jswing commences. want my wife to
think it's somebody else" "Well go ahead,
but don't arouse the neighbors." The officer
sauntered on, but in about ten minutes he
encountered the tipsy citizen on the other
side of the block. The man was thoroughly
drenched with cold water, and had lost his
hat "Halloo didn't you get in2" mot
quite" Couldn't awaken your wife, eh?''
1.-THE t-trouble was" whispered the man, as
big shiver galloped over him, "the
t-trouble was that she was awake all the
thine" "And she deluged you from a Sec
ond-story Window" 'I-I'm not zackly
clear as to whether it was thunder shower
or only pitcher of wwater, and l thought
I'd h-hunt you up and ask you if th-thunder
showers ever come in the night, and if light
ming ever knocks p-perfect gentleman fl
his own doorsteps2"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19

rior in tact, courage and persistence. 1 re-
spect and envy him." aa
"But what tussel he must have had with
the boy" w r9ld- sstoosE
"Yes; for our domestic System is peculiar
Here are statistics: Out of 100 of the pirate
species of child that I've met. three were
English, two Russian, one French and ninety
four American. To bring these infants to
reason it called for ninety-four men of met
tie. 1 only wish I'd served my country by
being one of them"
Ford laughed and filed glass. Here's
to Robbie's stepfather, the hero and martyr"
sand the happiest of men," Lane added,
filing his glass. "Ah, Ford, that's the rubP'
and Mr.. Lane, with sigh, ended as he be-
gan: ''She's the loveliest woman in the
world"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19

In the House of Representatives in 1868,
after q vote had been ordered on the resolu-
tons lmpeaching Andrew johnson, and
the roll-call had commenced, Hon. Thad-
deus Stevens sent his nephew, Simon Ste
vens, to the Senate Chamber for Mr.. Wade,
then President of the Senate. Entering the
door leading from the Vice Presidents room
he called Mr.. Bassett, the Assistant Sergeant
alarms, to inform Mr.. Wade that Simon
had a verbal message for him. Mr.. Wade
requested Mr.. Anthony to take the chair,
Joined SIMON in the vestibule, and arm in
arm started for the House of Representa-
tives. On reaching the rotunda Mr.. Wade
encountered clergyman from Ohio, who
said: sMr. Wade, the Lord is on our side
this time, the impeachment resolutions are
passed" Mr.. Wade replied: "Well, if he
isn't, he's beat, that's all, +" and passed on
Forney's Progress.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
A Strange voyag of Two Little Children In
Balloon, In 1853.


When Mr.. Wise was lost in his balloon
called the Pathfinder, several months ago.
the newspapers printed many accounts of
trips made into the air, some by brave men,
and some by foolish ones. A lady who lives
in the town of Centralia, in the State of Illi-
nois, said nothing until all therest were done
talking. Then one day last week she told
the editor of the st. Louis Republican to look
into the number of that paper that was print
ed September 81, 1858. The editor looked.
and found an account of how two little chill
dren took trip in a balloon all by themselves.
On that day, an aronaut, or sailor of the air.
named Brook, filed his air ship with gas on
the farm of Mr.. Harvey, who lived near Gen.
tralia. He expected to sail up in the after
noon.
About noontime Mr.. Harvey put his two
children into the basket of the balloon lust to
please them, and not thinking for q moment
of any danger. The balloon was tied To a tree
by ropes. All at once gust of wind broke
the ropes, and the balloon got up into the sky
with nobody but the two children in the
basket Mr.. Harvey was wild with grief and
shouted aloud: They're lost; they're lostr"
All the neighbors ran to the spot, only to see
the balloon drifting on to the North and more
than mile high. One of the children was
girl, Nettie, eight years old, and the other her
little brother Willie, four years old Both
cried when they found themselves leaving
the ground and going on very, very, strange
journey indeed. Nettie looked over the edge
of the basket and saw her father wringing
his hands away below. Soon the people
looked to her smaller than babies, and the
houses like toy houses. She and Willie were
going up, up all the time. 81 expect we are
going up to Heaven, Willie" said Nettie.
Willie thought it was very cold in Heaven
then, for the higher they went the colder it
grew. Nettie wrapped Willie in her apron,
and held his head in her lap until he cried
himself fast to sleep. Then Nettie folded
her hands and waited. She SAID think we
must be near the gate now. She meant the
gate of Heaven, that she had heard about in
Sunday-school. But Nettie fell asleep, too.
When she woke she found that some strange
man was lifting her from the basket. The
strange man was farmer, in Northern ILL
nois, who had seen balloon drifting low
down across the field. The rope was dragging
and so he caught it, and landed the children
safely. The balloon had foated all night.
Nettie and Willie's father soon learned that
they had been found, and took them home
two days afterward. Nettie is now woman
and the very same one who told the Re-
publican to look back in its files for the story.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
Sonnet.

The rain falls softly the window caves
And whispers iowly to the rustling grass,
And loads the winds dusk pinions as they pass
TO shake the glittering moisture on the leaves.
The rain sweeps where the great swes and hesves
And dlmples all the locked lakes living glass;
The rain sObs round the house whose light she was
And with the hearts left desolste it grieves
And listening 10 its murmur eli alone,
l set its cadence to my yearning sorrow,
And loves mute longing for the darling gone
From natures wall seems strength renewed to Dor
row,
Till can hear the dull plssh on the clay,
OF that dear new-made grave, broad leagues away
All the Year Round.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
If WE KNEW.
PUBLISHED BY REQUEsT-oUGHT To BE
PUBLISHED DAILY.

IL we knew the woe and hesrtache
Waiting for as down the road.
II our lips could taste the wormwood,
II our backs could feel the load,
Would we waste the day In wishing
For time that ne'er can be,
Would we wait with such impatience
For our ships to come from seal
II we knew the baby fingers,
Pressed against the window pane,
Would be cold and stiff Tomorrow
Never trouble as again
Would the bright eyes Of our darling
Catch the frown upon our browl
Would the print Of rosy fingers
Vex rs then IS they do now1
All these quiet ice-cold fingers
How they point our memories back
To the hesty words and actions,
strewn along our backward track
How these little hands remind US,
As in snowy grace they lie,
Not TO scatter thorns, but roses,
For our resping by and by.
Strange we never prize the music
Till the sweet-voiced bird has flown;
Strange that we should slight the violet
Till the lovely flowers have gone;
Strange thai summer skies and sunshine
Never seem one half 80 fair,
As when winters snowy pinions
Shake the white down in the air.
Lips from which the seal OF silence
None but God can roll away
Never blossomed in such beauty
AS adorns the mouth to-day;
And sweet words that freight our memory
With their beautiful perfume
Come TO us with sweet accents
Through the portals Of the tomb.
Let US gather up the sunbeams
Lying all around our path;
Let rs keep the wheat and roses
Casting out the thorns and chat;
Let us find our sweetest comfort
In the blessings of to-day,
With the patient hand removing
All the briers from our way.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19

1t is not merely the individual but society
that suffers by every idle, every selfish, every
mean, every unjust man. ~
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-16
Utilizing Elephant Power.

Almost all the vehicles and
other property of the London
circus, which arrived in Bridge
port Saturday night, have been
housed. One feature of the
work of getting the effects hn-
der cover was novel and interes-
ting9d Some of the chariots are
very. heavy, weighing several
tons, and were sunk deeply in
the soft soil. Too many horses
TO be used conveniently would
have been required, and accord
ingly the elephant-trainer bro't
two ofgthe sixteen elephants OF
the herd rintoo requisition. 1t
was interesting to see how in
telligently the beasts did what
was required of them, and to
observe their tremendous pow
er. FwiniDgtheir trunks about
tlenhnbs or spokes, they lifted
theDvehiclek out ofthe futs, and
after carrying them into the
building, shifted them to any
position desired. 3 One of the
chariots, which they picked upI
withcase, weighed fxe tons. o 1t
was not always easy for them to |
take hold,of their load so thatitI
balanced well between them, but
they invariably succeeded after
a while in getting every fling
adjusted. b99ub9i g9sd esd
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-16
Drumming" Around the
World.

Some Of the large manufac-
turers of tools, machinery, hard
ware, and other kind of goods
in Connecticut, send men to
South America, Europe and
elsewhere in the same natter
of-fact manner that smaller hous-
es might send to Syracuse or
Canai0Iiarie. A firm of carriage
manufacturers in New Ila-
ven send a man around the
world. They sell many car
riages in New Zealand, Austria,
and South Africa. On his last
trip their traveller drummed the
trade up the Red Sea and along
the south shore of the 1Iediter-
ranean. He sold some car
riages in Egypt, but none in the
countries to the westward, where
the British and Continental
manufacturers yet retain conf
mand of the market. On his
next trip he will again tackle
the carriage buyers Of that re-
gion. He oyercaine British OPP
position in South Africa, and
expects to accomplish tho same
result in North Africa.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-16
The Greenback Party.

Ed. OBsERvER:-As labor is
the developer or creator of all
wealth, one of the cardinal prin-
ciples of the National Green
back labor party is to secure
fair wages for all labor; and as
money is the creature of law and
used as a medium of exchange
of commodities, having no in
trinsic value of its own, on
ly when made of material of in
trinsic value, is now-productive
of itself. Therefore, the Green
back party is opposed to any
system of laws that give a pow
er to a portion of the people,
making anon-productive proper
ty breed money without labor.
Such laws are in violation of
natural laws, and work a great
hardship upon all productive
wealth. All laws that make
money breed money, robs labor
to the extent it multiples. Take,
for instance, bushel of wheat
to illustrate the idea fully, we
say it takes a dollars worth of
labor to produce it, but under
our financial laws you can't get
that for it. The banker gets 8
per cent. on his bond. He char
ges the wheat merchant 8 per
cent. for currency, the merchant
must have 8 per cent. for his Ia
Dor, insurance, etc. This brings
your wheat down to so cents on
The bushel, the producer loses 20
cents on every bushel of wheat
ne has; therefore, is stinted in
eating or education Of
his children, the result is the man
S one-fiith a slave. Now, if
hat man is a renter and pays
,ne-third for land to make it on,
le only gets 46S cents for a dol
ar's worth of labor. Ifhe rents
md pays half as much he gets
,nly 30 cents for his dollars
worth of labor. / am opposed
o any such system. The man
,ught to have a dollar for his
Jushel of wheat. The wheat
merchant is paid for his labor,the
banker is paid for his, but II cts.
5 too much fer that. l will
:omc again.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-16
A Singular Asset.

81 am a peaceful man," said
the intruder, grasping his club
with both his hands, s.but If
you don't come down with $18.-
80 damages for my lacerated
feelings, the bombardment will
begin at once"
The owner of the dog paid
down the money, as he was
afraid the other fellow might 'ex-
asperate him if he hit him with
a club of that 'Gze.a The owner
of the dog also said that he was
sorry the dog had bitten the in
truder's son.
2 "Why, he amt my son." said
the intruder.
g0"Whose son is he, then ~ ask
ed the astonished owner of the
dog. s
"He is a son of a friend of
mine who owed me $17, 80, but
he is poor and the only availa-
BILE assets he has are these dog
bites ON his body, which he tain-
ed over to me for collection"
? 4"WeIl, I'll be bowed"
"Oh. YOU needn't complain; !;
you are getting off dog cheap.
/ ought to make you pay in adj
vance for the next time that
boy is going to be bit"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-16
Mormon Marriages.

EssD e [san Francisco CALL
fa9An intelligent gentleman, who
has recently spent several weeks
at Salt Lake City gives us the
following facts: The Mormons
have four kinds Of marriages,
VIZ, for time only, for eternity
only, for both time and eternity,
and by proxy 4f a. Mormon
marries a Gentle woman, it is
for time only. At death he goes
to heaven, and she goes to pur-
gatory or perdition. He can
call her out and up if he choos-
es, but her union with him does
not insure her salvation, as it
would We're she believer. If a
Mormon wants to save an unmar-
ried woman, but does not wish
to add her to his harem, he has
her sealed to him for eternity
only. After the ceremony of
sealing they have no special re-
lation with each other, OF recip-
rocal rights and duties in this
life. But in the life to come, the
Mormon maiden secures a place
in heaven through her union
with a masculine believer; for
the Mormon theory is, that un-
married men and womenIare' I'M
perfect, and as such are not inn
mortal. Marriage is necessary
to complete a personality that
will survive the "wreck of mat
ter and the crash of worlds.eo
The usual Mormon marriage
is between believers and for
both worlds, and the more wives
a Mormon has the holier he is. |
But this does not apply, vice
versa, to the women. The proxy
are based on the pro |
vision of the Mosaic code, that
if a man dies childless his broth
take his wife and raise
up seed to his deceased brother. /
An old Mormon dies without
This fact is supposed,
in some way, to Offset his celes-l
tial felicity. So in order that
his bliss may be perfected, some
young Mormon takes his wife,
as a proxy, in addition to what
ever wives he has already, ho-
ping that children may be- born
who will be counted not only as
his, but as belonging to his. de-
ceased brother Mormon. Won
derful are Mormon ideas of mar
riage! > -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-16
Mail D1rectory
,EayettevlIIe rost-Oaice.

ssailroad-lenyes every day except Sun
day al 9:l5 An; arrives ut 5:4O Pm. Supplies
the following Offices: Kelso, Lincoln, Flynt-
yille. Oregon, Georges Store, Elora, Hunts
Station. Salem, Winchester and Dechcrd.
Shelhyviilc stage-arrives Monday, We'd
ncsday and Friday at IL A. NJ; leaves same
davs AZ 2P.M- Supplies Mulberry, lynch
burg. Bonneville, County Line, Shelbyville.
Huntsville stage-Ieaves Monday and
Thursday at s A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at s Pm. Supplies Goshen, Halle
Green. Meridianville and huntsville
Shelhyvillc hack--leaves Mondays and
Thursdays at 8 A. M; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at NJ. Supplies Norris Creek
Chestnut Ridge, Hawthorne and Shelbyville.
Pu'aski horse--arrives every Tuesday
and Fri iay at ll:3O A NJ; leaves next day
6AOp.M. Supplies CyruSton, Millville, Pis-
gah Bradshaw and Pulaski. y a -
Blanche horse-leaves every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at n; arrives
same days at IL NJ. Supplies CamargO,
Molino. Cold Water, Blanche, Cash Point
Bsons Hill horse-arrives Monday and
Saturday at 12M; leaves same days at Pm.
PatrsAurg horse--leaves Tuesday and
Fri,Ay al & Ar; arrives at P same day..
Supplies RenfrOw Station and Petersburg.
Money Orders can be obtained at this Of
fee upon post Offices in all parts ef the u
pited States. A list uf Money Order offices
may be seen on application. Rates of COM
unirs;on foI Money Orders are as follows:
Not exceeding So. 10 cents
[Oyer Is and not exceeding $50 :, Is do
do 80 DO do 40. 20 do
w. n. D0UTHAT. Z. M.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-16
ENTERING IN.
The church was dim and silent

The church was dim and silent
With the hush before the prayer,
Only the solemn trembling -
e 4Ofthe organ stifredahe air; %
Without, the sweet still sunshine,
Within the holy calm,
Where priest and people waited vv
{ For .he swelling Of the psalm.
Slowly the door swung open
And little baby girl,
Brown-eyed, with brown hair falling
In many wavy curl;
With soft cheeks flushing holly.
Shy glances downward thrown,
And small hands clasped before her,
Stood in the aisle alone.
. .e-wz-k "a HN " gEfF ETEfn
Stood half abashed, half frightened,
Unknowing where 10 go,
While, like wind-rocked flower,
The form rocked to and fro;
And thechanging color fluttered
In the little troubled face, isow ia
As from side to side she waved
With mute imploring grace.
II was butfOr moment; . 9 e. A-AA
What wonder that we smiled,
By such a strange sweet picture, ~
From holy thoughts beguiled? - =
Whenr rose up some one softly,
And many an eye grew dim,
As through the tender silence
Is He bore the child with him. oTf
And II wondered dosing
The, sermon and the prayer
II, when sometime enter
The "msny mansiens'' fair,
And stand abashed and dropping
In the portals golden glow, \ 80 81
Our. God will send an angel % UOe =
i, To show me where to go!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-16
aCarolina,s Sweet Sixteen.

/ "A curious petition was that
addressed in 1873 to, the Gov
lernor of Charleston. 1t ran
THUS: III.
'"The humble petition of all
lthe maids whose names are un-
derwritten. Whereas, We, the
humble petitioners, are at pres
lent in a very melancholy dispo-
tsition Of mind, considering how
Fall the bachelors are bIindly cap
Itiyated by widows, and our own
youthful charms are thereby neg
Ilected; in consequence Of this,
oui. request is that Your Excel-
lency will for the future order
that no widow presume to mar
ry any young man till the maids
afe provided for; or else to pay
each Of them a fine for satisfac-
tion for invading our liberties.
and likewise a fine to be levied
on all such bachelors as shall be
married to widows. The great
disadvantage it is to us maids is
that the widows, by their for.
ward carriage, do snap up the.
young men, and have the vanity
to think their merit beyond ours,
which IS a great imposition on
us, who ought to have the pref
erence. This is humbly recon-
mended 6t3 Your 9 Excellency's
consideration, and hope you will
permit no further. insults. And
we poor maids in duty bound
will ever pray" = '0'''
The forIorn sixteen would have
very much approved the edict
of the Portuguese King, which
forbade widows more than fifty
years old from remal1ying, on
the ground that experience
taught that the widows Of that
age commonly welded young
men of oproperty, who dissipa-
ted the fortunes such marriages
brought them, to the prejudice
of children and other relatives.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-16
isporthographical.

"Mr. Thompson presents his
compliments to Mr.. Simpson,
and begs to request that he viii
keep his piggs from trespassihg
onhis grounds. .yl.,". on, ~.
Il 'sMr. Simpson presents his
compliments to Mr.. Thompson,
and begs to Suggest that in the
future hei%ill not spell pigs with
two gees" -11o s1h V 1'oii'
''Mr. Thompsoh's respects to
Mr.. Simpson, and viii feel OBJ
liged ifhe Will add heiletter sE'
to the last wordin his note Just
received, so as to represent Mr..
Simpson and dlady. .pg@ noda q
."Mr. Simpson returns. Mr..
Thompsen's letter isaopefed, the
impertinence it contains being
only equaled by its vulgarity."