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The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01

''why, Tom proposed so unexpected
That said no, when meant yes;
Boo-hoo!" cried she.
Did the wind make the FREELY, or was it
only the zephyrS out sparkling?
Soda water is again quite prevalent. 1t is
only dangerous when she is thirty and he is
strapped.
Ravens fed the Prophet Elijah, but they
never furnished much sustenance for Edgar
Allan Poe.
'Lend me your ears" said the classic crow
to himself as he stole at night upon a farm
ers field of corn.
Anna Dickinson's refusal 10 play for John
Stetson is the first case known where a lady
has thrown up an engagement.
A watering-place poet writes: "Old ocean
slept" We dislike to do it, but we are COM
PEELED to ask; what did the sea lion?
You may lilac this" said a sign painters
customer Il beg your pardon, was the re-
ply, Il can not lie like that" He lost the
job.
81 am going over to the pool rooms to-
night" said the brewer, will you beer
roundY' "0h yes, I'll come over and steak
you," said the butcher.
When we sleep the soul often takes a va
cation and goes off on a summer excursion.
to the home office we call dreams.
at is anything but pleasant to have an
ill-mannered person opposite you at din
ner," remarked a peevish young lady.
Very true replied Fogg her vis-a-viS;
''but then don't mind it. / am bound To
make the best of it,
Miss Fetherfuss, sitting in the front pew
in her gorgeous new hat, was totally obliv-
ious OF the innocent little tag that told 10
the congregation that that stunning spray Of
flowers cost her Just ''62c." "Where ig-
norance is bliss" etc.-Transcript.
Whitehall chap, dressed in his best
clothes and lavender pants, was on his way
| to see his sweetheart, when an old bell
wether went for him, and butted him head
over heels into a mud puddle. His visit
was postponed on account of the wether.-
Whitehall Times.
"What do they mean by this talking
about bloom that's off the rye?' " inquired
Jenkens, as he yanked the spittoon around
under his chair. Never saw any bloom on
or off the rye, star as I've observed
when a man." remarked Garcelon, who
came into the sanctum just then, "comeS
aloatin' about this place ev'ry afternoon
with nose like a night bloomin' crocus
an the elbows of his trousers showing the
dirt through 'em, and shirt on that hain't
| been changed fo- week. that man is travel
/ in right along after that bloom; and though
he amt quite got the fragrance an color
he's vergin' close onto il. Mark my words
Jenkins, he's virgin close onto it, And
| the old man borrOweda match and couple
of funny exchanges and meandered dowr
stairs
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01
CONCERNING WOMEN.

Shaded goods are coming more and more
into vogue.
The old bishop sleeve, shirred at the waist
and upon the shoulder. has been revived.
Shirring and tiny ruffies, row upon row.
are seen upon all parts of summer costumes
Ecru colored gloves are worn with the
most delicate evening dresses OF white satin
or brOcade.
A Buffalo Sunday-school teacher is in
trouble because she gave her pupils circus
tickets instead of the ordinary merit cards.
New English gloves of delicate dued silk
are almost transparent, showing q faint color
of the hand through the glove.
Mrs. Wilson, gifted singer of Pennsylva-
MIA, sister of 2. p. Bliss, the poet singer,
is consecrating her beautiful voice to the
temperance cause.
Falstaff asks, whats honor?r as though
it was hard to tell. But let one woman sit
behind another in Church, and she'll tell
what's on her IN less than two minutes
"Eugenia, Eugenia, Will you still insist ON
wearing the hair of another woman upon
your head?" "Alphonse, Alphonse, do you
still insist upon wearing the skin of another
calf upon your feet?'
One of the really beautiful things import
ed this year for the first time is pure white
pongee silk. 1t washes as well as white
muslin but as il shrinks little, il should
be wet before making it up.
After the battle Of Jena the famous
French surgeon, Baron Larrey, observed
that many of the German prisoners were
completely bald This arose from. want OF
ventilation in their headgear.
The Committee interested in securin
some fitting memorial of the philanthropi
and useful life of Elizabeth X. Churchill
have decided to collect her journalistic
writings and preserve them in book form.
The little tables upon which a single vase
or choice book can Just find comfortable
lodging are always pretty addition to q
parlor. and it's piece of good fortune thai
they can now be bought for very small
price.
M. Octave Feuillets new book, 'Ths
History of a Partisan Lady, is intended tC
show the terrible moral results of the ill-as
sorted marriages that are so common in
French society. "The moral of this too tru,
tory is" says n. Feuillet that monsters
are not born; God does not make monsters
but menmake many. This is what mother
ought not to forget"
The ex-Empress Eugene has decided upor
the final resting-place of her late husband
and son. She intends to build Church OF
the estate which she has bought, some four
| teen miles from ChlSelhurst, and thither the
two tombs are to be transferred from th,
little chapel of that village
Old Nell GILES is a negro fortune-teller Al
Augusta. Ga. She lives in cellar, in the
midst of weird things and IS a hideous hag
The negroes believe she is veritable witch
Joe Stevens went to her from Edgefield tc
get cure for his rheumatism. She per
formed some mummery over him, annointec
his rheumatic arm, and the pain ceased
She assured him that he had been ICON
ljured' by some secret enemy, and that ht
could not be permanently cured until hs
shed some of that persons blood. He
directions to Joe for discovering the euiIt,
one was to shake hands with all bis acouain
tancea noticing uhnsa hand ha hold u =. .
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01
Bad Boston Men.
Boston Post.l

During "Wednesday night 1000 feet of
freshly laid sod on the Common was torn up
and destroyed, portion of it being hung on
the iron fence surrounding the graveyard,
while another portion was used to break the
glass on the top of the hotbeds in front of
the tool-house; the re nainder was scattered
about the walks. The largest and most val
liable of the ducks in the Public Garden
pond was also taken from the duck house
and killed, the body being found on the
bank of the pond. The work must have
occupied three men at least half hour,
and the police officers on duty in the locality
have been suspended. and will be tried for
neglect of duty on Friday
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01
Ponder on These Truths

Kidney-Wort is natures remedy for kid
ney and liver diseases, piles and constipa-
ton.
Sediment or mucous in the urine is a sure
indication of disease. Take Kidney-Wort.
Torpid liver and kidney poison the blood.
Kidney Wort revives them and cleanses the
system.
Headache, bilious attacks, dizziness and
loss of appetite are cured by Kidney-Wort.
See advertisement
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01
To Keep Boys on the Farm.

Boys make men, and the more attractive.
instructive and profitable we can make our
farm homes for the boys, the more useful
and successful will be the men and more
likely to stick TO the farm, which should
have pleasant associations. as it has bright
prospects for intelligent and enterprising
young men. The Western Stock Journal
and Farmer appropriately SAYS
Farmers boys should be trained to love
the farm BY giving them a moneyed and CO
operative interes' in it: they have CLAIMS on
their parents beyond the simple act and
acknowledge of raising crops and feeding
stock. They should be taught to exercise
their ability in planning, and to acquire
judgment in buying and selling.
Ii is not right to compel boys to
work from year to year and never
intrust them with business transactions. for
it makes machines of them, which they
soon grow to dislike. Farmers should con
s1der that their sons have something more
than physical strength to exertise in the de-
velOpment of the farm. They have ability
and personal pride that should be exercised
and brought into profitable service Give
the boys chance to enjoy all their natural
rights and they will do more profitable la.
Dor. and, "a rule, carry success and dig
nifty with them into whatever department
: of labor they may enter
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01
A Long-Lived Family.
lNrc,s. OIL

Nicholas Singley, who was born in Penn
sylvania 104 years ago, is now a resident O
our town, living with his daughter, Mrs M
E. Short. Both his mother and father liveC
to over 100 years of age, the father being IL
when he died, and his mother 104. Hi.
brother, recently deceased, was 10S. Mr.
Singley can be seen on cur streets any day
is well preserved, but hard of hearing, anc
is great reader. He has not used liquor
since he was thirty years of age.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01
Keeping a Milk Record.
Exchange :

Messrs. Smith & Powell, of Syracuse, y.
Y. give the milk record of several Holstein
cows, a. follows: Haggie a six-year-old.
S4A pounds in day, 1929 pounds in a
month, and IL, ,206 pounds in eleven months
Egis, another six-year- old, s2A pounds in q
day and 1928 pounds in year Lady OF
the Lake, a two-yearOld. As pounds, IL
ounces in day and 122O011 pounds in a
year. The record has been carefully kept
by accurate weight of every milking.
Without commenting on the remar kabl
yields of milk reported by breeders OF HoI-
stems. il can be said that the practice OF
keeping a milk record is very desirable
Every farmer will be profited and instructed
by so doing On almost every farm cows
are kept from year TO year at loss that
would be sold if a record of their milk yield
had been kept for single season. For profit
we must have cows that will give, not large
amount of milk in the flush of the season
and then perhaps run dry for six months
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01
A Case of Inhumanity.

INeW 1Ork Express.
The other night, when Bickles went home,
he found his wife particularly retrospective.
She talked of the past with tear and looked
to the future with a sigh. "Ohl by the
way" said Bickles, as he sat on the side OF
the bed pulling off his boots, II saw gen.
tleman down town to-day who would give a
81 900 note to see you" "Who was he? Does
he live in Little ROck7' 81 don't know his
,name" "Pll warrant that it was Oliver
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01
THE LIME KILN OLIVE CLUB cHoEUs

Yes. we am Dassin' down de lane,
An haltin' by de way.
list long NUT To rest our limbs,
An fur de chil'en pray:
Las Sunday preacher Gordon said:
"De march will soon be o'er
An All de ole folks safely cross
Upon dat shinin' shore"
Chorus-But old folks am jolly folks,
An while we wait to go,
Let's gin de fiddle lots o. work,
And rush de ole banjo.
Dar's Uncle Dsn1. he am lame,
An Peter White am bald,
An Dinnh Rock an ole Aunt Chic
Am waitin' TO be called;
An Trustee Pullback says 10 me:
''De summons soon mus come
For you an me an us ole folks
To tote our baggage home"
Chorus
Oars Pickles Smith and Daddy Toots
A-nearin OF dar end,
An Deacon SpOener an his wife
Am crutchin' round de bend;
Ay! us ole folks am hangin' on,
An kinder waitin' round,
To let de chilen grow bit
Fo' we go under ground.
Chorus-But old folks am jolly folks,
An while we wait to go,
Let's gin de fiddle lots o. work
And rush de ole banjo.
Detroit Free Press.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01

Gregg" mo" Then he must be George
his name IL were TO hear it." 'Ohl do
wish / knewr' said the. lady exhibiting
excitement WAS il Oscar Peoples?'
Guess again; remember his name now"
Harvey Glenkins?" "No, his name was
Lucas Wentwing" "I don't know a man
by that name. Why would he give 81 600 to
see meg' Because he's blind
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01

but those w&pse average yield for the great
est number of days will be the largest. A
milk record will give us the definite knowl.
edge necessary to decide upon the value OF
our cows for diary. purposes.
Farmers, try keeping milk record.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01

Leghorn hats are covered with shirring
OF cream-colored Spanish lace and trimmed
with wreath of shaded roses, or pink gera-
MUM blossoms.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01
Edwin Booth.

''It did me much good" says this celebrated
actor i'm speaking of the Liebig Co.'s Coca Beef
Tonic. Beware Of limitations Ask for Coca Beef
Tonic
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01
Chorus
EXPRESSIONS.

Gentle maid, why so detected?
Pray tell me why this great distress,
Pray do" sighed he.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1881-06-01

"Why, Tom proposed so unexpected
That / said no, when / meant yes;
Boo-hoOw cried she.
The Evening critic., 1881-12-27
Poor. Poor IUnycs.

A dispatch from Cleveland says: 'rho facts
about Mr.. Coverts unsuccessful appeal to
Mr.. II. b. Hayes for q subscription TO the Gar
field fund are ma folows The object OF tho
Garfield Memorial Association is TO erect n
bronze monument, TO cost 100000 over the
spot whore the late Presidents remains rested
| in state. number Of citizens OF Cleveland
headed the subscription list with $1,000
apiece. From the towns and villages Of North
western ohio the response was liberal. The
committee were 80 encouraged that they dc.
cided to ask Mr.. II. u. Hayes, OF Fremont, TO
become one of the $1,000 subscribers. The
fact that Mr.. Hayes had indefinitely postponed
| his subscription to another Garfield fund
| that for the widow and children-did not de.
| ter them from the attempt. The member OF
| the committee selected TO go TO Mr.. Hayes ana
make the appeal In person was the Hon. j. @.
| Covert, cxmember OF the Ohio Legislature and
| long OF tho Cleveland Ledders editorial stan.
Mr.. Covcrt's application was denied, half per-
emptorily, half apologotlcally, poverty be-
| Ing the excuse offered for the refusal VITO IL
| lustrate how I have been misrepresented In
| the matter OF wealth." said Mr.. Hayes "you
need only recall the reports OF my farming
transactions In tho Red River Dounty. 1t is
said that have Just realized largely on the
aalo OF wheat. Will tell you that l am lust
| So 80 out of pocket on that wheat transaction.
| My tenant out there shipped mo two barrels OF
-four, which, after paying the cost OF trans.
| than nothing" Mr.. Hayes went on to say
| that his savings out OF the salary drawn by
| him as President OF the United States had
| been greatly exaggerated, that his bank divi.
donds had not come up TO expectations, ana
| that, under all the circumstances, he found
| himself unable to contribute anything to the
| fund for q monument to Garfield. His desire
| 10 do so was very great but prudence forbade.
The Evening critic., 1881-12-27
sUTPHEN q ROGERs.

MINTON'S TILES-IIANDPAINTED, MA
INl jolica decorated, No. 1921 New York ave.
Single tiles twenty-fv cents to ten dollars, For
this week only. Aferward sales will be exclu-
sivey In job lots. de223t
INOR RENT-A THREESTORY, PRESSED
IL brick front house, IL rooms Eleventh street
northwest; all modern improvements. Inquire
IGlS Eleventh street n w. dp9I -.tA
The Evening critic., 1881-12-27

LOANS
In sums to suit at q per cent.
The above IL only small portion of prOperty on
my books For full list call ut office for bulletin
issued on list and 10Th. dec2i
The Evening critic., 1881-12-27
WATER Drinking.

Children are apt to drink more water than
they need. You doubt 1t, my dear child?
When you como In the house painting and
thirsty from play, you VIII take tumbler OF
water and drink 1t as fast rs you can, and then
rush out to resume play, and perhaps repeat
the drink. Now, the next time YOU feel thirsty
try this experiment: Take goblet OF water
and slowly sip It. Before 1t is half gone your
thirst Will be fully quenched and you Will
feel better for having drank only that which
you need. And again, we are all apt to ac-
quire the habit OF drinking while eating our
meals. Animals don't do IL, and 1t Is hurtful
to us. Nature gives us all the saliva we need
and II any one will chew his food slowly and
thoroughly, and not take n swallow OF drink
until through eating, the desire to do 80 will
soon leave, and he Will require only few sips
OF water, tea or coffee after the meal Is I'm.
ished This practice, too, will do wonders In
the way of keeping or Indigestion, dyspepsia
and illness.
The Evening critic., 1881-12-27
Lieut.. schwatIkn,s Views.

Lieut.. schwatka, OF the United States army
who made a cruise to the Arctic regions, says
that he believes Commander De Long and his
party wintered at LiaIthoy Islands, or near by
OF Wrangell Land, which would account for
her being missed by the Corwln and Rogers.
He says the Jeannette's fate viii tend 10 dis
courage the proposed coasting for commercial
purposes 10 tho mouth OF the Lem, and that
this disaster will strengthen the idea that ships
for Arctic expeditions should be used merely
TO carry expeditions 10 the proper starting
supply.
The Evening critic., 1881-12-27
The Great Fire in New York.

1t Will probably be three or four days before
q correct statement OF the losses by the burn
Ing OF the bonded warehouses In New York
city, ON Saturday night, can be made, the books
OF many OF the firms being so saturated with
water that they Will have to be dried before
they can be examined. The loss, 1t Is thought
will be about $2,OOO000. Boston straw
goods firm is said TO have suffered to tho extent
OF $4,000, the value OF their goods burned
In Covert Aoker X Co.'s warehouse. Richard
Condor, n fireman, who was arrested and
charged with attempting TO force open one Of
Covert, Acker < Co.'s Safes was arralgned IN
tho Tombs Police Court yesterday and re
manded for examination.
The Evening critic., 1881-12-27
The Battle of fGcttysburg-w What Gen
EweIl wished TO Do.

letter has been published, written by Gen.
George G. Meade in 1876, In regard to the bat
tie OF Gettysburg, in which he relates the fol-
lowing, which he claims is historical fact :"
"Lieut..Gen. Ewell, In n conversation held
with me shortly after tho war, asked what
would have been the effect II at 4 p. m. on the
list he had occupied Culps Hill and estab-
lished batteries on 1t. / told him that In the
then condition OF the eleventh and first corps,
with their morale affected by their withdrawal
TO Cemetery Ridge with the loss OF over half
their numbers In killed, wounded and miss
Ing (of the 6,O0O prisoners we lost on the field,
nearly all came from these corps on the first
day, his occupation OF Culps Hill, with bat.
teries commanding the whole OF Cemetery
Ridge, would have produced the evacuation
OF that ridge and the withdrawal OF the troops
by the Baltimore pike and Tarrytown aud En-
mittsburg roads. Ho then informed me that
at p. m. on the LIST he had his CORPS 10000
strong, In column OF attack ana on the point OF
moving on Culp's Hill, which he saw was ln-
occupied and commanded Cemetery Ridge,
when he received an order from Gen. Lee di.
recting him 10 assume the defensive and not
TO advances that he sont 10 Gen. Lee urging &c
be permitted 10 advance with his reserves, but
the reply was reiteration OF the previous or
der. To my inquiry why Lee had restrained
him, he said our troops coming up (Slocum's
were visible, and Lee was under the impres
sion the greater part of my army was on thu
ground, and deemed It prudent to await tn,
rest OF his, as you quote from his report"
The Evening critic., 1881-12-27

AT THE FIRST SESSION of the Saxon
Wittenagemote, after the ascension of Ar
thur and the expulsion of the Danes from
England, there were two parties advocating
different measures. These parties not only
divided the members ofthe Wittenagemote
but even the Knights of the Round Table,
who constituted q sort of upper House in
this germ of the English Parliament. One
of these parties advocated the return to the
old methods of defense and government
that had been in existence before the Dan
ish conquest and expulsion, and opposed all
tho improvements made by Arthur and his
followers, and were known as the Bare
bones. These Barc-boncs had control of
almost all the southern counties of England
bordering on the English Channel and the
Irish Sea, and by their rule had made
themselves odious to the younger and more
progressive people, but they had succeeded
in electing nearly all the members of the
Wittenagemote and all the Knights of the
Round Table from that section were with
them.
As it was known that King Arthur
would appoint new High Sheriffs,
Justices and Barons, and these Bare
bones feared that if he appointed of
his friends, the ''progressives," their future
supremacy would be involved, some of the
Bare.boncs pretended to look with great
favor OH the ideas of the progressives-that
is they talked favorably, but were always
bare.bones in action. To prevent disastrous
results, two of these Bare-bones from the
County Of Sussex, one knight of the
Round Table and the other member of the
Wittenagemote, called on King Arthur.
The knight bore on his shield as device
turn.coat sable, on a field of Brown, and
the commoner a chair gules.
They said to King Arthur ave are Bare
bones, but our bones are not very bare,
and if you will let US name for you bare
bones like us for the Sheriffs, Barops, Jus.
tices, &C., in Sussex and the adjoining
counties, we will see that bare-bones like
us are sent to the Wittenagemotc."
King Arthur said "What difference
does it make to mo or to the country
whether Bare.bones like you or the Knight
of the Hill from Sussex como from the
South? All of you oppose the progressves,
and are in favor of the old methods. am
a progressive, and shall appoint only pro-
gressives to Office in Sussex and elsewhere -
1t is said by contemporaneous historians
that the knight and commoner retired
from the presence of King Arthur in great
anger, and endeavored to conceal theil
visit and its object.
Should anything of a similar character
occur in modern times, our readers shall
have the benefit of knowing it.
The Evening critic., 1881-12-27
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offer. Answers directed IN care Of CRITIC
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The Evening critic., 1881-12-27

Il. b. HAYES, poor man, is to be pitied.
After inheriting most valuable property
from wealthy relative and scooping in
100000 from Uncle Sans Treasury, he
can't raise five dollar bill to contribute to
the Garfield fund. Won't some one start o
penny subscription for the poor fellow 2
The Evening critic., 1881-12-27
Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1881.

ALL THE GooD-LooKINd members of
Congress went home for the holidays.
That'll keep the rest housed up till the
session opens again.
The Evening critic., 1881-12-27

The section which so cxcitcs the adlnira
tion of the Tribune was originated by II on
Thomas j. Brady, then Second Assistant
Postmaster-G General, and was, upon hi:
earnest official recommendation, inserted
in the appropriation act referred to.-Na
tional Republican.