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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13
EXPRESSIONS.

It is not what we read but what we re-
member that makes US learned.
Young men who part their hair in the
middle are losing their influence with the
fair sex.
Patrick dressing for a partly" Bedsd,
now, L shan't be able to get on these boots
till I've worn them a time or two"
Josh Billings says: "When an ole man
marries young wife, the love in the trans
ackshun is alwuz on the one side, but the
folly is equally divided"
A young man who didn't like the color
of his hair wrote to a chemist, asking: "What
is the best dying receipt" The chemist
wrote back: Fool with an empty shot
gun"
medical man says: "The ideas can not
flow freely when the waist is squeezed. -
Perhaps not; but on Sunday evenings, when
waist-squeezing is at its height, the young
man doesn't care a cent whether the ideas
flow freely or not. They only have one
idea in common at such times, anyhow.
cred as a rose is she:" Several gentlemen
were standing on the corner of Galveston
avenue, when one Of the most fashionable
ladies of Galveston passed on the sidewalk
"Ahi" exclaimed one OF the gentlemen,
"what cOmplexionl There is nothing to
beat it in Galveston. l am proud of that
woman, am" "Are you her husband %
asked a stranger. "No, sir" "Her father,
then2' "No, sir; am no relation of her,
but am proud of her complexion. 1 am
the druggist who sold it to her. / made it
myself." 1Galveston News.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13
Russian Wolves.
London Field.l

have seen wolves show more boldness in
the pursuit of dogs-their favorite food, &C
cording to my experimentation on any
other occasion. Settlers and retrievers are
very frequently snapped up within 100 yards
Of the sportsman, and in broad daylight.
when shooting in thick forest; and wolves
will prowl round the villages at night, and
come right into small towns after bowling
puppies. The peasants seldom show fear of
them, and an old woman l knew ran out
once, in the lightest of garments on a
bitterly cold night, only armed
with piece of tin and a
stick with which she struck il, shouting
loud to drive off three marauders who
howled under her window, whether they
had come in the hopes of finding her dogs
outside. Some watch-dogs, however, know
the enemies. and defend themselves most
bravely, and saw big mongrel Newfound-
land who showed honorable scars gained in
sanguinary fights with wolves One fine
morning met young wolf trotting down
the high road IN such peaceful, inoffensive
manner, that took him for a large dog,
and so lost my chance of shot by not get
ting behind covert in time.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13
A Sad Change.
[ Youths Companion

Oompanlon.l
A manufacturing population tends stead
lily downward, at least to a fearfully low
level
1t was long supposed that the United
States were going to prove an exception in
this respect. TkSrty years ago our factory
girls were above the average females in in
telligence, refinement, benevolenee and gen.
.ersl character
Indeed many Ofthem were simply aecum-
sGating means for the completion of their
education at the higher seminaries. Dick
ems and other English travellers looked on
on them with amezement. The Lowell
Offering a magazine conducted wholly BY
the operatives, commanded universal es-
TEEN
But already this happy condition is pass.
ing aogay. The greed of corporations asks
only for profits. No matter how low the
grade of workers, provided only the work is
done. The life may be early crushed out of
the emsloyed, but are not their places kept
al ways fall2
The poorer and more dependent they are,
the more ready they viii be to let their
children work in the mill when they should
be at school, or out in the sunshine at play
If things go on as they are now, it is only a
question Of time when the manufacturing
population of New England shall be as
hoPelessly degraded as that of Old En-
gland.
1t is evident it behooves the State to stand
between the corporations and their opera
tives. 1t can limit the hours of labor for
all 20 what is physically safe 1t can, by
means of qualified and honest inspectors,
keep sharp eye on all the inherent abuses
of the system.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13
Our Alleged Centenarians,

Anthony Thornton, who lives in Virginia
City, is 104 years of age and still in excel
lent health.
James Gales a colOred man, died near
Urban a, o., on the 18th inst Papers were
found that placed his age at 125 years.
1t is said that Mr. and Mr. LIKE Carroll,
who reside in Franklin Township, Marion
County, Connecticut, are aged respectively
lO5 and LOG years.
Hawleyville, Conn, claims to have had
for resident the oldest person in the State.
in Mrs. HonOra Griffing, native of Ireland,
who died in Hawleyville on Friday. aged
104 years
For the past two years Lewis Rockwell. OF
Honesdale, Pa, has been a pauper. His rel
atives, with whom he used to live celebrated
his centennial anniversary by turning him
over to the Poormaster
Abner Webb, of Baltimore, Md, is in his
ninety-ninth year and still hale and hearty.
He was born in Connecticut but spent most
of his youth in Georgia. He mas three sons
living, and large number Of grandchildren
and great grandchildren.
The parents of Thomas o. Keegan, who
live in Mahanor City. Pa, died at the age
OF III and los respectively. His uncles all
lived to be very old, one passing the CEN
fury. Mr.. Keegan had ten brothers and sis
tiers, none OF WnOm died at less than eighty
years of age. One sister reached ninety six.
Mrs. Miller, who resides at Nineteenth
and Tasker streets, Philadelphia, claims to
be 100 years of age, and delights in telling
how she cooked the breakfast of George
Washington, and put bread and butter in
his sachel as he left the house and went of
to fight, and gained the day. She also says
that the same morning she saw him kneel-
ing behind a thorn bush with his open Ri.
BILE before him, praying.
At Starrucca. Pa, on Wednesday, Alex
ander Byrne died at the age of 105 years
He was born in ROscOmmOn, Ireland Au-
gust Is, 1776. The fearful days of '9S in his
home were always remembered by him. He
was present at the landing of the French
troops under Humbert at Killala, August
o. 1898. He assisted in transporting the
army stores of the French from the coast to
Castelar,, and at the famous Castlebar fight
where the English troops, commanded by
General Lake, We're defeated and put to
flight by the French and Irish. Byrne was
in excellent health until within the last two
years of his life, and in enjoyment of all his
mental faculties
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13
SONG OF THE MOLE.
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS.

De jay bird hunt de sparrow nes',
De bee-martin sail all roun',
De squirrel he hollow fun de top er de tree
Mr. Mole he stay in de groun';
He hide en- he stay twel de dark drap down
Mr.. Mole he stay in de groun'.
De whipperwill boiler fun cross de fence
He got no peace er min:
Mr.. Mole he grabble en- dig twell ne Ian
Un'need de sweettater vine,
He Ian down dar whar no sun amt shine,
Un'need de sweet-tater vine.
De sparrow hawk whet his bill on de rail-
Oh, ladies, lissen unter me
Mr. Mole he handle his two little spade,
Down dar whar no eye kin see;
He dig so fur un he dig so free,
Down dar whar no eye kin see.
De Niger he wuk twel de dark drap down,
En- den Mr.. Mole is he;
He sing his song de whole night long
Whar de patter-roller never kin see;
He sing en- he play-Oh, gals, go way
Whar de patter-roller never kin see.
-Scribner for April
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13
A Boys Thought.

81 suppose I'll have to be very good now,
grandma, because we have this baby, for
mother won't want her TO be naughty, and
she'll very likely be so if 1 am"
So said a little boy, looking up very earn
estly into his grandmother's face. And
every one must admit the truth of what he
says, that lit IS very good reasoning"
1t is well for the young always to remem-
Der that they can not be good or naughty
for themselves alone; for they viii always
influence some one or other to be like them.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13
Peculiar Fingers.
IElmira IN. W Free Press.

lr-linlra IN III FREE fresS
There is a well-tO-do farmer living IN
Orange County, near Warwick. who has a
peculiar trouble every winter viii his
hands. AS soon as the first cold wind O mes
in autumn his fingers and thumbs up to the
union with the hand appear narly
as white as snow, while the hands
and wrists, by contrast, are deep blood
red. In winter his fingers feel like
icicles in fact so little does the blood cir
culate in them that there is but little feel
ing in them. Curiously enough, while his
fingers are almost bloodless his feet are al
ways glowing with warmth, so much so that
he seldom wears stockings. And one cold
day the past winter, when he froze one ear
and a portion of his face, and while his
fingers were as rigid as marble his feet, COW
cred only with his boots, were glowing with
heat
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13
Sentenced to be Shot.

Farmer o Wen's son had beer found asleez
when doing sentinel duty, and he was
sentenced TO be shot. A Telegram had been
received by his father, saying that the
sentence would be carried out in twenty
four hours. Mr.. Allan, the minister, called
to do what he could to comfort che sorrow
ing family. During his visit q letter arrived;
Blossom, the farsler's little daughter, opened
thu door and received it. at is fSom." was
ali she said.
/. was like message from the dead.
Mr. Owen took the letter, but could not
break the envelope on account of his trem-
bling fingers, and held 1t toward Mr. Allan,
with tie helplessness of ckild.
The minister opened it, and read as fol-
lows:
"DEAR FATHER-When this reaches you
hall-be-in-eternity. At fist it
seemed awful to me- but have thought
about it so much now, that it has no tenor.
They say they will not bind me sor blind sne
hat that l may meet my death like a man.
/ Thought, father, that it might have been
on the battlefield for my country, and thst
when fell, it would be ftghing glorIously;
but 90 be shot down like dog for nearly
betraying ito die for neglect of dQty-0,
father. wonder the very thought does not
kill met But 1 shall not disgrace you. / am
going to write you all about it, and when /
am gone, you may tell my comrades. You
know promised Jimmie Carrs mother /
would look after her boy; and when he fell
sick did do all could for him. He was
not strong when ordered back into the ranks,
and the day. before that night 1 carried
all bis luggage, besides my own,
on our msrch Toward night
We went in on q double quick, and though
the luggage began to feel very heavy, every
body else was tired too. And as for Jimmie
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13
Celebrity in. Chicago.

Chicago is trying in her humble way to
hold second place to Cincinnati in the field
of high art criticism. 1t happened recently
that Theodore Thomas gave a concert in
Chicago on the same night that Salvina
acted at one of the Theaters. Instead of
placing the tame heading or Music and the
Drama" over the two performances, as an
unambitious Eastern newspaper would have
done, the Chicago Times displayed lin large
type the stunning headline: 'TOm-and-S al. /"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13
MY Good Woman

why are you so out of sorts, never able to
tell folks that you are we'll? Ten to one it's
all caused in the first place by habitual con-
stipation. which no doubt finally caused de-
ranged kidneys and liver The sure cure
for constipation is the celebrated Kidney
Wort. It is also a specific remedy for all
kidney and liver diseases. Thousands are
cured by it every month. Try it ut once
Toledo Blade.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13
Fresh Water Spring In the Atlantic.
Savannah News.l

One of the most remarkable displays OF
nature may be seen ON the Atlantic coast.
eighteen miles southeast of st. Augustine.
Off Metanzas Inlet, and three miles from
shore, mammoth fresh water spring CUR
giles up from the depth of the ocean with
such force and volume as to attract the
attention of all who come in its immediate
vicinity. The fountain is large, bold, and tur-
bulent. 1t is noticeable to fishermen and
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13
THE HOME.

Il Il NOT doubted that men have home In that
place where Zach one has established his hearth and
sae sum OF his possessions ard fortunes; whence he
viii not depart IL nothing calls him away; whence
be has departed be TO be vanderer and II ne
rsturns be ceases to NATURALIZATION from Civil
"Then stay ct home, my heart, and rest.
The bird Is safest In its nest;
Der all that hutter their wings and ny
hawk IL lowering in the sky"
-Longfellow.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13

Nine billions of pins were sold in this
country last year, and the young gentle
man who got his arm entangled around a
young lady's waist swears that he knows
where they ell went TO.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13
HARRIS REMEDY CO. MFG CHEMISTS
Market and 9th SITS. ST. LOUIS. Mo.
Buy the Genuine DR.. RieOrd'S ReStOratiy,

Pills This celebrated French remedy is a specific
for exhausted vitality, spermatorrhoa, loss of
memory and nervous debility. Approved by the
Academy of Medicine of Paris, aud such physi-
clans as Sir III. Thompson, DR.. Blanchard. Dr.
Chevalier, DR.. Perigord and Others.
The, great chemist, Liebig, says: THE COM
pounds of the Restorative are oganic, not labor
atory compounds"
Boxes Of so, s150; Boxes of 100, 81 70; OF 200 s.
of AGO. IS Sent per mail on receipt of price. Each
box of the genuine has the signature of
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13

| &960 A M0NTH-Agents wanted-76 best SCI
Address Jay Bronson, Detroit, Mich.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13
r. [. De uSSER,
% Bpekman Street New York

(Sole Agent for the United states and Canada
CAUTION.-A spurious article advertised
under the name of Records Vital Restorative
Pfllsl. by S. B. Sigesmond, are made here not
from DR.. Records formula or BY his authority.
The notices by celebrated physicians he uses in
his circulars and advertisements are copied from
the notices of the genuine article.
The following letter from DR.. Ricord is pub.
hshed by his request:
DEAR SRI never knew the DIR. 8. B. Sigis-
mond, and. therefore, could not give him per
mission TO sell any pills in my name of course,
the pills he sells are not at all composed by me,
and, as you have thought, you may ascertain thai
the man is an impostor
Believe me yours truly, "RICORD.
sc Rue de Tournon, Paris, lie Janvier."
Circular, with above letter in fac smile sezi
per mail free.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-23
A Cool Detective.

As rule, highwaymen in the mining
states seldom operate upon stage coach
with ~. S. NJ" ON it They know that
these initials stand for the United States
mail, and are a pledge that the whole
power of the government will be used to
capture them.
The detectives in the government ser.
vice are quiet men, courteous in manner
and gentle in speech. Mr.. Hayes tells,
in his book on "New Colorado" of one
whom he met, who wore gold spectacles,
and looked like a German professor.
Yet this man alone took two mail-rob-
bers from the north to Texas. At one
place their friends planned a rescue.
He quietly informed his prisoners that,
while their friends conld undoubtedly
kill him, they might be sure that the
first motion would send both of them
into eternity. Not man in the crowd
moved finger.
On one occasion, celebrated detec-
tive was on a stage which was attacked
by two masked men. The first he knew
was that two revolvers were thrust in
the coach's windows, with the command
"Hands up, gentlemenr'
The highwaymen had "the drop" on
the passengers, which, in their vocabu-
larry, meant the certainty of being able
to kill before being harmed themselves.
To his disgust, the detective vas COM
PEELED to give up his watch and money.
As the robbers left, he put his hand
down in the "boot," and to his delight
1t touched carbine. Asking the driver
to go on little farther and then stop
and wait for him, went back alone.
The two men, unsuspicious of danger
were "divvying up" the spoils in tne
middle of the road. This was inst what
the detective had calculated on.
''Now, you scoundrels, it's my turn"
he shouted, covering them with the re-
peating carbine. Throw up your
hands, or I'll shoot"
The robbers, at his command, stepped
one side, holding up their hands, while
he picked up their revolvers. 1t was
not many minutes before the astonished
passengers saw the two highwaymen
walking meekly down the road, with the
cool detective following. They were
taken in the coach and finally lodged in
Jail.
The hero was General Charles Adams,
who subsequently went alone among the
Utes and secured the release of the wo-
men captives from the White River
Agency.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-23
DOMESTIC.

Hoy Tn WASH CLOTHES WITHOUT FAD
rSe.-A lady correspondent sends us TIE
following recipe, which she has trled VIII
success on all kinds of fabrics; Wash and
necl Irish potatoes, and crate them into
cold water. Saturate the articles to De
washed in this potato water. and they can
then be washed with soap without any
running of the color, 4 have taken oil out
of carpets saturated with this po a'o water,
when simple cold water would make '.e
color run ruinously; bave set the color IN
black muslins, il colored merinos, IN rio-
hons and other silk goods. Often the po-
ta,o water cleanses sufficiently without the
use of soap; but the latter is necessary
where there is any grease. In such cases
without soap) | take the grated potato IL
self and rub the goods with flannel rag.
In woo,en goods it is necessary to STRAIN
the water, else the particles VIII adhere,
but this is rot necessary in goods from
which they can be well shaken.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-23
The Grand Canon of the Colorado.

The Grand canon is about 220 miles long
from five TO twelve miles wide, and from
5000 to 5000 feet deep. Those who have
seen it all unite in declaring it the most
sublime and impressive of all natural fea-
lures in the world. II consists of an outer
and inner chasm. The outer chasm is
about five or six inches wide with a row OF
palisades 2, 900 feet high on either side, snd
broad and comparative smooth PLAN
between Within this PLAIN is cut the
inner gorge descending more than 5000
feet lower and with a width of about 3, 500
feet. The upper palisades are of very
noble form and uniform profiles with a
highly architectural aspect. The region
through which the chasms extend consists
of carbUniferous strata, but about forty
miles north of the river appear strata of a
later age forming series of terraces, each
terrace being terminated by line of cliffs
], 800 to 1000 feet high, and of very won
derfIl sculpture and brilliant color. The
strata In this stairway of terraces are the
remnants of beds which once stretched
unbroken over the district now drained
by the Grand canon. The total thickness
of the beds removed was more than 10, 900
feet and the denuded area more than 10, 900
square miles. The denudation began in
the eocene time and has been continuous
until the present time. 4 great amount of
uplifting has also occurred during the
same period, varying according to locality
from u, 900 to 19 900 feet. and the present
attitude of the region is the difference be-
tween the amount of uplift and the thick
ness of strata removed, that is T. 900 to
s, 900 feet. The meeting of the Grand
canon is thus merely the closing episode
of 6 long period of erosion. The cutting
of the present chasm is a campar-
atively recent geological event, and
probably had Its beginning in pliocene
time. The process of excayating the can
on consists of the action of two classes of
natural causes. The first is the securing
acilon of the stream upon the rocks in its
bed. The stream is fierce torrent, Carry
ing large quantities of sharp sand, which
acts like sand blast. A river will always
cut down its bed when the quantity of
sediment it carries is less than it is capable
of carrying. When this quantity is great
er part of il Is thrown down upon the
bottom, protecting it from securing. In
this respect the Colorado is an exceptional
nver. The other process is weathering.
The stream cuts a chasm no wider than its
water surface, but the cut is thus widened
by the secular decay of the chasm. which,
though slow to the perceptions. becomes
greater after the lapse of many thousand
years.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-23

In order 10 preserve the hands soft and
white, they should always be washed IN
warm water, with fine soap, and carefully
drled with moderately coarse towel, be-
ing well rubbed every time to insure
brisk circulation. than which nothing can
be more eifectu4l in promoting transpar-
ent and soft surface. II engaged in any
accidental pursuit which may hurt the
color OF the hands, or if they have been
exposed to the sun, little lemon jnice VIII
restore their whI,eness for tie time, and
lemon soap is proper to wash them With
Almond paste Is of essential service IN pre-
serving tine delicacy of the hands Tbe
following is servicesble pomade for rub
bing the hands ON retiring to rest: Take
two ounces of sweet almonds: beat with
three drachms of white wax and three
drachms of spermaceti; put up carefully in
rose water. Gloves should be always worn
on exposure to the atmosphere