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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-01-12

The reckless abandon Of the child's des-
pair was dreadful.
''HushI hushl be is our father, and we
mustn't say such thingsl" This through her
fast falling tears. Then she said. "Let me
try and make the pain better"
| The boy took of his shirt.
The girl leaned over and put her arms
around him, and kissed the shoulder, she
then put her hand into her pocket and took
out the snuff box.
''Oh, Willie, wish we had more, so that
it might cure the pain"
Having lighted dip candle, she rubbed
the child's rheumatic shoulder with & few
drops of spirit, and then covered up the little
thin body, and, sitting before the fire, took
the boys hand on her knee, and began to
sing him to sleep.
| / took another look into the room, through
the half-open door; my foot creaked; the
frightened eyes met mine. put my fingers
on my lips and crept away.
But, as began to descend the stair, met
drunken man ascending-s slipping and
stumbling as he came. He slipped and
stumbled by me. and entered the room. L
followed to the landing unnoticed, aud
stood in the dark shadow Of the half-open
door.
a hoarse, brutal voice growled, "What are
you doing there? get upi'
81 can't father, Willie's head is on my
knees"
Get upI"
She laid the boys head on the floor,
pillowed it in her little shawl. and stood up
Father, Willie is very sickl you ought to
try to get him cured"
'Shut up. If boar another word I'll
make you and him too keep yourselves
quiet" And the brute flung himself on his
bed, muttering TO himself in his drunken
semi oblivion, "Cure him, indeedl Not if
know it. That's not thu way to get the
money; his cough is worth lot alone Cure
him, indeed Not likelyE"
The black-hesrted scoundrell
The girl bowed her head lower and lower
/ could not bear it. | entered the COON.
The brute was on the bed already in his
besotted sleep. The child stole up to me,
and in half-frightened whisper said, "Oh
sir, oughtn't people to keep secrets if they
know them2 i think they ought if they
are other peoples" This with the dignity
OF queen.
1 could not gainsay her; so 1 said, as
gravely as / could, to the little woman,
"The secret shall be kept, but you must ask
me if you want anything" She bent over,
suddenly kissed my hand, and L went down
the stair.
The next night she was shy 10 coming for
the whisky, and took care that she had
good measure.
The last night of our long run Of six
nights she looked more happy than L had
ever seen her. When she came for the
whisky she held out the thimble, and
whispered to me, with her poor, pale lips
trembling; "You need only pretend to-
night "
"Why?' L whispered.
Because he doesn't want it now. He's
dead!p
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-01-12
Humor On Headstones.

From recent collection of odd English
epitaphs we take the following; Sometimes
pun or play on the name is introduced;
such as the epitaph on John White:
Here lies John. shining light,
Whose name, life. actions, all were White.
The following was rather epigrammatic
than epitaphic, in regard to Rev. John
Chest:
Beneath this spot lies buried
One Chest within another;
The outer chest was all that's good,
Who says so of the other2
William Wilton, buried in Lambeth, GER
tainly did not write the epitaph which bears
relation to him:
Here lieth Nv,
Who never more will trouble you, trouble you.
Nor, we may safely assert, did Owen
Moore himself pen the following:
Owen Moore is gone away,
OWN more than he could paw.
In q graveyard at Montrose is said to b
the following:
Here lyes the bodies Of George
Young AMI all their posterity
For fifty years backwards.
And in Wrexham churchyard as follows
Here lies five babies aud children dear,
Three at Oswestry, and two here.
Akin to this in logical laundering is:
Here lies the remains OF
Thomas Milsolm, who died in
Philadelphia, March, 1855;
Had he lived he would have
Been buried here.
And another at Nettlebed in Oxfordsbire
| Here lies father and mother and sister and Il
We all died within the space of one short year;
| We be all buried at Wimble except l.
/ And be buried here.
Others, again, are delig htfully circumstan
tial. such as that on John Adams:
Here lies John Adams. who received thump,
Right on tic forehead from the parish pump.
Or touch of jollity in them, as this from
Newberry ehurchyard:
/ Here lays John, with Mary his bride
They lived and they laughed while they were able
And at last obliged 10 knock under the table.
Or suggestively lacOnic, as in the follow
ing from Saint Michael's Crooked Lane:
Here lies wrapped In clay,
| The body of William Nray;
] have no more to saw.
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law seldom disobeyed. Both possibly feal
making overtures for fear of q repulse o.
Miss A. may discern in Miss q. something
which she deems to indicate the measure o.
the tenth of degree below her social grade
So the embargo is never raised and the two
remain strangers for life.
Between the sexes this social taboo is still
more strongly enforced. It is so. rightly
carried out that gentleman sometimes fear:
performing civilft yto an unknown lady
lest it be taken as one method of officious oil
presuming overture. For either to open O
conversation is generally deemed an action
so unconventional as almost to border on
an improperly. So, in our midst, thousands
of people in transit sit and stare or NOPE
away minutes and hours of utter tedious.
ness.
This custom among US, which is broken
by but few exceptions.4argue a provincial
shyness or lack of confidence and courage
unworthy man or woman of the world
People well-poised in their social, mental
or moral planes are never afraid of meet
ing interiors or superiors. The aequaint-
ance and association of daily half-hour or
hour on boat or rail need never extend any
further as TO time and locality. Indeed, the
A"JOA"y VI oSSoSioeAOli HAiBub Oc INT more
pleasant and profitable were it restricted en-
tirely to these conditions. The sum total OF
recreation to all might be very great. Why
not then, in the cases implied, break our
social ice and get what good we can out of
each other2 If we prove bores or are bored
let US retreat, accept the failure with
equanimity and try to improve our powers of
pleasing. This travelling dumb show must
be stopped some time or other 1t will
never be tolerated in the millennium.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-01-12

P. NJ. DILL.

IT'S New Years Day-the old years gone,
With all the hopes her days have given;
And all her cares must be withdrawn,
Or to the tide of sorrow driven.
We now must make a new resolve,
And drive away each latent sorrow.
Nor let our by-gone cares dissolve
The pleasant hopes that bless the morrow.
For Time, with her eventful cast,
Like some i'll spirit shadows DER us,
And binds in her embrace the Past
With all the years t are yet before us.
We know not how this year may end
On whose swift current we have started;
But let us fondest hopes extend.
Nor grieve DER days that are departed.
The scenes that blessed our childhood's hours
And gate to early life its mission,
But fastened on with varied powers,
Our manhood's full and vain ambition.
Maturer years shall follow vet,
By still maturer deeds attended.
And each some pleasant hopes beget
Until LIES Maynard course is ended.
Oh, then viii each good deed we've done
In golden monuments be craven.
II our short race be nobly run
Until we reach that fnal haven.
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may be made to feel that parental action il
designed for their good and improvement
and happiness, and how heartily ther will
second every effort in that direction-nra-
ciscly as they will help you when YOU are
getting your fishing tackle ready if Won
propose days fishing in which they are
to join"
perhaps yorr boys are exceptionally
good boys?"
"Not at ALL There is not a trait of the
prig in either of them"
"They have in their lives done what Won
would call bad things-like other boys?''
"Yes, and l regard their bad conduct as
do bad cold, and have tried to cure it
rs / would cold, because it would hurt
them, and have taught them to look nj il
in the same way
ado your boys ever fight each other?"
Eyes, a good deal"
"What do you do2"
81 interfere and stop the fight. l treat
that as another bad cold"
'Why not let them fight it out?r
Because don't think the indulgence in
passion is good for Them"
eff they were twins would you let them
fight it QUIZ"
"No; they see enough of fighting in the
streets"
"What would you do IL some street bows
had an alteration with them?1
II have taught them that they must not
violate a street boys rights in any way, but
that self-defense is right of theirs, and that
they must exercise it"
"Have they ever had opportunities of
putting into practice your teachings q Mat
point2' -
''Lots of them. Ny Oldest boy (eleven
years old had difficulty with boy about
his own age and thrashed him; whereupon
this lad cried out, 'I'll take it out of your lit
tie brother (cight years old). Next morn
ing my wife said to the eight-year-older,
You had better not come across the lots, but
come down Lewis avenue 'Why2' said the
little fellow. Because that big boy will
be waiting for you in the lott Il don't care
he replied; 4 am not going TO be driven
from one street to another These streets
are public. am going to come the usual
way. We'll, said his mother, What if he
attacks YOU? Il will lay down my books
and fight him. The street boy did attack
him and got him down. Ny boy wriggled
until he got his legs free, and then by
vigorous kicking brought his adversary to
reason. Then he brushed his clothes, picked
up his books, came home and said to his
mother: Now 1 shan't have any trouble
If had come around by Lewis avenue he
would have waited for me there another day.
He hasn't been troubled since; and in all
such matters i teach him that it is best not
to "come round by Lewis avenue.
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Thousands of People Meet Daily, and Re
main Strangers to Each Other.

American Anglo-Saxon sociability PRO-
duces some singular results. People by
scores AID hundreds ride to and from their
places of business in the city to their homes
in the suburbs or surrounding country year
after year. Their faces are we'll known and
remembered by each other. Not a word,
not nod even, ever passes between them.
They sit apparently as insensible to each
other as so many wooden statues. With
women this social taboo is even stronger
emphasized. Miss A. may be longing for
some congenial association among her own
sex during the trip. BY her sits Miss g..
who has made these trips morning and even
ing with Miss A, and knows her face a!
we'll as that of her father. But never .
word do they speak to each other. Boil
may feel drawn toward each other. Boil
might prove for the other interesting &C
quaintances. But this frozen taboo of non
! intercourse is upon them. Ii is an unwrittel
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-01-12
LONGING.
JAMEs RussELL LowELL.

Ol AZ myriad moods OF mind
That through the soul come thror ging,
Which one was e'er 81 dear, 50 kind,
so beaasi as longing?
Th. thing We lnng for, that we are
For Que transcendant moment,
Befe . che present poor aud bare
Can make its sneering comment.
still. through our paltry stir and strife,
CLOVIS down the wished ideal,
Add longing molds in clay what life
carvts in'the marble real.
TO let the new lite in. We know,
Desire must ope the portal;
Grrbaps the longing to be so
Helps make the OuiimmOrtal.
Longing is Gods fresh heavenward will,
With our pOJr earthWard striving,
We Queucn IL that we may be still,
Content with merely living.
Bat woul We learn that hearts full scope
Which We ate hourly wrorging,
Our lives must climb from hope 10 hope
And realize our longing.
Al, let ms hope that TO our praise
Good God not only reckoDs
The moments when We tread His ways,
Bus when the rpiTit beckons.
That some slight good is also wrought
Beyond sslf-satisfsctiOn,
When we are simply good in thought,
How e'er We fail in action.
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Another Candidate.

BY large majority the people of the
United States have declared their faith in
Kidney-Wort as a remedy for all the dis
eases of the kidneys and liver. Some, how
ever, have disliked the trouble of preparing
il from the dry form. For such, new can
dSdate appears in the shape of Kidney-Wort
in liquid form. 1t is very concentrated, is
easily taken and is equally efficient as the
dry. Try it.-Louisville Post.
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encouragement For Poor Boys.
columbus, (Ol. State Journal.

Here is encouragement for poor boys.
Mayor Stokley. of Philadelphia, when boy
worked for a 81 a week and slept under a
counter. He learned trade, his wages in
creased to Sc per week, then having saved
a little money, be married. He always
made it point to lay away something out
of his earnings. He is now Chief Magistrate
of the second city in America. And a
most excellent one he is, too
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-01-12
EXPRESSIONS.

How can best increase my stock?''
said Farmer John 10 Thomas;
"By making six OF one" quoth Tom.
mo miracle, pronlise:
simpler process ne'er was known
What is it," We'll now, s'pOsin
You put that yearling COW to sleep,
t. Twill make heifer-dOzin'."
-Yonkers Gazette.
A Calm. delightful Autumn Night
4 Moons mysterious golden Lisht-
4 Maiden at her Window height
In robes OF pure and heecy White
The little Wicket Gate ajar-
A Lover tripping from afar.
With tunefu1 voice and light Guitar,
To WOO his radiant Guiding Star!
4 Maiden fainting with Alright
lover in a sickening Plight
y Bull Dog ehuckling with delight
y wild, delirious Autumn Night
Sidney Lanier.
Epitaph for a cannibal-@One who loved
his fellow men,"
Prominent chin and abundance of cheel
accompany the successful book agent.
What is it that a gentleman has not
never can have, and yet can give to lady
A husband.
"Not good if detached" may apply as wei
to married people as to railroad tickets
Cincinnati Saturday Night.
"Kissing your sweetheart" says trifins
young man, sis like eating soup with fork
it takes long time to get enough
You can always ascertain when mai
fights with his wife. His head invariabl,
looks as if he had been scratching it with
parlor match.
A Cleveland man fell dead in Church jus
three minutes before the Deacon was to tax
up a collection. There are lots of ways t.
save money.-Boston Post.
Gum arabic dissolved in whisky will keel
the hair curled in damp weather.-ExchangC
A little sugar dissolved in it has the sam
effect on the legs.-John Il. Cough.
The most tender-hearted creatures in tn
world are said to be bee and a mule; the
can not lock upon human suffering, ant
hence turn their backs when they sting o
strike.
One evening, at Paris cafe, group O
idlers were discussing politics and peopl
who change their opinions. "I've neve
cried, Long live anybody" "Quite so,
remarked one; "but then you're a Doc
tor"
Strict discipline-Major: "How dare yo
smoke on parade2 Throw your cigar ava
at onceF" Lieutenant: "With pleasure
Msjor.' Major (angrily); "You mus
throw it away without pleasure."-
Fliegende Batter.
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Twenty thousand attest to the virtues of
DR.. Graves Heart Regulator, as a cure for
Heart Disease. Try it.
Pamphlet on symptoms of Heart Disease
free. Address F. +. Ingalls,. Concord, \. III.
Price 90 cents and 81 per bottle. Sold by
Stewart & Barry, Indianapolis.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-01-12

One of the inexplcable phanomena of
nature is the effect the emptying of q pan
of ashes has in suddenly reversing the direc-
tion of the wind.
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CELERY SALAD DRESSING.
Delmonico Gives the "Express" Reader
His Famous Recipe.

Delmonico Gives the express" Readers
His Famous Recipe.
To the Editor of the n. Y. Evening Express:
Won't you oblige seven devoted friends
of your paper, and at least five times as
many more IN our immediate neighborhood,
by giving us Delmonico's recipe for his
famous celery salad dressing, made up. say
for party of eighth We shall esteem it a
great favor if we receive through the Ex-
press the genuine recipe of this incompara-
BILE dressing" Box VIvANTs.
New York, Dec. 20.
DELMoNICo's REPLY.
To the Editor Of the n Y. Evening Express:
At your request send you my recipe for
preparing celery salad dressing for about
eight persons:
Place in salad bowl the following articles
The yellow of three raw eggs. salt, pepper,
and little powdered English mustard
Mix the whole with a wooden spoon, pour
ing in slowly one pint of best olive oil and q
little vinegar at intervals. Care shogld bt
taken to stir it rapidly until of the proper
consistency. The celery should be well
scraped and cut into small pieces.
Il. DELMoNICo.
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q Ri E

I,XCESSIvE ANXIETY. OR PROLONGED
t. STUDY, win produce intirmity in the NerV-
Gus system in proportion the strength OF that
system is expended upon the mind III troubled
thought, so are the organs of digestion, asslmlla
ton aud nutrition, rendered inactive aud sluggish
i'm proportion as the system becomes infirm. Every
individual has some one organ weaker than the
rest and this is always the first to suffer during
nervous prOStration; Tor example, atfilcting news
sometimes causes total suspension of the muscu-
lar action of the heart when the pa1ent is debili
tated, producing sudden hemorrhage and death
No doubt any longer remains OF the practlbility OF
restoring the nervous system. and through the
nerves the muscles OF the impaired organs feI-
lows Compound syrup of Hypophosphites
has been proved to possess such power In numer-
Gus instances. Ii will impart strength to over
come trouble aud affection Persons who are pc
customed to look upon the dark side. a1d who
see no pleasure in living on using this syrup soon
learn to value and enjoy 1iie and those who study
deeply during long hours, will find In the syrup
a promoter of he power OF endurance IN the braln
There is no absnrdity in the TACT that an I'M
paired Nervous system causes Consumption, Nen-
ralgia Bronchitis. Dyspepsia. Asthma, Epilepuc
Fits Whoopiug Congh, Heart Disease and host
of Others: then why is il absurd that Fellows
'Hynophosphites. which effectually cures Nerv-
Gus Debility should cure these diseases alsoT he
move the cause and the complaint Will cease
FELLOWS, st. Johns, N. b., on the yellow
wrapper in water mark. which isseen Dy nolulns
the paper before the light.
Price. S1.50 Per Bottle. Six for $3.50.
Sold by all Druggists.
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rylHOSF who contemplate going TO Hot Springs
| for the treatment of syphilis, gleet, scrofula
and all cutaneous blood diseases can be cured
for onethird the cost of such trip at the OLD re-
iiahle stand / have been located here for twenty
three wears and with the advantage OF such long
and successful experience can confidently warrant
a cure in all cases Ladies needing a periodical
nil can get them at my office by mail at 81 per
box. Office, 4S Virginia avenue, indianapolis,
fndiana- DR. BENNETT,
Successor TO DIR. d. B. Ewing
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How can best increase my stock?"
said Farmer John 10 Thomas:
'By making six of one" quoth Tom.
mo miracle, / promise:
a simpler process ne'er was known
what is it?' We'll now, sposin'
You put that yearling COW to sleep,
/. Twill make heifer-dOZin'."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-09-13

could have good outlook with his tel
escope, and set up his specimens with.
out let or hindrance. And Miss Briggs
herself made a'home-like little home on
the second story, and devoted her
whole energy-and not without some
degree of success-t0 keeping the peace
between Chico, the monkey, and Nip,
the terrier. = ~ - ~ 7,
Mrs. Ripple, however, got tired of
rural felicity, and returned to the city
in the autumn. t
Mr.. Bellairs received call to Della
ware parish where peaches were thicker
than black berries, and the climate was
soft as that OF Italy, and he accepted it
promptly. EaG be
"What shall we do now ?" said Miss
Briggs who was disposed to take IT,
morous view of things.
Mr.. Hyde pushed his spectacles on to
the top Of his head. "Don't you like
the house ?' said he,
eyes," Miss Briggs admitted, II like
the house."
"And don't you consider the situation
salubrious ?'
Certainly" said Miss Briggs.
"Then," said Mr.. Hyde, looking at
the edge of his. geological hammer,
Hwhy don't you stop here 2" - .
What, all aione by myself ?" said
Miss Briggs.
'No," said this scientific gentleman :;
with me !"
"Good gracious !" cried Miss Briggs.
"We both like this place" said Mr..
Hyde, I'VE like the situation, and we
like each other. Why shouldn't we
settle down here for life 2"
"But I never have thought of such q
thing" said Miss Briggs, in trepida-
ton.
"Think of it now," said Mr.. Hyde,
in accents of scientific persuasion, as he
laid down his hammer and took her
black mittened hand tenderly in his.
And Mr.. Bellairs married them be-
fore he went away, and Ripple Grange
has never been to let since.
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~
p o ETR z.
RY WILLIAM PITT PALNER.

BIZ WILLIAM PITT PALMER.
This composition has been pronounced by
the most eminent critics in Europe to be one
Of the finest productions OF the same length in
our languags]:-i sGs ef aEf s
From the quickened womb Of the primal gloom
The sun rolled bleak and bare.
Till wove him vest for his Ethiop breast
OF the threads of my, golden hair;
And when the broad tent of the armament
Arose on its airy bars,
pencilsd the hue Of the matchless blue
And spangled it around with stars.
painted the flowers Of Eden bowers.
And their leaves Of living green,
And mine were the dyes in the sinless eyes
OF Eden's virgin queen;
And when the fiends art on the trustful heart
Had fastened its mortal spell,
In the silvsry sphere OF the first-born tear
To the trembling earth fell,
When the waves that atburstcsrawor1da accurssd
Their work OF wrath had sped,
And The arks lone few, the tried and true,
Came forth among the dead,
With the wondrous beams of my bridal beams
bade their terrors cease,
As wrote on the roll Of the storms dark scroll
0SsA oseAA"s u pe"ee'
Like pail at rest on q senseless breast,
Nights funeral shadow slept
When shepherd swains on Bethlehem's plains
Their lowly vigils kept
Then flashed on their sight the heralds bright
Ofheaven's redeemine plan.
And they chanted the morn of a Savior born
Joy. joy to the outcast man!
Enual favor show to the lofty and low.
On the lust and uniust descend.
Een the blind. whose vain spheres roll in dark
ness and teara
Fael nv smile thu hest srni,e of a friend
Nav. the flower of the waste bv INV love ia am
braced
Az the rose in the garden of kings
At the chrvsalis bier of tho worm annaar
Acd1o, ~. ~, h,4t,.e, -,
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The True Debt Of Virginia.

There can be no better authority than the
Republican-Readjuster Second Auditor, H. H.
Dyson, whose last report is before us, on the
question, What does Virginia owe?
Hear him. We copy from his last official re-
port, page l.
The statement A represents THE DEBT PROPER
at this time October l, $780, to be as follows:
Under act of March q, 1879, known
as 1910 bonds, on account of being
redeemable in ten years at the
pleasure of the General Assem-
bly,, or in forty years, 900 90
as the 'consoI debt. ,.:.......... a. sss. .s47 81
Under the act of March 80, 1871, as
amended by act of March 2, 1872,
known as "peeler debt" "............ 2,465,205 IL
And unfunded debt, treated as
funded under act of March 30, 1871,
as amended by act OF March 7,
A
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-09-13

"Hold on |" yelled . policeman to .
citizen who was speeding himself to-
ward the depot just As the train was
pulling out. 'Hold ont what are you
after ?" "I'm after timeI" hOoted the
painting citizen, and of verify he was.