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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-01-12
Pleasentries Concerning .ihe Fair Sex.

Pleasentries concerning <ho eir TeN.
At ball: Grace (whispering)-"W hat
lovely boots your partners got, Mary"
Mary (dtto) Yes; unfortunately ne
shines at the wrong end
A learned doctor has given his
opinion that tight lacing is public benefit,
inasmuch as it Kills off all the foolish girls
and leaves likewise only togrow into woman
hood.
Drawing room episode Affable Duchess
Ito amateur tenor who has just been warb-
ling NJ Gounod's last)-"Charming charm
ingl You must certainly get somebody to
introduce you to me-"
If man and his wife were wrecked on a
desert island and were barefooted, bare
headed. hungry and afraid, she could yet
conjure up a dozen reasons why he should.
make her Christmas present.
Dolls, this season, dressed a la mode cost
all the way up to $500. You can get one
of the other kind-one that opens and shuts
its eyes, eats ice cream, and understands
handkerchief firtation-for less money.
But the 500 doll doesn't make disparsging
remarks when a man comes home weary at
midnight nor put its cold feet in the hol-
low of his back when he gets into bed.
A woman always knows when she is
pretty [sht it strange that she never
knows Wien she is the other thing2 We can
all put up with good deal of simpering
nonsense from pretty girl, but a homely
damsel must deport herself with straight
laced decorum or she makes herself ridicul-
Gus. Perhaps it is unfair, but the world
vii. shave it so and it stands, an memorable
law.
Married for his benuty.-A Friend
"What remarkably handsome man Mr..
Thistledown is2 You are fortunate in this
marriage" Mrs Thistledown (recently
married the second time )-"Yes, dear; is he
not? And do you know, l hear there are
envious creatures who say he only married
me for my money. Just fancyl Well, he's
worth e5.00Oa year to sit at the head Of
my tableD
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RELIGIOUS NOTES AND INCIDENTS.

In the revised Directory of Worship of
the Southern Presbyterian Church fasting
is dropped overheard and no provision is
made for any day of thanksgiving. Such
festivals AS Christmas remain unnoticed. as
the Presbyterians never took any official or
ecclesiastical notice of them.
The woman wno went to church with one
bonnet thoughtlessly stuck on top of
another had the honor Of being envied by
all the other women in the sanctuary. They
thought it was new and charming style of
bonnet, and spent their time in such earnest
wonder as to how it was planned and where
it was made, that they forgot to listen to the
sermon, or even to the exercises of the choir
There is a gloomy sort of mystery en-
shrouding the movements of Rev. Mr.
Narsland, who was suddenly. missed from
his Connecticut home few weeks ago
Having turned up in Bingbamton and
written to his friends that he "had good
job there, and that he would return in
few days, he still remains at Binghamton,
and his wife has gone there to see what the
nature Of the job" is. Before his sudden
departure Mr.. Marsland was highly
esteemed, and was not thought to have any
such queer streaks in his character as this
eccentric movement has developed.
A Christian woman in Boston who was
formerly in good circumstances, is reported
to be making shirts and clothing for large
firm, the members of which are Church
members. For the sewing on u ladys ulster
she receives one dime. For a shir. with six
buttonholes and gussets the price is seven
cents, and for lined fsnnelshirts eight cents.
1t was not very merry Christmas with
this woman, as she had to work far into the
night TO earn enough to keep body and soul
together. The good people who buy the
garments made by this woman and other
toilers of her class eXult over the bargains
they secure, and tell each other where they
can get such things for the lowest cent.
The pocket of Rev. Mr. Van Meter
was picked of a $1,000 draft while he was
seasick on a steamboat crassing from En-
gland to France. The passage was very
rough one, and Mr.. Van Meters experience
was quite as rough. When he came to him.
self, he had recollection as if of dream
He could not tell who was the drawer of the
draft, nor what house it was Drawn on. He
has therefore Issued circular to his legion
of friends, asking for 500 subscriptions to
enable him to get another draft Just as good
as the one he lost Some people say that
Brother Van Meter is telling fables; but he
declares he viii substantiate the truth of his
statement and prove that he really had such
draft in his pocket.
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is combed." .'Yes, but your hair amt
hitched to your head.
Tottie-"I wonder why dolls are always
girls, TomH" Tom-"Because boys hate to
be made babies off,
Maud IAN aristocratic child): "How ipret-
ty and clever you are. mother Pm so
glad you married into our family"
Preceptor after lecture)-"Now what are
the principal things that are obtained from
the esrth2" Pupil land disciple of Isaac
Walton )-"Worms sir"
Small boy. watching his sister iron piece
of work with birds nest of eggs done in
crewels on il: Il say, sister, if you keep
the iron SO long on those eggs you'll hatch
em!"
"Mend your WAYS, my son." said the good
Deacon Simpleson, ''before it is too late"
"Time enough for that, dad,7 exclaimed
the graceless rascal, lighting fresh cigar :;
at is never too late 10 mend, you know,
dad
A little girl about four years old and a
little boy about six had been cautioned
not to take away the nest egg; but one
morning when they went for the egg the
! little girl took it and started for the
house. Her disappointed brother followed,
crying: "Mother, mother, Susey's got the egg
the old hen measures byp
A little four year-old was at one of our
photograph studios having her picture
taken. The artist said: @You must keep
your mouth shut, my dear, and your eyes
open" rs the little mite showed decided
! inclination to open her mouth and shut her
eyes. But on being instructed she braced
up, and after few minutes, wonderingly
said: "Now, what shall do with my nose?"
F'What is hell?" asked a Luthren Sunday
school teacher ola boy in class last Sunday.
"a shirt with a button off, ma'am,' replied
the boy. Explain yourself; what do you
mean, sir?" demanded the meek-spirited but
surprised teacher. well, / heard my Pa
say to my Ma the other morning, when he
] put on a shirt with the back button off,
We'll, this is hell.' That's all know about
it."
A little six-year-old boy in Natchez
Miss, had been listening to remarks of a
legal-minded uncle in regard to the pros
pect of an indicted person getting clear by
securing continuance of his case from
time to time. Shortly after the little fellow
! got into scrape, which secured for him
from his mother promise ola little dose of
sought his uncle for advice on the subject,
but could get sympathy only, with no pros
poet of relief Finally, said the youngster:
uncle, don't you think you could get
] mother to continue the case? If we could
get y continuance L think l could get off. -
He got off,
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gradual descent into old age through the
dreary paths of monotony, restriction and
suppression. This is the cloud which hangs
over many a household; where the girls
abound, fortunes are moderate, and lovers
willing to undertake reaGy-Inade family
of five or six sisters are as rare as so many
black swans and as shy as the marmots on
the hillsides.
What are they to do2 They are young
sood-Iooking, with natural affections and
we'll principled. They have in them posi-
bilities of happiness which seem as il they
would never blossom into actualities. They
would make good wives. good mothers, good
mistresses of house all round; yet years
glide on and see them pass from their first
fresh youth into the zenith Of theirmaturity.
and then to that day when the peach has
hung too long on the wall, and has gone
over from mellOwness to decay. And during
all this time they have done nothing and
learned nothing. save perhaps that sad
lesson of resignation TO enduring mel
oncholy and discomfort which is half the
sorrow of their state. What are they to do?
Where lies the silver lining to their cloud?
Where it lies for all of us, in work and duty
work which supplies so much interest as
makes for US that kind of second self which
is the main charm of love; duty which shall
take US out of the narrow sphere of our own
individual interests only, and unite US to the
great body of humanity. 1t can be done.
Materials are never wanting, only the will
TO seek and the power to use when found.
Wherever there are the poor, the, ignorant
and the sorrowful, there is work lying to the
hands of all women with leisure.
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BYFIELD & Rowland, Attorneys.

CTATE OF INDIANA. Marion County, IS: In
- the Superior Court of Marion County. in the
State of indiana No. 2, 1864. Room . Complaint
for divorce.
Kate ]. Graham vs.. Newton c. Graham.
cit known. that on the 9th day of December,
1850. the above named plaintiff. by her attorneys
filed in the Office OF the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Marion County, in the state of Indiana, her
complaint against the above named defendant;
and the said PLAINTIFF having also, on December q
1850, fled in said Clerks office the affidavit OF
competent person. showing that said defendant.
Newton c. Graham, is nota resident of the State
of Indiana, and whereas SAID plaintiff having by
Endorsement on said complaint required said de-
PENDANT to appear in said Court and answer or de-
muir thereto on the eth day of March, 1851.
Now, therefore. by order Os said Court, said de-
PENDANT last above named is hereby notified of
the filing and tendency of said complaint against
him, and that unless he appears and answers
demurs thereto. at the calling of said cause the
eth day OF March. 1881 the same being the first
judicial day of a term Of said Court TO be Uegun
and held at the Court House in the city OF Indian
apolis, on the first Monday in March. 1881. said
complaint and the matters and things therein con-
tanned and alleged, will be heard and determined
in his absence. DAN. NJ RANSDELL,
dec2S3w Clerk.
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Little Ones Christmas Eve.
BY LILLE Z. BARR

BY LILLE Z. BARR.
Mother, wash me clean tonight,
Wash my little hands all white;
Lay in c1rls my soft brown hair,
See my cheeks are rosy fair.
Make me pure and sweet to sight,
For the Christ-Child comes tonight.
Wash me clean from head TO feet,
Snowy night-dress, fresh and sweet,
/ will say my prayer and rest,
With my hands crossed on my breast
Perhaps the Christ-Child. on his way,
BY my little bed will stay.
Mother. pardon me, ask.
Naughty words and sighted task;
Let me go 10 bed tonight
Pure and sweet and snowy white.
Then the Christ-Child, on his way,
BY my little bed may stay.
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Boy Inventors.

Some of the most important inventions
have been the work of mere bows. The
invention of the valve motion to the steam
engine was made by a boy. Watts left the
engine in very incomplete condition, from
the fact that he had no way to open or close
the valves, except by means of levers oper-
ated by the hand. lie sat up large engine
at one of the mines, and boy was hired
to work these valve levers; although this
was not hard work, yet it required his
constant attention. As he was working
these levers, he saw that parts of the
engine moved in the right direction and
at the exact time that he had to open
or close the valves. He procured strong
cord and made one end fast to the proper
part of the engine, and the other end 10 the
valve leaver; the boy had the satisfaction of
seeing the engine move with perfect regu.
larity of motion. A short time after, the
foreman came around saw the boy playing
marbles at the door. Looking at the engine
he soon saw the ingenuity of the boy, and
also the advantage of so great an invention.
Mr.. Watts then carried out the boys inven-
tive genius in a practical form, and made
the steam engine perfect automatic work
ing machine.
The power loom is the invention of q
farmer boy who had never seen or heard of
such a thing. He whitfield one ouf with his
iack-knife, and after he had got it all done,
he, with great enthusiasm, showed it to his
father, who kicked 1t all to pieces saying, he
would have no boy about him that would
spend his time on such foolish things. The
boy gathered up the pieces and laid them
away. Soon after that his father bound him
out as an apprentice to blacksmith, about
twelve miles from home. The boy was de-
lighted at the idea of Tearing trade, and he
soon found that his new master was kind
and took lively interest in him. He had
made loom of what was left of the one his
father had broken up, which he showed to
his master. The blacksmith saw he had nc
common boy as an apprentice, and that the
invention was very valuable one. de had
loom constructed under the supervision
of the boy; it worked to their perfect salts
faction, and the blacksmith furnished the
means to manufacture the looms, and the
boy was to receive one-hale the profits. In
about year the blacksmith wrote the boys
father he would be at his home at given
time and should bring with him wealthy
gentleman who was the inventor of the eel
ebrated power loom. You may Re able to
Judge of the astonishment at the old home
when his son was presented to him as the
inventor, who told him that his loom was
the same as the model that he had kicked to
pieces but year befote.
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OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
An "Old Boys" Advice.

Ny boy, you're soon to be man:
Get ready for mans work now,
And learn to do the best you can
When sweat is brought 10 arm and brow.
Don't be afraid. my boy. to work:
You've got TO, ifyou mean to WIN.
lie Is a coward who viii shirk:
Roll up your sleeves, and then go in"
Don't wait for chances: look about.
There's always something you can do.
He who will Inanfully strike out
Finds labOr-plenty oft. too,
But he who folds his hands and waits
For something TO turn up, VIII find
The tOiler passes Fortunes gates,
While he. alas, is left behind.
Be honest as the day is long:
Don't grind the posr man for his cent.
In helping Others you grow strong,
And kind deeds done are only lent;
And this remember, if yV're wise,
To your own business be confined.
He is a fool. and fails, who tries
His fellow mems affairs to mind.
Don't be discouraged and get blue
If things don't go to suit you quite;
Work on Perhaps it rests with you
To set the wrong that worries right.
Don't lean on Others. Be man.
Stand on footing of your own,
Be independent, If you can,
And cultivate a sound backbone!
BE brave and steadfast kind and true,
With faith in God and fellow man,
And win from them a faith in you,
BY doing just the best you can.
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The History of the Patron Saint of Good
JChildren.


Santa Claus is. wonderfully popular just
now His name.is in the mouths of all the
little folks; sundSy queer epistles are indicted
to him. beseeching a remembrance in the
shape of Il doll, q rocking horse, trumpet,
or some much desired toy. Possessed OF
boundless resources is Santa Claus, in the
belief of childhood; charming variety OF
mysterious gifts is at his disposal; and more
than that, he has an enviable reputation of
liking to make the little people happy.
Never was a saint more extensively popular.
The history of Santa Claus-a curious
mixture of truth and fable-goes far back
into the ancient time. Centuries ago child
was born in Asia Minor who received the
name of Nicholas. His parents were wealthy
and of high rank; and desiring to express
their gratitude to God for the birth of their
son, they resolved to educate him for Chris
tian priesthood. The child was sober and
thoughtful, and while vet young both his
parents died, ard he inherited their great
wealth. He considered the riches a sacred
trust; he fed the hungry, he clothed the des-
titute, and performed all kinds of good
deeds as secretly as possible.
AS priest he was greatly beloved; as q
bishop he continued his benevolence; after
his death the Church canonized him, and he
became one of the greatest of patron saints,
being revered as the helper of the poor, the
protector of the weak and as the especial
patron saint of little children, who were
taught to believe that their'good gifts came
from him. Saint Nicholas was the name
given him by the monks, and this was fami-
liarly changed to Santa Niclaus and finally
clipped down to Santa Claus, who is still
represented as retaining his old habits of
secret benevolence and coming down the
chimney at night, laden with Christmas
presents for children. A pleasant fiction
it is to them, under the cover of which that
charming secresy concerning the donors of
gifts is kept up, though little eyes and ears
and minds are keen, and Santa Claus is
usually very well known to them as much
mere modern parsonage than old st. Nicho-
las. But the children enjoy the harmless
pretense, the mysterious filling of stockings,
and the heavily laden Christmas tree.
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----
Hurraht For Our Side.

Many people have lost their interest in
politics and in amusements because they are
so out of sorts and run down that they can
not enjoy anything. If such persons would
only be wise enough to try that celebrated
remedy KidneyWort, and experience its
tonic and renovating effects they would soon
be hurrahing with the loudest In either
dry or liquid form it is perfect remedy
for torpid liver, kidneys or bowels-Ex-
change.
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and young women are brought together in
Colleges their conversation is no longer
characterized by frivolty, but becomes ele-
waited by the discussion Of subjects suggested
BY their mutual studies.-Susan b.
Anthony.
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Little Folks Abroad.

A child seeing bill on telegraph post:
'Oh, mamma, looki A message has fallen
DOWN.
Little Freddie was having his hair combed
GRAFTON. "Why, Freddie, you oughtnt to
to make such fuss, Idont when my hair
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lUNluUnA lUn. tImidty. impotency.
Debility, and restores the energy IRE and vior
OF youth In twenty minutes Price 500 Address the
NEW ENGLAND MEDICAL INSTITUTE, "a Tremont
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Bless All the Girls
God bless the girls
Whose golden cHrls
Blend with our evening dreams
They haunt our lives
Like spirit wives;
They sooth our pains;
They fill our brains
With dreams of SUMMER hours.
God bless the girls,
God bless their curls;
God bless our human flowers.
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CONCERNING WOMEN.
A Woman's Rights.
SUSAN COOLIDGE

SUSAN COOLIDGE
Yes. God has made me woman,
md am content 10 be
Just what he meant, not reaching out
For other things, since lie
Who knows me best and loves me most has or
dered this for me.
A woman, to live my life out
I'm quiet. wOmanly ways,
Hearing the far-Of battle.
The crowding. struggling world OF men fight
through their busy days
lam not strong or valiant.
/ would not join the fight,
or jostle with crowds in the highways,
To sully my garments white;
But | have rights as a woman, and here claim
my right.
The right of rose to bloom
In its own sweet, separate way,
With none to question the perfumed pink,
And none to utter nay,
II il reaches root or points morn, as even u
rose-tree ulay.
The right of the lady birch TO grow,
To grow as the Lord shall please,
BY never a sturdy oak rebuked.
Denied nor sun nor breeze.
For all its plant tenderness, kin to the stronger
trees.
The right to a life of my own
Not merely casual bit
OF somebody else's life flung out,
That taking hold of IL,
] may stand a cipher does after numeral writ.
The right to gather and CLEAN
What food need and can
From the garnered store Of knowledge
Which man has shaped for man,
Taking with free hands freely, and after an or
dered plan.
The risht-ah. best and sweetest
To stand all undismayed
Whenever sorrow or want or sin
Call for a wOmau's aid,
With none TO cayil or question, by never look
gainSaid.
] do not ask for a ballot;
Though very life were at stake, .t
/ would beg for the nobler justice
That men for manhOOd's sake
Should give ungrudgingly, nor Withholdstil /
must highland take.
The fleet foot and the feeble foot
Both seek the self-sane goal.
The weakest soldiers name is writ
on the great army rDi.
And God, who made mans body strong, made,
= too. the wofnan's soul.
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NOTHING can be more free from cant than
is the religious sentiment in this littlevloume;
and whether the author chants the purest
joys Of life or hints with re.icent lips at its
most sanctifying sorrows, we may equally
thank her. She writes from heart to heart,
and not for fame; and many hearts will go
forth to meet an unknown friend, and TO
thank her.
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SUSAN COOLIDGE.
Yes God has made me woman,
md am content 10 be
Just what he meant, not reaching out
For other things, since lie
10 knows me best and loves me most has or
dered this for me.
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Men and Women.

'fWomen have many faults:
Men have only two;
There is nothing right they say
And nothing right they dOl
"But IL naughty men do nothing right
Aud never say what's true,
What precious fools we women are
To lf,ve them a. We dofp
, 1881-06-25

cahln from tlse United States. by way nf the
1slanu If Cnba, 10 sohle point Uii the coast
Of fucatul, or OF any lss,rt 0f tln McxEcnn
coast, eScept tho towns nf 'ra,nlteo, VarM
Cruz, and Coatzncnatos, which nrU covered
BY the costtact ol the Mexican Cable Cn,1iln.-
ny. Tho iIpw company il authorized also 10
construct
a TEf.Eti1.ArlifC LAMB LINE -
from the 1ttNtcni, coast 10 tho frsnllcr be-
tween Afaxleo mid t'tlatelnRin, thence 10 tito
l'ac!tlt. h,M from tho ,a,tnt reaehnh on the
l'acl1e to ai,y tulnt on tho cuast ut Cnntral
Ancrica. It inay a'so construct II lahts tole-
xrtap1l 1ine from any. point trayerseit by .,ts
wires 70 tic City 1T Muxico., NJ
moro. thai VI cents per word
shall ho chnrEc.t by the .cnMpa1,y for cablu
telegrnnls betwGuli tic 1sla,ul Of tuba M,itt
tho lnntllnr lnllit Ut tia iigw patlg on the
Mexican ,cotast. Tha l!ew company aErues
nut III. cnnrKu more ''tllan 1lyo cunts pnr
word for tho transmission oscr It's la!ld
!lnes bf teluErA,Ma from ptaccs within, the
liapublte Of Mexico, without rygart to dis
thIicc, which arc testillrd for forcigll cn,ln.
tries. tioyernmcnt telegraph MID cable ntes-
sYses si,all ha transmitted to Or from le
Canital Mt 4 rGbato If 25 per cent 0n tho
ruling tnr!K prices.