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The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-07-01
Longfellow's Finest Sonnet.

Longfellow's Finest Sonnet.
"As q fond mother, when the day is DER,
Leads by the hand her little child to bed,
Half willing, half reluctant to be led,
And leaves his broken playthings on the
floor,
Still casing at them through the open door,
Not wholly treasured and comforted
By promises or others in their stead,
Which, though more splendid. may not
please him more;
So nature deals with us, and takes away
Our playtnings one by one and by the hand
Leads us to rest so gently that wei go
Scarce knowing If we wish to go or stay,
Being too full of sleep to understand
How far the unknown transcends the what
we know"
Gods Plans Of Your Life.
Never complain of your birth, your
training, your employment, your
hardships never fancy that you could
be something if you only had differ
ent lot and sphere assigned you. God
understands His own plans, and He
knows what you want great deal
better than you do. The very things
that you most depreciate as fatal liml-
tations or Instructions, are probably
Gods opportunities; and it is nothing
new that the patient should dislike his
medicines or any certain proof that
they are poisons. No! truce to all
impatience! Choke that foolish envy
which gnaws at your heart because you
are not in the same lot with others !;
bring down your soul, or rather, bring
it up to receive Gods will, and do His
work in your lot in your sphere, under
your cloud of obscurity, against your
temptations and then you shall find
that your condition is never opposed
to your good, but really consistent
with 1t.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-07-01
PIetical Prose and Verse.

We do not care what men think of
US to-day, but do hope that we shall
stand we'll under the light of time.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-29

nolds, drowned himself in pond the other
day. At the outbreak Of the panic Of 1851
he was successful packer in Chicago. In
later years he was member OF the Board OF
Supervisors, and served as chairman OF the
building committee which supervised the
erection of the Structure which for many
years has been hfs only home.
A DAUGHTER of August Luke, of
GAINESVILLE, Wis.,. was accidentally drowned
in Rock River on the goth.
THE Mansion House stables, Brook
Ign, N. Y, were destroyed by fire on the
23d. stephen Butler, the hostler, and TWEEN
ty-six horses, persisted in the flames. De-
pere, Wis.,, had 100000 blaze on the same
day. sAf fNrhtl
A PARTY of bridge builders took pos
session of the town of Greenfield, Mass,
April 90, assaulting citizens, breuking into
stores, etc. John Flynn, a railroad fireman,
was fatally stabbed. ......I.....t
I JAMES B. DEPUTY was killed at Mil
ford, Del, April %, by c. A. Hallet. The
murdered man had saluted a young woman
who was with Hallet, whom ne had mis-
taken for his cousin.
AT Tradewater, Ky, April 20, VIII
liam Hewlett, Marshal OF Nortonville, was
assaulted by father and son named Men
ser, and in self-defense he used revolver,
killing the latter and MORALLY wounding
the former. Hewlett had previously ar
rested the Mensers for gambling.
A. ID. MASON, prominent attorney
of Grass Valley, Call, was shot the other
night by Il. A. Roberts, son of Judge Il. w.
Roberts, an old and leading lawyer
NIason's wound is pronounced necessarily
fatal. B" 'lu-. Irsit II % MI
NINE lives were lost by the burning of
the steamer City of Sanford, off the Florida
coast, April "a. ." '-.''.ti."i l.i'.'
THE residence of Mrs. Annie Hardin,
Atlanta, Ga, was struck by lightning, April
%, and a little daughter killed. The moth :
er was probably fatally injured. 1897 ''J
THE residence of Mr.. Redout, at Sal
mon River, Me-, burned on the 23d, and two
of his children persisted in the flames.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-29
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

THE Mississippi River Improvement
bill, appropriating $4,000, 900, passed the
Senate on the 25th. All pending amend
ments to increase the appropriation and APP
ply part Of the money for the benefit OF the
leyee system were Withdrawn, and the bill
passed by a viva voce vote without objec-
lions. . I.
A FEARFUL cyclone struck the lower
edge Of Bib County, Ga, the other night,
passing into Twiggs, Jones and Wilkinson
Counties, blowing track 800 Yards wide,
moving down fences and farm buildings.
Samuel Cove, father of Samuel f. Cove, ex-
Republican member OF Congress, living
one mile from Griswold's, was killed.
Also Miss Lockhart, near Gordon. Death
and destruction is reported i'm Dallas County
Ala. AT Kings Landing three negroes were
killed and at Graves Ferry two others
were killed. Many others at the latter place
were seriously wounded. North Carolina
was also visited. One church, two saw
mills, several dwellings and large number
OF other buildings were destroyed. One
child was killed and two adults seriously in
jured.g iHiG fu lum..u- fr
The Supreme Court in banc has de-
cided to hear argument ON the bill of excep-
tions in Guiteau's case on Monday, May s.
A LONDON journal predicts that in a
few days all the American suspects impris-
oned in Ireland will have left the country.
AT Greensburg, Ind, April "a, a
mob OF fifty masked men called on the jailer
and by choking tried to get his keys, but
failed. They then Knocked in the jail door,
took out p. NJ. Garrett, and hanged him to
tree ten feet from the Jail, placing pla-
card on his body: "This is greeting to the
Jennings County jury" Garrett had been
acquitted of completely in the assassination
of Mr.. Walton, and after acquttal had been
arrested on another charge.
AT Wheeling, W. Va, on the oath,
three children named Kindleberger got hold
of some poke root given to their parents by
mistake for bois dare, and ate of it freely.
One boy died and the other two were not
expected to recover.
Mrs. SoM1IERs, living near North
Georgetown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio,
was shot twice and fatally wounded by a
tramp, April "a, who was refused work on
the farm. Fifty men started in pursuit
with the determination to lynch him.
THE victims of the Apache outbreak
in Arizona are now placed at over forty.
The wife of Charles Nettle, brake
man on the Michigan Central, living in De-
troit, Mich, was found in bed, April "a,
with bullet in her brain, which entered at
the left eye. She had lived apart from her
husband some time and was intimate with
one Jas. Brown, who has been arrested
pending examination. ..............
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-29
work of the Wind EIseyybere.

At Montrose, Henry County, the Christian
and Baptist churches were completely de-
moltshed, Coman's butcher shop was
wrecked the roof of j. fl. Vickers new house
was swept away, and many other structures
were RACED.
The billiard hall, thirty by sixty, a new one
story building, belonging 10 William Gregg,
was ruined. Mr. Gregg and his little boy were
ms de andboth were slightly injured.
John rams house, one and half miles
north oil the town, is total wreck and Mrs.
ram was slightly cut about the face and neck.
two story house belonging to Geo. Dunn,
attorney at Jaw, was blown down and scat
tered, with furniture, stoves bedding, etc,
all over the prairie Mrs Miller, when she
saw the storm approaching, took n baby in
her arms and went to a neighbours. Pieces of
Dunn's house were carried against the Meth
odist parsonage, occupied by Rev. ThOs.
Pingry, and large hole in the gable end OF
the house was the result.
The school house known as Farmer Insu-
tute, thirty by forty, wooden building ono
story and halt high, very substantial three
and one half miles from the city, was entirely
demolished. There were at the time 30 Chill.
dren in the building, ana the teacher, and
none were killed, but large number hurt.
Fences, trees and shrubbery were damaged
Mt many other places, but no serious losses
are reported
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-29

arrested in Buffalo, n. Y, on the 22d in
connection with recent wholesale stealing
from freight cars byan organized band.
ONE of the warehouses of the j.
Matherton Distillery Company, New Haven,
Conn, gave way OH the 2Sd. About 1000
banels Of whisky fel together, crushing
500, and IL was feared that tie whole build.
ing, containing 1900 barrels, would fall.
Losses so far estimated at 500, 900.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-29
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

BISMARCK recently caused the sus
pension for two years Of a comic paper OF
Berlin, and the imprisonment Of another
journalist for inserting blasphemous letter
in regard to Gambetta.
THE death is announced of Charles
Robert Darwin, the well known scientist.
CoLoRED citizens of Boston, in mass
meeting the other night, denounced in the
strongest terms the ejectment OF Bishop
Payne from q railroad car in Florida: urged
colored people, as American citizens, to de-
mand their rights in all sections of the coun-
try, and asked the Massachusetts delegation
in Congress to protest against the evils that
arise from the imperfection OF the "ciyil
rights BILL"
GEORGE SCovILLE has forwarded to
Washington a long letter addressed to the
Supreme Court Justices, Withdrawing for
maly from the Guiteau case, and giving
his reasons, personal and judicial, for do
ing so. .s.
THE new cable connecting Germany
and America enabled Emperor William to
message President Arthur in nine minutes.
MIR. BLAINE, eX-Secretary of State,
appeared before the Peruvian Investigating
committee on the 2ith, and denounced Ship
herds testimony as a tissue of falsehoods,
apologizing for his connection with the man
as follows: 81 have been somewhat crit
icised for not sending Shipherd out of my
house on the first occasion he came there,
but ! will say to the committee that gem
tleman who comes to me introduced by
United States Senator, having three United
States eX-Senators for counsel an ex-Sec-
Rotary Of the Treasury for counsel, and Au.
gust Belmont, r. d. Morgan and Seligman
for copartners, is not a man whom you
would naturally kick out of your house on
the very first sight of him, and so beg to be
excused for not performing a duty which
three or four months afterward practically
did on further information"
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
AN inmate of the Cook County In.)
Insane Asylum, named George W. Rey-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-29
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

AN inmate of the Cook County (m.)
Insane Asylum, named George W. Rey-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
Keep Them Bright.

Keep your face and your heart and
your home bright. Don't let the cob
webs gather in the corners of the pref
ty sitting room, or dust accumulate on
the furniture until you can write your
name thereon. No matter what is on
hand, or how much you have to do,
take time at least once day to tidy
your rooms and gather fresh flowers.
You will never regret it, even though at
the close of your life you may not pos
sess quite so much OF the worlds goods
as your neighbOrs. 1t is the best plan
by far to enjoy life as it comes, and this
you can never do in a slOvenly, disor-
dered home. Would you keep your
husbands from evil associations. and
your children from wayward paths? |?
Remember there is nothing in this
world so attractive to man as pleas
ant home, and smiling wife therein;
and as for the little feet, they will not
be apt to wander far, so long as your
face beams with the love and solicitude
that your heart bears for them. A
wife and mother is a queen, always.
Not of vast domains, to be sure, and
not of society, but of the most sacred
spot on earth to every human heart
home. You never thought of it, per-
haps, but it is true, and it is indeed
true also that there is no more pitiable
sight than one of these queens" who
do not. either from want of judgment,
or lack of will. govern her subjects
Alright. Did you ever see truly happy
family without loving, watchful and
affectionate mother at its head? The
father may be sour, hard, or cross
grained, but if the mother is all right,
there is sure to be happiness in that
family.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
When Marksmen Miss.

This is French story: 1t is we'll
known fact that the best marksman's
aim is often unsteady when he has an
animated target opposite him. One of
these "crack" shots was showing off
his skill before a numerous company,
and the ground was soon strewn with
the remnants of the plaster figures he
had successfully brought down. All
present were in raptures except one
spectator, standing apart from the
rest, who after each shot observed in
a perfectly-audible tone: "He would
not do as much if he had a man facing
him."
This remark, several times repeated,
at last so exasperated the performer
that he turned toward the speaker and
inquired if he would be the man to
face him.
Certainly" was the reply, sand
what is more, you may have the first
shot,"
AS every one was curious to witness
the result of this singular duel, the
whole party adjourned TO the BOis de
Vincennes, and, the word being given,
the hero of the shootiDg-gallery fired
and missed. His adversary shrugged
his shoulders and fired in the air.
"What did tell yOu?" he said, and
walked away as unconcerned as moth
ing had happened,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
FATTENED FOR FOOD.
The Checkered Career of an Unfortun.
ate Man and His Tragic Death.

ate Man and His Tragic Death.
Albany ArguA
Last week The Argus briefly chroni-
cled the death of Charles ii. Fairchild,
who was burned to death in Auburn,
Sunday morning. He had a history
paralleled by few, and seemed to have
been haunted by misfortune until his
very death. He was born in Columbia
co lnty, where he lived until IL years
old, when he began a sailors life and
lived on the sea for twenty years, dur
ing which he travelled around the
world three times. He was shipwreck-
ed and escaped with fifteen others on a
raft. They flOated for fifteen days, dur.
ing which time thirteen of his CON-
paniOns died, and he and his compan-
ion had nearly perished from starvation
and exposure when picked up. At an
other time, when his ship was cruising
on the coast Of Africa, he and another
sailor were washed overheard and
managed to reach the shore. There
being no habitation near, they start
ed inland, and after travelling almost
one hundred miles they fell into the
hands Of the maneaters. The arrival
of the two captOrs in the village was
hailed with demonstrations of joy and
delight. They were critically examin-
ed by the king, who ordered them fat
tened and killed for his own special
consumption. They were then re-
moved to stOckade or pen, where for
several days they dieted on the choicest
food the land could produce. They
thrived and grew fat, but were con-
stantly watching an opportunity to es-
cape and finally succeeded. The natives
were very superstitious and terribly
afraid of thund and lightning. A
night or two before they were to be
killed one of these storms occurred and
the guards deserted their posts and
Fairchild and his companion scaled
the stockade which surrounded them.
Near by was river. They made their
way to the coast again, where they re-
manned eighteen months before vessel
made its appearance. During his sea-
faring life Fairchild. accumulated about
$4,000, which, upon settling in Phila.
delphia, he deposited in a bank. A
number of years after he decided upon
moving to New York, and had his
household goods packed ready for ship
ment. He drew his money from the
bank, intending to start for New York
the next day. That night the house
in which he lived burned down, and
with it his money and 10-year-old
daughter were burned and the rest of
his family barely escaped with their
lives. Afterward he moved to Syracuse,
and FIVE years ago he went to Auburn
to live, and there came to his death by
being burned with benZine.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
A Smile of Satisfaction.

This is from the Cleveland (Ohio
Penny Press, carries its own sugges-
ton: Recently meeting Mr.. II. G..
Keffer, treasurer of the Clereland Her
aid, our representative inquired of
that gentleman, after stating his mis-
sion, if he personally knew anything
about the Great German Remedy, ST..
Jacobs Oil. A smile played across Mr..
Keffer's expressive face and his eyes
twinkled merrily as he replied in the
affirmative, / will not refuse to state
my experience with it, and you may
use it as you think best. -Four years
ago / sprained one of my ankles, an ac-
cident which, as you are aware, entails
much suffering aud sometimes leaves
the limb in a condition to remind one
frequently of the old hurt. Unfortu-
nately this result ensued. Whenever
the weather became damp or my sys.
TEN absorbed the slightest cold my
ankles panied me. This went on at
intervals for over three years, and l
could not obtain relief. Last winter
applied the st. Jacobs Oil and it com
pletely cured me. l have not since
felt return of the pain.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
SHOWED UNDER.
or a thousand things that the Year sno,

Ola thousand things that the Year showed
The busy old Year that has gone away
How many will rise In the Spring, won
der,
Brought 10 life by The sun Of MayP
den
That never a rose tree seems 10 be.
Al the sweet Springs call come forth un.
And bud in beauty, and bloom for me ?
win the fair, green Earth, whose throb
blng bosom
ls hid like a maids In her gown at night.
wake ogt oi her eep, and with blade
Gem her garments n please my sight {?
over the knoll In the valley yonder
The loyelisst buttercups bloomed and
grew.
When the snow has gone that driited them
under,
win they shoot up sunward, and bloom
anew
When Wild winds blew, and a sleet storm
peltsd.
lost Jewel of priceless worth;
III walk that way when SHOWS have
melted,
Will The gem CLEAN up from the bare.
brown Earth2
i laid love that was dead OF diving.
For the year tO bury aud hide from sight (;
But out Of trance will 10 wlken crying.
And push 10 my heait, like leaf ~ the
light2
Under the snow lie things 80 cherished
Hopes, ambitions. aud dreams ~ men
Faces that vanished, and trusts that per
ished,
Never tO sparkle and glow again.
The Old Year grecdily grasped his plum.
der.
A ma rov.rpI Ia fvrr ,,,J hu.rta .,,...... d.
or the thousand things that he hid, I won.
der
How many will rise at the call of May?
y wise Young Year, with your hands held
under
Your mantle ot ermlne, tell me, prayP
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
cuiteau and His Divorced Wife.

Mrs. Dunmole, Guiteau's divorced
wife, in company with her husband
and little daughter, visited Guiteau in
his cell, Saturday. The assassin was
visibly affected by the visit, and treat
ed them more decently than he has any
of his late visitors. He was particular
ly affected by their saying to him they
came to bid him goodbye, thinking it
doubtful, as they lived so far away.
whether they would ever see him again.
The assassin seemed to put a very diff
ferent construction upon the reason for
their meeting hereafter, and was scarce
ly able to control his feelings, and as he
turned away from them his eyes
twitched nervously, and it was with
great difficulty he spoke at all. With
some effort, however, he managed to
say; "Hannah, can wish 10 harm,
and l hope your life win be prosperous
and happy"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
An Eagles Fight With Geese.

Little Rock Correspondence St. Louis Globe Democrat
A gentleman from Stone county
gives the particulars of remarkable
incident which he witnessed while
crossing White River on the ferry lust
above the mouth of Sycamore Creek.
When nearly half way across the
stream an enormous eagle swooped
down on flock of geese which were
swimming in the river some eighty
rods below the boat. The fowls npon
observing the eagle approaching. in
stinctively dived under the water just
as the bird struck the waves. Baffied
in the first assault, the eagle flew slow
ly upward, and when the geese came
to the surface, darted down again. and
burying its talons in one of them at
tempted to bear it away. The goose
struggled violently, while its compan-
ions swan around it uttering shrill
cries, and the perso,.s on the ferryboat
watched the strange scene with keen
interest. Once the eagle lifted its prey
clear out of the water and seemed on
the point of conveyingit to the mount
ain cliff that rose grandly in the air on
the other side of the stream, but the
struggles of the goose forced the captor
downward. When water was again
reached the goose made a supreme eff
fort and plunged below the surface,
dragging the eagle after it and causing
the latter to lOsen its hold and rise up
ward with fierce scream. The eagle
next attacked another goose, but with
the same result, being compelled to re-
linquish its hold when it's intended VIC
tim plunged beneath the waves. This
strange contest lasted fully thirty
minutes, at the end of which time the
eagle gave up the fight, and, rising,
scared away to the mountain westward,
while the flock of geese swan further
down the stream. None of the flock
were killed, but the water in the
>icinity was dyed with blood, and the
surface of the stream was ed
with feathers for considerable dis
tanco
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-05
q Boot-Blackine Plant,
London Telegraph.

Among the more remarkable novel
ties of recent discovery is the boot
blacking plant, or Hibiscus rosa Snien-
sis. a native of New South Wales. Il
is stated that the leaves of this shrub
contain tough and viscous substance
gifted with all the properties and at
tributes OF the finest boot polish.
Squeeze them gently over the ''welling-
ton" or "blucber" and they will yield
some thick drsky drops of sticky fluid,
which must then be spread over the
surface of the boot in the most ap-
proved manner of the shoe-black
brigade. This done, a polish
dazzling brilliance may brought
by few light but sweeping
touches of the finishing" brush. If
Narcissus had worn boots subjected to
this treatment, he need never have
drowned himself in pond for lack of
mirror. BY judicieusly applying a
little Hibiscus to his neither extremities
he would have been enabled TO cOntem-
plate his charming lineaments reflected
from his own instep without stint or
bodily risk. The notion of polishing
shoes with handful of leaves seems
an odd one, no doubt, mankind will
soon get used to it. After all, it is
quite prosaic and commonplace COM
pared to some of the marvels lately
revealed 70 us Dy science. or course,
what is one mans meat is another
mans poison Manufacturers of black
ing will deplore discovery that may
possibly be hailed with jubilant accla-
nation by booted humanity at large.
Or Hibiscus may happily prove to be
New South Wales Latin for hoax.
Time will show.