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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
A Bad Black Man in the white House.
A Washington special of the 9th to the


Chicago Times says:
The Critic tonight contains the following ac-
count of scandal in colored high life: "Aleck
Powell, dashing coed looking colored man, is
the valet of President Arthur. IL is said of Aleck
that he can manipulate whisk-broOm with more
dignity and grace. aud perhaps with greater
rapidIty, than any man in his profession. Aleck
also possesses personal charms that have caused
many heart to throb. Although married man
with three children, aged respectively
ten seven and three, he was considered
first water. So attentive were the young girls
to Aleck that he concluded, about year ago. to
tons upon others younger and more attractive
than the one he had sworn to protect. so help
him God" etc. Aleck was the valet in New York
OF General Arthur, and. of course, he could enter
When General Arthur assumed the Office of Presi-
dent he immediatly sent for Aleck. Aleck came.
He did not however, bring his wife, but took
from among his young lady friends Miss
George Needles, who had barely arrived In this
city when she was appointed, through the In
fiaence of the valet TO a position in the Land
Office. This position she still holds. For several
months Powell gave small amout of money to
his vile, but for the past two months he has not
contributed a cent toward her support. The poor
woman has been in urgent need and appealed
time and again TO her husband for assistance, but
her appeals were met with cold, cruel cenials.
Last Thursday Mrs. Powell with her three little
children and lady friend, came to Washington
from New York, having been furnished transpor-
taiion by some OF her friends: she was kindly
taken in and provided for by Mrs. Brown, the sis
ter of Mrs. James Wormley, at her residence No.
1,416 II street. The next morning Mrs. Powell,
with her friend and the children, made her way
TO the White House, and asked to see her
husband She was told by attache of
the Mansion that she could not see Aleck.
but she swore she would not leave till
she had an interview with him. She had not
long to wait for soon the valet IN swall0w-tail
coat, came out of the main entrance of tie house.
He was very much excited, and rushed at his wife
with the ferocity of lion. Had IL not been for
the presence of enc attaches he would have struck
her. As IL was, however, the cowardy fellow spit
In her face and, turning around. rushed back into
the house. He warned her. If she ever came near
him again he would hurt her. Mrs Powell said
that all the time her husband was talking to her
he had his hand on pistol which he carried in
his hip pocket After this little scene Mrs. Powell
returned to the house of Mrs. Brown. where she
is still located. She will probably remain here
until her husband makes some provision for her
support"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05

chance TO learn the luxury of giving, and
they enjoy the presents made TO them out
side the stipulated sum far more than when
bestowed under other circumstances. The
Independence nurtured by this system is of
the right sort.
The second thing which should be thought
of in every woman's education is that she
should learn some one thing thoroughly, by
which she may support herself, if necessary
just because marriage Is a woman's noblest
life. II should never be entered into but for
the purest motives. No woman should look
to marriage for home-for q maintenance,
but always and only for her highest life.
Women are not intended 10 be thrown out
into the world to be jostled and wounded in
the struggle for livelihood. It is the
veriest perversion OF true social life which
makes it otherwise but it is the part of
wisdom to look at things as they are,
and to meet the existing conditions. AS a
matter Of fact, women are thrown out upon
the world to earn their own livings, to rear
and educate their children; sometimes even
more than this rests upon them to do.
When woman knows she is competent to
earn living, it will not hurt her IL she
does not need to use her own ability. If
misfortune threatens, the knowledge that
she is not helpless saves many an hour
of hesrt-sickning dependency, and, if
misfortune does come, she is equipped to
meet Il.
| The low prices which women ge. for their
work are due to two causes: Its poor quality
from want of special training, and the
enormous competition in a few fields.
When women are well trained and
thoroughly competent, and when they
learn las they are lesrning) TO do something
besides sewing and teaching, they will COM
mand higher remuneration. There is little
to fear from the fact that women will be
more independent of marriage than they
now are. No really womsnly woman ever
takes the helm and sails out into strange
waters with the responsibilities of life rest
ing on her without great suffering 1t may
be that the pain seems light when compared
with the torture from which she has
escaped; but it is alwsy hard to do a mans
work with only womsn's heart to back IT.
That is no reason, however, why, by bur SD.
surd system OF education Tor want Of edu-
cation, rather) We should add the element
of dependency and inefficiency to other
necessary evils of such a lite. We do not
make our girls more womanly, but only
more helpless.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
"stop a. While"
lsunday School Gem.l

There is in Africa = thorn called -"Stop-
awhile" If persOp ence gets caught IN
it, it is with difficulty that he escapes with
his clothes on his bach fer every attempt to
loosen one part only nOciks more firmly an
other part.
The man that gets caught by this thorn
Is in a pitiable plight ere he gets loose. \ on
would not hke-weuld you, boys, to be
caught in this thorn7 And yet many, l fear,
are being caught by worse thorn than
"Stop-a-while." WteFe do you spend your
evenings2 At home, 1 do hope studying
your lesson and attending to your mothers
words: for if you have formed a habit of
spending them on the streets with bad boys,
you are caught in thorn worse than "Stop-
awhile" If you spend your evenings at
home, do not allow any~ef your playmstes
to persuade you to go cut and join them for
one evening only, for if you do, the desire
to 60 again will Be strong; you will have
| laid khe foundation of bad habit, and you
will have harder struggle to escape with
life than if in the bsambles of 'tStop-s-
while."
BOYS and girls WHO disobey their parents,
who loiter about on the~Sabbath instead of
going to Sabbsth-sahOol, who take the name
of the Lord in vain, areeaught in the worst
of sneres, from which II will be more diff
cutie extricate them selves than from the
African thorn; for the bad lsbits are strong,
and constantly lure on their victims to
pleasures which satisfy not.
The boy who rosms the streets at night
has allen into one Of the worst of habits.
1t so0c teaches him to neglect his sta dies,
adopt evil practices and 10 corrupt his
heart; while he wbe spends his evenings at
home escapes evil and grows wiser, better
and hs{ pier.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
Memorial History of women in the War.

lWoman's Journal
We understand that Mrs. Livermore has
long had in contemplation a book with the
above title, and during the last few years
has accumulated materials for the work.
Her active connection with the Sanitary
Commission during the entire period of the
war has fitted her for this undertaking.
Putting housekeeper into her family, she
gave herself unreservedly to this philan-
thIopy, engaging personally in nearly every
phase of the work.
She detailed scores-if not hundreds-of
army nurses TO Hospitals, receiving power
to do so from the Secretary of War She
organized aid societies throughout the
Observation-Disclosures the gathering of sup
plies-visited Hospitals, regimental, field,
post and General, sometimes in charge of
thousands of packages of sanitary stores,
which she distributed, or whose distribu-
ton she superintendent, bringing back to the
Commission vouchers showing where every
package had been placed. With her friend
Mrs. Hoge, of Chicago, she also organized
and carried forward the first of the great
sanitary fairs of the country, which yielded
100000, after which, all the succeeding
fairs were more or iees modeled-the ag.
gregate of their gain to the treasury of the
Commission being millions of dollars.
Mrs. Livermore has lecture on the
"Work of Women in the War;" which she
has delivered hundreds of times during the
last fifteen years, in various parts of the
country receiving again and again, at Its
close, requests that she would prepare 9
book on the subject. The late James T.
Field urged her 10 write such book. call.
ing it "The Heavenly Side of the War
and Rev. VIM. II. Claiming has personally
by speech and letter, urged her to the prep.
London, last year, she gave him the prom
Use he desired, and we have been told that
she has already copyrighted the title of the
book.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
Advice TO Young Ladies'.
lRuskIn.I

In order to investigate ourself it is well TO
find out what one is now. Don't think
vaguely about it. Take pen and paper, and
write down as accurate description of
yourself as Is possible; and if you dare not,
find out why you dare not, and try and get
strength of heart enough to look yourself in
the face, mind as well as body. Always
have two mirrors on your dressing table,
aud, with proper care, dress mind and body
at the same time. Put your best intelligence
10 finding out what you are good for and
what you can be made into. The mere re-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
TAe Wasp.
tour Little ones.I

/ GZre say YOU think that the wasp Is an
ugly, 5ad-temPered insect, who Goes nothing
in tho world but sting little children. She
is apt to do this wien she is meddled with.
OF al things she dslikes meddler. Yet,
when she seems 10 be buzzing about, seek
inc whom she msy sting, she is really busy
masking a home fer her young.
I watched here: work the other day. She
had chosen the ceiling OF my room, where
the open window allowed her to pass in and
.oat. She had already erected little clay
hut with an opening at one end. In order
20 set her mind az rest, 1 let her finish her
cradle and nursery Daily tt grew bigger,
: ill it was perhaps as large as large plum.
Then one dey she closed and locked the
door, so to speak, and flew away.
When her back was turned broke into
her mud cabin, like a burglar. 1 found
there tive tiny rolls of something that
looked like,cotton- wool. Each was wrapped
in brown gauzy blanket, and they were,
in reality, the wasps' babies-their lerTce.
The wasr Is a worm before she gets her
wings ead sting. All around were lying
the bodies OF dead flies and spiders which
the wise mother-wasp had stunned with her
sting AMI sealed up with her babies in their
snug quarters. When they woke up hun
CRY they would lind plenty of food IN the
cupboard.
This little worker was one of the wssps
that live alone; but there are Others VINO
live together in little tenement houses of
their o(yn. They not only built their houses
themselves, but they make the pasteboard
for the walls and chambers from shreds of
wood, as we make rags into paper.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05

1t takes the longsuffering School Commit
teeman to appreciate the industry of school
book makers. When he goes home to find
spelling books on every table, readers in
mail-box and Biographies under the door
mats, he appreciates the enterprise OF agents
and his own dread RESPONSIBILITIES
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
Mrs. Darlington says

Don't take any of the quack rostrums, as
they are regimental to the human cistern,
but put your trust in Hop Bitters, which
will cure general dilapidation, costive habits
and all comic diseases. They saved Isaac
from a severe extract of tripod fever. They
are the ne plus unum of medicines.-Boston
Globe
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05

A woman in Elnira sent a "three-cent
stamp for twenty five useful articles" and
received twenty-five points Of useful infor-
nation, one Of which Is that advertisers sre
not apt to give q fortune for three-cent
stamp.-Boston Courier.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05

cradle, often leading To inssnitv and death. u
strengthens the Nerves Brain, (InemoryI 5.OOd,
Muscles, Digestion and Recuperative Organs. 1t
restores to sl the organic functions Jheir former
vigor and vitality. making life cheerful ald en-.
joyable. Price. s. a bottle, four times the
quantity for $40. Sent by express, secure rom
observation, TO any address. on receipt O. price.
No c. o. d. sent. except on receipt OF 81 IS gusr-
au;ee. Letters requesting answers must 5nciose
stamp. ENGLISH MEDICAL INSTITUTE.
us Olive St. st. Louis. 40.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05

The very best family medicine is Wrights
Indian Vegetable Pills, which cleanse the
bowels, purify the blood, and establish
healthy action in the liver.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY

Eevsr fails 70 cure Nerv
ions Debility, Vital Ex
lhsuS ion. Emissions
Seminal Wea knees E.OS1
MANHOOD, snd a.lths
Ieyii effects of youthiP
lfOllies and excuses. e
stops permanently a
weakening, involg-tsI
Hoses and drains upU
The system the inegiiabs
result of these eyli Dist
.tices. (which are - dt
sstTuciive 10 mind enc
body and make life mis-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05

ss,rksn stay 81 hc-a-, ny heart, and resS.
The bird is saisSt in it's nest,
Der all that fiu.t0- their wings and 81
hawk Is hOzeTins In the sky"
-LonRfSIiow
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
DR.. C. w. BENSON.
OF BaltimOre, Md. ,

OF Ba1t1m ore, Md,
In the course ofhis practice discovered what now
are renowned in medical practice, viz: com.
bination of Celery and Chamomile in the shape Of
Pills. They are used by the profession at large
and constantly recommended by them.
IL is not patent medicine. Ii is the result oil
his own experience In practice. They are sure
cure for the following special diseases, and are
worthy of TRIAL by all intelligent sufferers They
are prepared expressly to cure sick headache
nervous headache, oyspepuc headache. neuralgia
paralysis, sleepleSsness, dyspepsia and nervous
ness, and will cure any case. The Doctors great
remedy for Skin Disease, called DIR. Benson's Skin
Cure, is exceedingly valuable and greatly sought
after By persons who have skin diseases or bad
complexion. An excellent toilet dressing.
Sold by all druggists. Price, 90 cents box
Depot. 100 NOrta Eutaw street, Baltimore, Nd
By mali, two boxes Tor g. or six boxes for 81 50
TO any address.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
HARRIS REMEDY ca. s. HI Lexis

EfzS'7zz q h'fg Caeuii,is srd Sole Prop's Of
ka@@ ~ PROF HlfFi5 PssTnlE REMEDY
EA sd fcuEr Hsa 1ud cihers W. -urer
V1. -sf3s from Nervous and Phys.-1s Detil-
49, y1s go ity, freraIurc ENhazs.ic1 and
NtbFtf} 20. their many socuF c1re. -elcee,
- are quickly sui rcdiealF cared.
The kcraedy Is put - IN hc-e1 Ne Casting a.
Me- enolsh % elect cure unless In cases. g.
Casting three oahs Sent mail il plain rr.nuers
Directions Tor tnE afrnarars each Box Parnfls, fcri
bling this cisease Gao rad q sa,ci
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05

Everyone should try Kings Twenty-Five
Cent Bitters. Sold by all druggists.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-05
THE HONE.

Z is not dvubtsl shst me- have y horne IN that
rssos Were esch ono hcs stabisbsd his hearth and
sss xoEs q his possos ora I'D fortunes; whence ne
vi depart II n ching CALI him away; whence II
hss departed Re seems % be wanderer, and ~ he
fttrrns he oesss % Tsndor.-Defnitic from Civil
bnw
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EItCtlOttI dHtI .aIIsfI9 IlOslI OHonlIs-s.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-03-17

HzN r# "a xYs business now before the public
EYu az d You can make money faster NJ
EX Ers "a n work for us than at anything
HGN "a n else. Capital not needed. We
10 ktn HSp u will starr you. $40 ~ day and up
wards made at home BY The In
dustrious Men, women, boys and girls wanted
everywhere 10 work for Now Is the time. You
work in spare time only or giyo your whole time
to tie business. You can live at home and do the
work. No other business will pny YOU nearly as
well. No one can fail 10 make enormous pay by en-
gagng at once. Costly outfit and terms free. Money
made fast, easily aud honOrably. 4
Address TRuE & Co., Augusta, Maine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-03-17
. Consul Turner.

The Telegraph announces that
Hon. josiah Turner, of this city, has
been appointed Consul at Amhetst-
burg, Canada. This is an appoint
ment eminently fit to be made.
Judge Turner for twenty.four years
has been one of the bright lights Of
the Judiciary of Michigan, and has
left behind him a record pure and
spotless. In all the years since the
Republican party was organized he
has been true as steel to its princi-
piles, its policy and its representative
men. That paying honors have
fallen on such man, we are more
than pleased to record.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-03-17
What Nextg

Those who give little or no special
attention to public affairs will be,
not little surprised, at the announce
ment that the Senate Committee on
Commerce have agreed to report a
bill which will practically make the
United States financially responsible
for Captain Eads's scheme tor build
ing ship railroad across the Isthmus
of Panama. When, however, we
learn that that committee is made up
of four Republicans and four Demo
Gratis land that two Of the Republicans
are Messrs. Jones of Nevada and
kellogg of Louisiana, and three Of
the Democrats are Messrs. Coke Of
Texas, Farley of California and Vest
of Missouri, we do not think there
can be much room for surprise
Then again we may reasonably sup.
pose that such Republican, as we all
know Senator Conger to be, and
such a Democrat as Mr.. Ransom of
North Carolina is reported to be, and
who are Of this committee, will op-
pose this scheme to make the United
States responsible for the experiment
of building railway which will carry
ships and their cargoes across the
Isthmus. A majority Of the com
mi,tee, however, favor the scheme
and will undoubtedly advocate it
strenuously, yet we cannot believe
that Congress will pass any measure
making the government responsible
in any way or manner for the Eads
scheme. We know the country is
hostile to any policy which has for
its object the expenditure of many
millions, or any lesser sum, in public
works in foreign country: and if
any Senator or Representative thinks
otherwise and makes himself promi-
nent in advocating, the Eads scheme.
he will very soon be given 10 under
stand that he has made a mistake, in
a manner that he cannot misunder.
stand. With questions of such
ptessing Importance as are now be.
fore, it, Congress has no time, which
ought to be devoted to the debate of
propositions to deplete the Treasury
in the interest of any such visionary
scheme as the Eads ship railway
conception.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-03-17
OUR NE " YORK LETTER.
From Our Own Correspondent.
New YORK, MARCH z, 1882.

Oscar Wilde and Patience nave
prevailed the land. Sunhowers
bloom everywhere. Tissue paper in
vitations festoon the stalls of market.
men, and are worn by festive Office
boys in their button holes. Finally,
the courts Of more or less justice
have been invaded, and the some
what varied drama of "1mpatience
was played with force and grace, and
all that sort Of thing. Some benevo-
lent ladies have agitated for some
time the necessity for feminine clerks
being provided with the means OF
occasionally resting their weary
limbs, and an act Of the Legislature
has been passed to compel store
keepers to provide seats. Some do,
some don't. Those who do usually
discharge any girls they catch sitting
down. A committee of the benevo.
lent ladies undertook to teach these
bluebeards a lesson, and there was a
field day in police court. One old
Bunthorne brought $50 rapturous
salesladies with him, all ready to
swear he was the kindest and best of
men. The complaints were with
drawn, as the prosecutors didn't wish
the girls to commit perjury, which
they were one, and all ready to do
rather than lose their miserable pc.
sitions. Do you know, think Turk
ish and Chinese justice would be
preferable to our own in such plain
commonsense questions. A Turkish
cadi would have summarily treated
Bunthorne and his brethren to the
bastinado, and driven some compass
sion for the souls of their overdriven
slaves through the soles of their feet.
Now the audacious round.the stump
devil-beaters DEFY the law and chuckle.
1t is pleasing to note the constant
improvement caused by keen com
petition in our American magazines.
They all keep on getting better and
better with every issue, and among
the foremost is that old favorite pub
LEGATION of the city of Brotherly Love,
Lippincotts's. 1t has character of
its own Of the highest standard. By
the way, that is the rank deservedly
claimed for the Worcester's Diction-
airy, issued by the same publishers.
1t has maintained a rigid consistency
from its first edition. The other
dictionary which once varied SO
radically under the supposed idea
that to mutilate the English Ian
guage according TO the unlearned
vagaries of Il country 'schoolmaster,
who didn't know any other language
and didn't know lis own, was TO
Americanize it,whiclf made it popular
with cheap patriots" has been
obliged TO return to English in a wav
that, as has often been said, must
make old Noah Webster uncommonly
restless in his grave, but it retains
enough Websterese to render it an
unreliable guide. The Worcester
has the fullest attainable vocabulary
and mass of cyelopedic information
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-03-17

The House of representatives on
Tuesday passed precisely as it came
from the Senate, by vote of 100 to
~, the Senate Anti-Polygamy bill.
j is well. we only regret that AZ men
exist in this nation of sufficient stand
ing TO be elecrti 10 Congress who are
not in favor Of stamping out Polyg
amy.
The Boston Journal says 'if Sen
ator Edmunds desires to heed the
voice of New England he will re-
main in the Senate" We think the
people generally have strong faith
that The Senator is admirably adapted
to his present position. and would
deprecatc his being placed on the
Supreme Bench, despite the fact that
he has eminent qualifications for
that position.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-03-17
cHAMcERY SALE.

CHAkCERY SALE.
State of Michigan. the Circuit Court for the
County of Shiawassee, in Chancery:
LEoNIeAs NJ. MARSHALL Complainant.
URSULA PARsHALI.
RANSOM N PARsHALL AND Defendants.
DAVID r. SHAW,
NJ Office Is hereby given that In pursuance of
IN decree made by said Court on the
18th day of December, A ID. 1881 shall sell at
Public Vendue to the highest bidder on Monday,
the twenty t2D day Of April, AID. 1882, at
II o'clock In tho forenoon. at the west front door
of the Court House, i'm the City of Corunna, in
said County; the premises described in said de-
cree, viz: Lots numbers five t5l and six l6), In
Block number two (2), of the Village of Perry.
as surveyed by Lyman Mason on the tenth and
eleventh days OF May, 1877. situated OH Section
fifteen I5). ia Town five (5). North Range two ~
East. in the County Of Shiawassee and State
of Michigan.
DATED February s7th, 1899.
LucIUs Il. GOULD
Circuit Court Commissioner for Shiawassee Co,
Michigan.
LYON & FITZPATRICK,
Solicitors for Complainant.