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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-26
ROSCOE CONKLING.
He Writes Warm Tribute to the Memory
of n Colored Man Who Was an Intimate
Special Dispatch to Chicago Tribune.


Friend.
Especial Dispatch to Chicago Tribune.I
CINCINNATI. April 14.-The colored people
of this city tonight had a memorial meet
ing at Melodeon Hall in honor of the late
DR.. Garrett, United States Minister TO Ii
beria Letters were received from Fred
Douglass, Roscoe Conkling and several mem
bers of Congress- and number of promi-
nent colored men. Mr.. Conkling's letter
ran as follows:
No. % NASSAU STREET,
NEW YORK, April g. lSS2
DEAR SJE-I have your letter saying that the
colored citizens of Cincinnati intend holding
memorial services in honor of the late Henry
Highlands Garnet. The occasion will interest me
more deeply than you probably suppose. 1t was
my privilege to know Mr.. Garnett for many
years, and to know him WELL He was my friend,
and was his, and / held him in very high re-
spect and esteem. His unexpected death fell
over me as personal SORROW aud misfortune and
as long as ! live / shall be among HIS mourn
eTs. He was good. sble, manly man-an honor
10 his race and a useful member of society. His
memory deserves to be cherished and honored by
ALL and my heart will be with you and your peO-
pie on the day set for the observsnces-on that
day and every other day. Rest assured that the
eoIored people OF the country have the kindeSt
wishes and respect OF their friend,
Roscoe CoNKLING.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-26
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26.

THE people of New York are TO have =
capitol to cost $40, 0O0, 600. 1t Will bea moau
ment of iron, wood and steal.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-26
Read FALSE AND TRUE.
TO THE PUBLIC:

There can be no better guarantee OF the virtue OF
Dr. Railways ole estshfshed R. r. Remedies than
the base and worthless limitations of them as they
are False ReHolvents, Relief and Pills Beslre ana
ask for Railways, and see that the name Rad
ray Is on wbe you buy.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-26
For Congress.
Ixichiran Crg Disnatch. !

Hon. Wax f. English is likely to be the
Democratic nominee for Congress in the
Seventh District. No better choice can be
made; ne is active, forainy and enthusiastic;
he carried Shelbg and Marion when odds
were largely against him. A large number
of his earnest friends throughout the State
will welcome his return to politics.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-26
A GRATEFUL RECOGNITION.

10 cure chronic OF long-standing disease IN
tfuly Victory Ia the healing art; that reasoning
power tnat clearly diEcerns defect and supplies 4
remedy; that restores step by step-by degrees
me BODY which has been slowly attacked ana
weakened by an inSidious disease not only COM
manos our respect but deserves our grtstiude,
Dr. Railway has furnished mankind with thai
vondertul remedy, Railways SsrsaparfIlian Re-
SAvent, which sccomplishes this result ard suf-
Ierlng humanity, who drag out an existence Of
pSln anu disease, through long DAYS and Jonr
nights, owe him their gTstit1de.''- Medical Kef.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-26
HEALTH Is WEALTH.
Health Of Body is Wealth Of Mind.
RAILWAYS
.SaTsaPaII|Ian Res0|VeR4

Pure blood makes sound flesh, strong bone an
clear skin. II you would have your flesh arn
your bones sound, without carries and your con
solvent. -
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-26
[Eort Wayne sentiael..l

Hon. David .Turpie aspires to the position
e9f Attorney General of Indiana. Politically
there is no man in the Democratic party
better entitled to recognition and the posi-
ton he seeks thau is Mr.. Turpie. and pro-
fessionallg' he would do homer to and ele-
waite to its proper sphere the office of At
toKney General
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-22
Negro Superstition.
[From the Youths Companion. ]

During the civil war in this country,
while a company of soldiers was en-
camped in eastern Tennessee, a revolver
was stolen from the cabin of the captain.
The thief was supposed to be one of
three negroes who waited on the officers
After fruitiess investigation, an old
man whom the soldiers called "Zeb :"
said he thought he could discover the
rogue, if the captain would allow him to
use such measures as he thought best.
Permission was granted, and the fol-
lowing evening the three negroes were
brought together in the captains cabin.
Zeb soon came in, with large camp
kettle and an old rooster. He placed
the rooster on the table, and over it set
the camp kettle, upside down. He then
gave the negroes a little talk, and told
them that they must march three times
around the table, and touch the kettle
the third time they went round it. Then
If the thief was among them anu touched
the kettle, the rooster would crow.
The light were put out, and Zeb
marched the negroes round with as little
noise as possible in the darkness. On
the third round he ordered them to touch
the kettle Then suddenly marching
them to corner, he reighted the lamp,
saying at the same time,-
"Well, the old rooster has not crowed,
but now I want each of you to show
your hands"
On the hands of two of the negroes
SCOT was seen, but not particle on the
hands of the third.
''Here is the rogue p exclaimed Zeb,
laying hold of the sootless negro. elf
he'd touched that kettle the old rooster
would have crowed, sure.
I. Old Zeb showed by his lying that he
had as little principle as the thief, but
the negro had been caught by his super
stition, which prevented him from touch
ing the kettle, and he confessed the theft
and restored the revolver.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-22
A Legend of Dryburgh Abbey.
[From the New York Times.1

According to local tradition the dun
geons are now occupied by number of
ghosts of more or less celebrity, in ad-
diion to the world renowned White
Maid of Avenel and Smaylho'me's
Lady Gay" made famous by Scott in
"The Eve of st. John" These super
natural personages, as was assured by
q neighboring peasant, have even now a
disagreeable habit of appearing to NOR
tails who venture into their abode at I'M
seemly hours. The man evidently meant
what he said, for he refused $28 which
were offered to him to act as a guide
through the vaults, saying:
"Na, ia, an I think'ee. The shilIins
be all vera weel, but there be spirits
about this place o evenens."
Have you ever seen any of them ?"
asked, and he replied:
"Na, surely, but [ ken them that
has," and then walked briskly away from
the haunted spot.
Subsequently I was told the pathetic
and thoroughly reliable story, which has
doubtless done much to create and keep
alive local superstition in regard to the
ghosts of the abbey. It was substantial
~ as follows:
Shortly after the last effort and failure
of the followers of the Stuarts to regain
the throne, a young woman, described
as beautiful and well spoken, went to
live IN one'of the Dryburgh dungeons.
During the day she never left the vault,
which was at that time comparatively
well preserved and completely shut out
from the sunlight. Sometimes at night,
however, she would leave her wretched
den and seek from kindly disposed
people near by food sufficient to keep
her alive. From these excursions she
invariably returned to the vault at mid
night, saying to those who from good
ness of heart might wish to detain her,
that as the clock struck II in the night
she was obliged to meet spirit whom
she called Fatlips, and described as a lit
tie old man who wore heavy iron shoes
and put her home in order while she was
absent. Why she adopted this mode of
life she would never explain, but she
had taken VOW never to see the sun till
her loyer returned from the wars. He
never returned, and she died in her sun
less dungeon. To this DAY the Ignorant
country people about fully believe that
the vault is haunted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-22
In the MaIstrom,

A Scandinavian emigrant gives the
following account of tragedy in the
famous Lofoden Maelstrom, his rustic
patois of the fiords doubtless being "lost
in the free translation of a Toronto re-
porter: ga few yesrs ago, on a delight
full j. ly evening, saw body Of Goldfish
rise by the edge of the whirlpool's outer
circles, and Immediately after the goldfish
had arisen whale arose among them and
spouted. The column of spray blown up
like a geyser attracted the attention of
small fishing boat less than half a
mile distant, and knowing that where the
whale blew there was cod, they pulled
toward the spot. In the boat was pretty
old man and his son, lad of about six
teen. They had just come for the first
time out to the Lofodens. and now pulled
carelessly inside the circle. The boat
began to move slowly round, but they
went on fishing, unmindful of the mo-
ton. But the movement increased, as
every moment the circle grew smaller
and the swirl moved faster. At length
the truth dawned. upon the luckless old
man and the boy. A faint scream of ter
ror from the lad came over the water:
they grasped their oars and pulled with
desperation. But they We're in the
meshes. Itseemed as If some fiend were
dragging them to the devouring vortex.
For time they held their own against
the centerward force, but only for a
while: The old mans strokes became
less steady, and so did the lads. The
latter again rallied, and was pulling with
the desperation of despair, when his oar
unshipped and fell lover. In a moment if
was carried away. Then the two set up
a wild, piercing cry, put their hands up.
praying to God for mercy-they could
not expect dellverance. In minute OF
two it was all over. The boat was
whirled round and round, then her stern
was seen to rise in the air, then with all
she contained she disappeared forever. "
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-22
THE OLD pROMPTER'S STORY.

The prompter is regarded as the rope
dancers pole CT the old player. He is
the scape-goat. This speaks in his ex-
terror; there is no trace of self-conscious-
ness. Generally lean, fitted for his
tritling salary, simply dressed, he seems
to bear everywhere, a heavy sense of his
supercilious company. An icy calm
marks him.. Speaking with suppressed
voice, no drama is for him so enchant-
ing that he ever forgets himself. Almost
monotonous, cold, with scarcely any ac-
cent, the words glide from his lips. If
revenge, If love, always the same sing,
yet uninteligible. The true actor knows
how to prize art, but accustoms himself
to it so that it is strange to him If the
prompter once forgets to be machine.
I was playing in large provincial
town a round Of star parts. I played
the Marquis Rosa, in '' Don Carlos, %
and found an exception to the rule, a
sentimental prompter. Frederick Cans
had prompted me as Hamlet and Uriel
Acosta, and I had observed nothing
peculiar about him. Quietly, intelligent
ly, not too loud, not growing in his
beard, he had carried on his business
In the first scene of the Spanish play he
remained cold and faithful to duty. Then
comes the tale which Rosa tells the
Queen. I was not surprised that the
prompter wholly ceased whispering, for
what actor of Rosa does not know by
heart the conversation of the two noble
houses in Mirandola At rehearsal [
had even skipped it. But was amazed
when, as L told how the unfortunate
Ferdinand flies up the steps and sudden
ly finds himself at the wedding feast of
his uncle, and the bride once his own,
there abounded genuine sobbing from
the prompter's box, ] glanced thither.
There sat Frederick Cans crying aloud
in his blue cotton handkerchief.
Was that triumph of MY art, or did
I here meet what that actor In Berlin
experienced, over whose Franz Moor the
prompter shed hot tears, not from trans
port but from pity for the fine role?
had to collect all my powers to end the
speech. l was occupied the whole
evening with the behavior of the
prompter at that story, though in the
rest of the play he prompted even fault
lessly. spoke Of the unusual circum
stance to the leader, and the manager.
81 had forgotten, . said the manager
90 to call your attention to the peculiar
ity of my prompter. He is otherwise
excellent only it is impossible for him tt
read or here that speech without emo
tion."
"There must be reason for it, "
said.
"That is the case, although one car
not get from him the particulars,
answered the leader. "The report goes
that the story hits him, and that haf
given him the nickname of Don Carlos
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-22

Without waiting for an answer, she
hustened across the street. In fifteen
minutes l galloped to my native town
with no presentment of what awaited me
there. In January it is dark early; and
much as / hurried, the darkness. was
earlier than I. I stopped the over-driven
horse before my fathers house, whose,
whose windows had shone towards me
from afar,
".'What is going on there ?'I cried to
spectator
":Ah you are Fritz And you don't
know that your father marries to-day?'
came the answer OF an old school-fellow.
my father?
Certainly; the pastor has already
finished the ceremony. But you are In
time for the feast.
"'My father marries, and I, his only
son, first know it when III moment
I had dismounted and fastened into
the house. With oppressed breast I
flew upstairs and entered the wedding
hall. There stood my father the smiling
bridegroom; there sat the pale bride;
there sat my-his-E Emile in her bridal
dress.
GAS saw the head of Medusa, as it
the fate of Lots wife had been mine,
stood there without motion. At last /
recovered myself. 1 went up to them.
Emile shrieked and fell in deep swoon.
But my father sprang before me, and,
raging, showed me the street. / did not
hear his words, but [ saw his violent
gestures. An indescribable fury seized
me toward the ro5ber of my happiness,
toward him who called me dead to reach
his aim, to win my Emile. If charitable
hands had not brought me out of the
house I should have murdered my
father
"My anger cooled after I no more be-
held him. I quilted the place. The
old life was distasteful to me, SO I quit
my trade and went among actors. Now
/ was not born for the boards, therefore
L am in the prompter's box"
There was pause, we walked silently
side by side. The house in which the
prompter lived stood before us. The
old man stopped and looked in my face
he was no longer grotesque to NE.
"You have not laughed at my story
You will pardon me for almost discon-
certing you on the stage this evening,
but at the tale in Don Carlos the past
comes only too plainly before me-"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-22

Not only an accomplished tiller of the
soil, but also an excellent mechanic, O.
fair harnessmaker, member of shoes, a
tolerable carpenter, pretty good black
smith or machinist, and also q wide
awake, thorough judge and breeder of
stock, knowing and caring for their all
ments-not only horses and cattle, but
sheep, hogs, poultry, or anything that
money can be made out of. With all
this he should be a civil engineer. ac-
quainted with levels, and hydraulics,
and repairs of pumps, and if, in addition
to these requirements he understands
laying stone and brick, and putting on
plastering, as we'll as mixing and apply
ing paints, he will find plenty to do, to
say nothing of what he ought to know
about grain and milling it.
WIEN buying fertilizers, see that the
percentage of the different valuable ele-
ments they contain is given in plain
English, and then order those brands
which figure up the greatest value for
the price asked. Always remember to
allow for freight charges. Between
several of the well-known fertilizers in
market it may often be advisable to Sc
lect the brand which can be freighted at
the lowest cost. a farmer living so near
bone mill, fish scrape factory, or abat-
toir, that he can team the pr ducts di-
rect to his land, ought to raise good crops
on all the land he cultivates. In pur-
chasing cattle foods, too, study should
be made of the matter of feeding, so
that just those foods most needed by the
stock shall be secured, not forgetting
that there is manurial aswell as feed
ing value to the cattle foods.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-22
CULINARY GEMS.
MARLBOROUGH PIE.

MARLBOROUGH PIE.
Crate six apples, one cup sugar, three
tablespoons melted butter, four eggs,
juice and grated rind of lemon, two Ia
blespoons brandy or wine, if you choose.
Bake in an under, but without top crust.
DRIED APPLE-PIE.
Wash the apples and soak over night;
then stew till soft; mash and sweeten
well. Flavor with nutmeg, cinnamon or
lemon, as preferred. Place between two
crusts and bake. Dried peaches are
nice prepared in this way, leaving out
the seasoning.
EGGS WITH CHEESE.
Four ounces Of grated cheese, butter
size of nut, a little nutmeg, parsley
and challot chopped, half q glass of
white wine. Stir it constantly near a
slow fire until the cheese is melted,
break up six eggs and stir in, cooking
gently over slow fire. Serve on a
platter garnished with fried bread.
POTTED HAM.
Take lean and very tender boiled ham,
chop it fine and beat to paste in NOR
tar-an old fashioned wooden one is
recommended for the purpose-adding
butter, if needed, to make the particles
stick together, and little mixed mus
tard, If desired. This is excellent for
travellers lunches, and so "handy to have
ia the house."
BEEF LOAF.
Chop two pounds of beef and three
large slices of salt pork fine; add four
well beaten eggs, half cup of butter,
n hn Ia ~ 1OnF oe 4
season with salt, pepper and spices if
you like. Form into loaf, cover with
cracker crumbs, and bake an hour and a
half. IF it does not does not stay in
good shape, add rolled cracker crumbs
until it will.
CREAM OF BARLEY SOUP.
A teacupful of barley we'll wished;
three pints of chicken stock, an onion
and a small piece of mace and cinnamon.
Cook. slowly together five hours; then
rub through a sieve, and add one-and-a-
half pints of boiling cream or milk. If
milk, add also two tablespoonful of
butter. Salt and pepper to taste. The
yolks of four eggs, beaten with four
tablespoonful of milk and cooked a
minute in the boiling milk or cream,
makes the soup very much richer.
ORANGE CUSTARDs.
Soak two cups of stale bread in pint
of cold milk; when it is soft beat it
smooth, add the grated rind and juice of
the oranges, the yolks Of three raw eggs,
and sugar sufficient to make the mixture
palatable. The quantity will, of course,
depend upon the flavor of the oranges.
Have ready six buttered cups set in a
dripping pan half full of hot water; then
boat the whites of three eggs to stiff
froth, mix them lightly with the other
ingredients, put the mixture into the
cups, and bake the custards about 90
minutes in moderate oven. They will
be done as soon as the egg is FIRM
Juliet CorSOH.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-22
UPON MY WORD SHE dbl
BY MARGARET EYTINGR.

Her hair ,oGs black. 60 But black,D she sighed.
els very much too cold;"
And so she bleached her locks until
They looked almost like gold.
A simple satin robe she wore,
Which closely to her chung
Tin fact it was extremely scant),
And from her belt lily pale
And four sunfowers hung
-Four Dig sunfowers hung
She would not touch a bit of meat,
But oft she'd sit and weep,
To think the broiled chops were once
Part of baby sheep.
"And oh J" she'd moan "these scared ste AXIS
So full of gravy now"
(This slight mistake 1 Think
'fOnce wandered o'er the fields and meads
Attached to a COW
A gentle browsing COW.
She was the most poetic thing;
She wouldn't harm fly:
"Its life is short at best, ," she'd Say
"Oh, pray don't make it diei"
The very cat for catching mice
In fearful voice she child,
And then at last she married
(And seemed quite glad to get him, too
butcher: yes, she did
Upon my word she did,
-Harper's Magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-22

Wash the apples and soak over night;
then stew till soft; mash and sweeten
we'll. Flavor with nutmeg, cinnamon or
lemon, as preferred. Place between two
crusts and bake. Dried peaches are
nice prepared in this way, leaving out
the seasoning.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-01-03
Two Oyersights.

One of the stall-keepers at the Cen
trail Market had-a basket of vegetables
20 go to n house on Fort street east,
aud calling 10 a Whitewater. who was
hanging round for a job, he said to him:
Here. old man, take this basket to
No. - Fort street, and | will give you
a watermelon"
The. colorel brother closed his bar
gain at once, and upon his return, after
a suspiciously brief absence, the man
m ha42dsd h'r' pSraSsm iiySd y You 3 melon. F an@
here it is" lie said, as he cLpped the
halves together.
But dat mellyon haint ripe, boss"
Cant help that. l didn't specify
that l would give you a ripe one"
Oats so. bass, but didn't specify
what time dis summer | should tote dat
basket up dar, either, an 1 kinder
reckoned dat it was best TO leave it in
q lumber yard till | saw dc size and
color of de mellyon! Pears Ike haint
much behind in dis trade"
He had a ripe melon under his arm
as he started off Il finish his GRAND
Detroit Free Press.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-01-03

Auain, milk is q food which should
not be taken in copious draughIs like
beer or other fluids which differ from
1t chemically. If we consider the use
of milk in infancy, the physiologicu.
ingestion. that is, of it, we find that the
sucking babe imbibes little the natural
food provided for it. Each small
mouthful is secured by eff rt, and
slowly presented to the gastric mucous
surface for the primal digestive stages.
1t is thus regularly and gradually re-
duced to curd, and the stomach is not
oppressed with a lump OF half-coagu-
lated milk. The same principle should
be regarded in the case of the adult
Milk should be slowly taken in mouth
fuls, at short intervals. and thus it Is
rightly dealt with by the gastric juice.
If milk be taken after other food it is
almost sure to burden the stomach and
10 cause discomfort and prolonged in
di estion, and this for the obvious rea-
son that there is insufficient digestive
agency 70 dispose of it And the better
tie quality of milk the more severe the
d scomforts will be under these cOndi-
{ ons. Milk is in-Uiicirntly used in
making simple puddings of such fari-
nqreous food as rice. tipioca and sa ..
Distaste for these is engendercd very
often, | believe, because the milk is
stin,ed in making them, or poor. skim
mel milk Is used. Abundance Of new
milk should be employed, and more
milk or cream should be added when
they are taken. In Scottish households
this matter is well understood, and \
distinct pudding-plnte, like n small
snup-plato is used for this course. The
dry masses commonly served rs milky
buildings in England are exactly fitted
to create disgust for what SHOULD be q
most excellent and delicious part of a
wholesome dinner for both children
and adults. -Topuidr Science Monthly.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-01-03


THERE was a private view Saturday
of the London Grosvener Galleries
winter exhibition; consisting partly of
water colors by various artists, but
mainly of paintings by G. f. Watts,
comprising over two hundred works in
various styles. These subjects repre-
sented fully and nobly, forty years of
the artists life. Most admirable are
Watts portraits, which are treated
with the refinement and poetic insight
peculiar to him. They include those of
Tennysen, Browning, ~Swinburn, Glad
stone, the Duke of Argyle, Robert
Lowe, John Stuart Mill, Miss Martin
eau, Leslie Stephen, Lords Lyndhurst
and Shaftesbury, Joachem and Carlyle.
There was a private royal academy
exhibition also, of old masters.