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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-02-22
Valentines.

Florence B. Hallowell in Golden Days.l
A very small proportion of those who
yearly mail valentines are aware of the
fact that the custom Is confined wholly to
America and England, and that there ex-
lists in the calendar Of the Roman Church a
st. Valentine. There is no incident touch
ing the career of this saint to account for
the custom Of sending valentines, but writ
ers offer various explanations
One is that the saint was famous for his
love and charity; another, that the birds
were supposed TO select their mates on this
day; and another, that the practice was
prevalent in ancient Rome about this time.
However little or much the saint may
have had to do with the establishment of
the custom, it is fact that hundreds of
years ago our English ancestors used to as
semble on the eve of St. Valentines Day,
put the names of al the young maidens
promiscuously in q box, and let each bache-
lor draw one out.
The damsel whose name fell to his lot
became his valentine for the rest of the
year.
He wore her name in his bosom, or on his
sleeve, and it was his duty to attend and pro-
tect her.
As late as the fifteenth and sixteenth GEN.
turtles. this custom was very popular, even
among the upper classes.
There were various other customs, too, of
like character, and many absurd charms
for foretellIng the future husband or wife,
Children take much pleasure in sending
to each other pretty little tokens on st.
Valentines Day, and in anticipating the re-
ceipt of them; and they receive more graft
fcation from the observance of the custom
than do their elders who attach little i'm
portance to it.
Modern valentines are very pretty things,
and they are growing prettier every year,
since large business houses spare neither
money nor skill in their preparation, often
paying large salaries to special workmen,
and large sums for special and novel de-
signs.
The boy or girl who receives dainty
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vaccinated on the Tongue.

About week ago man stepped into the
Office of well-known physician and seating
himself at the table engaged in converse
ton. On the table were laying number OF
vaccine points. which the visitor mistook
for toothpicks. and taking up one began
operating it among his molars. The physi-
clan didn't notice what the man was doing
for some minutes. and his attention was
only called to the fact by the visitor pune
turing his tongue with one of the points,
causing it to bleed slightly. The doctor gave
the matter prompt attention, washed the
mans mouth with alcohol and used prevent
ives of various kinds, but. alas, to no pur-
pose The vaccination took" and the man
today wears his tongue on the outside of his
mouth.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-02-22
Who Suggested the Telescope.
lSt. Nicholas

Some of the most important discoveries
have been made accidently; aud it has hap
pened to more than one inventor, who had
long been searching after some new COM
bination or material for carrying out q pet
idea. to hit upon the right thing at least by
mere chance. A lucky instance of this
kind was the discovery of the principle of
the telescope
Nearly three hundred years ago, there
was living in the town of Middeiburg, on
the island of Walcheren, in the Neither
lands, poor epticIan named Hans Upper
sheim. One day, in the year 1908. he was
working in his shop, his children helping
him in various small ways, or romping
about and amusing themselves with the
tools and objects lying on his work bench,
when suddenly his little girl exclaimed:
"Oh, papal See how near the steeple
comesp'
Half startled by this announcement, the
honest Hans looked up from his work, Curl
Gus to know the cause of the child's amaze
ment. Turning toward her, he saw that she
was looking through two lenses, one held
close to her eve, and the other at arms
length; and, calling his daughter to his side,
he noticed that the eye lens was plano con-
cave Tor fat on one side and followed out on
the other), while the one held at distance
was plano convex Tor fat on one side and
bullying ON the other). Then, taking the
two glasses. he repeated his daughters ex-
pertinent, and soon discovered that she had
CHANGED to. hold the lenses apart at their eX-
act focus, and this had produced the won
derful effect that she mad observed. His
quick wit and skilled invention saw in this
accident a wonderful discovery. He i'm
mediately set about making use of his new
knowledge of lenses, and ere long he had
fashioned tube of paste-board, in which ne
set the glasses at their exact focus.
This rough tube was the germ of that
great instrument the telescope, to which
modern science owes so much. And it WAS
on October %, 160S. that Lippersheim sent
to his government three telescopes made by
himself, calling them instruments by means
of which to see at a distance"
Net long afterward another man, Jacob
Adriansz, or Metius, of Alkmaar, a town
about twenty miles from Amsterdam,
claimed to have discovered the principles of
the telescope two years earlier than Hans
Lippersheim; and it is generally acknowl-
edged that to one of these two men belongs
the honor of inventing the instrument.
But it seems certain that Hans Lippersheim
had never known or heard of the discovery
made by Adriansz, and SO, if Adriansz had
not lived we still should owe to Hans Lip
persheim's quick vita his little daughters
lucky meddling, one of the most wonderful
and valuable of human inventions.
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C,PEcIAL MEETING or srocKHoLpERs

CPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
= To the stockholders of the indianapolis, De-
catuT and Springfield Railway Company:
Notice is herebg given that n Special Meeting of
Stockholders and voting Bond holders Of this Com
pany will be held at the Company's Office in the
City of indianapolis, Ind, on Thursday. the sd
of February. 1852. at u O'Clock noon. for the pur-
pose of ratiying the action Of the Board of Direc-
Tors in the execution OF contract between this
Company and the Indiana. Bloomington and
Western Railway Company. providing for the
future operation eff the Railroad of this Company,
and for other imposes.
Transfer Books viii close December 70, 1881, a7d
reopen February p. 1852.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
A. DUPRAT. Secretary
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a lebanon lIll.l special Of the lsth says

a Lebanon (IlI.) special OF the 1sth says:
Constable Davis who left his wife aud ran away
with another woman some time ago, returned
Saturday night. Indignant at his conduct, a
number OF citizens prepared 10 punish him. A
rail was prepared, and, coal tar not being pro-
durable two gallons OF molasses were purchased.
Davis secured, and the fun began. Davis. sneared
all over with molasses was astride of the raft
and paraded through the streets, the crowd jeer-
ing and hooting like Camanche Indians Davis
was finally released. aud notified that If he Ie-
manned over Sunday the treatment would be re-
newed The latest intelligence is TO the effect
that Davis still remains and threatens to prose-
cute the crowd. The boys, meantime, have pro-
cured coal lar and renewal of the matinee
with tar and feather Accomplishments Is hourly
expected
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dence, uud den vent back on me. Won day,
vile vas riding de mule along de road, he
stopped we're dere vas brier patch NIT a
wasp nest in it. hits him NIT de spurs to
make him go away, but he Won't. Vat
does be do? He vinks couple of times
with his ears, kicks up his heels, und / find
myself in de brier patch mid de vasps all
ofsr me- Dat vas de way NIT woman,
Herman, und you better had keep away.
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Fees of Doctors.

The fee of doctors is an item that very
many persons are interested in just at pres
emit We believe the schedule for visits is
50 90. which would tax man confined to
his bed for q year, and in need of a daily
visit, over 81, 900 a year for medical attend
ance alonel And one single bottle of Hop
Bitters taken in time would save the 81, 900
and all the years sickness.-Posr.
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TABLE GOSSIP.

Would you tell lies to cheat the people? mol
I'm plain man, aud tell you plainly mol
But If YOU will tell lies. cut broad slice
With free hand, and don't be over-nicei
-GnFTHF
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wArERvILLE. lie sueur Coz.

WATERvILLE, lie Sueur COu-ty, Nina.
My wife was troubled with DysTe psia ana other
Irregularities for some time, but the use Of Or
Clark Johnson's Indian Blood Syrup relieved Ter
Il. ROBINS.
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Agents wanted for the sale of the Indian BLOOD
Syrup in every town or village in which L have
no Agent. Particulars given on application.
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DRUGGISTS SELL II

Laboratory u Vest Sd st.. New York
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HANNA STATION, Lsporte County. Ind.
] used DR.. Clark JOhnsons Indian Blood SyruS
for Dropsica Affection, and it eifeciUslly relieved
me. s. -URTCH,
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"fhes stay at home, my heart, and rest.
TIE bird IL safest in its nest;
Der ell that hutter their wings and ny
A hawk II lowering in the sky"
-Loncfellow,
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HANNA STATION, Laporte County. Ind
I tried DIR. Clark Johnson's Indian Blood SyruI
Tor Pain in the Back. and Neuralgia, and il a.
forded me instant relief regard IL as a vslusbls
remedy. JOSEPH flick.
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THE HOME.

II II not dyubted that men have . home In that
place where each has established his hearth and
ne Of his possessions and fortunes; whence he
VII net depart, nothing calls him away; whence II
- has departed be to be vanderer, and II he
esturns he ceases to wander.-Dennition from OWL
Law.
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FoRr WAYNE. Allen County. Id.

fair trial of DR.. Clark Johnson's Indian BlooS
Syrup cured me of Scrofula, when all other med
ieines failed. have also found it q valuabl.
remedy for Kidney disease.
HENRY KLEINMILLER,
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BESHAN STORE Adams County. Ind.
was troubled great deal with Dyspepsia unc
used DR.. Clark Johnson's Indian Blood Syrup
which relieved me. JOHN BENHAN
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81 VeSey Street. New York City.
For sale by WALLING d CO., Wholesale Drug
gists
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
Of warriors.

Alter the Ashantee war, Sir Garnet
Wolseley received some additional
letters to his name and a parliament.
airy grant of $l25, 600. He is now a
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of
the Bath, so that nothing remaiLs to
be awarded to him in the way of adj
dltional honor save a peerage. This,
II given, will have to be accompanied
by a large grant of money and a pen.
sion if the dignity is to be sustained
In the name additionally deemed
BETTING, and all the more so in view
of the Queens well known dislike to
creating q poor mar a peer. Yelling
ington,s patrimOny was probably at
most $4,000, but he received grants
OF $780, 900 from Parliament. Nelson
began life poorer still, and the grants
that he and his family received
amounted in qll to about one fourth
OF those given to Wellington. Several
OF the other naval and military peers
OF lesser fame than these, but never
theless Of very high distinction, re.
ceived pensions for themselves and
two successors; others-as in the case
Of Lord Exmouth, the hero of Algiers,
perpetual pensions. 1t is not likely
that such grants as those made to
Wellington will never be made again.
The last military peer was Sir VIM,
Mansfield, Lord Landhurst. In his
case, too, there was lack of adequate
means to support the dignity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
Fnst Indinn Adrentnre.

l retired TO my tent one evening
greatly iatigued, and during the night
had an adventure which might have
terminated with more loss TO myself
had | slept sounder.
My bed, a low charpoy, or -four
feet" was in D corner OF the tent,
close to a door, and | awoke several
times from a ieyerish doze, fancying |
heard something moving stealthily in
my tent. But | could discover moth
ing, though a cheering, or little In
dian lamp, was burning on the table.
| therefore again wooed the balmy
power and slept.
At length, just as the "irOn tongue
Of midnight" Lad told l2-for | had
looked at my watch but FIVE minutes
before, and replaced it under my pill.
low-l was awakened by a rustling
sound under my head, and half open
ing my eyes, without changing the
position of my body, | saw a hideous
black face within a foot of my own,
and the owner Of this index Of a cut.
throat, or, at least, cutpurse DISPOSE
ti0n, kneeling on the carpet, with one
hand under the pillow, and the other
%graspiDg, not a dagger, but the door.
post.
Still, without moving my body and
with half closed eyes, ! gently stole mJ
right hand to a boar spear, which al
night was always placed between my
bed aud the vail and as soon as | had
clutched it | made a rapid and violent
movement, in order 10 wrench il from
its place aud try the virtue Of its point
upon the intruder's body, but ]
wrenched in vain. Fortunately lol
the robber, my bearer, in placing the
weapon in its usual recess, had forced
the point into the tep Of the tent anc
and the butt into the ground so firmly
that | failed to extract it at the first
effort, and my visitor, alarmed by the
movement, started upon his feet and
rushed through the open door.
i had time 10 SEQ that he was per.
fectly naked, with the exception of q
black blanket twisted round his loins
aud that he had already slowed away
in his clothes my candlesticks and
my dressing case, which latter con.
tanned letters, money and other valu-
ables.
l had leisure also, in that brieI
space, 10 judge from the size Of the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
immigration.

During the month Of August, there
arrived in the customs districts o.
Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Huron
Minnesota, New Orleans, New Ysrk
Passamaquoddy, Philadelphia, and
San Francisco, 1888 passengers-O
whom 43,O76 were immigrants, 7O4l
citizens OF the United States returned
from abroad, and 247O aliens moi
intending to remain in the United
States.
Of this total number of Immigrants
there arrived from England ant
Wales, 6977; Ireland, 3643; Scotland
1912; Austria, 75s; Belgium, 80; Be-
hemia, 236; Denmark. $40; France
6l7; Germany, 1000; Hungary, 32l
Italy, 676; Netherlands, $40; Norway
2O52; Russia, $50; Poland, l52
Sweden, 26Ol; Switzerland, SS7; Do.
minion of Canada, 444l; and from al
other counties, 437,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19


THE true Democrats of Davidson
county met in convention, at Nash.
vile, last Saturday, and made the fol
lowing nominations; For foterial Sen
Ator from Davidson county anC
CheAtham, ThOs. L. Dodd, of David
son; Senator from Davidson, NJ
Burns; Representatives: John j
McCann, Alex. j. Porter, LyttOr
Taylor, Alfred H. Sharpe, J. W
Roscoe. This is said to be an excel
lent ticket, and one almost certain o
election. The nominees are all foi
Bate and the June platform
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19

arm extended 10 my bed, that its
owner was better formed Tor activity
than strength; and by his grizsled
beard, that he was rather old than
young.
l therefore sprang from my bed, and
darting through the purdOr of the in
ner door, seized him by the GUNNER.
bund just as be was passing the outer
entrance. (The tents in India have
double flies; the outer khanaut, or
wall, forming a verandah, Of some four
feet wide, round the interior pavilion).
The fellows blanket, however, gave
way, for he had held il loosely about
him, and before | could recover my.
hold upon him he had made good his
escape through the.outer purdor, but
dropping in his hasty exit the much
esteemed dressing case.
l was so close upon his heels that
the bheel (robber) could not recover
the prize; and jumping over the tent
ropes, which doubtless the rogue cal
culated would trip me up, he a to.
ward the road.
was in such a fury, that forgetting
my bare feet, | gave chase, vociferat-
ing Justify:
Thief thief Choorl choorl"
But | was o brought up by some
sharp stones, just in time to see the
rascal, by the light of the moon,
through the thick foliage overhead,
jump upon one Of my horses, standing
near the road, and dash down the
path at full speed, his black GUNNER.
bund flying in the wind behind him.
What would | not have given for
my double barreled gun at that mo-
ment2 AS he and my beautiful Arab
went gathering along the rocky forest
road, | thought of the black hunts
man Of the Hartz, or the elf king.
Returning to my tent, | solaced my
self by abusing my servants, who we're
just rubbing their eyes and rousing
themselves, and by threatening the
terrified Sepoy sentry with an immedi-
ate court martial.
My trunks at night we're always
placed outside the tent, under the
sentry's eye; the robber, therefore,
must have made his entry on the op-
posite side, and he must have been an
adept in his vocation, as four or five
servants were sleeping between the
khanauts.
The poor wretch did not get much
booty for his trouble, having only Sc
cured a razor, a pot oil pomatum
(which will serve to lubricate his
person for the next exploit, and the
c~andlestick, which, on closer inspec
ton, will prove to him the truth ofthe
axiom that all is not gold that glitters,
nor silver either.
The next morning, on relating my
adventure, | was told | was fortunate
in having escaped cold steel; and
many comforting instances we're cited
Of the robbed being stabbed in at
tempting to secure the robber.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
o DAVIS,
The Huntsville Man Killed IN
Hts Young Wife.
Correspondent Chattanoosa Times.

HUNTSVILLE, September Ia
When | remember that a spirit of
fairness has ever seemed to character.
ize the articles appearing in your
paper, both editorials and eommuni-
cations, and knowing that the article
in your paper of the 18th, in reference
to the unfortunate killing Of Mr..
Davis, did injustice to his memory in
some particulars, and thinking that
one allusion at least, to Mrs. Davis aud
Mrs. Belts, while unmarried, would
not be considered complimentary as
applied to them, / am prompted to
send this communication; and no
doubt your reporter would have been
more guarded in some of his state
ments had he been as long and as
intimetely acquainted with the parties
as II was my pleasure to be.
The reference to the Misses Merri-
wether as "daShing bellies has pro-
yoked some criticism from their
intimate friends, as the young ladies
never aspired to be dashing or society
bellies in the sense that the term is
generally understood-they being
modest, refined. quiet and unassuming
to an unusual degree, and for refine
ment they we're unsurpassed, and for
intellectually unequaled by any young
ladies | ever knew.
The allusiOn to Mr.. Davis as being
a gambler, an opium eater, prohigate
and dlssolute, is not merited by him.
In fact, Mr.. Davis was as surely a
temperate man as Lever knew; never
drinking at all and as to his gambling,
he had not played cards lat least at
huntsville for one and a half or two
years, and not since his marriage; and
as far as his morals and habits are
concerned. in these particulars and
others his conduct was exemplary. |
never heard Of his being addicted to
opium eating, and my belief is he was
not.
His real weaknesses were numerous
enough, and for the sake Of the tender
feelings Of his good mother, who Is
~inconsolable, in justice to good quail
ties which he undoubtedly possessed;
in the name Of truth; as one of his
friends in his lifetime, / refute these
unjust imputations, and ask that no
one be sufficiently unkind to do the
unfortunate dead boy injustice.
Respectfully,
VIM. A. VAUGHAN.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-19
Consolation Even on a Mixed
Train.
Travellers Magazine.
" Wy

Travellers Magazine.
On some of the Western roads they
attach a passenger car to a freight
train and call it mixed" 1t isn't in
the order Of things that such trains
should travel very rapidly, and some
times there is considerable growing
among the traffic"
Are we most there, conductor
asked a nervous man for the ~hundredth
time: Remember, my wife is sick
and I'm anxious"
Wen get there on time" replied
the conductor, stolidly.
Halt an hour later the nervous man
approached him again.
81 guess she's dead now" said he.
m%Ourniully, but I'd give you a little
something extra if you could manage
to catch up with the funeral. Maybe
she wont be so decomposed but what
l would recognize her."
The conductor growled at him and
the man subsidized.
Conductor, said he, after an
hours silence, Conductor, if the
wind isn't dead ahead, | wish You'd
put On some steam. I'd like to see
where my wife is buried before the
tombstone crumbles to pieces Put
yourself in my place for a momentl"
The conductor shook him of. and
the man relapsed into a profound mel
anchOly.
II say, Conductor, said he, after a
long pause, I've got a note coming
due in three months. Cant you fix It
so as to rattle along a little ?"
III you come near me again III
knock you down." snorted the CON
duetOr, s~aVagely.
The nervous nan regarded him
sadly, and went to his seat. Two
hours later the conductor saw him
chatting gaily and laughing heartily
with a brother victim, aud approached
him.
Don't feel SO badly. about your
wife's death ?"
Time heals all wounds" sighed the
nervous man
And you are not 50 particular
about the note?' sneered the conduc
tor.
"Note2 No. That's all right.
Don't worry. I've been figuring M.
and find hal the note has been ont
lawed since l spoke to you lastl"
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The Ouachita County .Oulrare.'
Little Rock Democrat :


AS grist for the Outrage mill" il
was telegraphed from Little Rock that
an outrage on the ballot box was con.
mitted by Democrats in Carroll town.
ship, OUachita county. The facts as
appearing before the 0anvassing Board
are thus set forth by the Camden
Beacon Of the 18th:
The truth is, there was nothing To
count, adjudicate, canvass or throw
out. The whole thing being a sort
OF prodigious blank. The pool book
itself was a mere roll, SO to speak. Of
names Of voters, and didn't contain a
solitary figure, except the numbers
one, two, three, etc, which indicated
the lines. There was not a single
candidates name to be found in thS
lids Of that book-not a certificate
adorned its pages, as emanating from
the judges, and but for the fact thai
the document was labelled, in big let.
ters Poll Book" one could not tell
whether that book was lost by some
Orderly Sergeant during the great Re,
b%ellion, or whether it : a roster d
those who bit the dust at the hands Of
the "Jeems' boys.
The Csnvassing Board not uuder.
standing why these things we're thus
sent out for those judges to come II
and amend that book. They sent. anC
the judges reported, hut when tie,
arrived, were unanimous in the opin'
ion that they bad no amendment 1,
offer aud were unable at the stage %
the proceedings to positively sweal
Just who each mar on that roll o
names did vote for, but we're satisfied
they voted, and voted for a portion
Of those who were candidates. In
word, the judges Of election for thai