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The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-10-07
DEATH AND LIFE.

o Death how sweet the thought
That this worlds strife is ended;
That all we feared and all we sought
Are in one deep sleep ended
No more the anguish of to-day
To wait the darker morrow;
No more stern call TO do or say.
To brood DER 81 and sorrow.
@ Death, hew dear the hope
That through the thickest shade
Beyond the steep and sunless slope
Our treasured store Is laid.
The loved, the mourned, the honored dead,
That lonely path have trod,
And that same path We too must tread,
To be with them and God.
o Life thou art too sweet;
Thou breathst the fragrant breath
OF those whom even the hope to meet
Can cheer the gate of death.
Life is the scene their presence lighted;
Its every hour and place
Is with dear thought of them united,
Irradiate with their grace.
There lie the duties, small and great,
Which we from them inherit;
There spring the aims that lead as straight
To their celestial spirit.
All glorious things, or seen or heard,
For love or Justice done,
Fhe hopeful deed, the ennobling word,
By this poor life are won.
o Life and Death! Like Day and Night,
Your guardian task combine:
Pillar of darkness and OF LIGHT,
Lead through earth's storm till bright
Heavens dawn shall shine!
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-10-07


There Is net increase OF 80 in the
total number of electoral votes since
the last Presidential election. The
gains are: Arkansas /, California 2,
Georgia l, Illinois l, Iowa 2, Kansas
3, Kentucky l, Massachusetts /, Michi
gan 2, Minnesota 2, Mississippi /, Mis-
souri, l, Nebraska 2, New York /,
North Carolina l, Ohio /, Pennsylvania
l, South Carolina 2, Texas 5, Virginia,
l, West Virginia 1, Wisconsin /. Total
gains, So. Maine. New Hampshire
and Vermont each lose one, leaving a
net gain of 80. The States voting for
Garfield have q net gain of Is, the
States voting for Hancock gain OF
IL,
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-10-07

AS early as the time of Alexander
II. of Scotland a man who let weeds
go to seed ON farm was declared to
be the Kings enemy. In Denmark
farmers are compelled to destroy all
weeds on their premises. In France
a man can prosecute his neighbor for
damages, who permits weeds to 60 to
seed which may endanger neighbor-
ing lands.
The quantity Of butter Is Influenced
by the character of the food, and the
quality also, as some some foods pro-
duce hard and others q soft butter.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-10-07

1t is easier to infuse flesh r..
milking breed Of cattle than to c,as,
"milking prepotency" ia = Al
breed.
General Sherman was at H. -
Department, acting as Secretarr = :.
War. Secretary Lincoln, who i, v
in Chicago attending to some nrirs Nv
business, is urged by some Of S'
friends to become candidate g. p ~
s. Senator from Illinois. u
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-10-07
Electoral Vote for 1884.

The number of Presidential electors
for 1884, based on the new appertion-
ment, will be as follows:
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-27
Licking an Elder.

One summer in the years agOne while
camp-meeting was in progress in Ea-
ton County there arrived on the grounds
bully named Miller, who had made a
vow to lick Elder johnson and break up
the whole business. The Elder heard
the news with calm composure, and as
soon as at liberty, he hunted up world
ly friend of his own and asked:
"Friend Smith, didn't you used to
fight in your younger days?'
All! Elder, have had many turn
with the boys"
And what is the effect of a sudden
blow between the eyesP"
" 1t astonishes and humbles."
Is there any danger of killing man
by such a blow?n
"Never knew case of it"
The Elder went his way with serene
smile on his face. Miller had his coat
off and was hunting for him, and they
met face to face as they turned a wagon.
Miller started to crack his heels and
crow, but he never finished. The Elder
took him one square between the look
ers without stopping his pace, and it
took twelve rOwdies, three dippers of
water and two quarts of whisky to re-
viye the patient and get him oil the
grounds. One day, year afterwards,
he met the Elder and seriously asked
''Elder, some of the boys say | was
kicked by horse, and others stick to it
that | was struck by lightning, but I've
always had suspicion that YOU hit me
with a provision stand How was it.
anyhow Free Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-27
WIT AND WISDOM.

When clergyman puts the subject
for a sermon in his hat, does it become
a text tile fabric?
The idle man travels so slowly that
even poverty easily overtakes him at the
first turn of the road
We impatiently whip horse for
shying at a shadow, and yet we arc
constantantly doing the same thing our.
selves.
The following "notisn is posted
up in an East Texas saw-mill: "Doant
Munky with the buz saw when in mo-
shun. - hiladelph,a Bulletin.
els this angels food?" asked a
young lady at a party of gentleman
who brought her some delicate cake.
1t is now, was the gallant response.
A young lady in Boston office is
so particular about her personal appear
ance that she always takes peep in the
mirror before answering a call at the
telephone. - SomerUiile Journal,
-"Why will not hens lay?" asks an
agricultural writer, anxiously. We
don't know eggsaetly; perhaps because
they always want to set; hens the
trouble. -Germa1stOOn Telegraph.
-"I can't.ge up early" said a poor
victim to his doctor. "Oh, yes, you
cam" was the reply, eff you will only
follow my advice. What is your hour
of rising?' mine O'Clock" "Well,
get up half an hour later every day, and
in the course of a month you will find
yourself up at four in the morning"
Determined beforehand, we gravely pre-
To seek the advice and the thoughts of a
friend
Should he differ from us under any pre-
We blush for his want of both judgment
and sense.
But should he fall in with and fiatter our
Why, really, we think him sensible man
-" Sister told me to come in and talk
to you till she found her hair" said a
six-year-old girl to her big sisters beau.
do you like to have me talk to youp
Sister says you sing like screech-owl.
What is O. screech-owl? Won't YOU
sing for me? Sister says you don
know beans; / know beans-a whole
bag full. Sister says-why, you amt
going, are youp Oh my, won't sister
be mad thought Detroit Post.
There is said to be only one auto
graph of Velasquez, the great Spanish
painter, in private hands. -Er. This
intelligence will be apt to cause a gen.
eral wave of gloom and depression to
pass over this country. Thousands of
Americans have been buoyed up with
the happy and cheering belief that hun
dreds OF old Velasquez's autographs
were in private hands. This promises
to be year of disappointment
lin gtoa HaUkeye.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-27

little. Come in. deary, and I'll give
you a seed-cake. / suppose you ran
away. lou must GO right home, or
Your mar will thihl you're lost"
DorTy went in. looking very amahle
az the mention of the seed cake. But
seeing that caroline still looked dis
pleasedl she took one of the flowers out
OF her basket and offered it.
81 dive loo oner' said she.
"Umphm said Caroline. you must
think You're very kind to give me one of
my own flowers, after you We picked 'cm
ALL" - ~
Cant you sing us a songP'' asked
the old lady. 81 hear your folks s,np-
ing most every night ,, -sa.ss.-
Dorry was beginning 20 feel to blame,
and was willing to make what compen-
sation she could SO when she had
cleared her mouth of seed-cake she be-
gan TO sing
am so dad at We Faver i'm Heaven
Tells of His love in We book He has given"
and brought up suddenly on the chorus,
"Jesus loves even Ine."
He won't love you if YOU 90 into
other folks yards and pick their flow
Dorry hung her head little. After
a minutes thought she very slowly
picked out one more of the flowers from
her basket.
"rll div 90 vat" said she. holding
it out to Caroline, with radiant smile.
You are kind o. sweet, after allr'
said Caroline, relenting. IF you'll
give me Il kiss, I'll forgive you this
time, though you mustn't ever do such
n thing again" ...........
Derry always had plenty of kisses to
give away. So she paid up her debt
willingly.
Then Caroline took her in her arms
and carried her all the way home.
The older Pattens were just coming in
at the gate
Il dotve most May-f overs of all of
yon,' sad Dorry'; tony mustn't do it
no more ~ kA A NU45 N&tt
." should think notr' said Kenneth.
'Iook, Cousin lisa, see what Derry has
gotn'
Derry gave each of her brothers and
sisters one of her flowers TO exc out the
rather small supply they had found to
put in their May-baskets.
Then they went in and told their
mother about Dorry's adventures. 81 eHt
"1o think that | never. missed the
childr' said their mother, much sur
prised. YOUTHS Companion.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-27
FACTS AND FIGURES.

-Thcre are in Louisiana, out of a
population Of 9l9.916. illterates to the
number of 8lS,3SO OF these 2j9. 42J
are colored persons. NJ %. Picaywue.
There was more 'oleomargerine than
butter Xported from The United States
nfSSl. TIE figures Standing at-26, O0O,-
900 to 81, 100000 of pounds respectively.
Two Californians in partnership
nave on their various ranches 1000
fheadof cattle andI 10, 600 head sfsheep.
ITO taFe.care Of these ileells 800 men are
uow employed
The highest price ever paid for
piece of land in New York, is supposed
to have been the S16S, 900 which j. II.
Glover has just paid for lot 80 by 1G,
with building thereon, at the southwest
corner of Wall and Broad streets.
Up to 1876, when the figures were
brought into shape, it was found that
the Erie Canal had paid the whole cost
OF construction, working expenses and
repairs, beside putting S63, 838 3lS into
the trousers pocket OF the State OF New
York;, y. Herald.
The returns of the census taken in
ulation of the Kingdom to be- %, 452 900,
an increase during the decade of $780,
S46. The number of Italians living in
other countries is estimated at 5000
The only city in the Kingdom whose
population has decreased during the last
ten years is Florence. t U. -.. p
"A recent German, work gives the
following return of the population of
the world, counting by millions: Europe,
315, 900; Asia, S34, 100000; Africa,
205, 600, 900; America, 95,0O0.000; Aus
tralia and Polynesia, 10000 Polar
regions, under 200, 900. Total, 1.445,-
600, 00O-being an increase of over &c.
900, 600 upon the last census.
Chicago is the greatest lumber mar
ket in the world. The single item of
sawed lumber received there I'M 1881
would lay an inch flooring fourteen feet
wide round the earth at the equator.
The amount of lumber manufactured in
the three States of Michigan, Wisconsin
and Minnesota during 1881 would. lay
such a floor fifteen feet wide.-M Y
World r...i ..r
The first conveyance of real es ate
in New York by John Jacob Astor is
dated August IA, 1889, being two lots in
the Bowery Lane, for f250. The next
was for a lot in Little Dock street (now
Water street,, for $3.50. Aaron Burr,
from the time he moved to this city, in
1888, until his ruin, twenty-four years
later, purchased twenty-four lots of real
estate, and made eighty sales.-M Y
Graphic. -.....
-Profuse splitting is injurious in sew
eral ways. The saliva is poured into
the mouth to do specific work, and
then passes into the stomach to be alb
sorbed. If the saliva is constantly
elected from the mouth the system is
drained of what it was not intended to
lose. And the mouth, in that case, be-
comes an organ of excretion, thus re-
lieying the kidneys in part of their Office.
M T. Tribune. .I.. ..
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-27
Youths Department.
GR1B-B1G.


fine game isGrab-bag.a nne game to seel
For ChriSiinas' and Now Year, ana birthdays
Happy qifidren, all angling and screaIsing
If thcy draw nothing more thnfi n popcorn
'Tis prize they welcome with eyes of delight
Aud holdit aloft with loud, ringing cheer;
Their arms waving high, all SO graceful and
Their heads almost humping, so close and so
The 1mryhter grows louder; the eyes grow
Oh, sweet is the laughter, and gay is the
sight
a fine game is Grab-bagi fine game to seei
A strange game of Grabbing saw yesterday;
I'll never forget it rs long rs l live.
Some street-beggars played it-poor things
not In play -... I n.
A man with a sack on his back and a sieve-
A poker to stir i'm the barrels Of dirt ~
A basket to hold bits of food he might find
Twas pitiful sight, and sight that hurt,
q, But sight it is well 10 keep in ones mind.
His children were with him, girls and three
bows:
Their heads held down close, and their eyes
all intent
No sound from their lips of glad laughter's
gay noise:
No choice Of bright playthings to them the
game meant
A chance of bit of waste einder to burn;
A chance of a crust of stale bread they could
t eat; i. .. ...... '...
A chance-in a thousand, as chances return
OF ragged odd shoes they could wear on their
q. feet!
The baby that yet could not totter alone
Was held up to see, and, as grave as the rest
Watched wisttul each crust, each cinder, each
bone
And snatched at the morsels he thought
look the best
The sister that held him, oppressed by his
weight ''t. .tI..
Herself but an over-yeared baby, poor
child
Had the face of a woman, mature sedate,
and looked but the older whenever she
snnied. Hlf ..ttn..H. MU.. h.
Oh, a sad game is Grab-bag--a sad game to
see!
AS beggars must play it, and their chances
fall;
When Hunger finds crusts an occasion for
And Cold finds no rags too worthless or
children, whose faces have shone with de-
light,
Asyou played at your Grab-bag with shout
And stretched out your arms, all so graceful
and white,
And gayly bumped heads, crowling near and
moro near,
With laughter and laughter, and eyes growing
bright
Remember this picture, this ptiful sight
Vi sad game OF Grab-bug-a sad game to seel
st. Nicholas.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-27
When to Commence Trec-PIanting.

1t is the desire of the farmer, says the
Chicago Times, ''to have large num-
Der of trees mature at once and to COM
mence to produce fruit at the same
time" Even to many farmers whose
burrows are not straight and whose
fences are in a dilapidated condition, the
sight of an orchard with trees of differ
ent ages and not in ''bee lines" would
cause feelings of disgust. 1t is to be
considered whether this demand for or
der and uniformity by most farmers is
not a mistake and at the expense of
years of enjoyment of the fruit and to
the detriment of the value of the Or
chard.
1t is not to be denied that where
wealth is in abundance and leisure to
devote to the details of fine orchard
management, the setting of the whole
orchard at once is desirable thing to
do. In such cases, it would be attend
ed with no particular danger, and to
most people the beauty of the orchard
would be much enhanced. The labor
of caring for such an orchard would
be greatly increased at first, but in the
end would be less. But for the major
ity of farmers who commence their oper-
ations with little means. and who have
to struggle along for number of years
to make sure of their title to the soil
which they cultivate, it is an impossi-
bility to commence their orchard opera
tons early if they insist on setting all
the trees at one time. They have not
the money with which to purchase the
trees; the land may not be cleared, and
their time is too fully occupied with
gaining a bare livelihood to permit them
to enter into extensive fruit manage
ment. Hence the question arises, shall
such farmer wait a number of years
doing without fruit entirely. or shall he
set out few trees each year in as fine
order as possible, and in the end have
an orchard somewhat irregular In ap-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-27
GOING MAYING.

The little Pattens had their May
baskets all ready. A row of them
adorned the parlor mantel, deeked in
all the colorS OF the rainbow. Cousin lisa
had sewed the pasteboard frames and
taught the childen how to cover and
ornament them.
And now they were going Maying.
"DOrry can't go, can she, motherP
Dorry's too little; but we'll bring her
some flowers to put in her basket
said Alice, coaXingly, seeing her little
sister getting her hat.
"Dorry must go! Dorry amt too lit
tle!' said the child,
Lets you and 90 into the parlor
and look at the baskets" said the
mother. .tt. . ..
She made motion to the children as
she left the room which meant: BE off
quickly, nOw!' H. .t
SO they hurried away, and Derry got
so interested in deciding which basket
was the prettiest that she forgot all
else. Her mother gave her an old col
lar-boX and some bright bits of tissue
paper and left her happy in trying to
cover May basket. while she went up
stairs to do some sweeping. But Derry
had not quite forgotten. After while
she started up, saying:
Course I'm going! l must want
some towers for my bastick."
She put on her hat, tied a strip of
calico round her neck, and went out
through the back-door into the orchard.
The old guinea hen was there, and
when she saw Derry she called out
loudly:
Go back! Go back! Go backr
81 SAINT do back for oo!' said Derry,
stoutly, and trudged on.
Back of the orchard was the railroad.
Derry came to the gravelly edge, and
stood still and look up towards the
track.
Mover said not never goverem said
she, shaking her head at herself. So
she walked along beside it. After
awhile she saw an opening that ran I'M
der the track. A brookleJ ran through
it, but there was a narrow strip of ground
beside it where she could walk.
"Guess I'll go fro dis door," said
Derry.
When she came out on the other side
she walked on till she came to a house
with a large yard in which some bright
yellow flowers were growing.
"Oh, here's some buful f'owersr'
said she, and hurried in and began to
pull off the heads of Miss Caroline Bull
lard fine daiiodils and crocuses. She
heaped her little basket with them, and
was full of glee, when the door of the
house opened and Miss Caroline came
but.
You naughty child You've picked
every flower | hadr' said the lady,
grasping Dorry tightly by the wrist, and
looking very stern.
"Dorry amt naughty! Derry pick
May-f owersn said the little maid.
"She didn't know any better" said a
plump old lady, trotting down the walk
after her daughter you'll have to
forgive her, Car line. It's the youngest
Patten, isn't it?'
"Dorfy Patten-vat's my name-free
years old las Zhane wary"
"Well, Dorothy Patten, you've been
stealing. These are my flowers. Do
you know what is done to folks that
stealpn said Caroline, sternly.
Il didn't! 1 picked May-f owers"
said DOrry.
There! Therer' said the old lady.
You see she don't know. She's too
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-27

Instructor In Latin: miss B., of
what was Ceres the goddess?' Miss
b.. ;"She was the goddess of marriage"
Instructor: "Oh, no; of agriculture.
Miss b., Cooking perplexeO; why,
I'm sure my book says she was the god.
dess of husbandry. = Our Continent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-27

Returns from India state that the
number of persons killed there by wild
beasts and snakes has increased from
1928 in 1876 to 81, 900 in 1880. In
Bengal alone, during the latter year, 359
persons were killed by tigers.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-27

Put four or five lima beans in pot
and cover them an inch deep, 1t is real
fun to see them come up. Take care
of the plants, and set them out without
disturbing the roots. Louis Globe.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-12-06
AGES OF POPULAR PREACHERS.

After discussing oysters and savings banks,
the ready pen of the Troy Times Hermit"
glidee on till it touches the popular preach
ers of the Metropolis He says. William
r. Williams is the Nestor of the Baptist
clergy. Ho - now in his seventy eighth
year. and tie 18th of next December will BIO
he fiftieth anniversary of his ordination.
vormilye, the senior Reformed Dutch pas
TOR, is seventy-nine, and ffty.seven years
have elapsed since his ordination. The
senior Tying is now in his eighty-third year,
and it is sixty-one years since he entered the
ministry. No wonder his mind Is failing
after such long and earnest labor Turning
from tho retired to the working clergy of
nature age, Ebert s. Porter, OF tho Re-
formed Church, is sixty-two, 0rniston is but
a year younger, and Chambers at sixty-thrse
retains his rank as one of the ablest divines
in this City. Armitage, Tho popular Baptist
preacher, IL ssventy -thrao4ss He Is native
Of England, and was at an carly ago highly
Useful in tho Church. He mado attempts at
preaching when only sixteen, and some of
those efforts werc successful He soon
afterward joined the Baptists, and has long
been distinguished for his pulpit gifts.
Theodore Cuyler is siyty-one, and, though
lie has been one Of the most laborious men
Of his day, there iss good deal left How
ard Crosby is fifty-six. John Hall is in his
fifty-socond yenr, but hard work makes him
look much older. ITonghton, of 1.-THE little
church round the corner. is in his sixty
tiurd year. Morgan, of st. Thomas, is sixty
tour. lie Is a man Of wealth, but will con-
iinue preaching as long as possible. Robert
Collyer is sixty-one, but retains all his pow
ers Taylor, Of the Broadway Tabernacle,
and Robinson, OF the Memorial Church, each
ia in his fifty-third year. Rylance, of st.
Marks, is ffty-six. Talmage is fifty-one,
and Van Dyke, who was his most severe OPP
ponent, is ten years older. Beecher has
recently entered his SEVENTEEN year. and has
a greater degree of vitality than any Arneri-
can preacher of that age. ~
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-12-06
ENOUGH TO WANG HIM.
A Remarkable Case Of Murder and Evil
dence for Conviction.


A party of gentlemen were recently con-
yersing at the Sergeant House, in Rome,
Ga. Tho subject was circumstantial evil
dence One gentleman remarked that il he
were juror on case where the life aud
liberty of q man was at stake no circum-
stantiai evidence, however strong ard well
connected, could influence him against the
accused sufficiently to render verdict Of
guilty. He said that he had at one time been
arraigned and tried FOR his life, and narrow
~ escaped an ignominious death. He had
a difficulty at night with young man, and
was SO exasperated that he threatened to kin
him before morning. He went to his room,
and his roommate, observing his excited
manner, asked him what was the matter
He replied that he had just had difficulty
with Ben Jones, and that he intended to kill
him before he slept. His roommate tried
TO quiet him, but he was determined and
would listen to nothing he said.
He seized his pistol, rushed from his room
and was soon OH Jones track. Within half
an hour from the time he left his room with
pistol in hand Jones was dead niau, vel.
tering in his blood; pistol shot had killed
him Just rs the man who was bounding him
was about to Are. Ammo cd and confound.
ed st -ssis.s, lis istssctssi vietis fsai sisssl-
taneous with the report Of some other mans
pistol, he rushed to the spot and bent over
Jones' lifeless body, his own pistol still in
hand, when police officer appeared and
arrested him. One barrel OF the pistoi-s.he
had was empty all the others were loaded.
Thus the eyiden9e was conclusive, and after
sentence had been passed on the innocent
man the real culprt on his dying bed con.
tossed his guilt. - Rome Bulletin
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-12-06
DIGNITY AT A DISCOUNT

The following story is told of General
Harvey when he was in command at Camp
Verde, Texas. He was en intensely ,dieni.
fed officer, and il there. was one thing he
detested more than another, il was undigni-
fed haste. One evening, lust an he was
about to hold dress rao.de, he perceived tina,
he had forgotten his handkerchief, aud. as
the weather was very hot, ho said to his or
derly; $50 TO NV quarters, auick. and
bring me my handksrchisf.n The orderly
touched bis cap, and started for the quar-
tiers, several hundred yards distant. After
he had proceeded short distance, remem-
bering there was no time to lose, he broke
into trot "see that scoundrel running