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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19

Little George was questioned the other day
about his big sisters beau. "How old is
heg'' Il don't know" well, is he young2'
Il think so, for he hasn't any hair OH his
head"
A gentleman with a good heart was
preaching a sermon to a number of boys.
He meant we'll. but he forgot, in his eager
ness to help them. that they were very
HUNGRY: Presently he turned to little lad
who MAS looking out through q window.and
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19

Make your own barometer by taking a
long narrow bottle, dissolve in il two and one
half drachms camphor in eleven drachms
spirit of wine (alcoholl; dissolve in another
bottle thirty eight grains saItpetre and thirty
eight grains sal ammoniac in nine drachms
water and add Cork the bottle and seal il
with wax then make very small aperture
through the wax and cork, with a red hot
needle.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19
No. 677.-CDarade.

The student burns the midnight oil;
Although in wisdom versed.
To make some requirements his
he needs must do my first
II the routine OF daily life
MonOtonous should grow.
The wise man and his faithful wife
Will on my second 60
Ny hole the artists eye must see
OF everything he draws.
Or else in vain he follow the
Divine arts many laws.
MAYFLowER.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19
THE HOME.

II Is not doubted thai men have home In that
place where each one has established his hearth
and the sum of his Possessions and fortunes;
whence he win not depart II nothlag calls him
AZ: whence II he has departed he Sea ms TO be a
deIer and II hersturns he ceases to wander
itiOn from Civil Law.
Then stay at home, my heart. and rest,
he bird is safest in the nest;
Der all that fiutter their wings anG fly,
hawk is lowering in the sky"
-Longfellow.
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In the opinion of physiciass.

teeth that are becoming defectiveor are insult
6ciently clesnsed. infect the food aud unfit
il for the digestive process Health. there
fore. as well rs personal attractiveness is pro-
noted by tie use OF SOIODONr. pure in
composition, agreeable in flavor, prompt aud
effective ia its purifying action. aud econ
omic, siuce only few drops upon the brush
are needed at Time. The popularity OF this
sterling preparation is based upon long tested
and professionally recognized merit.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19
No. 675.-squsre AcrostIc.

I'm fo-mCo OF six times letterz six
Zach six reveals name;
Two 10 the stronger sex beloas,
The rest the ladies aim.
My border. nd from point 10 point,
Will but one word proclaim
Forward across, aud backward, TOO,
Up, down, tits all the same.
BRSToSUs.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19

On the Devonshire coast, in England, a sea
grass (Porphura laciniala) is collected and
made into bread by cleansing, boiling, chop
ping, mixing with a small POI ton of oatmeal
and baking. This bread Keeps from four to
eight days. Most of it is sent to the Welsh
town of Swansea, where the poorer people are
ford of it.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19

Aliens Brain Food positively cures nerv-
business. nervous debility, aud all weakness
of generatve organs; ST. six for So. All
druggists. Send for circular to Aliens Phar-
macy. $50 First avenue, New York. Sold in
Indianapolis by Browning & Sloan.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19

Mrs. General Sherman says: | have fire.
quently purchased Durang's Remedy for
for friends suffering with rheumatism. aud
in every instance it worked like magic" 1t
cures when everything else fails. This is the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19
MoNrEzuNA. Cayugs County, y. u. April. 1892
Rheumatic Syrup Co.:

Rheumatic Syrup Co.:
GEN1s-I feel il my duty to let you know how
much have been benefited by the use of Rheu-
matte Syrup within the last three weeks ! have
been great sufferer for the last six years-much
Of the time my limbs and hands were so swollen
that was unable to help myself or move without
help; have used many external applications
ana lin iments. which were warranted to cure. and
some of which did afford temporary relief. but the
pain soon returned. more acute and aggrayatiug
than before. am fully convinced that 10 effect
permanently aud lasting cure for rheumatism the
liver aud kidneys must be regulated. This the
Rheumatic Syrup has done for me, and new am
well Is ever. and indebted 10 you for this in
valuable remedy. which is sure TO have the largest
sale OF any medicine in the market as soon as its
Dcri II are known. am truly yours.
Ass. SARAH DENNIS.
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No. 67s.-syncopations.

l. From small fruit take proceeded rap
idly and leave erusty.
.. From female take parent and leave
gained.
3. From existing take within and leave
TO entreat. UNCLE Ben.
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The Dacamhar Prize.

De Foes Robinson Crusoe" will be pre-
scented for the best lot of answers to the
"Knotty Problems" published during De-
cember Each weeks solutions should be
forwarded within six DAYS after the date of
the Sentinel containing the puzzles.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19

rrpnrt HAT comes from ever quarter where
the Remedy las beea tried. Ak yosr drug
gist for il and take no other.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19

Freedom from the risk of lead poisoning
by using glazed earthenware is said to be Sc
cured from vanishing the glazed surface
with borosilicate of lime.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19

Don't neglect your cough! Ayers Cherry
Pectoral will quickly cure it and prevent
consumption.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19
KNOTTY PROBLEMS.

Our readers are invited TO furnish original enig
mas, charades, riddles refuses and other "knotty
problems" addressing all communications relative
10 this department TO ( b. Chadbcurn. Lewiston,
Maine
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Positive Cure
FOR

the nostrls. By absorption 81 efectually cleansa
the nasal passages of catarrhal virus. causing
healthy secretions. IL sllsys Inflammation. pro
tects the membrsnal Innings Of the head from cd
ditional colds completely heals the sores and re-
stores the sense Of taste and mell. BenehOal
results are realized by q few applications A
thorough treatment viii cure. Unequaled for
colds In head. Agreeable to use. Send for clncu-
lar and testimonials. BY mail 500 q package
stamps- ELY's CREAM BALM co. oweRo Y
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Many Dersuns tn Ptft,'oN are
using III, = C.ettn Hsti,n. a -
iurrh remedy. with rto>; salts
factory results A lady l. re-
the sense Of smell
which she had not enjoyed fOr
fifteen years. She had given ~
her case rs incurable. Mr.. Bar
Der. the druggist. has used it in
his family and cOmfnends it
very highly. A TunkhAnmOck
lawyer. known to many OF our
reader, tesiifieS that he was
cured OF partial deaine.s.-I'itts-
ton, Pa. Gazette.
Appa, o. the nttle finger inse
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Answers.
GC9-Wind falls

6G2.-Wind falls.
663.-l. Martin, tin. marten ,. Earwig,
wig, earring. 3. Goat. oat, glad. 4. Finch,
inch, fire. 8. Rhone, one. Rhode Island.
Ge4.-Butter-fy.
665.-1. Nap, pan. 2. Part, trap. g. May,
yam. 4. Rat tar. D. Won, now.
Co.
Our man of deceit
Can best counterfeit count her feet),
And so suppose
Can best count Ter toes
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19
MANHOOD.

4 Lecture on the Nature. Treatment and
Radical Cure OF Seminal Weakness. or SperDa-
torrhoa induced by self-abuse. involuntary ennis
siOnS impotency, nervous debility and impedi-
mcnts To marriage generally; consumption. cpl
lepSy and fits: tai and physical ncapacity etc.
by ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, NJ D.. author ~
the ''Green Book etc.
The wOrld-renOwned author. in this admirable
Lecture clearly proves from his own experience
that the awful consequences of seli-abuSe may be
efectually removed without dangerous surgical
operations bougies, instruments, rings OF cordials
nonting out a MODE OF cure at once certain sna
efectual, by which every sufferer. matter what
his condition may be, may cure himself cheaPly,
privately and radically.
- This Lecture will prove boon TO thousands
and thousands
Sent under seal, in a plain envelope % any ad-
dress post paid on receipt OF six cents or TIVE
postage STAMPS Address
THE CULNERWEIL MEDICAL CO..
Al Ann street, New York, p. .. Box 50.
Mention this paper.
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LITTLE FOLKS.

66S.-1. Shelley. .. Ten-ny-son. 8. Mill
Hilton. A Cow-per. 4. Dryden.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-08-16
SNAKE STORIES IN BRIEF.

WHEN Mrs. John Mcclellan, OF
Miffietown, Pa, went to open her kitchen
stove, she found blacksnake in the oven.
A SNAKE coiled itself about the leg
of a Lynchburg, Va, negro boy and lashed
the limb severely with its tail. 1t then un-
wound itself and fell off.
AN Overton, Mo, map set fire to a
brush heap. AS the fire began to blaze the
whole heap turned into writhing rattlesnakes
who leisurely crawled away.
A SNAKE of the viper species, with
two small claw feet attached to its body, va
killed near Bonneville, Ind. 1t stood per-
fectly erect upon its feet when attacked.
AS Mrs. GotIeib Hetzel, of Hagers-
town, Md, stepped from her bed she trod
| upon a copperhead snake, and it bit her N
| the foot. Although she has suffered Intense
| ly. she will recover.
NEAR Lynchburg, Va, huge moe
asin snake was seen robbing birds nest IN
mulberry tree. After it was killed 1t was
found to contain four young catblrds, quart
of nulberries and three kittens.
PETER STRAUssE, of Meekvllle, Ia.
was bitten by copperhead snake. His entire
body became swollen, his teeth dropped out
and he lost his eyesight. Medical All wa
useless His jaws set, and he died IN spasns
AN egg found inside, of a rattlesnake
killed by DR.. KiEner, of St. Louis, contain e
a lively young snake. DR.. kinner killed Il
, ran a needle into the poison gland, an
} pricked young sparrow, which lnStal7ti star
| showed symptoms OF POISONING.
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ARsENT-MrNpED PEOPLE

THE French actor, Arnal, wished to
cain the ear of his manager by Ilslt, but
was told by the porter that he had just died.
'sNo matter, | have only one word to say 10
him"
4 BEREAvEp young widow was PER
fectly nonpl1ssed when very forgetful
duchess. after consoling her for her lost
husband, abruptly asked, "Was he the only
one you had!'
CHArEUBRAND's wife gave curl
ous experience of this very common sort, IN
the bustle of carrying on q sale. of chocolate
for charitable purposes, she signed note,
"Viseountess of chocolate"
GENERAL Laborde, after passing
through half suite of rooms from an inter-
view with Louis PHILIPPE, exclaimed open
the gate; if YOU please" supposlng he had
reached the portal at the entrance
The strangest thing of the kind IS
IF French drarnatist, who said to coffee
house frierd that the French critics were so
unjust that he had rather a thousand times
read his play to pack OF idiots. Anq so so
my friend, if you have no oIjectiors, VIII
read it to you" a.
A PROMINENT Harvard professor
went into the Old Cambridge postofiice not
long since. and presented himself at the de
livery. The clerk in charge inquired what
he wished. After stanimering and stutter
z ing he said, "Let's see, will you please tel
me my name, have forgotten,
A WE'LL known man of letters llv
ing in Cambridge, going from the Colieg
Library to his home home, becoming en-
t crossed in subject on which he was pre-
r Barring a paper, instead of walking into hi
| home took the doorinto his next door neigh
: boris and passing into the library dlveste
: himself of his coat preparatory TO donnin
s ceiving the neighbours mistake came In az
h asked If there was anything she could ass
t. him about. 1t dawued upon him IN an |
- slant, and without ceremony or so much
- - an apology he beat hasty ret
Ov :, own domicile, leavihe
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PRICE 5CENTS.
"That does rot seem to be a very

"That does cot seem to be very
large stake for profit, after all"
"No; but we average two sales q
week by working two adjoining villa
ges at once 1t isn't BAD business,
considering that it verges on honest
trade"
"Any other dod res in the book line"
Plenty, my son, plenty of them, but
they are not so safe as this. Perhaps
the next best lay is the herd book. We
start out to make herd book by secur-
ing from country postmasters the names
of all the owners of good stock in the
neighborhood. Then we send out a
circular setting forth the advantages
of having stock registered in the herd
book. We say that we intend to put
insert the pedigree of the animal and
give the book free for 50. By urging
that honest pedigree be given we
obtain certain credit for honest deal
ing. As a clincher, we write to each
farmer a personal letter. We say we
know that he has standing in the com,
munity, and that to make the work
popular in his neighborhood we vii
register his stock for 81 for each animal
: provided he will not mention the price
, but will recommend the book. Some
: times we get as much as. 50 from on
man. When we have gathered in TIL
Doodle we get few pages of the boo
q set, and then our firm fails. A motto
/ of the bankruptcy is sent to each OF tn
{, victims 1t is all regular.
"One of our fellows was arrested te
" the game in Buffalo. The charge W;
e using the mails to, aefraud. The ca:
L came on before the United States cor
!; missioner, and he was acquitted. i
p showed that he had signed contra
u with firm of printers to get out tt
le work, and that the book had been COZ
+ menced. He said he intended to col
'u plete the book as soon as possible. III
cleared him. Ill-health caused /
a failure, of course. Change OF clima
n restored his health"
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Journalistic Enterprise.
(Det1.oit Free Press.

One day, year or two ago,
Greenville, S. c., editor heard that
man was to be lynched in locality
about fifteen miles away, and he put
a new pencil into his pocket, hired the
fastest horse In town, and started Tor
the scene. When he arrived he found
a crowd under a tree, and IN the circle
was the prisoner villainous chap,
who had committed heinous offense.
The crowd had started to hang hlm'
but several citizens had advanced snch
arguments in favor of permitting the
law to take its course that 1t had
about been decided to take the rascal
back to Jail. Williams drove up,
jumped down, and in a minute or two
learned that the affair was OFT. lie
had driven fifteen miles to report
case of lynching and his disgust was
profound. Mounting stump, ne be,
gan: "Gentlemen, look at that thar
boss. I've foundered him to get here
and see this hanging. 1t will be Szot
out of my pocket, and the only return
will be a three-liner In the Nems, say
ing that you concluded not to hang
Gentlemen, has patriotism died out o
this country?' mol, nols'noN yelle'
the crowd. z"Does it make any partic
ular difference to this man whether n
is hung now or three months later!
"Noi nop' "Gentlemen, / believe I
law and order, but I've driven titiee
miles, foundered hoss and feel b
broke up. I don't say that | want
7 see this man hung, and don't sa
' that lynching is the best plan; but
he should be swung up and [ shoul
: he asked to sit on the Coroner's jnl
, and bring in a verdict Of suicide,
It don't see how I could refuse. Gent
IS man, look at that ar hoss!" "swll
J him up!' yelled twenty men. "Lo'
le at that wreck of once noble boss al
u tell" "Hoorayp' shouted the crow
and up went the man to be left 81
pended until dead.
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A WOMAN'S VIM.
HOW SHE WON SUCCESS.
A North Carolina Young Lady in New
York.
( WdshiaGton Capital.)

Washington Cdpital9
1t is surprising how many educated
and accomplished ladies there are ac-
tually engaged in business in New
York city. While, dining at the
house of friend the other evening
was introduced to a vivacious young
lady whose airy graces suggested the
manners of Partisan belle. She re-
ceived considerate attention from the
hostess, and it was with much aston
ishment I afterward learned that she
was chief director of down town type
writer office. "You may we'll be IN
terested," remarked my friend, hight
ing a fresh cigarette. "She is grand
daughter of Louis D. Henry, for many
wears commissioner Of Spanish affairs
in Washington Her father, General
D. K. McRae, was once candidate
for the governorship of North Carroll
ma, and during President Buchanan's
administration was consul general III
Paris. He also brought to this coun-
trv the celebrated Ostend dispatches.
With wealth and cultivated, gener-
Gus mind he determined to give his
daughter finished education, and ac-
cordingly tutors were provided her
during his family residence in Italy
and France.
2 The child was undoubtedly preco-
: cious, if not remarkable, for. one day
r when she was visiting the Vatican
e Pope Plus was so attracted by hel
e ways that he gave her his blessing ane
a a pontifcial smile. Notwithstanding
It the good will of the Holy Father, mis-
y fortune came. Her family estate wa
is swept away, and two years ago she de
l termined to start for herself, COMM
e to New York she rented little otfic
L and began metropolitan career wit
le one little typewriter. 1t is perilou
g task for an inexperienced woman
a attempt to earn living in gref
ce city like New York, but success
he tended the industry of Miss McRa
a Lawyers, judges, and other friends =
Id her father showed their admiration Il
at the pluck of the Southern girl by 81
al ing her assistance asd reference, ar
he work came in so rapidly that she SOC
as had a dozen machines in large, air
an office. uph olstered with Persian fabric
ro- where to-day she does the largest tyr
at writing business in the city, and h
nd been appointed principal agent for
ar sale of machines. Judge Dillon to
Ire me the other day that her work ga
he satisfaction in his office, and he &C
zen graduated the ex-General to PARIS
led having so practical and accomplish
ian a daughter. Perhaps, after all. Ii
GU by industry that the Pope's blessing
the to be secured.
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#Dr S. B. Brittan says: nAs rule physicians
do not, by their professional methods build up
the female constitution, while they seldom cure
diseases to which is is always liable in our va
riabIe climate and under our imperfect civiliza-
ton. Special remedies are often required to re-
store organic harmony and strengthen the en-
feebled powers Of womanhood; and for most OF
these we are indebted to persons outside OF the
medical profession Among the very best OF
these remedies l assign prominent place to
Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable Compound.
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Self-Made Men.

(Sunater, Ga, Repu6ttcdn)
Tn conversation with an old man who
has lived in Americas for about tltty
wears. he stated that self-made men
were all frauds. "I can name you over
a dozen who were. boys, when the war
ended, with good prospects. They had
inherited good LOT of money, which
any boy with common sense would
have made fortune from. But they
were left to make themselves, and IN q
few years all of them made drunkards
and paupers They are your tanned
self.made men, SO styled, because they
refuse the wise and gentle councils o.
loving mothers and solicitous friends
I never knew boy who neglected 'hF
mothers advice and trusted in his owl
Judgment, that did not turn out to b.
a self made fraud, for they are neve
any account. These men who are sue
eessful and honored, are the ones VIII
have cherished a mothers love an
teachings and they are Che making {
good mothers. :. s''s ~
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A PATENT medicine manufacturer
died in New York last week. Before
he died his friends asked him how he
would like to be buried. He had just
strength left to say: "Insert me top
column next to reading matter 81
times electro by mail" and then he
closed his eyes and then he passed
away to that bourne where there are
no omissions nor wrong Insertions
Texas Siiftings.
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WELLS. "RouGH ON CoRNs."-Ask for Wells
~Rough on Corns." 15c. Quick, complete, per-
manent cure Corns, warts, bunions.
Religions-Q when lives do not pro-
ceed from then.-Enerson.
DECLINE OF 'MAN.-NerYous Weakness, Dys-
pepsa. Impotence, Sexual Debility, cured by
aWslrs Health Renewer." 81.
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TRINITY COLLEGE,!

rNHE SESSION of s-s4 opens the 5th OF
tors Location very healthy and pleasant; and
INC. INC ny c9ar,as moderate For Catalogue send
- 6uof w n Peoram. Trinity College, Ran
dolph county, N. c. REV. M L. 49, :jo.,+
August 9th, 1S83-3t ffeSioen'
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Our ideas are like water if they do
not find an open channel they will
leak away and be lost amid the sand.
Heron.
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MORAVIAN FALLS ACADEMY.

NALL TERM, August 9th. 1888. BOARD
Sc to ST per month. TUITION, 81 TO 94
per month. Send for Catalogue; D;n.1
july 10th, 1sss.-1y Moravian Falls n u
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AIessrs. G. PRIMER q Co.,
New York.

GENTLEMEN You will please send me
- dozen of your work entitled:
s5Ten Thousand Hints for Farmers.
agree to take them from them express
office as soon as notified that they have ar
rived, and to pay all charges: L agree te
recommend then. to my neighbors, ana tS &c
use nv best endeavors to sell them. l VII
not sell any one of them for less than %.
Signed, .....:....-.....'.....''l 2e'i
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FLIES AND BUas.-Fles, reaches, ants, 9sd,
hugs. rats, mice, gophers. chipmunks, cleared
ont by aRough on Rats" 15e. -