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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-10
LITTLE FOLKS,

These children's mothers is brothers"
said the little mother of large family of
dolls, $50 they is each others aunties."
Tommy, my son, what is longitude?"
"a clothes-line, papa" Prove it, my
son." Because il stretches from pole to
pole"
"See, papa, seel" exclaimed little pratt
tier, pointing TO the moon, which had for
some time been hidden by a cloud; 1.-The
neon is open again"
A little girl who was watching balloon as
cension suddenly exclaimed: Ma L
shouldn't think Gcd would like to have the
men go up to heaven aliven'
Little Nell: "Oh, mamma, you mussent
let the baby lie in the sum-" Mamma: why
rot, pet?n Little Nell: '"Taus' it'll melt"
Mamma. "Melt?' Little Nell YES, mine
did"
Clergyman ION his way from church. to
the son of parshioner rather addicted to
hunting on Sunday)-My little boy didn't
see your father. at church this morRing;
am afraid he does not fear God. Young
heathen--Oh. yes, guess he doss he took
his gun with him this morning.
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What to Do With Bits of Time.


The amount OF work that may be accom-
plished by the improvement of odd minutes
Is greater than one who has not tested the
matter would easily believe. Five minutes
q day amounts in year to thirty hours, or
three hours day for ten days, and in that
time deal of work can be done. In thirty
years it would be three hours day for 300
days. Looking at odd minutes thus one can
easily see how the learned blacksmith"
Elihu Burritt, became versed in so many
languages. Every moment that he was not
busy pounding on his anvil or its eQuiva.
lent. he was pounding away at his studies,
and between times he was letting the knowl-
edge be had gained become part aud par
eel of his mind. Had he waited until he
could sit down at leisure and devote himself
TO the study Of Greek and Latin and Hebrew
and SanScIit, the likelihood is that he would
never have learned even the alphabet of
those languages. A single earnest purpose
running through his life served as cord on
which all his odd minutes-the only jewels
he ever had-were strung; as a cement to
biAd them into q coherent, harmonious
whole. The ordinary interruptions of daily
life did not interrupt him. They aided him,
rather, for the same mental impression was
renewed and renewed until it became fixed
and permanent.
Our great novelists and some Of our his
torians prefer TO publish their works in ser
ial form. They give us in one instalment
only enough TO occupy Drlef space OF time
an the reading, and then let Us wait for the
next. Meantime we have opportunity to
think over any analyze the characters snd
to live in the scenes and society portrayed.
They prefer that our readings of their works
should be fragmentsry rather than continu-
Gus, for they know that thus they make
deeper fuller and more lasting impression
on our minds. The principle involved here
is equally applicable to the pursuit of many
studies and of some courses OF reading.
Forty minutes day" says the founder of
the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Cir
Gle, will enable one to go through the four
years course of reading prescribed and give
one an outlook on the world of knowledge
similar to that gained by a college course.
The mind set in a certain direction by ten
minutes reading viii retain that set during
intermediate hours of work, and be ready to
receive an additional impulse in the same
direction. These successive impulses, in the
course OF time, produce astonishing results.
A lad of our acquaintance has read through
all the plays of Shakespeare in the course Of
3 year. by simply occupying himself with
the great dramatist while going on cars and
ferries to and from his place of work IN the
city. The very interruptions OF his reading
have served to fix the plots and the charac-
tiers more firmly in his mind.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-10
A Sure Indication of Health.

Regularity in the habit OF body is an infalilble
ndieatn of health, and it lis OF the last importance
to cultivate such regularity. and put stop to its
interruption. Hostetters Stomach Bitters is speed
lily inductive to this result but while It relieves
constipation. it differs widely from cathartics OF
the old fashioned and violent style which wrench
ed. drenched and weakened the intestines while
relaxing them. 1t is essentially gentle
il effective aperient, and therefore far bet
ter calculated to do permanent good
than purgatives which impair the vigor
OF the bowels. Dyspeptic and bious symptoms
usually found in connection with the first men
toned trouble, entirely disappear through the
regulating influence of this sterling household
remedy. The derizens offeyer and ague localities
seek its protection and remedial aid, with conf
dence beg0tton OF long experience, and 1t is used
with the best and speediesL results as recuper
ant OF physical energy and as a means of anchor
ating those infirmltes which especially beset age
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-10
Spoiled sunday.school story.

''Once upon time" began the teacher,
1.-TWO brothers started to Sunday-school on
Sabbath morning. Their way led past q
fine peach orchard, where the trees were
hanging over with ripe, luscious peaches.
One of the boys proposed going into the
orchard and getting some of the fruit, but
the other refused and sped away, leaving his
companion greedily devouriDg the peaches.
Now it happened that the owner of the
orchard saw them and the next day re.
warded the good boy who refused to steal
his peaches by giving him fifty cents. He
got prize for his honesty, and what do you
suppose the ether boy got for his dishon'
estyT'
HE got the peachesln yelled every mem
Der of the class, and another penitentisry
story was brought to close.
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The PeculiarIties of Dogs.

The fashion which cites the dog as a better
species OF human being, and depreciates men
as If they were dogs gone wrong, is. as an
English author calls il, Unnatural History"
but Tor man would have been much worse
than they are. They are very like men in
their exhibition of the lower passions, sacn
es snger, jealousy, fear and vanity.
A bull-terrier, for distance, used to express
its anger in accordance with the human pre-
cept, when the boy hits you, hit the post
III beggar came to the door the terrier was
frantic. Being restrained from flying at the
poor man, he would rush out, soon as re-
leased, and attack the gardener. AT other
times the gardener and the terrier were ex.
cellent friends, but the dog, when angry,
seemed influenced by the same nature as
leads The husband to grumble at his wife's
cap, because the morning news is disagree
able.
A dog was Jealous OF another pet. In the
course of time, the pet died, was stuffed and
attention was drawn TO his stuffed rival gaz-
ing at him with CLASSY eyes, he always
snarled
A bull-terrier was a whimsical coward.
He was ready to fight anything but an In
dian-rubber cushion. When that was filed
or emptied of air in his presence, he would
90 into paroxysms of hysterical screaming.
The garden-hose filled him with such terror
that he could never be coaxed into the gar
den when it was used, nor would he enter
the room where it was kept.
An old setter once Displayed such vanity
that it was Immediately seized upon to COM
pei him to obedience. He would,follow the
members of the family, whenever they went
out, no matter how troublesome his presence
might be.
One day, the children tied ribbon bow
on the tip of the dogs tail. Everybody
laughed at his comical appearance, which so
mortified the poor setter that he retired IN
der the sofa, and sulked for an hour. The
next day the family were going to a croquet
party, and the dog seemed bent on accom-
panying them.
1t occurred to one of the young ladies to
try the effect of ribbon-bow. 1t was tied
on his tail, and Immediately he rushed into
the house, and hid under the sofa. When
they returned, he was on the doorstep, sit
ting on his launches as If concealing some
thing, and refrained even from wagging his
tail, lest the hated bow should be seen.
A writer illustrating the fact that the dog
is one of mans noblest servants and one OF
bis chiefest triumphs, says:
"In the beginning Allah created man, and
seeing what helpless creature he was, He
gave him dog. And lie charged the dog
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-10
No. OLA Bird.

Know, one and all, no more I'll wan,
Until air my wit;
So then attend my hippodrome,
And learn how am writ.
A-tumbling IN the circus ring,
You call my first a clown.
And laugh 20 hear him joke and sing
As he goes spinning down.
Behold anon the Lion King,
In cage the lions rout;
His fearful ieats do often bring
Applause from those without.
The monkey droll will show his skill,
please note my next so grim,
When In the gun and sabre drill,
You see the last of him.
Now viewing here some wonders rare,
Some beasts and reptiles too,
Some living things beyond compare,
The costing and the gun.
Know that upon the painted pole,
This cunning bird must be
A faithful copy of my whole,
In land beyond the sea.
W.
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Benno and Pinpo.

ELLA Guernsey, in Golden Rule.
BeppO and PippO are two prairie puppies
that are the cunning pets of Lily Prescott,
and hell to amuse the little girl in her new
Western home.
Sometimes it's sad-faced lonely little
girl that calls out, "Beppo, Pippo." AT her
first call the reddish-brown prairie puppies
are seen thrustiDg their sharp noses ont of
the round hole in the roof of their house.
Something like red squirrel, with a thick
tail, only larger, they look, and they are
very tame.
Lily's Uncle Hugh brought them from Ne
braska. At first the puppies were wild, and
had to be kept in cage. 1t is their nature
to burrow and make houses and every morn
ing after they had eaten their breakfast of
fresh grass, and new wheat, they made
round house OF the grass and wheat and
crept in il, to spend tie day. At last they
began TO know and like Lily and take grains
of corn from her hand. The way they ate
it, was sitting upon their launches, holding
a single grain in their forepaws. and nibbled
the heart out; the rest they threw away and
asked for more.
And when Lily rescued them from a storm
OF rain that was about to drown them, and
dried them of, before the fire, they did not
forget 1t, but became so tame that she dug
little hole In the front yard, which was the
boundary line between Kansas and the In
dian Territory, and turned her pets loose
Beppo and Pippo knew what to do, they
ran TO the hole and commenced to dig too,
and soon had house of their own to stay iu
e was round and large as a buggy wheel and
two feet high, with hole in the top to get
IN and out.
How LILY laughed when they came out
and sat upon the roof OF their mud house
and barked at her. She called mamma, who
laughed too. Mamma Prescott was glad her
little girl had something to make her forget
the old Boston home.
There were no neighbors near by, and
Lily's big sister Lulu was teaching school In
Vinetta, Indian Territory, in the Cherokee
schools.
Beppo and Pippo had several enemies, and
among them was Toby the maltese cat.
''Neb," the shepherd dog, did not have much
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No 94I.-BIanks.

No 941.-Blanks.
Fiji the blanks of each sentence with the same
word tTansposed.
1. blacksmith on the -- of the lake
owns geral -, and is said to be one of
the t. It - in the country.
2. Mr.. Nimord took his gun aud went into
q grove of -- to shoot - but came
home empty handed.
3. Great - said Mr.. Smith, 1 can't go
to the --, for it is enough to
common man to think of the have in
overseeing all these - of land.
ID. G. J.
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He Had Changed,

A bright little fellow about three years of
age, was very anxious to go to walk with his
father.
NO" said the latter, "you can't go; you're
too little"
"0h, no, papa" he said stoutly, Pm a
big boy"
'AIl right" said his father, ''come along"
On the way home the little fellow became
tired, and wanted his father to carry hin,
~ thought you were big boy" said his
father, pretending to sheer.
81 was big boy when l started out," he
said. 'but Pm little boy now" He was
carried the rest of the way.
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OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Careful Little Man.

ChTeIul Lllt1o MaD.
What you do. my little man,
DO with all your might;
Help the feeble when you can,
Stand for the truth and right
Be a valiant soldies in
This brief life of care;
They who act as heroes win,
And the triumph share.
What you hear, my little man,
That is wrong to know,
Let this ever be your plan
Treat it as a foe.
Do not let word go forth
From your lips so strong
That could count OF little worth,
Or would shield wrong.
What you see, my little man,
Tha mo eyeshould see,
Do not for moment scan,
Though Ii fair may be.
1t is safe to turn away.
From the tempting sight,
So your feet may ever stay
In the paths Of right.
What you say. my little man,
Let IL truthful be;
This will be your wisest plan,
Keep from SANDER free.
Stop and think before you speak,
IL is best, you know.
Haste makes waste, the wrong are weak,
Learn to travel slow.
ID. c. MILLER, NJ. D.
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No. a4s,-what's His Name.

A respectable colored man was the owner
of fine cosset sheep, which was the mother
of a fine lamb. One day they strayed away,
and, calling to his son to accompany him,
the man set out to search for them, and,
after walking some distance, found the sheep
quietly feeding by the roadside, but the
lamb had gone through the fence into an
adjoining field. The father tried to get
through the fence after it, but could not as
be wassrather portly, and called to his son to
do so. The letters of all the words that the
father used in calling his son, in the same
order that he used them but differently
divided, will give the sons entire name.
What did the father say TO the son and
what was the sons nance d. G. J.
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Stubborn Facts.
KOneAs's GLADE, W. Va. Sept IS, 1883,

EoReAE's GLADE, ". Va, Sept 3, 1855,
&. z. HelphenEtine:
SIR-Your favor of 18th inst. to hand. In
reply, would say that have used Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy in my family with great
success. had tried many other remedies,
but all failed. 1t is certainly the best Rheu-
matte Remedy ever introduced IN our reigh-
borhood. You can make use of this letter as
you see fit. Your Remedy possesses merits
that belong to no other cure known in thiz
section. Yours truly,
Sold by every druggist, Write for free
pamphlet to z. Z. Helphenstine, Washing
ton. d. @
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Somebody.

Somebody crawls into mammals bed
Just at the break of day.
Struggles up close and whispers loud:
somebody's come to stay"
Somebody rushes through the house,
Never once shuts door;
scatteTs her playthings all around
over the nursery floor;
Climbs on the fence and tears her clothes
Never bit cares She
Swings on the gate. and makes mud pies
Who can somebody be2
Somebody looks with rOguish eyes
Up through the tangled hair;
Somebody's me, - she says, "but then
Somebody doesn't care"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-10

women writers of Washington. A woman
who knew her well has written of her as fol-
lows: I'm 1866 she inaugurated an original
and specific line of journalistic work that at
once fixed public attention. Thousands of
families became subscribers to the New York
independent when that journal began the
publication of "A Womans Letter From
Washington In the years since then Mary
Ciemmer has become widely known as a
poet and novelist, yet 1t is as the fine inter-
prefer of Washington life through an event
ful series of years that we see her most dis
tinctive work. Her letters from the Capital
were always significant Of fine percep-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-10
No, MA Thief's Tale.

No. 942.-A Thief's Taie.
Though am little thief.
I'm no pirate on high seas;
grab no landsmen in my rounds,
But sail my boat at ease
My thieving, though fruitful sin,
Keeps nae in house and home,
For / ste al the roof that shelters me,
AS DER the sea l roam.
Pray tell me what may be my name,
Ere some mollusk should com plain
OF losing what had sheltered him,
In sailing DER the main.
-ERNIs;A Il.
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and fame are known to every reader of this
paper She has continued longer in the
newspaper field than have the other two
mentioned in this hasty sketch of the lady
writers Of the Capital. Here is her face as it
was when she was last here. She comes to
Washington only occasionally of late, hav.
ing been much abroad in the past few years
until the death of her husband. William
Writ Skies, abroad year ago. She has not
been idle in the past few months as is testi-
fed by the fact that she has recently taken
out a copyright for play, which will Droba
bly, be produced during the coming winter
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-10
THE HOME.

? u ID not doubted that men have home In that
place where each one has established MS hearth
and the sum OF his possession and fOrtuneF.
whence he Win not depart II nothing calls him
sway whence If he has departed he seems to be q
Uanderer, and II he returns he ceases to Wsaders-
Condition from Civil Law,
Then stay at home, my heart, and rest.
The bird is safest IN the nest;
Der all that hutter their wings ana ny,
Abawk Is lowering In the sky"
-Longfellow.
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Answers.

925. -Delirium tremens.
926.-l. Act, cat. 2. Plum, lump. 8. Rood,
door. 4. Rhine, mire.
927.-PaTadise pair o. dice)
92S.-Nankin, g0ssamer, nuns Yelling
lawn, muslin, corduroy, satinet. henrietta,
duck, satin, pineapple, silk, shalli, pique,
bison, Grape, calico, Bingham, jean, twill,
chintz, ottoman, camers hair, canvas, linen,
merino, tat, cashmere, thibet.
959-l. Time, emit. 2 Draw, ward. 3.
Rail. liar. 4. Evil, live. 5. Brag, garb. 6.
Revel, lever.
$780, i. Skull-csp. ., Bishops cap. 3,
Milk-weed and butter-cup.
931-The letter A
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a Generous Youth.

"Coul1nt you find room enough for your
self on the bench without pushing that little
boy off on the hoor?" asked school teacher
of the bad boy of the school.
Il didn't want any room for myself" was
the reply. 81 wasn't crowded at all"
Then why did you push him orr"
''To give him more room. He was the boy
who was crowded, so 1 pushed him off to
give him plenty of room. There is great
deal more room off bench than there is on
it"
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A Swindler Arrested.

LOUISVILLE, Sept. 5.-Dr. L. Watson Lyle,
charged with extensive pension frauds, was
arrested in Crittenden County and brought
to this city to-day. The authorities have
been in search of Lyle for two years and
half. Lyle has been travelling from place to
place, representing himself in the employ of
the United States Pension Dep artment. His
principal field of work has been in Illinois
and Iowa, where he is said to have swindled
the people out of .000
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-10

Or the hundreds and thousands OF emil
grants thrown upon her shores every year,
scarcely fifty are shipped back, and these
only when it is made plainly evident that
America is looked upon as a country for
which even the most Objectionable individ-
ual is quite good enough.-Berliner Borsen
C0nrier
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into resources of happiness snd life's best
Conversations

No WONDER there are many thousand
more manageable women than men in
Massachusetts,. A young girl, aged seven
teen, has been arrested in that State on the
charge of bigamy. u young girl has two
or three husbands how can il oe expected
that every WoLnsn can baye a mate?
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ness Looking Young.

being equal, thew are everywhere preferred.
Save your young looks 1t means position
and money. Is your hair falling off-dry or
Iustreless? Preserve and besutify it by us
ing Parker's Hair Balssm. Not an oil, not
q dye, sure to work, clean, harmless. Re
stores color.
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Don't Wear Cumbersome Trusses

when our new method without the use of
knife is guaranteed to permanently cure the
worst cases of rupture. Send two letter
stamps for references and pamphlet
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, n. Y
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No 946.-Curious Warfare.

Twelve men of different race,
Rank and file in proper place.
To warfare went; they fought and slew,
And doubled up when they got through.
MINNIE.
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No. o4O.-A Name To Guess.

No. 94O-A Name To Guess.
am operation, working, act,
But obsolete as such IN fact.
In q eolloquial sense you see
The fashion or the mode in me:
And, again, IL may be seen
That noisy merIiment mean.
In slang my lite name is handy.
Alas. find wheTe'er go
In literature my rank is low:
But as have my name expressed
will be by every guesser guessed.
-NELSONIAN.
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No. 947,-A Numerical Enigma

A follower of the 1, 2, 3, with little oppor-
tunity of advancement, my 4, 5, 6 has never
been z, s. 9, 10 to put away enough; bus store
has been somewhat increased by l, 2, 3, 4, 8,
6, Z, s, 8, 10 investments.
UNCLE Ben.
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KNOTTY PROBLEMS.

Our readers are invited to furnish original enig-
mas, charades, riddles, refuses and other "knotty
problems" addressing ali communications relative
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''That tied feeling" from which you suffer
so much, particularly in the morning, is en-
tirely thrown of ny Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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that be should be the eyes and the ears, the
understanding and the legs of the man."
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No. 945.-A Charade.

StTew my second in my first until you
find that my third is meant; while my
whole affords suitable means for obeying di-
rections given. SEEMER.
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1t axes but little to please children-and
many of Us, like Eliza Cook, have wished
ourselves back to the days
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UNCLE BEN.