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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
Too Expensive a Luxury.

She was reading the latest fashion paper
IN her elegant drawing-room.
They are wearing diamond buttons this
eeason," she remarked to her husband cit
would De nice for you to get set for your
pantaloons."
'Yes, my DEAR" he replied, "but can
not afford the luxury"
Why not?" she asked in amazement.
s'You have an income of many million a
gear"
Eyes, my love, 1 know that; but l can't
afford 10 buy q new set every week. and you
know haven't time to learn to sew"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01

A new danger threatens society and it
comes in the shape of the bicycle. The BIZ
cycle is almost noiseless on good road, and
young men driving their sweethearts would
DO well TO keep sharp eye in the rear, as
some very funny things have been witnessed
by wheelmen riding behind buggies. heard
how one wheelman rode behind q buggy for
some distance, quite undecided as to whether
the pretty girl in the buggy, all dressed In
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
A Confession.

For three years OF faith you have bound me
By rose-woven chains to your feet.
For three happy years you nave found me
In love and devotion complete.
But now confess that my promise
To serve and to love only you
Has wavered-and hencef0rth in homage
bow, with submission, to twol
Yet scorn not, for, man-like, 1 only
Surrendered at sight of her charms
TOek half of my heart from the mother
And gave 10 the babe in her arms.
j. II. Kennedy, in the Chicago Current.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
Young uenI-Read This.

The Voltaic Belt Company, of Marshall
Mich, offer to send their celebrated Electro
Voltaic Belt and other Electric Appliances
on trial for thirty DAYS to mens(young or
old afflicted with nervous debility, loss of
vitality and manhood, and all kindred
troubles. Also for rheumatism. neuralgia,
paralysis and many other diseases. Com
plete restoration TO health, vigor and man.
hood guaranteed. No risk is incurred as
thirty days trial is allowed. write them 81
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01

We fingered, in the act to part,
The last " ord still unspoken,
By the quick beating of my heart,
The silence family broken.
20 beautiful she seemed and pure
All, me- how 1 should miss her;
Unable longer to endure
Ny wish. asked to kiss her.
blush of deepest rose o'erspread
Her face, as IL to mask it,
As, with woman's art. she said:
why, Frank, you should not ask 1t.
The Century.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01

''0n. ma, am so happy since said yes to
dear George"
81 am glad to hear it. nv dear"
81 never shall forget his first kiss. He put
bis left arm around me, drew me quickly up
to him, placed his right hand lovingly on
my hair. and pressed my lips so gently"
See here, child, you better break with
Chat young mani
why, what for, map
"He has had too much experience"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
Human Calves.

An exchange says: "Nine-tenths OF the
unhappy marriages result from human
calves being allowed to run at large in society
pastures" Nine-tenths of the chronic or
lingering diseases of to-day originate in i'm
pure blood, liver complaint or biliousness,
resulting in scrofula, consumption (which is
but scrofula of the lungsl, sores, ulcers, skin
diseases and kindred affections. DR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" cures all these.
OF druggists.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
WIT AND PLEAsANrRY.

ooh, where shall we find contentP' wall
q magazine poet. He should invite home
ly girl to polish of a couple of quarts OF ice
cream with him.
They now eli teeth with electricity. A
woman with tooth full of electricity and an
eve full of fire will be balmy object for a
man to meet on the top landing when he
comes home frem balancing the books at .
q. m.
. Blunkin aRd bis wife had been INDUCING
IN 3 family discordance and finally Mrs. b.
exclaimed: well, I've got my opinion of
any man who talks as you do" "0h, have
you? "Well, you can keep it if you want
TO-" mo, 1 can't either. Its so awful bad
already that it won 'keep."
A youth, who was making a rather ex-
tended call the other night. was asked by the
young lady if he hadn't been reading about
the Greedy expedition lately. and if constant
reflection on the subject hadn't led him to
5mmagine he was now in the artic regions.
''What makes you ask thatg' said toe sur
prised youth. Because you seem 20 be I'M
der the impression that the nights are six
months long"
81 think it is burning shame, she said,
leaning on her croquet mallet and gazing
ever the fence at butcher who was driving
some lambs to his slsughter-hOuse, that the
dear LITTLE creatures should be killed by those
great, heartless men. just look at the poor,
innocent little things, Cicely. Isn't it bra
tsl?'' At dinner that day she was helped
three times to lamb.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01

ACCORDING to the France, there is woman
living at st. Just de -Ciai<, in the department
of Isere, who was born in l76l, so that she
is now in her 124th year. Her name is
Marie Girard, nee Durand. She was married
in 1870 at st. Just, and had two children,
one of whom died few years ago, aged
eighty.seyen
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
Why He smelIed Gas.
New York Journal,

81 thought they used only electric lights
here" said one Gotham citizen to another,
as they crossed Union square Monday even
ing
$50 they do"
"And Pm sure | smell gas"
1--WE no doubt of it,"
why
Because Butler is at this moment max.
ing the greatest effort of his life
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01

white, had black sash on or not. He tried
the experiment Of riding close up and blow
ing his whistle and the black girdle disap-
peered by magic. She was wearing q coat
sleeve with an arm in il.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
Marriage or ave Editor

SAN Francisco. Sept. 27.-John P. Young, man
aging editor of the Chronicle, was to-day married
10 Georgiana NJ. simon, a sister of Captain A. NJ.
BIoMn, of the United states Army.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
Their Two Husbandr.

'My husband is very little help to me
about the house." remarked Mrs. Smith 10
her friend. "He never does any of the
marketing. He always fOrgets to bring any
thing home with him.
Chow different he is from my husband, s"
responded her friend, sadly.
'In what way%'
''Mr. Jones comes home loaded every
night"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01

ST was all run down. and Hoods Sarsa-
parilla proved just the medicine 1 needed
write hundreds of people. Take it now.
100 doses 81.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
Heroic in His Own Minds Eye.
Boston Transcript.

"Do you know, Angelina" said Augustus,
as he gazed into the blue eyes before him,
that sometimes 1 wish you and were on
the water and that yod had Just fallen in"
<'Why, Gus. what do you want to wish such
q hoTrid thing as that for2" $50 that L
could dive for your, dearest" Ecstatic
tableau.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01

HANNIBAL HAMLIY, of Maine, is the Oldest
man on the stump. He is seventytwo. He
never wore an oyercoat.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01

NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-George Lorillard has sold
his farm at lslip. l.. l., to B. Cutting for s525O0O
His celebrated racing stud will be removed.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
No Good on That Road.

Conductor CONTEMPORARY - Nv OF s
Ghis?7 Passen ger-"My ticket book" Con-
ductor-" 'Tsin't good on this road" Pas
sengez, looking at the book, discovers that
he has handed out his Testament by mis-
take-"Go, 1 should say your had no use for
IL hereH
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
Her Answer.
New York Graphic

Jones contemplates securing a divorce
from bis wife because when he asks her if his
new hat didn't make him look like adonkey
she replied, Not any more than usual"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
What She Married.

Mrs Minks-What has become of Miss
FinksE
Mrs. Winks-She got married
Mrs Minks-You don't say so. Did she
marry well2
Mrs. Winks-No, not wei" beer bar
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
Much Ado About Next to Nothing.

Lancaster New Era
When a girl twenty-five years of age has
some trouble in making up her mind wheth-
er she will become Sister of Charity, an
opera singer or to run away with a coach
man, it is hardly worth while to bother much
about her
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01

Thersgularold established
Physician and Surgeon DIR.
ICLARkE, at the old number
continues to treat with his usual
gre at skill all private,
chronic, nervous and special
diseases. DIR. CLARKE is
the oldest Advertising Physician.
Jas files of Papers show and all
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01

10 FEE Established rSsIl 256
0n.i ss..sr Cincinnati, Ohio. Vine Str.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
STYLISH AND ECONOMICAL.
:: :: : p "a:
GODEY,s LADY,S BOOK saws:

"of all annoyances as connected with La Toilette
none greater than the purchase Of material ap
parenty the very thing required and the subsequent
finding that appearances decefu and money, time,
and trouble have all been wasted in the requirement of
an article whose beauty transient. durability
1l since our first recommendation of ARCADIA VEL
vErEEN every purchaser has reiterated the praise we
bestowed. Many makers would have contented them
selves with having thus gained public favor but the
great competition in Neeteens and the praiseworthy
determination not to be surpassed have led the manu-
facturors of the ARCADIA VELvFrEE to be Constantly
seeking improvements which has resulted the pro
auction OF the genuine 1reUeR fast pile Cih Genoa face
| 6nfEGf You should remember this brand costs
ENbtEVi no more than poorer quality, and Won
can get it by asking for it. DO so.
,foilorc Wupun WpT I'D O. no Nom Womb NJ uuh
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-30
PROFITABLE SONG WRITING.

It is marvellous what large sums of money
are paid for songs and tunes, which catch the
public ear or touch the popular heart. They
are often silly, Mandy PANTY productions,
and yet the craze songs, as they are some
times called, have phenomenally large sales
peek "a Boo" written by young Irishman
named Scanlan, has been sold to the amount
of 800, 900 copies, and its author has pocketed
1918, 900 in royalties. His other songs-"By-
by, Baby, By-By," and He Never Went
Back on the Poor" have brought him in $780,
600. He has an income of some $50, 600 a
year from this source. The author of "Sil-
yer Threads Among the Gold' was very for
tunate with that song, as up to date he has
sold about 100000 copies my Grand
fathers Clock, and "Put Me in my Little
Bed" are still selling, although over 300, 600
of each have been disposed of. Famous con-
cert singers in this country and England are
often employed by song writer's to bring their
melodies before the public. But what pity
it is that the many pleasing airs which have
become popular year in and year out are not
more often accompanied by verses which
have some poetic merit of their own !-Dem-
orest's Monthly.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-30
OVER-SENSITIVENESS.

There are some people, yes, many people,
always looking out for Sights They cannot
carry on the daily intercourse of the family
without some otfense is imagined. If they
meet an acquaintance on the street who hap
tribute his abstraction to some mood personal
to themselves, and take umbrage accordingly.
They lay on others the fact of their irritabil-
ity. A tit of indigestion makes them see i'm
pertinence in every one they come in contact
with. Innocent persons, who never dreamed
of giving offense, are astonished to find some
unfortunate word or momentary tacturnity
mistaken for an insult TO say the least the
habit is unfortunate. There are people in
this world who have something to do besides
talking, joking and complimenting There
are persons who get too weary to answer
foolish questions repeated again and again.
There are persons who now and then appreci-
ate the privilege of a moments thought or
silence, and it is not needful for over-sensitive
persons to construe WEAKNESS and care and
tempt. 1t is far wiser to take the more char
table view of our fellow beings and not sup
pose slight is intended unless the slight is
open and direct. After all, too, life takes its
hues in great degree from the color of our
mind. If we are frank and generous, the
world treats us kindly. If, on the contrary
we are suspicious men learn to be cold and
cautious towards us. Let person get the
reputation of being touchy and everybody is
under more or less restraint and in this way
the chance of an imaginary offense is vastly
increased
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-30
TRUTHFULNESS:.

There is to-day no greater need in the life
of individuals and of society than truthful
ness, which means integrity of character.
Indeed, truthfulness is the foundation of all
character building Neither talent, nor in
SEPARATION can compensate for the lack of that
which gives steadfastness and reliability to
the individual Talent may lead to grand
mental conquests- may soar to the
illimitable heights of the imaginative world,
and inspiration may carry the soul into the
beautiful realm of the celestial Spheres but
if, deeper than all this, there lies not the dia-
mond of truth, steadily Illuminating heart,
soul and mind, all of mans grand achieve
ments, all his victories fail to win the love
and faith of human kind-for it is only the
truthful spirit that inspires and holds the
confidence of the people, and stands as a
beacon light to guide hayward, wandering
ones into the paths of rectitude Without
this element of truthfulness, upon which all
else that is good and grand must rest, we
look in vain for true manhood and woman
hood. Without it, the mental sky may be
brilliant with comet flashes and meteoric
CLEANS, but the calm, clear and steady shin
ing light of the everlasting stars is not there
Unfortunately, the existing customs and con-
ventionalities of society develop and cultivate
the spirit of hypocrisy and discrimination.
Even in the sacred life of home, where more
than any other place, we expect to find loyal
ty of soul, honesty of motive, sincerity of
heart and undisguised frankness and hearth
ness of conduct and expression, we too often
feel and see the blighting effects of deceit and
hypocrisy. Even the children, way down in
their sweet and baby years, are taught by
example to prevaricate and to conceal the
truth. All through their childhood they re-
ceived lessons in the art of deceiving. Then,
what wonder that in the years of manhood,
these buds of evil whose germ seeds were so
thoughtlessly planted by the mothers own
hand in the heart garden of her beloved child,
should blossom forth in rank and poisonous
luxuriance. What wonder that our sons and
daughters grow up disloyal to truth, because
of conscience warped by the evil guiding of
a parents hand. We believe that humanity
naturally loves and seeks truth, and that it is
only perversion of our noble human nature
that leads to the utterance of false words. and
to the practice of untruthful acts Then let
parents and teachers guard with sacred care
that spirit in childhood which instinctively
leads to the practice of truthfulness, both in
word and deed.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-30

The New York Retailer, an influential or
gan of the liquor traffic, in recent editorial
on 1.-THE Strength of the Enemy says:
"We call your attention to the fact that not
less than one million U0tes are drrdyed against
g0a in the uari0us so-cdlled temperance sOcie-
ties and almost the entire force Of pulpit ora
tors of the country. Add to this l53 news
papers and periodicals especially devoted to
the cause, to say nothing of the lay dailies
and weeklies which truckle more or less to
the morbid and bigoted public sentiment that
tolerates sumptuary legislation" We are
thus reminded by the enemy that in votes and
influence, the temperance people of the coun-
try hold the balance of power; and they
ought to use it wherever temperance legisla-
ton is called for Especially they ought to care
enough for their principles to attend primary
meetings, even if held in bar-room.-Inde-
pendent.
1t will be seen by the above quotation from
the New York Retailer that liquor men are
afraid of three things, first, the votes of Pro-
hibitionists; second the christian pulpit
third, temperance newspapers Our talking
and writing will do no good unless our votes
are in harmony with our declarations
The liquor men recognize the fact that the
church is against them, now let christians
recognize the fact with equal clearness that
the dram-shop is against the church. There
can be no neutral ground consistently occu-
pied between the dram-shop, which is the
church of the devil, and the church of God.
One is holy, the other is unholy. Temper
ance Gazette.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-30
THE CANTILEvER BRIDGE.

The new bridge over the Niagara river,
which connects the Canada Southern road
with the New York Central, is mechanic
novelty in the way of bridges. 1t is called a
cantiever bridge. This name is borrowed
from architecture, and means bracket to
sustain a balcony. In this new bridge the
only one of the kind in America, there are
two brackets opposite each other, each rest
ing on a pier The shore ends of the brackets
rest upon and are fastened down to another
pier; the outer ends, projecting over the
water, sustain central span, merely resting
upon them, and free to respond TO the changes
in the temperature. To get rude idea of
the principle of the cantilever bridge, place
two chairs two feet apart put foot-rale on
each chair. held down by book; the ends
of the rules will not meet across the space
separating the two chairs, but by resting a
third rule upon their ends the bridge is COM
plete This is skeleton idea. Now, in
place of the chairs substitute four piers of
masonry instead of the two rules, balance
upon the piers two beams resting upon the
intermediate piers and with the shore ends of
the beams placed upon and fastened to the
two extreme piers another span resting upon
their outer ends substituted for the third rule,
and this is the cantilever bridge There is
another bridge of this kind building in Scot
land over the famous Firth of Forth. The
new bridge just finished will afford a magnii-
cent view of Niagara Falls .-DeRorest's
M0nthly
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-30

Republicans and Democrats judge cause
by its success or by its failure-if it is polit-
ical success, it is worthy of espousal if a
failure politically, no matter if right be on
its side, no amount of persuasion can induce
them to take it up. But right triumphed in
the slavery question and it win triumph in
this far more important and wide-reaching
evil
Rum must go, and if the Democratic and
Republican parties are found in the temple
of Bacchus when the Prohibition Sampson
pulls down its pillars it win be their own
fault. Temperance Gazette.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-30

about half of the presbyteries that have re-
ported avow themselves in favor of constitu-
tional prohibition as the speediest remedy for
the utter determination of the traffic in in
toxicating liquors as beverage" and about
an equal number report growing sentiment
IN favor of enforcing existing laws.
The report also commends the work of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union, which
apart from the church is probably the most
efficient temperance organization in the
country
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-30
THE USE OF WORDS.

Shakespeare uses more different words than
any other writer in the English language.
Writers on the statistics of words inform us
that he uses about Is, 000 different words in
his plays and sonnets, while there is no other
writer who uses so many as 10000. Some
few writer's use as many as 5000 words, but
the great majority of writers do not employ
more than 8, 200. In conversation only from
5000 to s, 200 words are used.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-30
Vol. /. No. 1S.
THE SECRET OF A HAPPY DAY.

just to trust, and yet to ask
Guidance still
Take the training or the task
AS He will;
Just to take the loss or gain
AS He sends it;
Just to take the JOY or pain
As He lends it.
He who formed thee for His praise
Will not miss the gracious aim;
SO to-day and all thy days
Shall be moulded for the same.
Just to leave in His dear hand
Little things;
All we cannot understand,
All that stings;
Just to let Him take the care
Sorely pressing;
Finding all we let Him bear
Changed to blessing.
This is all and yet the way
Marked by Him who loves thee best,
Secret of happy day,
Secret of His promised rest.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-30

Two commercial travellers comparing notes
II have been out three weeks" said the first,
land have only got four orders" That
beats me, said the other. " / have been out
four weeks and have only got one order, aud
that's an order from the firm to come home. y"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-30

Gladstone's enemies claim that his mind is
failing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-28
STERLING SILVER.

Not all Of u able to have Table Ware made OF
Soil Silver, and III fact there is the Ehtest neces
sity for it. hs hsndsoIne.t goods repro
duced IN fine Plated Ware And II piece should acct
dentally be missing need not set the police on
its track with much less trouble You replace it.
We always carry line of low priced, very SNOWY
Plated Ware. and offer
Dinner or Breakfast Casters from 9oc. up
Pickle Casters at 99c. Cake Baskets az 99c.
Fruit Stands at 99c. Card Receivers at 99c.
Cream Pitchers al 99c- Sugar Bowls at PC.
Syrup Pitchers at 99c Buter Dishes at 99c and up
wards
Our Plated Teaspoons al 41c. per set marvel OF
beauty. and We have Tablespoons and Forks to match
the at g9c. Ter set.
We can give you finer grale of goods warranted to
SPOONS aud Forks at 81 9S per set
For SI.49 give you six Solid Steel Double
Plated Knives such will give satisfaction II you and
which We RECOMMEND highly, though We have the
cheaper grade at 99c. as we'll
For 9lc. give You Six steel Table Knives and
Six Steel Forks with double riveted White Bone Han
die
For 09c can give you Six Fine Steel Solid White
Handle Knives.
For 99c. can give you Fine Set Of Solid VIII
Handle Carvers
For sl.i9 give you Fine Set Of Solid Rubber
Handle Carvers.
IL this department. we have number OF other very
cheap goods
From the LIST of August shall close out all of our
Iaby Carriages ut Cost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-28
SPECIAL Nor1cE

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