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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22

next morning she unfolded plau which
thought very Ingenious. | was to shave my
hair and moustacae. to put on q wig aud
colt, to dress as a peasant girl. Jeanne had
been expecting niece from the country,
and this neice | was to represent, and, so
disguised, TO accompany Jeanne in her daily
rounds through the PFussiaD lines where
she was in the habit of going to sell bread
and cakes. | was to have q swelled face
which Decessitated, OF course a good deal of
handaglng OF cheek aud chin, and effectually
hid my face Jesnne's plan was 10 have me
accompany her for q day or two, and, when
found an opportunity, to run as fast as
possible toward the French lines. 1t was a
desperate chance, but IL was my only one
My first two essays passed off successfully. Il
pushed the bread cart, beside which Jeanne
walked. and held my head down and feigned
modesty and bad cold very successfully.
Meanwhi e studied the relative positions
of the Prussiau and French lines, and So
lected the point from which | was to make
my attempt at escape. / had little hope, but
q good deal of resolution. At last the event
ful DAY came. My dispatches were most in
geniously concealed, my dress arranged, aud
my face mutfied more carefully than ever
My chief dang of discovery came from the
curiosity to see my face which the soldiers
had shown once or twice. You see, mon
sieur, that am not at all beau gsrcon, aud
IL tnC 0AccS VI q pcdShub WO1lau L was quite
frightful. But soldiers are not particular.
and they several times tried to pull off my
bandages; however. now all went we'll. Je
anne had q capital stock of bread and cakes
and IS soon as we reached the place of my
departure, she entered into the business If
bargaining with so much spirit and clever
ness that the so diers surrounded her, and
when upon signal previously agreed upon
between u.s. the cart was upset. and the
cakes rolled in every direction, they rushed
en- masse to pick them up. Jeanne set up q
terrible screaming and scolding, and in the
general melee | managed to slip off unoo-
served Almost before l knew it was run-
ming across the open space between the IN
trenchment. OF course | was seen and fol-
10 we'd but happily had the start Of my pur-
suers, and being very swift ronner, l was
speedily within the French lines, where, 10
the infinite amszement of the soldiers,
promptly Invested myself of my feminine at
tire. had soon the satisfaction of deliver
ing my dispatches, and of receiving the ap
probation OF my chief, and before night-fall
! was sgain among my own people, and my
dangers aud sufferings were forgotten"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22

/ remember going to the Great Exhibition
In London in 1862, and in the Roman room
there was one particular piece of sculpture
which 1 liked to see; but it was not easy to
get near it, as there were so many that
wanted to see it. 1t was really an America an
gers though IL was in the Roman room, be.
LIST! OH, LIST"
The story was that number OF red men
had made a raid into the United States, and
had burned q village and tomahawked many
a poor creature. and slain and quartered
many more And then they stole little
white maid. need not tell you how the
poor mothers heart was broken when she
ha lost her child; and there was no day,
aud no month, and no year. but she was
pursuing the question, Where can l find
my lost child?' At last, after many years
had passed, q report reaches her. There is q
white maiden among the red people yonder,
nearly q tho1sand miles away" There was
no rail, no road, but off set the mother, and
she went over prairie aud marsh, aud moor
aud river, and 81 last. after many q toilsome
day, she arrived where the white maiden
was.
She thought, ooh, that is my childl" The
face was much altered; it had become In
dianized. There was the mark that the child
had come from the white race: but 1t was In
dianized. Its language was Indian now, and
the maiden had quite forgotten her mother
AL her love now was given to the red squaw
OF the woods that had brought her up.
When the mother tried to go near her, the
Young woman repulsed her; and the poor
heart broken mother knew not what TO do.
At last. Q good thought struck her. She sat
down AID began to sing sweet lullaby song
that she had always sung her little one to
sleep with At first she listened listlsssly;
but In little while (you know how an old
tune will fetch up an old thought) the
maiden began to listen and she stood as IL
al her soul had got into her ears. 1t was In
that attitude that the sculptor carved her
listening; and the story went on to say that,
after q little listening, it seemed as II the
lullaby had unlocked the cells of old mem
DRY, and IN little while that poor maiden
was in her mother embrace.
All, friends, let the melodious song OF
Christ's love and atonemeDt for your sins
speak to your hearts, awakening in them
the long forgotten melodies OF Gods love!
Let your Savior WOO and win you back
that there may be JOY in your fathers house.
Rev. 8 Coley.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22
The Lightning Rod Man.

The Chicsgo Tribune tells the following
story of visit made by lightning rod mar
to an old farmer in Wisconsin:
L thought seen you rouhd here year
or TWO ago selling another variety Of then
condiments observed the old agTiculturist
and you said that these here lightning rod.
were fTauds?"
'Onl yes. that was when / was in the bon 4.
OF sin and the gall Of bitterness said the
sgent, contritely; "but I've been converted
since. | often shudier nowadays when |
think IL my foot h ad slipped when was put
ting up one OF those inferior articles which |
was then palming off upon a credulous and
unprotected community, might have gone
plumb down to perdtion with lie on my
lips and hammer IN my hand. Now l am
endeavoring to atone for the evil which /
committed, by exposing the inferior quality
of the lightning rods then put up. and re-
placing them with those for which / am now
agent at cost price"
The old farmer said be didn't exactly
know that be wante any lightning-rods put
up; but the agent said TO him:
"rll tell you what IN do: I'll put up set
OF lightning-rods for you and If you don't
like them I'll make you present of them"
The farmers eyes sparkled at the PROPOSE.
ton. The agent went to work, and when be
bad completed tis task he slapped the farmer
on the back, ard asked him IL he liked the
material of the rods and the workmanship.
The farmer said be didn't.
"All right" said the agent, pleasantly
then the rods are yours, and don't charge
you q cent. Oar company always sticks to
its word, and would rather lose q million
dollars than do a job that wasn't satisfac
tory to the customers"
The farmer asked the lIghtning-rod man to
come in and have some dinner. and the
lightuing.rod man said be didn't mind
There seemed to be something funny on the
ligbtning-rod mans mind-for be would
look at the farmer every minute or two. aud
laugh to himself gently; and when asked
what was wrong. be would say: "0h!
nothing, nothingl'' and then choke
with inward mirth. All through the
meal he entertained his host with interesting
"reminiscences of q house that had been
struck by lightning how in one case every
thing metallic within the building was
fused, and campaign supplement was in
delibly imprinted upon the woman
OF the house, while her beautiful
daughter was driven through o stove sipe
hole, leaving great strips of her soft white
flesh on the ragged edges of the sheet-iron.
When he was climbing into his wagon, the
lit of mirth with which be was seized 50
nearly approached the proportions of m
apoplectic seizure. that the honest farmer
got alarmed, and asked him what in the
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22
seven Hears for Day Laborers and Eight
for Men Of Active 8Tnina

seven Hoars for Day Laborers and Eight
for Men OF Active Grains.
tGentleman's MsgazineI
The latest authority on this vexed cues
ton, DR.. Mains, says that the proper amount
OF sleep to be taken by q man is eight hours
So far ss regard. city life the estimate in
probably correct. Proverbial wisdom does
not apply TO modern conditions OF social ex-
istence. Five (hours) for q man, seven for
woman and nine for pig" says one prov
ero: and second. quoted by Mr.. Hszitt in
his "Engl ish Proverbs" decIsres that nature
requires hve; custom allows seven; lsziness
takes nine. and wickedDess eleven" These
conclusions we're, however, dra IN from OBJ
servation of country life
Physical fatigue is more easily overcome
than intellectual. Which of Us when trav-
cling In the country or abroad, or in any
way separated from the ordinary process of
thought and anxiety, has not found that he
could, without difficulty, do with q couple
Of hours less seep than he was In the habit
OF taking? Men, however. who follow an
:Dtellt ctual pursuit are exceptionally fortu-
nate IL the processes OF restoration occupy
less than seven hours. More freqcentl, they
extend to eight or nine hours. Kant, / zee
ii stated took never less than seven hours
Goethe owned 10 requiring nine. Soldiers
and sailors on the other hand. like lsborers.
do with much less quantity am afraid to
to say how few the Duke of Wellington re-
garded - essential A tch0ol-ma under
whom at one time I studied, hard working
man ut the scqu 'sition OF languages. pro
claimed Loudly that he never took more than
five hours sleep The hour st which he rose
in the morning gave some colo, &c this ssser-
ton. 0nly In after life did discover tast .
two hours post prandial sisots was not IN.
oluded Ia thst allowance -
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22

The dry leaves dropped upon the way
With constanf sound. like falling RAM
I uouId Awe much this weary day
To hear that sound again.
behind With sharp and even rim,
black hfffs ofeloeds possessed the sky:
A star wzs III mmering Tar and dim
Through iaint light on high
The woods WeFS Clark. and all abroad
The defds were dark. and PATHWAYS dim:
Nv soal yearned for the living God
Tnro' the thick clouds which foldetn him.
When ail at once, up scared the moon,
With sudden flood OF tender light
A gracious food: and 10. right soon
Woods, neIds, aud ways we're bright
ThArolemn trees stretched out their boughs
And caught the light With quiet mind.
.ssurely." said; This is Gods house;
Add where men seek they ind"
Tears fIled mine eyes. but they were sweet;
and standing on the shining road.
IkneE.vhat Spirit lead my feet
By dxrksone ways 10 God.
Good Words.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22
"Stop Smoking"
TCrofut.1


Apropos of General Grants illness, the
late Thurlow Weed once told me q story
that it recalls. asked the venerable editor
to what he attributed his firm health and
length of days. IT see that Peter Cooper as
signs rigid temperance as the cause of his"
he answered with laugh. mine is due, l
think, to having always sat up all night and
eaten aud drank whatever | pleased. For
forty years ] took hearty dinner, generally
of meat, at IL or o'clock every night. and
never had any trouble to sleep. al WAYS
drank with the boys and politicians; drank
every thing, but not much at time and for
more than half a century / smoked ten or
twelve cigars every day-when 1 could get
them. In the summer OF 1867, being in Sar
atoga, 1 lounged down to the spring one
morning with cigar in my mouth. On the
way met my old friend. DIR. Freeman, COM
ing back with some other gentlemen. AS
we passed each other he leaned over to me
and exclaimed Stop smokingP The sal1ta-
ton was go sudden and such an odd one that
IL stuck in my crop. thought about 1t all
day, and wondered what it meant; and after
dinner / called up at his room. He ex-
planned to me that he thought had smoked
long enough; that was an old man. and
nabitual smoking was sure to hurt me-in
fact, he wasn't sure but 1t had already hurt
me. was convinced and told him would
never use the weed any more. He said /
bad better taper off, but l told him didn't
believe In taperings. and would never smoke
again. l never did. But thought about 1t
good deal for awhile. / had written TO
General Grant that he must be our candidate
for President the next year He had shown
my letter to friends, and ,me correspondence
had resulted. I came back TO New York
and found q note from the General asking
me to come and see him at Long Branch.
went down with John F. Henry. As we
were talking General Grant took out his cigar
case and offered Us cigars, taxing aud light
ing one himself took one, excused myseIf
from smoking at the time and stuck it in the
breast pocket of my coat. Well, / became
better acquainted with that cigar than I
ever did with any other, for / carried 1t in
that breast pocket for year. and took it
out every day-probsbly several times every
day aud looked ct ii and smelt of 1t aud
rolled it in my fingers and silly nibbled the
end But never consumed it," And Mr.
Weed transferred to the chair back the pet
pigeon be was fondling az the time, rose
painfully from his seat. went across the room
and took from drawer and handed to me
. tough looking cigar with both ends some
what masticsted. That's It." he added. II
never smoked It and now don't wantit" &
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22
A Baby's Eye.

baby lay In its mothers lap
Concealed and warmed by a wooden wrap;
An inanimale mass OF black ii seemed,
Except that from an opening cleaned,
bsby's eye.
The mother coarse. unkept, unclean.
Was clad in RAGS OF greasy sheen;
But she loved her baby, and she held IL tight
AND the only thing that was LETT TO sight
Was the bsby's eye
Like a sparkling gem in the cold, dull earth
Or a smile that in tears finds q sudden birth
The one bright thing In that unslcan whole
Was the window of an immortal soul
The baby's eye.
Columbus Dispatch
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22
The March Evening.

The boushs are black. the wind IL cold,
And cold and black the fading sky;
And cold and ghostly, fold on fold,
Across the hills the vapors lie.
Sad Is my heart and dim mine eve
With thoughts of all the woes that were.
And all that through the forward year,
Prophetic, fit like phsutoms by.
But, In the cherries silence, hark
Some throstle's vesper loud and clear.
Beside his mate hear him sing:
And. suddenly at my feet mark
datf0cil thai lights the dark
Joy. JOY. It's here. the Spriog. the SPRING.
George Miner in Longmsn's Magazine.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22
A TOKEN.


l.
Guilty. no doubt, and died m her dishonori
she knew no friends save men these many
years
Her best and worst I only look upon her
They kissed with smiles but have Tor her no
tears.
Did the last spark OF life that lit these a,hes
Drown in the wine she drank un o the leesf
VI did the dark eyes look out meath painted
laShes
To childhood's home among the waving trees
II er DER her being came the 10 death culver,
fernaps she heard, across the shining river.
Gods holy love was made for such as these "
IL
Shameless she was, indeed and stepped in sin.
ming;
Cold virtue, scorning. passed her quickly by
Upon the arm OF him whose voice so winning
HAD &c useo her fall. In vain for her TO cry
For pity or for mercy-ciose the curtain.
she must not look upon orr home fire light;
But one false step 1.-THE end for her is certain
shut her forever out into the night.
Among her rags. as she lies calmly sleeping,
A token will p ace wi hin her keeping
one fragrant rosebud. pure and snowy white.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22
Aver S Ca thartic Pills.

thartic Pills. five boxes of which restored
NE ~ perfect health" ID. l.. Benson.
TanarOa, Ill.
Prepared " J. G. AVER s Co. Lowell. Mass.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22
Indigestion

is most productive source Of suffering to
humanity. but it may be cured by the use
Of Ayers Cathartic Pills. ''Words fail
TO express the misery suffered, from
dyspepsia, until commenced using.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22

have not had the headache since I began
10 take them. john =. Lyman. Ports
mouth. Y. II.
For sale BY all Druggists
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22
Headache,

arising from fou stomach. biz
or from any other cause. NAV be
cared by the Use OF Ayers Pills Il have
been a great sufferer from Sick Headache,
and found complete relief in Ayer's Ca
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22

Frost Time.
Upon the medows far and wide.
silvery, frozen mantle lays
And on the upland mountain side,
Frost glistened in the dawn of day,
Winter was nigh.
The farmer paused in early light,
His rugged face was marked by care;
Amid his locks were lines of white,
For Nature. too had frosted there
Winter was nigh.
-Chas. K. Lush, In the Current
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22

the side of the car The balloon was moyipg
steadily on above the clouds which stretched
out Ia every direction below me, vast, white
and dream-like. Above rose the dark and
fsthomless dome of SKIP, gemmed in its re-
hottest depths with the solemn stars. And
1. poor wretch. drifted on, helpless and
alone.
~ collected my scattered thoughts once
more. forced them upon the duIy had in
hand, and again turned to the valves But
q moments reflection convinced me that IL
would be worse than madness to touch them
nov. The intense pain still felt in breath
ing proved that the balloon was far above
the earth, and the dense clouds below me
might be resting on some mountain peak
where might fall and die, leaving my bones
to bleach unbound and unburied, aud my
mission on eartn unacoomplished. In any
case nothing was to be gained by immed ate
action, and ev -rything might be lost. And
then msrclfully no doubt, pan aad thirst
aud hunger seized and possessed me. /
groped for food and did not find IT, My
mind was still confused, for each effort at
connected thought seemed to exhaust my
brain. bat nevertheless l distinctly remem
bered that the balloon had been well pro
visioned, and where the PROVISIONS had been
placed, and sum moning oil my resolution, /
searched for them long and thoroughly. In
vain; everything was gone, and could only
think that in the desperate struggle for
breath the death Iuggle. may call it'll
must have tossed every thing out OF the car
without being conscious of II. Indeed.
the longer / thought. the more / teit
convinced that this was the case, because
except one blanket all my wraps were mics
ing 1 was in pain. in great pain, and shiv-
ering In every limb with cold, aud yet not
the horror and the danger OF
my situation, had life left &c suffer acutely
from hunger, and when the last hope of food
or drink vanished could have wept like an
infant. lido not know what the experience
Of other men may be, but have ever found
& easier 70 bear the panss Of hunger than
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-22

~
LACE near Paris; indeed, l bad visited her
there not year before. l knew Jeanne's
10y atty aud fidelity. She was quick witted
too and telt sure that she would help II e.
Still, | allo we'd her to leave the church
alone and it was not until later in the even
ing that presented myself ut her door. She
did not recognize me, and alter few mo-
ments' conversation L asked her where her
husband was.
"'Ah, mon D'eal mon pere. he has lost q
leg, and he is in the hospital at Neuilly;
but, thank God he is out of danger, and is
doing WELL
And your sons?' continued.
"'They are both too young for the army,
and they are ia the country, in Normandy.
And your daughter LaureT
"'She Is in the country too, monsieur,
with them
And your daughter Annette7'
She too, mon pere. Annette married
well-s rich Norman peasant. There Is
much work to do, aud Laure and the boys
help her aud her husband Who is good
kind man.
annette is twenty four replied, in q
tone OF assertion. i am glad that she mar
ried WELL should have been erieved if my
foster sister had been unhappy
Jeanne stared ct me. and turned pale.
DO you not know your boy, JeanneT /
said uncovering nay head.
Mon Dieul mon Dieal mon pauvre gar.
conP exclaimed Jeanne, bursting into tears.
Mails. Monsieur Henri, your hair IL white rs
snowp DO
Il am sure that you will be surprised, but
had never known Of my white hair until
that moment / had hurried on without
rest, aided in my disguises by various SYM
pathetic hands, and had never once looked
in the glass. When Jeanne brought ii, | be-
held the face OF q stranger. Yet had been
white barred, as afterward found. Tor more
than fortnight; indeed ever since hsd
stepped out OF tina. accursed balloon. Jeanne.
as found was, fortunately for me, alone
IN the house, and she readily under
took to give me shelter and
70 cid ne In reaching Paris The
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-09-26

TnE kid li2utcua"t, assigned to
1T. Stanton from the graduating
class Of 1855, has arrived ut his
post OF duty.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-09-26

ONE Of Our prominent citizens is
accused by Il certain society lady
oi stealing her liJt.e boys pup.
Such is fame.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-09-26

MR C~hRrtSr~e, Brown ~ Man
iaa;las boss >aicsm3u.Was in town
this week.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-09-26

T. j. McLHAN, Socorro agent
for Benz. Mclean q Co.., Kansa-
City. Mo. dealers in hides and
wool, arrived in town ON Wcdne,,
day, with Mr.. Carpenter, OF the
Brown. Manzanaras Co.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-09-26

ii. j.. MuI4s hats gone to- IT.
Stanton.
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accurately compounded at a.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-09
New York Dry Goods.

New YORK, September s. The ex-
ports of domestic cottons the past week
have been 1000 packages, and for the
expired portion of the year the total
was 4,645 packages, against ia, 159
packages last year, lis, 1S1 packages the
same time in 1888, the largest total in
any previous year. With jobbers there
has been a very good trade in progress.
Agents have been doing very healthy
and legitimate business with all the
leading makers of bleached cotton,
prints, dress goods, flannels, under
wear, soft wool dress fabrics, ginghams
and other specialties sold to arrive
Buyers are hurrying forward deliveries,
besides the wide request for many dupli-
Gates and new selections, and the many
substitutes that have to be taken. The
market was very strong, prices harden
ing on wool, 1annels and bleached cot
tons.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-09
New York Stock Market.

NEW YORK, September S.-l1 am
Stocks opened Is q 3 lower and ruled
irregular. At II o'clock the market
was quiet and steady.
New YORK, September S.-Noon-
The stock market at II o'clock was
quiet and firm, at fractions above the
NEW YORK, September 8.-Govern-
ment bonds dull.
The stock market was comparatively
quiet to-day, and at times feverish, es-
pecially during the first hour. After a
small advance in early dealings there
was break of q to ~ per cent, and
the lowest figures of the day were
reached. At the end of the first half
hour they became more steady, and the
dealings, except an occasional. squirt,
were light until late in the afternoon,
when there was again some show of
business, accompanied by an upward
movement that was continued until the
close of the board. In the majority of
cases the final prices are the highest of
The day, and from q to e per cent
higher than the closing quotations yes
terday.