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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
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When we come to marriage as an ele-
ment of happiness, we arrive at what
some consider as the proper object of
life's journey.
In looking at the window of jeweller,
the reader may have seen a figure OF
Cupid with bunch of wedding rings
and as he looked, he may have specu-
lated on the future lot of those who
were TO wear them. Were the loving
bonds they typifed to be dissolved pre-
maturely by death, broken in court of
law, or were they to issue in a golden
wedding, after fifty years of happy
life? The answer is given to such all
enquiry in the following story.
A lady on the eve of her wedding day,
had a curious dream. She saw on ia
bic, some punches of wedding rings.
Various persons made their selections
from these punches. One bunch repre-
sented rings taken by those who married
from thoughtlessness, another, rings Sc
lected by those who married from pride i;
third, rings chosen by those who mar
ried for money; fourth, rings picked
out by those who married from prlncl-
pie and true affection Then the figure
of Time appeared on the scene: as he
touched one bunch of rings, they were
found only TO be copper. Another
bunch changed into curling vipers, and
it was only the rings which had been
selected from esteem and affection, that
stood the test, and proved to be pure
gold.
At a wedding at which we were pre-
ent. when the health of the bride and
bridegroom was proposed, and they were
about to start on the hymeneal tour, the
young couple were compared by SPEAK
er to shallop with gay streamers, I'M
patient to be liberated from its mOorings
and sail EDWARDS on the mystical voyage
of life. Examine carefully" so spoke
in effect our friend, examine carefully
the company you are going to take with
YOU in your boat. Here comes Beauty;
place for her smiling face by all means.
A place for Love? Yes, and one of the
best. Another and a good one for
Health. Make room, too, for Thrift
and Prudence Let Culture, also, that
lady with the stately step, be admitted
if she wish. Above all, keep a good
place for Sweet Temper, and the best In
the boat for Piety aud Principle. That
naughty dame, Self will, with the last
word in her mouth, we cannot admit, on
any consideration. We do not object to
Dame Money. Her parcel is not large
one. and ii can be added TO on the voy-
age. Nor will we exclude these two
good uatured animals Bear and For
bear With these companions in the
boat, and Gods blessing and his sacred
word to direct you, we do not doubt that
your voyage will be pleasant one. "
We cordially endorse our friends words,
and recommend them as our advice ito
those about to marry" instead OF
the well-known monosyllabic counsel
Don't"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
why Men Don't Wear Finer Clothes.

new 1OTk fOSt
The reformers who have been endeav.
OriDg for number of years to induce
men TO clothe themselves in more pic.
turesque garments have made little
Roadway, evidently because they have
overlooked the economic relation between
male and female costume.
All economists know that there is only
given amount of capital in the world
at any given time which can be used by
the two sexes at what they call the
clothes fund; and that the more of this
there is used by one sex the less there is
left for the other. In early times, when
men were stronger than women, and
made use of their strength in their own
interest, they took the greater part of
this fund and spent ii upon themselves,
which accounts for the fact OF the splen-
dor of male attire among so many primi-
tive races, and for the seclusion in which
the women were kept-much lavish
expenditure in shopping" being thus
prevented.
In our day, on the contrary, the
progress made by women In establishing
an independent position for themselves
is seen in their getting the lions share of
the clothes fund, just as it is elsewhere.
For the last two centuries every step
i'm the advance of women in getting their
rights he's been marked by correspond.
ing decline in the dress Of men, until
knee breeches, slashed doublets jewelry,
wigs and lace have all been discarded,
while that share of the fund formerly
devoted to these goes into the dress of
women. What reformers ought to
advocate is, first of all, the resubjectio.
of woman, her relegation to her old
position. This, however, involves q
general uprising by men, for which they
show no evidence of being ripe.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
Marriage.

Men and women, says Theodore Pan
er. and especially young people, do MOI
know that it takes years to marry COM
pletely two hearts, even of the most Low.
ing and we'll sorted. But nature allow,
no sudden change. We slope very gradu'
ally from the cradel to the summit oil
life. Marriage isgradual. fraction OF
US at time.
A happy wedlock is a long falling in
love. l know young persons think love
belongs only to brown hair and plump,
round crimson cheeks. So it does for its
beginning, just as Mount Washington
begins at Boston Bay. But the golden
marriage is part of love which the bri
dial day knows nothing of.
Youth is the tassel and silken flower
of love, age is the full corn, ripe and sol
id in the ear. Beautiful is the morning
Of love with its prophetic crimson, violet,
purple and gold, with its hopes of days
that are 10 come. Beautiful also is the
evening of love, with its glad remem'
brances, and its rainbow side turned to
ward heaven as we'll as earth.
Young people marry their opposites in
temper and general character, and such
q marriage is generally good one. They
10 it instinctively. The young man
does not say, "My black eyes require to
be wed to blue, and my overvehemence
requires to be little modified with some.
what of lullness and reserve" When
those oppOsites come together to be wed,
they do not know it, but each thinks the
other just like himself.
Old people never marry their opposites,
they marry their similars and from calcu.
lation. Each Of these two arrangements
is very proper. In their long journey
these Opposites will fall out of the way a
great many times, and both will charm
the other back again, and by and by they
will agree as to the place they will go to.
and the road they will 60 by and become
reconciled. The man will be nObler and
larger for being associated with 80 much
humanity unlike himself, and she will be
a nobler woman for having manhood be-
side her, that seeks to correct her def.
ciencies and supply hef with what she
lacks,if the diversity is not too great, and
there be real pity and love in their hearts
to begin with.
The old bridegroom, having a much
shorter journey to make, must associat,
himself with one like himself. A perfect
and complete marriage is. perhaps, as
perfect personal beauty. Men and wo
men are married fractionally-now 8
small fraction, and then a large fraction
Very few are married totally, and they
only, think, after some forty or fifty
years of gradual approach and excite
ment. Such large and sweet fruit is q
complete marriage that it needs winter
to mellow and season. But real hap
py marriage of love and judgment be
tween a man and woman is one of the
things so very handsome that if the sur
were, as the Greek poets tabled, God
he might stop the world in order to feast
his eyes with such spectacle.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05

mail IN the ear haste is imperative, and
very ctten letter is 20 badly addressed
that all | can do is TO lay it aside until
I've got time TO lie down and study, and
try 10 make something out of nothing"
"How about the amount of mail ON
different days. 1t varies considerably,
don't it?'' asked the reporter.
''Oh yes, Monday is the heaviest letter
day and "Wednesday generally the light
est. Friday and Saturday give the heav-
lest commercial mails. The Monday
morning mail is social correspondence TO
great extent and it is wonderful how it
will vary with the weather. A bright,
pleasant Sunday will make a compare
lively light mail on Monday morning, as
people don't stay At home and don't get
time to write letters. But let the Sun
day be rainy, disagreeable day and it
seems as if the whole populace spent the
day writing to friends.
People write more letters in the fall
and winter than they do in the summer
the spring is the highest season. Many
more papers are circulated in winter than
in summer, as people have more time to
read. Correspondents are tired then,
you know.
There is lots of fun too in the bust
ness if it is hard work. It'srather anus
ing to watch the regularity which cores
pondents often show. ] don't notice it
in the mails from larger places, but up
the road where only few letters come
on the train / catch on to lots of rackets.
There is a fellow up north at a siding
h., 81 hrsx l. =
on the train. Why | can set my watch
by that fellow. It's only a short time
since he commenced to send with such
regularity and when be hands the letter
in 10 me he gives a wink and a small
smile. The letter goes to a girl on the
Central and the regularity with which
the replies come back is fair omen,
should think, although not much of a
Judge myself, that something was going
TO happen before long"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
Odisus Custom of Gin-Mnking.

louisville Courier-Journal.]
In modern times every conceivable &C.
casion is grasped by some gift-making
Holidays, birthdays, wedding anniver-
saries, promotions, election to Office, de-
partures, and most everything else must
be celebrated this way, and it is this
which has made the custom an odious
one.
A gentleman was talking on the sub
ject few days ago.
sDo you know" said he, "that many
q man in this city has been compelled at
times to rob his family of some needed
comfort in order to keep up with his
fellow-enploves in gift-making? Well,
it is a fact, and to say the least of it, a
shemeful one. A dozen men are en-
ployed in store, and some event in the
life of their employer makes recognition
and remembrance on their part essential
not justly so, but still they must not
appear picayunish, and present is de-
cided upon, and each fellow assessed
enough to make in the aggregate the sum
required to purchase it. Some Of these
men have families which they find it a
hard matter, on small salaries, to provide
for. These 80 or So or SIS taken from
their purses are needed st home, doubt
less, but still they have to give it up TO
pamper to a foolish, aye, criminal Gus
tom, or be called niggardly and maybe,
If their 'stinginess' becomes known tn
their employer. incur his displeasure and
lose their places"
do you think any man would be
mean enough to discharge an employe
because he refused to rob his children
for such purpose?'
@Do II Well, l should think so.
know of instances there men have been
given to understand that they were ex-
pected to contribute, and, failing, would
have to look for work elsewhere. i, is
this system of robbery which has made
alternating so pernicious. The worst
feature is that it is growing steadily, un'
til now some men can scarce turn around
without expecting some one to give then
something"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
TELLING INTERPRETATIONS.
what the Mail Agent Learns of Let
ters That Go Through His Hands.

tUIanu RAPIDS
eff you want position to study hu.
man nature without seeing the person."
said George w. Stanton, Jr., a mail
agent, ''you can find it in the railway
postal service. The letters that a man
writes are nearly always characteristic of
bis description, and there are as many
kinds of letters as there are dispositions
The careful, painstaking student writes
a superscription-for of course that is all
have TO deal with in letters-painfully
plain with all the requisite shading of
the Spencerian style. The clerk in a hur.
ry to get off the mail combines a good
business hand with so much haste that
it is impossible to distinguish his lows
from Ind. Although the letters of per.
sons not used to writing them are adj
dressed in a cramped, uneven hand, vet
hey are generally plain to read, and if
heir spelling is not too bad their des-
tination is easily surmised. The square
tinted and perfumed envelopes which
swell up Mondays mail are in a delicate
little hand but always easy to read.
Every few mails we get from New
York contain what is known as the
Dutch brig" It's a batch of foreign
letters generally directed to the settlers
up in the north woods. That is a picnic
for us poor fellows. Some of the names
are regular jaw-breakers, but of course
stations are all that bother me, but what
ever else is on the letter, Stat Michigan,
Nord America, is invariably somewhere
on the envelope. There are gene rally
five or six lines of superscription.
THE letters which come from the East
are evenly and plainly written, as if the
sender had leisure; but the Western let
tiers, while the writing is just as good
as that upon the Eastern letters, looks as
if the superscription had been written
while ready to take a train. Western
people show hurry in everything about
their letters. Bothersome viations
are common, as if there was no time to
write out the full name. In sorting
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
WHAT MAKES A GOOD SALES
WOMAN.
Beauty Not am Unmixed Advantage
Tests of Temper and Tact.

Beauty Not am Unmixed Advantage
Tests of Temper and Tact.
do you have many applications for
work from saleswomenf' asked a reporter
of the manager of large uptown store.
eve can get all We need at short no.
tice," he replied. "Most of the ladies
like to hail from large concern like ours.
But it is not easy to fiud many who are
fully up to our standard"
"What is the Standard"
"The question is not easy to answer.
We expect lady to be quiet, yet conf
dent; alert and wide awake, yet polite
and agreeable; easy and frank, yet pos
sessing touch of frmness, and not so
outspoken as to injure trade. In fact, a
good saleslady is rather a complex arti.
Gle under a simple exterior. Patience
and GOODNESS are among the best points
they can possess. | sometimes feel oblig-
ed In doubtful case, TO test an appli
cant upon this point of equanimity by
trying the effect of some little aggravat-
ing remark. Ii she remains cool and
pleasant, her chances are good; if she
colors aud bites her lips, am forced to
regard her as inexperienced, and put her
In some simple Observation-Disclosures for
example. One of the instincts that an
inexperienced girl has to contend with
is the tendency to stiffen up if custom.
er becomes little disagreeable But |
could pick out a good salessdy much
more easily than | can describe her."
els beauty a desirable point 7''
"On the whole think its importance
is overrated. should prefer, from bus
iness point of view, what is called an at
tractiye girl, who is graceful and has a
fair figure. Many of our best salesladies
are not remarkable for physical charms,
though all are agreeable in manner.
Some houses make point of beauty. 1t
Is thought 10 be useful at counters fire.
quented by gentlemen; but we have often
been obliged TO displace salesladies for
keeping gentlemen in conversation. The
art is to say just enough to effect the
sales and dispose of the customer when
business commences to degenerate into
chatter.
Beauties are hard to take care of: we
often have to cali them. that is. send
them on message to distant part of
the establishment as hint. think it
quite possible that large sales ut high
profits are made in the departments of
mems furnishing goods by having good.
looking girls behind the showcases. New
crtheless, | do not think that, as a whole.
We consider the valve of pretty girl. in
the wages market, to be greater than
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
rhe Power Of Daniel webster's Gaze.


Zone Sunday student from Andover
occupied the pulpit, my father not in
tending to take any part in the exercises.
The young minister got along very
we'll with the opening prayer and the
Scripture lesson, but when he had read
only a verse or two of the hymn he be-
came confused, stammered, and at last
his voice failed him entirely. As he
seemed to be taken suddenly i'll my
father finished the service, preaching an
extemporaneous discourse.
On the way home in the carriage the
young man, who by that time had quite
revived, being pressed for an explanation
concerning his conduct, finally confessed;
well, sir, it was merely an unaccount-
able nervousness. Just as / was reading
the second stanza of the hymn gentle.
man came into the church and sat down
in broad-aisle pew directly before me
fixing such great staring black eyes upon
me that was frightened out of my witsl
Until he was then told he did not know
that Daniel Webster was a member Of
the congregation or an inhsbitant of the
town."
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
THE DREAM CHILD.

OF IN the summer twilight hours
sit and In my arms | hold
A little child. whose eyes are blue;
Whose hair IS sunny gold.
He looks up lovingly al me,
look down lovingly on him,
And with sweet tears of happiness,
feel my sight grow dim.
The child is like my life's best gift,
He has the selfsame noble face,
10 every gesture, every smile,
likeness, too, trace.
And this would make him.dearer still.
If aught so dear could dearer be,
think as on his fragrant mouth
/ kiss him tenderiy.
But, ahl as fades the light, so fades
The eyes, the smile, the shining hair,
! have but dreamed; the night bring.
truth
/ clasp the empty air;
And mem'ry coming back repeats;
"Alasi to three no little one
Says mother" And | strive to say:
"Dear Lord, Thy will be donel''
Margaret Eytinge.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05

looked forth from my Utmost self.
And searched the world throughout;
any life" IcTied. "for one true heart.
To swear by without doubt"
looked again. and looked in vain,
No heart appealed 10 mine;
Seek not outside. voice replied,
"For hearts 20 answer thine"
i looked within, and next mine OWE,
So close that both seemed one.
i found the heart-and there Il lies;
It's yonre-Nr saa~els raS done
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1885-08-29
The Lawrence Lectures.

DR.. and Mrs. Lawrence, of San Fran.
cisco, who have been delivering COURSE
Of scientific and medical lectures took
their departure last Wednesday morn.
ing for Mason Valley. Mrs. Lawrence
delivered several very interesting lee.
lures TO the ladies during her stay, and
also gave an entertaining lecture on
Glove, Courtship, Marriage and Di.
vorce" Monday evening, which was al.
tended by quite good sized audience.
After the lecture the DR.. gave the ladies
present chance 10 vote on who was the
ugliest man IN the room. Four nomina.
iions were made, Harry Cobb, William
Douglass, Dick Davis and Frank 10th.
rop. Very little .electioneerlng was
done, and upon count Of the ballots it
al peared Mr.. Douglass, or rather his
substitute, had received the largest
number VI votes and was therefore an
titled TO the piz., which was a hideuus
looking false face. The next order Of
business was voting, by the gentlemen,
ior the pretticsl girl present. This hon.
OF was awarded 10 Miss Gerlic Cooper,
who received neat hllle book Of pc.
ems. The beat looking young man in
the room va, declared upon ballot to he
Fletcher B,ale. After this the Doctor
ebalnined the head, Of Two OF three
young men and ladies, and told them
what kind OF husbands and wives they
should choose. But Ole couple was
mated, and owing 10 the absence Of the
esquire they were not married. though
Wallcr says the ceremony could not be
performed 100 soon 10 sun him. This
clnsed very pleasant evenings enter.
talnnent.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1885-08-29
A reck.

Last Sunday evening as Mr.. Pinsch.
over, OF the firm Of Plnschower Bros,
was driving into Dayton with a single
horse attached to a huckboard loaded
with brake block, and old saddles, he
came near meeting with serious accl.
dent. 1t seems that P,nschuwer who
has been in the habit of driving ten or
twelve ANIMALS with 'jerk line," re-
qured wider road than mos, drivers
when he attempted to drive single
horse, for al he came around the curve
al the head Of Nam street where the
toad is only about fifty feet vide, hi,
blackboard was brought into violent con-
Iaei wi h 4 blackboard driven by The
wife of one of our prominent mill men.
In an instant one OF the wheels Of Pin
schowei's vehicle was knocked INTO
kindling wood while he wa, not very
gently seated ON The ground gazing al
the wreck and trying 10 do the subj ct
justice in five different languages. AS
no hing was broken but The wheel Pin.
Nchower managed 10 bring the wreck
into town that evening.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1885-08-29

The following items OF interest are
from the Walker Lake Bulletin OF last
Wednesday:
The old camp OF Mammoth is sill
sending out bullion.
Col. Ellis has leased TO c. S. Young
the Thanksgiving mine at Aurora.
Ten ton OF silver lead bullion from
the Modoc mine went north last Friday.
Under orders from San Francisco the
Mount Cory mine was closed last Thurs.
day.
Dry district prospeetors are beginning
to take lively interest in our goll dis
tricI.
Morceline Carabanles das discovered
a very iair looking ledge Of silver ore
in Uarh4ld. lie has named it the
.Adella.
Superintendent Kelly Of, the Victor.
was held for Irial by Justice Holland. Of
Landclans, but has applied Tor viii OF
hebeas corpus, and ii Is pretty evident
that he will be released, as it seems
that there was neither criminal act Tor
intent.
The we'll borers are at work at the
Kinkead we'll, and it will probably not
be long before an ample supply Of wafer
will enable The mill TO reduce the large
quantities Of gold rock which is now
awaiting the resumption OF work.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1885-08-29

Ladies who send so cent, land 6cenls
for postage ON roses) for one trial sub
scripiion Tor six months to "7he House
herpe," Minneapolis, Mimi, before
o-pleInber I, 1855, will receive as
premium TWO new and beautiful Tea
roses. suitable for house or out door cut.
,urc. These choice roses are the "Ma
dam Schwartz" and "Perle de Jardins,"
and are sold by Florists at so cents
each. The plants are strong and are
mailed in a neat wooden box, sure 10
reach destination in good order. "7Ae
HraSrkr.ber" Is seven years old, has
SO, 900 circulation, and is indispensable
TO ladies' who have seen copy. In
case the lady who subscnbes is the first
from herposloffice, she will receive "7ht
HOnscketpr," one year. Send for speci-
men copies and full particulars,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1885-08-29
The Overland" for September.

The leading article for next month
will be by Prof. Royce, Of Harvard,
late OF California, on 1.-The Sactamcn.
to "quatter Riot of 1850" Flora
llaines Apponyi will furni'h a personal
sketch Of the late Helen Hunt Jack son.
and Ina ID. Coolbrith will contribute a
Poem. These. with editorial comments
upon Mrs. Jackson's literary work, will
give this number great value as a me.
mortal Of the author of "Ramona "
There will be an article from Ion. 5. S.
Cox, Minister 10 Turky, on "The Thr-
ty.Fifh aud Thirty. SIKH Congresses. "
DIR. Henry DETROIT will furnish a
graphic account OF the ancient "Alining
Camp OF You Bet" Capt. Wright, OF
the Confederate Army and late lecturer
OF the California Grange, will describe
"How the Blockade was Run" The
most important stories will be-: "a
Plea for Judge Lynch" written by a
well.known pioneer, and, 1.-THE Doctor
OF Leidesdorff Street," brilliant and
exciting story OF San Francisco. These
arc but few OF the good articles.