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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
LoniHinss.

Though We seem grieved at the short
ness of life in general, we are wishing every
period at an end. The minor longs to be
of age, then to be man of business,
then to make up an estate, then to retire.
Thus, although the whole life is allowed
by everyone to be short, the several di-
visions of it appear long and tedious.
We are for lengthening our span in
general, but would fain contract the
parts of which it is composed. The US
nrer would be very well satisfied to have
all the time annihilated that lies between
the present moment and the next quarter
day.
The politician would be contented to
lose three years of his life, could he place
things in the posture which he fancies
they will stand IN after such revolu-
ton of time.
The lover would he glad to strike out
If his existence all the moments there
are to pass before the next meeting.
Thus, as far as our time runs, We
should be very glad in most parts of our
lives that it ran much faster that it does.
Several hours of the day hang upon our
hands; nay, we wish away whole years,
and travel through time as though a
country filled with marv wild and
empty wastes, which we would fain hur-
~ over, that we may arrive at these sew
eral little settlements or imaginary points
Of rest.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
How whittier Became an Editor.

HOW W 01ttier became al f@ultOTs
Whittier, the poet, is reported as saying
to an interviewer recently :'Trifes some
times have important bearing in life.
A copy of the Hartford Review fell un-
der my eve, and determined to send its
editor, George ID. Prentice, few poems,
which he kindly Published.
My contributions continued, and when
he resigned in order to live in Louisville,
where he made for himself reputation
as one of the most brilliant journalists as
we'll as puDgent and witty paragraphists
in America, he advised the publisher to
send for me to take his place. was out
in the cornfeld hoeing when the letter
came to me inviting me to take editorial
charge of the paper. ] could not have
been more surprised if | had been offered
the crown of England. What educa-
ton, what experience had / for such a
task!
knew little of men and things or
books. | was singulsrly deficient in
knowledge of the affairs of the day. And
yst the task, formidable as it seemed to
me, was worth attempting. So accepted
the trust. had much to learn, but
set myself resolutely to fill the position,
and / succeeded, after hard work and
patient study, in making the paper &C
ceptable to its readers
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
The Value OF Cfvility.

Life is made up of little things, and
the neglect of the small courtesies of life
IL the foundation of misery in married
existence, is the cause of waning friend
ships, and the destruction of the happiest
homes.
Many serious and lifelong estrange-
ment has begun, not from want of affec-
ton 90 much as from lack of that delicate
and instructive appreciation of the feel
ings of others which makes person
shrink from saying unpleasant things or
finding fault, unless absolutely obliged to,
and in any case to avoid wounding the
offenders sense of dignity, or stirring up
within him feelings of opposition and
luminosity.
Many persons profess to be above tax
ing offence at honest censure, and even
seem to court criticism, yet it must be
very carefully administered not to be
unpalatable. Even kind and generous
actions are often so Dncouthly performed
as to cause more pain than pleasure,
while a reproof or denial may be 80
sweetened by courtesy as also to do away
with any sense o.. modification or disap-
pointment.
Good breeding is always inclined to
form favorable judgment, and to give
others the credit of being actuated by
worthy motives.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01

face and the action OF her hands. Sud
denly strange chant was raised, accom-
panied by beating of the drums, in
perfect time. This gradually died away,
and two more musicians appeared, hold
ing long sticks, from which they elected
clear notes by striking them with shorter
ones; these took their places behind the
rest of the orchestra, and
After them, all dancing in a row.
The cOmely virgins came with garlands Light,
All fresh flowers.
Ten girls, Enthusiastically dressed, with
scarfs bound around their waists and
crowned with garlands of flowers and
with wreaths of gardenias around their
waists and ankles, made their way with
slow and graceful movements to the
edge of the stage, on which they sank
Just as the music ceased. Some Of these
girls were beautiful. and had suftly
moulded limbs and figures of extreme
grace. At a tap of the drum they raised
themselves to their knees and commenced
a wild song to which they at first beat
time with clapping of the hands.
Gradually this changed into a most ex-
pressive pantomime. The sticks and
drums took up the measure-arms,
hands, and even fingers spoke a torrent
of words with precision that the best
drilled ballet troupe could never attain.
The body swayed backward and forward,
the slightest motion to the right or left
by one being repeated by all; sometimes
snake-like and repulsive, anon seductive
and pleasing, until finally wild tossing
of the arms, followed by low wall, pro-
claimed the end of the story, to the evi.
dent discontinue of tine maiden and the
triumph of the lover.
After pause the music and singing
begin again, and as they become more
passionate, so does the dancing become
more Intoxicating and abandoned, each
pair wording out the old story of CO.
quetry, jealousy and the final surrender
of the maiden, according to their own
tastes and ideas Soft, swayiDg move
ments and gentle turning away, timid
glances and startled gestures gradually
give place to more rapturous passions.
The excitement of the dance inspires
them to fresh and more rapid evolutions
until exhausted nature can stand no
more and they drop fainting on their
cushions
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
lChicago Herald. ]

A lawyer from Arizona was returning
from the East, where he had been TO set
tie up the affairs of some mining com.
pany. He was full of indignation at
the delays of the law in Eastern courts.
sit took me three MONTHS" he said.
Ito get little formality through that
ought to have been settled in twenty
four hours. 1T worried the life out of
me. Now, out in Arizona we don't do
things that way. Our courts move quick.
We haven't So much style or red tape.
and believe that when thing has to be
done the way to get it done is to get
right at it and rush it. | remember last
spring the Judge came to our place to
hold court. There was Jail full of
fellows there, in for murder aud horse
stealing. The Judge was in hurry and
said that docket must be closed within
twenty four hours. Well, it was.'
Glow in the world did he do it?''
HE didn't do it. That night the bows
organized little committee, took the
prisoners out of Jail, hung the horse
thieves and told the murderers to get out
OF the Territory. Next morning the
Judge signed the docket and cost bills
and went on his way rejoicing"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
springfield Union.]

Prof. Adler, of New York, wants to
reform home life so that there will be
less drudgery for women, and more time
and strength to devote to her own i'm
prOvement and the "soul life" of her
children. He thinks that some form of
cooperative housekeeping may be de-
vised to liberate the mother from her
present slavery.
1t is possible that the labor of house
keeping might be considerably reduced
by some form of cooperation as it is now
by the employment of public laundries,
but it is not certain that the liberation
of women from labor would universally
conduce to the moral and mental i'm
provement of herself and her children.
This is not slur upon women. Men
who do not work are very liable to de.
generate mentally, morally and physi.
cally.
The greatest help for women would be
to reduce the exactions of society, fash
ion and custom, if such thing could be
done. Every new feature In modern
society entails labor upon her. The
more sewing machines, the more tucks
and frills. The more bric-a-brac, the
more sweeping and busting. The more
acquaintance, the more time wasted in
formal calls.
The truth of the matter is, that the
wife and mother who really loves her
home and children, does not ask to be
relieved of the cares which make
her habitation a home. She would
rather work hard than make her house q
phalanstery, and any improvement in
housekeeping which tends to make her
family any less family, she would re-
jece. The housewife earns her half of
the family income, and until the hus.
band is able to- procure an income with
out labor, the true wife will not shirk
her share of the burden.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
a GLIMPSE OF THE HULA DANCE.
An Almost Obsolete Custom Among
the Sandwich Islanders.
Letter in Kansas City Journal

Letter in Kansas City Journal.
The hula-hula, or native dance of the
Sandwich Islanders, is one of the most
singular and fascinating exhibitions of
the poetry of motion to be seen among
any of the barbaric or semi-civilized
nations of the earth. In these latter
days one very rarely sees perfect per-
ormance of the ancient hula-hula. The
influence of the missionaries and of the
really religious of the natives, has al
ways been strongly exercised against its
connection with the old days of idola-
trous worship and because they think
some portions of the performance un-
seemly and even lewd.
A few famous dancers still remain,
but public exhibition is never given
At rare intervals private hula-hula is
gotten up and few favored foreigners
are invited to witness the performance.
was invited by a native chief, whose
acquaintance | had formed, to go with
him to see real hula-hula, genuine
dance OF the good old time. eagerly
accepted his kindness and at o'clock
one beautiful evening we started for the
rendezvous. 1t was a delicious night.
The clear moon shone brightly over the
algeroba and tamarind trees, which
swept their featherly branches down
among the broad leaves of the bananas.
and cleaned again on the dark green
foliage of the crimson lowered hibieus.
There was just enough breeze from
the sea to stir the lightly scented air,
and to bend the great bell blossoms of
the trumpet plants which bordered our
part, and which led to native house,
grass matched and with walls of slender
cane work.
Arrived there, we entered a large
room, on the floor of which number of
native spectators Jay stretched on soft
mats. Room was made for us and we
had hardly taken our seats before a cur
tain, which was stretched at the far end
of the room, was drawn, and the enter
tainment commenced. First, the mu-
sicians entered and sat down on one end
VI VIC S1nSc, "hiOu was eiHpig large,
thick mat, on three sides of which re-
clined the spectators. The music con-
sisted of six drums-three large and
three small. The large ones were enor-
mouse calabaches, the heads of which
were covered with tighIy-drawn skin;
the small ones we're cocoanut shells, COW
cred in the same manner.
The leaders sprightly dame of 20
summers-was very important person
age, as 1t was her business to direct the
performance by the expression of her
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01

a plenty of breathing-space round
one's bed (remarks the Christian Union)
can be only an advantage and benefit;
and it is suggested that some of the morn
ing dizziness" and actual headache SO oft
en- complained of may be traceable to
sleeping close to the side of the room,
and breathing all night the air reflected
from the wall.
A physician was lately called to pre-
scribe for a young lady. There was
nothing the matter" with her, she de-
clared, nothing but terrible head
ache" Every morning she walked with
headache and it lasted nearly half the
day 1t had been going on for months
ever since they moved into their new
house. The doctor tried all the old rem
edies and they all failed. Riding and
archery were faithfully tested, study
and practice were cheerfully given up.
Nothing did any good.
evil you let me see your BEDROOM
asked the doctor one day, and he was
shown up into the prettiest little nest
imaginable
NOtuluS WiOuS dDou1 ehc NChtiioeioii
The windows were high and broad, and
were left open every night, the patient
said. The bed stood in one corner
against the wall.
"How do you Sleep" says the doctor
"On my right side, at the back of the
bed, with my face to the wall. Lou
likes the front best"
''She does!" says the doctor. $50 dc
I. Will you do me the favor to vince
that bed into the middle of the room
and sleep so FOR week? Then let me
know about the headache"
The middle of the room, indeed! AnC
there were the windows on one side
and the two doors on the other sides
and that mantel with lis Macrame lam
brequin on the fourth side. There wa
no place for the bed but just where i
stood, in the corner.
Never mind, sacrifice your lambre
quin," urged the doctor; "just Cor (
week, you know"
The lambrequin was sacrificed, the bee
moved where it had free air on both
sides, the headaches disappeared
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
The Work Basket.
THE Household.

Dainty little sweeping caps are made
out of old silk handkerchiefs gathered to
fit the head, the four points being
brought back to the top of the head aud
held by bow of ribbon.
Some of the prettiest shades of gas
globes are made out of pale pink gauze
put plainly on the globes, first being
doubled two or three times. The edge
about both sides is gathered and then
drawn down tightly and tied. Trans
parent birds and flowers may be glued
on the gauze, but the plain pink looks
best.
For fancy work we find peacock feath-
ers among the favored decorations. They
are used on panels, lambrequins, table
scarfs, ETC., and are painted, embroidered
and the real feathers applied with very
artistic results.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
He Saw Himself.
[Arkansaw Traveler.l

We wish that every incorporate, I'M
worthy father could see himself repre-.
scented exactly as his wife and children
see him. The habit OF drink is rarely 50
dominant, even in the worst man, that
he could not resist such vision, once
set before him-and most of the vices
that people indulge in are due TO their
self-blindness, which prevents wholesome
shame. How it affects a transgressor to
have his eyes opened is told in this vivid
passage from a drunkard's experience.
Such incidents have been the turning
point in the fortunes of more than one
family: "You must excuse me, gentle
men, for l cannot drink anything" said
man who was known to the entire town
as drunkard.
"This is the first time you ever refused
drink" said an acquaintance. The other
day you were hustling around after a
cock tail, and in fact you even asked me
to set 'em up"
That's very true, but am very diff
ferent man now"
Preachers had hold of your
mo sir; no one has said anything to
me-"
"Well, what has caused the changer
"Pll tell you. After leaving you the
other day kept on hunting after cock
tail, as you term it, until | met a party
of friends. When L left them / was
about half drunk. To man of my tenn
permanent half drunk is miserable
condition, for the desire for more is so
strong that he forgets his self-respect in
his efforts to get more drink. / remem-
bered that there was half pint of
whiskey at home which had been pur-
chased fot medicinal purposes.
Gust before reaching the gate | heard
voices In the garden, and looking over the
fence l saw my little son and daughter
playing.
"'No, you be MAJ said the boy,
and I'll be pa. Now, you sit here. and
I'll come in drunk. Wait, now, till / fill
my bottle
HE took bottle, ran away and filled
it with water. Pretty soon he returned,
and, entering the playhouse, nodded idi-
otically at the girl and sat down without
saying anything. The girl looked up from
her work and said:
James, why will you do this way?"
'Whizzer, way? he replied:
"'Gettin' drunk
"'Who's drunkr
"'You are; an you promised when the
baby died that you wouldn'. drink any
more. The children are almost ragged,
an We haven't anything to eat hardly,
but you still throw your money away.
Don't you know you are breaking my
heart?
Il hurried away. The acting was too
life-like. / could think of nothing during
the day but little children playing in the
garden, and / vowed / would never take
another drink; and l viii not, 90 help me
Godp
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
lChicago Current. ]

The point is sometimes made against
those who are seeking to place the ballot
in the hands of women, that on accept
ing such favor they must necessarily
consent, at least by implication, to carry
muskets in times of war. 1t is an abom-
Unable proposition, shameful to those who
suggest it.
The question of womans suffrage
must be decided upon broader and bet
ter principle than that.
The very fact such suggestion is
made gives occasion for the adnonition
that society take care lest it permit the
working women to be rated according to
muscular capability. We don't want
to see women digging, carrying mortar,
throwing sledges, pushing wheelbarrows,
lifting bales and similar work.
Great progress has been made in open.
ing avenues for the employment of wo-
men, but let not the time come when the
sight of woman working for bread shall
become so common that society will neg
lect to distinguish between that which
she should do and that from which she
should be saved.
We must not grow used to seeing wom-
en- toiling in the strt ets- We must not
grow used to seeing them struggling
under heavy loads. We must not grow
used to the men who allow their wives
and daughters to do such work as nature
never intended. Such employment is
retrogression TO the savage state.
1t might be asked what is the differ
ence between the lot of woman who
scrubs floor and that of another who
carries pack through the staeet as a
common laborer. An immense difference
to the woman's personality and in moral
effect.
Upon these nice distinctions the tone
OF society depends. We must not become
so utterly practical that We may disre-
gard the sentiment of things altogether.
When the chivalric quality is dulled,
society drops back toward selfshness
Difference to women is one of the most
conspicuous attributes of the natural
gentleman.
And when a man can regard with
indifference or satisfaction woman
drawing a wagon upon which her hus-
band reclines, or bitched with don.
key to a cart. as is often seen among the
European peasantry, or doing any man.
ner of work like this, that man has be-
come vicious element in American
society.
That such spectacles are comparatively
rare in this country, as yet, is an agree
BILE reflection, but they are not so rare
that a protest in uncalled for. If the
women who thus work are of foreign
birth and take such employment as
matter of course, society owes it not the
less to them than to itself to show better
ways OF earning living.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
A Clever Witness.

About ten years since young man OF
very good character hired horse from a
livery. stable, to ride out to little town
about twenty miles distant. Unfortu-
nately about halfway out the horse fell
i'll and died. The livery man sued him
for the value of the horse, representing
that the horse had been killed by fast
riding.
One of the young mans witnesses
(rather green, or supposed to be, and
Who had peculiar way of talking very
slow was called to the stand, and ques-
toned thus by the prosecutor:
"Are you acquainted with the prisoner
at the bar?'
"Y-aa-s" Every slowly drawled OUT.
Glow long have you been acquainted
with him?"
about two years"
"Well, sir, please state to the Court
what kind of reputation he bears as re-
CARDS fast or slow riding on horseback"
"W-a-a-l, suppose if he was a riding
with a company of persons who rode
very fast, and he did not want to be left
behind, he would ride fast too. And if
he was riding with company that rode
very slow, and he did not want to go
ahead alone, 1 suppose he would ride
slow too"
Judge livery much enraged)-"You
seem very much inclined to evade an-
swering questions properly. Now, sir,
you have stated how the gentleman rides
when he is in fast company, and how he
rides In slow company. Now, sir,
wish you to state to the Court how the
gentleman rides when he rides alone"
Uf riding with him when he was alone,
cant saw
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01

White are the daisies. white as milk;
The stately corn - hung with silk;
The roses are IN blow.
Love me. beloved. while you may.
And beg the flying hours TO stay,
For love shall end, and all delight.
The day - long, the day.is bright,
But soon will come the snowi
Up from the meadow-sedges tall
Floats musical the lark's clear call;
Scarlet the lilies grow
Love me, pray you, while you may,
And beg the flying hours 10 stay,
For love shall end, and dear delight.
The day - long, the day Is bright,
But soon wall come the snowl
An isIet in a shoreless sea,
This moment is for you and me,
And bliss that lovers know.
Love me, beloved. Soon We die.
Joys like the swallows quickly fly,
And love shall end, and all delight;
The day Is long, the day - bright,
But soon will come the snowl
Elizabeth Cummings, in The Current.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01

In his Boston lecture the other night,
q. A. Sala told OF his experiences at the
coronation of Alexander Ill. 1t was
necessary to wear uniform to gain adj
mission.
He accordingly wore plain one that
did not gain him any particular atten-
ton. but his secretary held some civilian
appointment at London, the chief per-
ouisite of which was the right to wear a
uniform, Gin comparison with which
Solomon In all his glory was the smallest
of potatoes.
TO his paper he sent dispatch OF
seven and a half columns. How to get
in ahead of other correspondents was
ouandary. But intrusting it to his Sec
retary, what was the latter's surprise, as
he neared the door in his flaming raj
ment, to see the entire guard present
arms while he marched through. His
dispatch was sent two hours before any
other correspondent got away from the
ceremony.