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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
A TOUCHING STORY.

AT a recent political gathering in Tus-
cumbia, Ala, General Cullen A. Battle rela
ted the following touching story in the
course of his speech: During the winter of
1S63-64 it was my fortune to be president of
one of the courts-martial of the army OF
northern Virginia. One bleak December
morning while the snow covered the ground
and the. wind howled around our camp, 1
left my bivouac fire to attend the session of
court. Winding, for miles along uncertain
paths, | mt length arrived at the court
ground, at Round Oak church Day after
day had been our duty to try the soldiers
of that army, charged with violation OF mil
itary laws; but never had on any previous
occasion been greeted by such anxious spec
tators as on that morning awaited the open
ing of court. Case after case ives disposed of,
and at length the case Of THE Confederate
States vs.. Edward Cooper" was called
charge, desertiOn. low murmur rose
spontaneously from the battle-scarred spec
tators, as young artilleryman arose from
the prisoners bench. and. in response to the
question, Guilty or not guilty. answered,
Not guilty"
The judge-advocate was proceeding 10 open
the prosecution when the court, observing
that the prisoner was unattended by counsel,
interposed and inquired of the accused,
s'Who is yonr COUNSEL" He replied: II
have no counsel Surprising that it was
his purpose to represent himself before the
court. the judge-advocate was instructed to
proceed. Every charge and specification
against the prisoner was sustained. The
prisoner was then told to introduce his wit
nesses He replied: II have no witnesses. F"
Astonished at the calmness with which he
seemed to be submitting to what he regarded
as inevitable fate, said to him, Have you
no defense? Is il possible that you aban-
doned your comrades and deserted your
colors i'm the presence of the enemy without
any reason?" He replied: "There was a rea-
son, but it will not avail me before a mill
tary court / said: perhaps you are mis-
taken you are charged with the highest
crime known to military law, and it is your
duty to make known the causes that in
huenced your actions" For the first
time his manly form trembled and his
blue eyes swan in tears Approaching the
president of the court he presented letter,
saying as he did so, There, general, is what
did it." / opened the letter and in n mo-
ment my eyes filed with tearn. Ii was
passed from one TO another of the court
until all had seen it, and those stern war
riors who had passed with Stonewall Jackson
through a hundred battles wept like little
children. Soon as | sufficiently recovered
my self-possession, / read the letter as the
defense of the prisoner. 1t was in the
words:
DEAR EDWARD: / have always been proud
of you, since your connection with the
confederate army i have been prouder Of
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
A Story About Webster.

Ex-Governor Reuben f. Fenton, OF New
York, who died at his home in jamestown
on Tuesday last was an excellent story
teller. He had a droll, inimitable style
which, added to his general and personal
acquaintance with the great men of the
country, made him an entertaining CONVEX
sationalist Some months ago the writer
heard the Ex-Governor relate an anecdote
never before published, in which Daniel
Webster was the central figure. In 1850 Mr..
Webster visited South Carolina, ostensibly
to see the country but in reality to become
better acquainted with the leading Wings and
set up his fences for the Presidential nomina-
ton. The great statesman was cordially
received and dinner was given i'm his honor
in Charleston, at which twenty-five of the
influential men of South Carolina were in
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
Mr. Adams and His Mule.

lf1ttsburg DiSpatch.I
Mr.. Archibald Adams teamster, who re-
sides out the Brownsville road, had an inter
esting and exhilerating experience yesterday
morning. A week ago Mr.. Adams bought a
pair of plain ordinary, everyday mules at
the horse market. Now, Mr.. Adams is care
full man and has kind heart for animals.
So when he noticed in the farmers column
of newspaper day or so ago that it was an
excellent thing to wash the hoofs of horses
occasionally in hot water, he came to the
conclusion that he would try its beneficial
effects on those mules. He got pail of hot
water yesterday morning and hied himself
away to the stable. The mules blinked at
him with mild. languid air, flirted their
little tails about pleasantly, and awaited
their masters will. Mr.. Adams set the pail
of water down at the rear feet of one of the
mules. The mule kept on looking pleasant.
Then Mr. Adams lifted up one of the hoofs
and carefully put it IN the bucket. -
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
WIT AND PLEASANTLY.

A man said to his aged mother, speaking
of his wife, Il do wish L could keep Mary
from exaggerating SOL" "Get her to talk
of her own age" responded the shrewd old
lady.
DO you have good drinking water here?'
asked traveller in a Kentucky town. Good
whatF' "Good drinking water" ''Oh, yes.
Hy'er Neb take the strangers horse and
water him."
Now, then" said busy lawyer to one of
a number of waiting clients, "You are next,
sir" "Tm what?' Next" "No you
DON'T" said the client, moving toward the
door. l didn't come in here to get shaved. >"
Your wife died while you were in Europe
last summer / hear" Yes, She in heaven,
the good old soul" THAT ought to be a
great source of wOrriment to you" "Why
sO?' Because it's not likely that you'll ever
see her again.
A lady writer relates an instance of the ex-
travagance of New England humor, that
when a young farmers wife made her first
boy pants precisely as simple before as be,
bind, the farmer exclaimed: Goodness
He won't know whether he's going TO school
coming home"
Gentleman-"Yo look tired and worn
out, Uncle Rastus"
Uncle Rastus-''Yes sab, is. / doan git
no Sleep
No Sleep"
NO sab. Dis darl1ey can't git no sleep in
de watermilliOn season.
gentleman whose family consists of a
wife and twin girl babies came in very late
one night and went TO bed. His sleep was
brOhen, and he tossed and tumbled and NUT
tered something about two of a kind" and
IA small pair" Poor john" murmured
his wife; ''he is tired and is dreaming of the
children"
Miss Bessie-''Tell me, Auntie, am
twenty-five or twenty-siX to-day? 1t is funny
enough, but i never can remember"
Auntie-'Why, Bessie, YOU oughn't TO for
get when you were born-you are twenty
six" Uncle Joe (who Is little deaf)-'Bes-
sic born in twenty-sixl Why, Jane, you are
crazy; she wasn't born till fifty; she is only
thirty-five."
He was in the habit of coming home night
after night at , o'clock in the morning. She
grew weary of this and rendered his latchkey
useless by locking the front door. He was
Obliged to ring the bell, and was horror
stricken when his wife appeared at the win
dow and murmured: 60 away George
expect my husband home every moment"
He has become very dOmesticated since.
A story is told of shrewish Scotchwoman
who tried to wean her husband from the
dram shop by employing her brother TO act
the part of ghost and brighten John on his
way home. 'WhO are you?" asked the
guide man as the apparation rose before hum
from behind a bush. Il am Aud Nick, "
the reply. Come ava man" said
John, nothing daunted. 'Gie's a shake o
your hand; / am married tae a sister o.
yoursH'-TOronto Truth.
Kentucky Coroner (hOlding inquest
You think the body is that of Colonel
Blood? Witness-I am quite sure il is. sir
COrOneT-In what pocket was the bottle
found? Witness-Hip pocket. Coroner
HIM. Likely Colonel Blood. Any whisky?
Witness-No, sir; ii was empty. Coroner
Evidently Colonel Blood. Pint or quart
bottle? WitneSs-Quart bottle, sir. COro-
ner-Gentlemen. there lies all that remains
of our lamented friend, Colonel Blood.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
SOCIAL GOSSIP.

Water in which bOrax is dissolved is good
for the hair, and also to whiten the face and
hands.
Beauty and ugliness disappear equally I'M
der the wrinkles of age, one is lost in them,
the other hidden.-J. Petit-Senn.
Because Queen Victoria is said to have
much smaller feet than any of her daughters,
the Chicago girls are imagining themselves
Princesses.
Happiness is a state of constant occupation
upon some desirable object, with a cOntinen-
tai sense of progress toward its attainment.
Madame de Stael.
The Prince of Wales limp, recently
affected by the dudes, is the combination OF
the walks of man who has been kicked
and man who ought to be.
Experience discloses all too late the snares
set for the young. 1t is like the cold mist
that shows the spiders web when the flies
are no longer there to be caught.
In New York it is proposed to organize a
new ballet composed exclusively of hand
some young women. An organization OF
that sort would be a great novelty.
Curiosity about trifes and laborious atten-
ton to little objects which neither require
nor deserve moments thought, lower a
man and make him incapable of greater
matters.
1t is strange that when anything happens
TO a young woman she is always said to be
superlatively beautiful and richly dressed.
This ought to make plain and poorly
dressed girls feel happy. Nothing will hap
pen TO them.
The recent little diplomatic love passage
between Queen Victoria and the Sultan was
very delicate and touching, but Vic is toe
old it won't work. She may be powerfully
fond of Turkey but it takes young set OF
teeth to masticate as tough a bird as she has
tackled.
The bellies of Saratoga have a substitute
for kissing, and il consists i'm rubbing cheeks
The maidens meet. The nose of one is slid
back about to the ear of the other, and the
coniunctive cheeks, held hard, are slowly
rubbed together until they part at the cor
ners of the mouths.
Small Boy-Ma, what does minister mean
when he says he has ''call?' Ma-He
means that he feels prompted to preach the
gospel in some particular locality, where he
thinks he can do a great deal of good. Pa
And when he's offered $4,000 year and
slippers and dressing gowns free, that's q
shout Ma-Nou shouldn't put such
worldly thoughts in Willies head, my dear.
In Barbados one Sunday the captain of 9
vessel from New York saw a very important
colored lady glOved and parasOled, walking
to church with a barefOOted cOlored servant
carrying her bag and prayer book. He wa:
astOnished at the lady of color being able tC
keep up so much state, but was told that the
couple were sisters, and if he would only
wait until next Sunday he would see the
situations reversed.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
SENTINEL WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1885.

vited. During the progress of the feast. and
when everybody bad become merry from
wine, the subject of the Presidency was
brought up. There was wide diversity of
opinion as to who would prove the most
available candidate. At last Mr.. Webster,
in all seriousness, asked: "Why not take
me?" I'VE all admire you very much, Mr..
Webster, said the Chairman; I'VE recognize
You as splendid orator and worthy man,
but you come from Massachusetts,, sir, and
represent a section inimical to our own, sir.
and the people would never support any one
from that State, SIR" The brilliant Yankee
lost his temper at once, and broke up the
party by his retort: There are two things
in my character which ought to recommend
me to Southern gentlemen: get drunk, and
don't pay my debts.'
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
why Dickens Left His Wife.

lJames A. Siddens in the Chicago Tribune.l
The real cause of Dickens separation from
his wife has never been made public, but il
was pretty well known to his intimates,
Blackstone of the Haymarket Theater. said:
sit was all the fault of Mrs. Dickens" Chap
man (the publisher, of Chapman & Hall
simply observed in reply to my inquiry
"They were untitled for each other" But
Mark Lemon was infuriate; he, the closest
intimate, said: Dickens was a scoundrel,
and Mrs. ID. has been taken under Mrs.
Lemons protection" The secret was re-
vealed on the publication of Dickens will
The first bequest is $1,000 to Miss T
(Ternan), the daughter of a worthy woman
and distinguished actress. 1t seems that
Dickens, who had sent her to Italy for mus
steal education, became enamored of the
girl, and she bore him three children. Moth
ing more need be said.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
A MORAL FOR THE MARRIED.
IN Reply to a Poem Entitled, "a woman's
Question"

DO you know what you ask in your verses?
For an angel from woman not born;
For blessings without any curses,
For the rose with never thorn.
In n husband you long for an angel,
As perfect as spirits above;
But your own life should be an eyangel
Or duty, devotion and love.
Remember this great truth is provable,
As a sum in arithmetics proved:
We must first make our natures lOvable
If we wish, in return, to be loved.
Through long, weary hours OF the daytime,
While others for pleasure may roam,
Not "A moment for rest or for play-time,
toll Tor the loved ones at home.
And after have tOiled and have striven,
find TO my sorrow and pain,
That the home i had painted as Heaven
Was dream of my own foolish brain!
The cooking is bad beyond question,
For Christian, Tor Jew or Tor TURK;
And the pangs of a wretched digestion
] receive in return for my work.
In eourtship, 10 have Love for a neighbor
Is very great blessing, but later,
When, wearied and worn from your labor
nicely cooked dinners greater.
II Join an old 'chum'' in the nighttime
For drink or u fine oyster stew,
And fail 10 return at the right time,
catch the very ID from YOU
MORAL
Dear wife. have the soul OF ROman~
And bTavely face things "a they be;
Remember you re only woman.
Then why seek an angel in me?
-Baltimorean.
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NV Sally Ann.

When de postum is a-sittin up in de tree,
An de red birds a-bOllerin' mighty high.
An de corn am n-wavin in de hot summer air,
An de clouds go a-sailin long by,
On. den tink OF my Sally Ann,
DE WALLER gat up bv dc creek,
An slap my hoe on dc bright red SAN,
FO' III see her de en- oh de week.
o Sally Ami Sally Ann.
Busy as de bee:
Sally Ami sally Ami
She's de gal TO me-
when de ole sweet tater's a CROWN mighty fas
An dc squash an dc pumpkin very fin,
When de ole turkey -gobblah goes a struttin' pas
An de water-mellion' rip TO de rim,
oh, den tink OBJ my Sally Ann,
De yaller gal up de creek,
An Iwork mighty fas' an hoe up de Ian
Fo' I'll see her de en- oh de week.
O, Sally Ami Sally Ann.
Fin as You kin see:
Sally Ami Sally Ann
She's de gal fo mel
-NOrristOWu Herald
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
An Alabama Editors Peril.
lUniontown Canebrake News


One night last week while riding quietly
along the street between Bush's store and
the livery stable two dogs ran out and for a
while it seemed as if both horse and rider
would fall prey TO their viciousness. For
tunately our palfrey was too old and sedate
to permit barking dogs to disturb her equa
nimity, consequently she logged along quiet
ly and no harm was done. Had we been on
our thoroughbred there might have been 9
first-class funeral in town next day.
Tuesday night, while going home from
church without horse, stick or weapon
little flee disputed our passage and it re
quired considerable amount of sweet baby
talk to induce him to allow us to go on in the
even tenor of our way.
The dog fraternity must by some mean:
have gotten hold of the persistency with
which we advocated a dog law before the
Committee on Ordinance the other night.
We are now more persuaded than eve
that the whole lay out are nuisances and
should be abated entirely.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
Miss McCosh's walking Powers.

philadelphia Press.
The distinguished President of Princeton
College, DR.. McCosh has two daughters who
are great walkers. They are in the habit of
walking to Trenton and back a distance of
about twenty miles, where they do their
shopping. One day a dude accosted Miss
Bridget McCosh on the road and said, in the
usual manner: beg pardon, but may i
walk with your She replied: Certainly"
and let herself out a little. After the first
half mile the masher began TO gasp, and
then, she passed on with smile, he sat
down painting on a milestone and mopped
the perspiratiOn from his brow.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
WILLIAM F. HEINRIcHs, Attorney for Plaintiff

CHERIFF'S SALE-By virtue of a certified copy
- of decree 10 me directed. from the Clerk of
the Superior Court of Marion County. Indiana, in
a cause wherein Horace II. Fletcher is plaintiff,
and William ]. Davis ct al. are defendants Case
No. 81 $780, requiring me To make the sum of two
hundred dollars 600. in manner as provided
for in said decree. with interest on said decree
and costs, | viii expose at public sale, to the
highest bidder, on
SATURDAY THE 18th DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
A. ID. 1855
between the hours of 10 O'Clock a. m. and o'clock
D. m, of said day, at the door OF the Courthouse
of Marion County, Indiana, the rents and profits
for term not exceeding seven years, OF the follow
ing real estate, tO-wit:
Lots number twenty-one i2l) and twenty-five
or in block eight (S) in haywood suburb to the
city of indianapolis, being n part of the south
east quarter of section twenty (0), township
fifteen (l5) north. range three 81 east, being in
Marion County Indiana.
If such rents and profits viii not sell for suffi
cient to satisfy said decree, interest and costs
will at the same time and place, expose 10 pub
lie sale the fee simple of said real estate or so
much thereof may be sufficient TO discharge
said decree. interest and costs. said sale will be
made without any relief whatever from valuation
or appraisement laws.
GEORGE II. CARTER.
Sheriff of Marion County.
August IL, A. D. 1885.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
Nervous DebiIitated Men,

You are allowed a free trial of thirty days OF
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
A Case Where Two Wrongs Made Right

docs your husband go to the lodge, Mrs.
Gibberick?'
''Well, he just don't. | broke that little
game up quite while ago."
why, how in the world did you do it?i
Whenever he started for the lodge / went
with him as far as the skating rink, and told
him to call for me on the way home. 1t only
took a few doses to cure him"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
A stern soldier.
NeW Ynrk snnl

lNeW 1Ork sun
Mrs Hendricks calling on Mrs. Colonel
TOwser)-I noticed your husband at the head
of his regiment in the parade yesterday, Mrs.
TOwser. What stern and commanding pres
ence he has.
Mrs Towser-Very-(to the Colonel just
entering the doorl-Did you bring the meat
for dinner, Towser?
Colonel Towser-Ah-er. By joye. my
dear, Ter
Mrs. Towser-You needn't "Ah'' and SER
about il. You forgot that meat, and you can
just tramp back and get il. TO Mrs. Hen
dricks)-Excuse me, Mrs. Hendricks. but
you were saying
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
Commissioners Sale Of Real Estate.

Notice is hereby given that viii sell at public
auction. at the door OF the Court House OF Marion
County, Indiana, on the first day OF October, 1880,
the following described real estate in the city OF
indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. tow1t:
BEGINNING at the northeast corner OF the lot OF
tro acres marked an on the approved plat OF
the Town OF Indianapolis on file in the Recorders
Office of Marion County, Indiana; thence running
south on the line of said lot seventy (sOl feet,
thence west parallel With the north line OF said
lot fi.ty (5O) feet thence north parallel with the
east line OF said lot seventy 0l feet TO the nortn
of beginning.
TERMS or SALE: Onethird cash, remainder in
three equal installments of six, twelve ana eigc-
teen months the purchaser 10 give his notes for
the deferred payments bearing interest al the rate
of per cent. payable in bank, with security.
CHARLES r. MYERS, Commissioner,
49, East Washington Street.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
Not Much to Spare.

New York Times.l
Girl will look at your hammocks,
please.
Dealer-Yes. miss Now, there is some
thing nice. Not expensive, but at the same
time pretty and strong.
Girl-It doesn't look very strong.
Dealer-I will guarantee il TO sustain a
weight of 300 pounds, miss.
Girl-Let me see; 40 and l6j would be
just 2S5--very well. / will take that one.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09

known of her, and of late years nothing has
been heard of her until the receipt of the
despatch with the news of her death. There
is one thing | had almost forgotten; she
always took a very active part in saving
young girls from lie of shame, and in case
where some had fallen she did all in her
power to turn them from the sad fate that
auaifad them
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
Bismarck Gives Them Back.
TPittsburg Chronicle


"Sockfussendembach cried Bismarck.
Socks came in and looked inquiringly at the
Chancellor 'Dit you blaze dem Carolina
Ilants in de ize chest NIT dem utter dings
yot hef cot nit African 'Schureg' SWELL,
den dake EN- Duet and send UNI pack. Dem
Spoonyards say dey will come Offer, und den
We cit dot koolera"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
A suggestion.
Boston sunday Times.

Young Featherly TAT a late .hour)-Really,
Miss Clara. it's very annoying, but had it
on the tip Of my tongue but moment ago.
i was about to say-tO say-er-singular, but
il seems TO have escaped me.
Miss Clara looming TO his assistance)-Pos-
sibly you were about to say good night,
Mr.. Featherly?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
An Usher's Lack of Tact.
New York Times.l

A young man who had been en- usher in a
theatre obtained similar situation in a
church, but he only kept 1t over one Sum
day.
low, entered the church and took his own
pew while the new usher was engaged else
where. Presently the usher spied him.
Deacon" he whispered audibly, II can
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09

1t is estimated that the opposing candi.
dates for District Attorney of Luzerne Coun-
ty, Pennsylvania. have promised 100 Post
offices to politicians, though there are only
100 to be filled by anybody.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
Hay Fever and Cream Balm.

have used Ely's Cream Balm for Hay
Fever, and experienced great relief. | cor
daily recommend it as the best of all the
many remedies l have tried.-T. b. jerks,
LAWYER, Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
Watches were formerly made wi

Watches were formerly made with IA, 400
beats to the hour, or four 10 the second.
This is called slow train, and is obsolete ex-
cept for quarter second watches. English
standard is 1920 beats to the hour, while
the American standard is $4,000, or five to
the second, called quick train.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09

Know myself, by reading the Science OF
Life" the best medical work ever Published,
for young and middle-aged men.
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FITs.-An Fits stopped free by DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer No Fits after first day use. Mar
velous cures Treatise and 81 trial bottle free &c
Fit Send to DR.. Kline, 931 Arch street, Phil
adelpbia, Pa.