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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-03
A MEDITATION ON OLD AGE.
BY c. H. r.

Ny friend Jack L. is visiting me. Jack is
about forty, unmarried, rich, and of an easy
disposition. An old. white haired neighbor
IVES passing the house as We sat looking
through the window. "Who is that2" said
Jack. zone OF my neighbors nearly eighty
years DID, and without family" answered
and looked at Jack.
''As you think will De some day, ehg' he
said.
ut looks possible replied.
"Well," said he, "old age is beautiful. As
TO having DO family with it, I should think
it would beall the more beautiful"
Better not risk it, Jack, aud you may
change your mind about the beautiful part,
under the most favorable conditions" said.
"Old age is beautiful is an old saying.
No one knows who first said it, or under what
circumstances. In any event, it is nonsense.
There is nothing in old age that has any re
latlon to the beautiful. "Old age is cheer
less comes nearer the truth, and in most
cases 1t is entirely true.
See the river rise after the rains. See the
water highest in mid stream. See the drift
floating 10 the shores and lodging here and
there to be left See the highest floating in
mid-stream and sailing on downward toward
the sea. Here you have old age on the
stream of time in times OF prosperity.
When the stream begins to fall 1t 10 loves
In the middle. Some drift that has lodged
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-03
CURIOUS. USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC.

An Australian naturalist has discovered
the nervous system OF the sponge.
very strong solution of salt made boil
ing hot will kill insects and preserve wood.
NJ. de Q1strefsges stated recently that IN
SenegamDia the incubation of cattle gainst
pleuro-pneumonia and smallpox had been
praciiced for centuries.
A distinguished children's doctor gives his
opinion that healthy babies will take water
every hour with advantage, especially in
warm weather. Their freIfalness and rise of
temperature is often due to their not having
ii.
The lowest recorded tempsraturs-393 de-
grees below zero Fahrenheit-hes been pro
duced by Oiszewski by vaporizing liquid nj
trogen under low pressure. LIQUID carbon
moHoxide gave $50 degrees below zero, aad
liquid oxygen 246% degrees.
A liverpool dealer has received an order
for lC9 electric cells, which are desired for
the purpose Of scientific investigation of
reasons have been noticed, it is stated for
doubling that the shock given by them Is
really produced by electricity,
Ia Paris a telephone ticket st half a franc
IS Issued al any of the post Offices, which en-
titles the holder 10 q i've minutes converse
ton with persons at ans other Of tbs city
post Offices, or a. of the Telephone Com ga
fers. at the same rate. Conversations at any
OF lie eleven stations with persons at any
OIL er station, or At the residences of aoy Of
its members.
Massachusetts, paper mill has adopted
safety paper which will make 1t extremely
difficult for any one 10 tamper with bank
notes or checks printed upon it. The color
ing matter OF the paper is so prepared that
the application Of any chemical TO remove
ink will permanently change the color OF the
Paper, and an ingenious device Is added
which proves at once any attempt to make
an eTasure Between the two the enterprIs
ing fcrger will be sure to come to grief.
1t wes discovered on examining not long
ago. says contemporary, that chimney
eighty feet high at q machine shop az Hol-
yoke, Mass, was about forty two inches out
OF perpendicular. The method employed Ia
righting was quite simple. A harness Was
located under the cornice. and two Others
below the first. Two lever jackscrews were
placed under the gerders of one OF the har
ness on one side and six jackEcrews similarly
on the other side. The earth was then care
fully loosebed about the chimney on the op-
site side from that of its inclination and
water poured in, after which the jsckscrews
were turned gradually, and the earth again
loosened and dampened with the hose. At
ter this process had been several times re-
peated the earth was puddled. and the whole
stands now properly lighted.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-03

accompanied in her rides by her father. AT
ore time when visiting the race
track on horseback she rode over the
entire steeplechase course taking in every
OF OF the dangerous leaps without disaster
of any sort. She is to take q prominent
part In the social life of the new administra.
ton. The home of the Bsyard family ut
Wilmington. Del, is plain old fashion ed
house occupying whole square of ground,
with large rambling rooms, wide halls and
veraDda. There the Bayard family usually
spend their summers, gathering round a long
table in the wide hall at meal times and dis.
porting themselves at will during the long,
lazy. simmer days, while MIR. Bsyard gives
more or less attention 10 his Jaw practice in
the Office formerly occupied Dy his father,
who wss Senator before him.
Secretary Whitney has not vet fully de-
termined what will be his residence. Until
this is determined il is pretty difficult to say
much about his prospective home life. Ii is
safe TO say, however, that il will be az ele-
CANT one and that there will be desk
room" in it, for Mr.. Whitney has already
learned the value of hard work. and is set.
ting out to master every feature of his new
and important office. i. is probable that he
will take the large house on Dupont Circle
known as Castle Stewart" This il
one OF the hapdsomest residences in
the city. 1t was built some ten years ago by
Senator Stewart. elegantly furnished, and
was to be opened with a great ball, when on
the very evening set for this event 1t took
fire, the roof was burned of, and the elegant
new furniture ruined by water. A couple
OF years ago IL Wa reftted by Mrs. Stewart,
and has been occupied by her since that
time. 1t has one Of the finest ball rooms In
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House, and wrestles far into the night with
the duties of his position. His room is q
workshop. There is table always filed
with papers, and at the side of the
room desk where he sits and writes
he has the most labori3us OF all the Cabinet
positions. and be, like others of the Cabinet
who have brought their own success by their
own exertions, realizes the Importance of
hard work. 1t is no uncommon thing for
him to be at the Office before O'Clock, and
he seldom leaves until long after the hour
for closing aud while the subJriinatss of
the department are dining with their fsmi-
lies or taking the air on pleasant drives
about the city, he is still a. his desk in sfics.
or st home, with his nose still on the official
grindstone.
Secretary Lsmar's habits sra somewhat
different from those of bis Cabines compsn-
ions. he is q coed deal OF a student and
reader of literature, and 10 iuolinei to give
most of his time outside of Office hours to
this sort OF relaxation. He has not decided
what his home will be during his term as a
member Of the Cabinet His daughter will
be with him, and will farm q member of a
very interesting group of Cabinet young
ladies, there being no less than five of the
Cabinet members who are blessed with
daughters OF such age as to assist in the social
duties accompanying their positions.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-03
WASHINGTON.
A Letter OF Gossip from the National
Capital.
Pictures OF Miss Bayard, Mrs. Manning
and Mrs Eodicott some or
the Cabinet VIII Live

WAsHIseros, April 30.-A good deal hss
been told about the new Cabinet as its looks
IN public: why not something about its
home life and those who help its members
by their home in6uence2 The home life
and surroundings Of the Cabinet officer il 8
very important factor OF his success.
Whether or not he is popular here in Wash
ington depends much on this feature, and
his popularity here means in most cases his
popularity throughout the nation, so great
is the power TO mold public opinion through
the'infuences which the Capital city affords
Let as run over the list and see what their
bones are and are TO be, so far ss is yet
known. Only a portion of the Cabinet
members are yet settled" or have finally
decided az to what is to be their home for
the time OF their stay. Several are yet at
the hotels; some will not bring their families
here permsntly until the autumn. Others,
however, are located permanently, and the
habits sufficiently fixed that it is possible to
tell something CT them in detail.
Take Secretary Bsyard. for instance. He
has lived in that same old drab.pain ted brick
house. on Massachusetts, avenue, for years,
and will, it Is supposed, remain there during
the term of his service in the Cabinet. His
house is not large one, yet he finds room in
it for no less than nine children, for his fam
ii is very large one. The HOUSEHOLD treas
ures OF the Bsyard family number no less
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-03

than twelve children. though but nine of the
number are now living. Ore of these, the
eldest daughter, was married couple of
yeers ago. The others are at home. or scat
tered about at schools not far away. Mr..
Bsyard is very much attached to his home
time with them IS possible. His house is a
pretty good-sized one, but there is not much
more room in Ii than is needed for, with
family of nine children, Mr.. and Mrs Bay
ard, the necessary number of servants and
employees, and the convenience for the So
ciaI duties OF his station, pretty large house
is required. Then. too, the Secretary has
desk at his house at which he does q good
deal OF work outside of the regular hours
He is finding the duties of his oflice less
laborious than those of some others
Of the Cabinet officers, but sufficiently
so TO make Ii necessary that ne gives some
time outside of Office hours to this work
The desk is located in his library. and at it
the Secretary may often be found up TO late
hours at night. More of his time aud that
OF his family are now given to social duties
than ever before They have always been
rather EXCLUSIVE, so that while they have
been long time here, Washir gton society
has seen comparatively little OF them. Now,
however, recognizing the duties of his posi-
ton as head of the State Department, the
doors of the Bayard mansion are opened
much more frequently than ever before.
There is nothing elaborate about ii. Its hall
the Furnishings rather plain. Miss Bayard,
an attractive young lady, eldest now at
home. relieves her mother, who il s,mething
OF an invalid. OF many of the social duties.
She is brilliant young woman of many
accomplishments, and has many warm
friends. She is especially known as the finest
horsewoman in Washington, AID is often
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-03

shocking BehaVior at a Party.
At an evening party:
Look there, will you? ID yen ses THAR"
"What?"
why. don't You sec Jones'"
"Yes, to be sure; but what of it?n
Don't you see that hes making lover"
"Of course do; bat what Of it2'
Don't you know tie woman"
mo but l admire bis taste. Who Is shs?"
'Do you mean TO say you don't know
herr
Never saw her before; but she's beauty,
isn't she2'
"Wby, it's bis own wife"
Heavens. Why, the nau Is crazy Ten
kill him dead If tho matter gets known 81 the
club. l woulkn't have believed it. Ialwsys
took him to De very proper and discreet
sort Of person"
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walls of babitual reserve vanished and left
Us at large; We were children playing with
children in wide fpld OF flowers. 6;esp Us,
we cried, in these 10 aences,. for DAYS, for
weeks, and We shall be sunny poets aud
will write out in msDy-colored words the
romance that Won are
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Woman.

Are there not women who eli our vase
with wine and roses to the brim, so that the
wine runs over and fills the house with per-
fume; who inspire Us with courtesy: Who
unloose our tongues and We speak; who
anoint our eyes ard We see? We nay things
We never thought to have said: for once our
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-03

Old as we can, wherever we meet them-De
they grand or humble, rich or poor. With
pleasant memories behind and hope before
we shall best preserve q spring.time in the
heart and have the most cheer for old age.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-03

Acute rheumatism IS an Inflammation of
the joints. marked by pain, heat. rsdness
and tendency to Suddenly shift from one
joint to another. With these symptoms ap-
Fly Salvation Oil, the great pain cure, to the
affected parts without delsy. Price twenty
FIVE cents a bottle.
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Many a Lady

is beautiful, all but her skin:
and nobody has ever told
her how easy it is to put
beauty on the skin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolia
Balm.
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Learn WY. ON aud prudsIcs from the mis-
takes Of your neighbors.
10 bu i.ip sir castles II is well to put
ioun istions under them.
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CANCER OF TONGUE !
4 Case Resembling That Of General Grant.

Some ten years ago I had a scrofulous sore on
my right hand which gave me great trouble, and
under the old-time treatment was healed up, and
I supposed was WELL found, however, II had
only been driven into the system by the use OF
potash and mercury, and in March, 1882, it broke
out in my throat, and concentrated in what some
pf the doctors denorninated cancer. was placed
under treatment for this disease. Some six
seven OF the best physicians in the country had
me at different times under their charge, among
them three specialists in u is line; but after
another would exhaust their sd III and drop me,
for ! grew worse continually. The cancer had
eaten through my cheek, destroying the palate
and under lip entirely and half my tongue, eating
out TO the top Of left cheek bone and up to the
left eye. From hearty robust woman OF $50
bones, almost unable to turn myself in bed. 1
could not eat any sol d food, but subsisted on
liquids and my torgue was so far gone could not
talk. The anguih b II mind aud the horrible suf-
ferings Of body which experienced, can never
ne revealed. Given up by hysicians to die, with
no no hope Of ,ee"very on the part Of friends who
TO be my last; In fact, my husband would place
ais hand upon me every now and then to see
whether l was alive or not, aud at one time all
decided that life was extinct and my death was
reported all over the country.
Such was my helpless and wret he'd condition
The first Of last October USSi), when MY friends
commenced giving me swi't's Specific. In less
than a month the eating pla' es sto pped and heal
ing eonmenoe', and the fearful aperture in nv
cheek has tern closed and hrmly knitted together.
process OF q n'w under . Is progressing finely,
aud the tongue which was almost destroyed is he
ing reoov red, and It seems that na,un is supply
ing new tongue can talk so that my friends
can radily understand me, anl can cat solid food
again. am able to walk wherever ! please with
out the assistance Of any on and h. We gaiI ed
atty pounds 10 flesh. All this under the blessing
Of q merciful Heavenly Father, is due to Swift's
Specific am a wonder and a marvel To all my
friends, hundreds OF wNom have known NY in
tense suferings, and have visited me in my aff &C.
tion. While am not entirely well, yet my grati-
tude Is none the less devout, and ! am con hdent
that . perfect recovery is now in sight II any
doubt these facts, would refer them TO on.
John II. Taylor, State senator OF this strici,
Who Is my neighbOr DR.. !. s. Brsdheld, OF IL
Grange, Ga, or TO any other persons living in IN
southern part Of Troupe county, Ga.
MRS. MARY l.. CoNER
LsGrsnge, Ca, May IA, 1885.
Sold by all druggists.
Treatise on Skin and Blood Diseases mailed
free.
Call on our physician, No. 1877 W. 2Sh ST., n. Y.
Consultation Tree. THE SWIFT STECiFI CO..
Drawer8 Atlantis Ga.
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II, and skill to insure its being of use.

Il, and skill to insure its being of use.
To see her mistress, to meet her even once
more would he 10 ruin all Shs must never
know whose hand II was bore her freedom.
She would never suspect that her servant
had been the means of cutting the knot
which 1t seemed no earthly power could undo,
All, no earthly power could have undona it.
So when at last the morning broke gray,
and trees and other objects loomcd phantom.
like and unreal through the mist, Sarah
Miller planned and schemed, seeking the
way to insure what she had SO dearly
bought All her thoughts reached one end.
She must fly far, far from the spot. Bea
trice must never hear of her again; never
know that she left London. II her proX-
unity to the dead man became known the
truth might be gIesse and all he lost.
Yet before she went she must see the
house ip which her darling lived She must
stoop and kiss the doorstep on which those
loved feet had trodden. She must watt her
one passionate and unheeied fare we'll, then
leave the place and be as one deal
She struggled against the desire, but it
overcame her With tho first streaks of
daylight she entered the sleeping city, and,
utterly worn out, stood before her mistress
window, and for while watched it as one
might watch the last fading ray of a sun
which has sunk never again to rise, and
tighten the darkness which shall be eternal.
At that early hour of the morning the
street was silent and deserted. There was
no one to notice the strange looking creature
who stood and with wild despair in her
eyes, for ever gazed on one spot. Her look
for the time was such that no one, not even
the one most preoccupied with his own con
Germs, could have passed her without feel
ing his curiosity raised as to why she was
lingering there, and what gave her that ap-
pearance of dire distress.
After some minutes spent in this manner
the woman crossed the road Her limbs
dragged aftey her and made her exhausted
state apparent. She leant ber head against
the door Of the house which held her mis-
tress and soObed convulsively. A dizzy feel
ing cams over her, and she felt that she was
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a OuCCn's srss,tG,,.

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Ellwood Shallcross, former editor Of
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Evans 7. Jones, Prospect, Marion Co.,
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ain the early part of last winter / con.
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Thomas Bradford, 3I4 Western Ave.
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We handle your goods, and they give
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Pksu,SAi Is sold by all druggists. Price si.O'
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directed. 5. b. HARTMAN Co,
Columbus.
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CHAPTER XXXIII.


II by any chance Beatrice, who certainly
had trouble enough to make her wakeful
had risen With the dawn of the morning
which followed the tragedy, and looked out
of her asement she would have seen sight
which would have caused her much surprise
She would have seen Sarah Miller whom
she believed to be in England standing on
the opposite side of the street, utter despair
and anguish written in every lineament,
gazing at her mistress window like one
bidding the object, the dearest on earth, an
eternal ACKNOWLEDGMENT because even the
consoling hope of a meeting in some future
state is absent But Beatrice, who, in the
earlier watches of the night, had been awake
for hours with her sorrow, slept on until the
sun was high. Perhaps it was well for her
she did SO.
The poor self-appointed instrument for
working the divine will had, after she left
the scene Of her dark work, wandered about
the outskirts of Munich, aimlessly and hope
lessly. Had 1t been broad daylight, and
had there been persons to see her, an occa-
sional stitied moan and a wringing of the
hands would have been all that showed the
agony Of mind she endured. But it was not,
as might be supposed, the agony of remorse.
lt was agony at the thought of the furt her
sacrifice which such sense as still was hers
uiu ner she must MAKE, IN oruer that tne DE-
she" anu Preoestihei resuils h'sht ioho"
'"e az. oi ,ne h'ght,
,,ta. wa "as hian h,h rn' sue "as no' n,au. oh
"ua. may DC oaiiea .he rengious sue o, tne
iuestioh' Her h'inn, ns may pe suessed IRON
nei ueetI, a., wn gone as. leaenlp,ioh. u
may oe nu' snia nnu An oeen e har uue s,a'e Ior
yea's, e'o' sii'e sn' ,iAu a,cepteu as true
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