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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18
Advice TO q Boy.
(Peck's Sun.l

You wish to become famous and to
be known as Billy, the Terror of Ke-
noshs, or the Boy Avenger. Now this
is not practicable outside of books.
You have read of boys becoming blood
thirsty villains in velvet pants and top
boots, in a marvellously short time, but
as rule the boys who start out to
duplicate those yellow covered fellows
bring up in some isolated Jail, and in.
stead Of yellow pants they are adorned
with ragged overalls with the vitals
worn out, sitting around in lonely places
waiting for the maiden to come and fall
in love with them, as they do in books.
But 1 have found way for you to
crafty your long-cherished desires. l
want you to arm yourself with double.
edged grammar and q self-cocking arith-
metic and skulk down to the school house
Monday bright and early.
When school calls conceal yourself be-
hind your book, and whenever you see
an opportunity jump into difficult
problem and probe it through and
through. After you have to all appear.
ance mastered it, turn it upside down
and make it prove itself.
By the time you have followed this up
. couple of months you will begin to re-
ceive some of the notOriety you crave.
and will be looked upon as the STARTER,
or the Boy Mathematician. By the end
of the term you will be pointed out to
admiring spectators as the double entry
wonder of the seventh ward school.
You think now that this will satisfy
you, but it will not. On the contrary
| It will spur you on to still more difficult
achievements. An uncomfortable de-
sire 70 graduate will then take possession
of you, and before you realize 1t you
will be standing before hall full OF PEG.
pie, with a valedictory in one hand aud
a cold sweat in the other, trying to carry
| off the honors of commencement day.
Thus you go on step by step until
YOUR friends would hardly recognize the
little Willie Brown, of to-day, in the red
headed Professor of Poughkeepsie, who
will be teaching dead language will
one hand, while he pulls an astronomi
cal constellation To pieces with the
other, twenty years from now.
OF course you will live longer than
YOU would if YOU had become famous a:
the dashing highwayman of Oconomo
voc, but you will die in good time, full
of years and govt, and the great dailie'
will devote half column under some
gilt edge tonic advertisement to your
obituary notice, and some enterprisine
cigar manufacturer will name q branc
of cigars after you, and you will bt
mourned as the bsld-headed philosophel
of the nineteenth century. There. tha
il all, this time.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18

might have To associate, and she said
something about my not being able to
take hint, when | replied that ! could
take more hints in minute than she
could give me In an hour, ana proceeded
to transfer the water from the cistern TO
the wssh-tub.
When returned for third pailful,
the crank of the chsiD-pump was gone, go
i visited the cistern of my other neigh
Dor, who smiled as if TO welcome me, as |
entered her gate, and remarked that the
weather was quite dry. / agreed with
her, and was engaged in wetting a pail
full of weather, when she proceeded to
say that cistern water would be an object
one of these days. | said supposed so
and having emptied my pail came for
more.
Don't you hate hog?" she inquired.
| admitted that was not very deeply in
love with the present tenement OF the
devil, when she said something about
two-legged hogs that could not help re-
garding as personal. filled my pail and
gracefully strolled to the back door of the
kitchen, where my wife stood, and in
formed her of the crisis that lowered over
US. Sooner than can tell it, the round
end of discarded table leg was thrust
into the spout of the pump at the well,
and | was invited to saw it of, which
did. When | returned at noon, from my
Office, found my family thirsty, and
then | saw for the first time that l had
revenged upon all parties concerned, In
GLIDING myself. 1t cost me dollar 70
get the table-leg bored out of the spout,
and my wife has to have some bangs and
back hair, and the other women have had
to purchase new dresses, and court-plas'
ter and arnica have to be bought for
the children every day, and each OF
my neighbors has paddock ON the wheel
of his cistern pump, while pay = negro
two dollars day to guard the well with
a doube-barreled shotgun. and doD't
speak to the people that live on either sid
of us. Oh, no! one well for three fam
lies is very amusing, but it is expensive
too
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18
ONE WELL FOR TWO FAMILIES.
IF. E. Huddle, in New York Mercury. ]

+. f. Huddle, in New York Mercury
One well never was large enough to
furnish water for two or three families. ]
rent my palstial dwelling-place from q
man who owns two houses-one on either
side of that in which live.
In my back yard there is well, and in
each of the other back yards a cistern Is
located, and when we three families
moved into our respective places of abode
il was clearly understood and so nomin-
ated in the bond that all should have &C
cess to and water from the we'll, and that
the central figure in the group (meaning
MYSELF should be permitted to draw up
on the boarded treasures of either cistern
ut his own sweet will.
On Monday of the second week after We
began to utilize our building, my wife
intimated to me that she would appre-
ciate having few pals of washing water
from one of the cisterns. When my
wife intimates anything to me, always
feel the promptings of love in my heart
and promptly accede to her wishes |
did 50 on this occasion. and went to the
cistern to westward Of Us. Il pumped up
one pail of water and took it to my wait
ing spouse, but when attempted to draw
another, the woman who seemed 10 De
running that cistern came out and asked
me if did not think Il would be more
polite-she bore down on polite" pretty
hard-to get some water from the other
cistern. / told her that was plain,
blunt fellow, who did not stand on eti-
quette very much, and if it made no diff
ference to her I'd get the water where my
wife dunn pleased. She replied that her
cistern was very low, but told her l was
not q bit stuck up particularly about the
rank in society Of cisterns with which l
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18
George Alfred Townssnd.l

You get your boy from some fresh and
open country, where the people are kind
to each other, where family life is sweet.
where poverty 10 a moderate degree has
brought the family together in their
wants and needs, and he will enter q
large city or a wider field of reporting
with health, cheerfulness, and growth.
But if yoa take your editor out of some
old part of the country, where he has
been to college, and leaves it satisfied
that be is coming into the press to show
them a very great and. pure man, you
will probably find fool who does no
good TO his times, who is afraid 10 be
enthusiastic IN the best cause, who 10 =
small-potato critic, and especially dis
gusted with the movement of his own
country.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18

Persian Mediator-IsO0 Il. c.
When young man finds that he has
given expression to pun he should take
piece of sssafetida about as big as q
hiskOry nut and chew it, He would not
feel like making another pun as long as
the taste of the drug remains in bis
mouth. He should, carry some of the
drug in his vest pocket when he goes out
in company, and keep piece in his
mouth constantly. 1t may be offensive
to the company, but it will not be half
so offensive as his Old back-number, teeth
worn puns, and he will become favor
lite. If this course will not cure him
he had better go and drown himself
There is no such thing as a new pun,
as every word that is susceptible of pun
has been punned for thousands of years,
80 when you hear person make pun
you can be sure that it is q thousand
years old. If man or woman when
making pun on word realized that the
Egyptian mummy in the museum when
alive had made the same pun and laughed
at 1t boisterously, he would be ashamed
of his own attempt. The Persian lam
guage is good enough if you take it
straight, and it is foolish to torture it.
As good way as any to squelch a
punster is to listen to bis pun, look
thoughtfully and say Before the Flood"
or "Credit to Adam" Young men who
get in the habit of making puns On all
occasions lose their positions, girls go back
on them and they 60 through life alone,
except in rare instances. A girl hates to
face the prospect of a lifetime of poor
puns, ana will think twice before marry
ing punster, as he is liable to practise
his puns on his wife.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18
UOMEBODY,s SUNBEAM.

Somebody crawls into mammals bed
Just at the break Of day,
Sauggles up close aud whispers loud:
Somebody's come 10 stay
Somebody PUSHES through the house
Never once shuts door.
scstters her pleything- All around
Over the nursery floor
anbx ON the fence and tears her clothes
Never bit cares she,
s5wings on the gate and makes mud pies;
Who can sombody be,
Somebody looks with roguish eyes
ID through her tangled hair,
sssomebodys me" she says; but then
sombody doesn't care"
-lDetroit Free Press.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18
WILD HORSES UP NORTH.

Virginia Chronicle.

Virginia Chronlc!e.I
Up in Northeastern Wyoming and in
Northwestern Nebraska many bands OF
wild horses still roam as fearless and as
fleet as in the days when the country
was an unexplored wilderness, terra
incognita to the white men and inhab-
tied only by the Sioux, the Blackfeet
and the Crow Indians. Keen to scent
the approach of foes, feet as the ante
lope that may be often seen browsing in
security at their side and free as the
winds that sweep their paririe home, they
have successfully eluded the pursuit Of
cowboys and escaped the destruction
the white mans rifle his melted out
TO the buffalo and the game of the
West.
One would naturally think that no
ANIMALS that roam the plains would be
less inimical To the industries of the re-
gion than the fugitive bands of wild
horses, and il will surprise many to learn
that parties have been organized in Chey.
enne for the express purpose OF killing
the wild stations.
Year by year horses are lost from the
bands in the Territory. Some of them
are found; but when mares escape they
are lost beyond reclaim. When wander
ing over the plains they descry band Of
horses grazing in some distant valley, on
outline FROM the summit of some hill
They approach the band from equine
curiosity, and from that day they belong
TO no man. The wild stations are the
guardians of the bands. Always on SEN
tinel duty, they give the alarm when
any foe Of their liberty approaches; in a
moment the stragglers are rounded in, a
fleet led stallion leads the van, and
with others at the TANKS and the rear.
away they GO in laundering charge.
Be the cowboy mounted ever so we'll,
NO horse bearing burden can overtake
the ridefless ones, and so it has come
about that the herds of wild horses
have increased instead Of diminished
in numbers during the Pisr few
years.
Il has been observed, however, thai
few. IL any. colts are tn be seen among
the bands during the Autumn and Win
ter, and one naturally wonders what be-
comes Of the natural and regular increase
Of the horses. The answer is simple. In
~ early Spring and early Summer cav
boyo snd professional horsehlmters 90
o9s veil mounted fos the express ourpose
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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18
(American Antiquarian

The Mandan indians have peculiar
way of roasting meat; the roast is sus-
pended from the roof of the hut exactly
over the fire the cord being passed
through and fastened to the center of
the piece keeps it in fiat position d.
rectly over the flames. A person is
seated near it, and with a small stick
keeps it continually in motion by push
ing j: to and fro. When one side is
done, it il turned over, and 6t for use.
This method is much more expedious
than the common way of roasting be-
fore the FIRE, and is preferable, as it re-
tains the natural juice and favor.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18
Texas siftings.l

There was fracas near the Post
Office, in Galveston. One man was
supposed to be dead, but on being
moved he groned audibly. One Of
the parties present, Ed. Huffman, ex.
claimed
"Sompodies run for doctor. Dot poor
devil wash not quite dead vet"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18
Something Dry About the Play.
lPhiladelphia CALL

There was not dry eye in the audi
snce," remarked Mr.. Blifkins, referring
to the play he had seen the night before,
mo, added Mrs. Blifkins, who had &C.
companied him, but noticed between
the acts that good many shroats seemed
70 be dry"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18

One by one the months glided into
years, and repeated themselves, and a
fair, pale girl counted them as one step
nearer the browning Of her hopes.
Her whole soul Was absorbed in
the art to which she had consecrsted DER
young life.
She studied and sung as other people
breathe.
Her character was harmony itself.
She wept in time and sung in concord.
The musical element Was developing 10
her grandIy. but at the seeming expense
Of every other sentiment.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-23

CHICAGO, April 22.-The magni-
tude of the fire at Wheaton was exag-
gerated. The total loss will not exceed
s20, 900.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-23

NcCabe to respond. Captain Mecabe
came forward, comPIimented in the
highest manner Mr.. Kelley, and made
. speech rich in sloquencc and fall Of
feeling.
MAJOR sTRTNoFELLow.
Major Stringfellow, who found time
al late moment to be present, made
q happy and feeling speech.
TELBGRAMs AND LETTERS.
Captain Drinkard read letters and
kilograms from General Joseph n. An
derson, Judge b. r. Wexford, Hon.
George ID. Wise, Hon. William McAdoo
(of New Jersey, Archbishop Gibbons,
Bishop r. NJ. Whittle, John d. Kelley,
Jr., and Bradley T. Johnson--all ex-
pressing regret At not being present.
COLONEL JOHN d. CARY.
Colonel Cary, with q few appropriate
remarks, presented the resolutions
passed by the Richmond Chess Club
lof which Mr.. Kelley is membcr) ex-
pressiye Of the regret the club felt at
losing such member.
These were responded to by Mr.. Kei-
ley in a few brief and happy remarks.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-23
THE WARLIKE ASPECT
BErwEEN ENGLAND & RUSSIA

Bssh Nations s1sysns Actively asd Prsparsnz
tor what seems she Insvisasis- Dispose
ton Of the Anshsn Army.
fByc cable TO the Dispatsh.l
LONDON, April 22.-Troops are
swarming to all the barracks through
out the United Kingdom in response to
the Governments call for reserves.
The War Office in London is besieged
by military officers asking for employ
ment. II has been decided to divide
tho Portsmouth feet up into Channel,
Flying, and Reserve squadrons. Fresh
orders have been received to increase
the number Of workmen ct Portsmouth.
WHAT THE AMEER AND HIS ARMY
WILL DO.
LONDON, April 22.-Persian news
papers learn from Cabul that in the
event Of war the Amer with his gen.
eral staff will reside at Miamene. The
Afghan army will be placed in the line
from Herat to Balkh. The forces sta
toned at Miamene will threaten Merv,
and those posted at Balkh will threaten
Bokhara.
Vienna advices from st. Petersburg
state that the Russian army in Central
Asia will in few weeks number l00,-
600 regulars and $4,000 Cossacks and
Turcomans. Vienna papers are more
alarmed at Katkoff urging war in the
Moscow Gazette than by the news from
London.
The Berlin National Zeitung reminds
Katkoff that compliance with the de-
mand that Russia's neighbors should
close the Baltic might really be war
like participation against England. Ger
many and Denmark must preserve their
neutrality.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-23

On next Sunday afternoon, at half.
past 3 o'clock, at the Ridge Baptist
church, in Henrico county, the Rev. j
b. Cook, who has recently been elected
pastor Of Deep Run, Ridge, and Bethle'
hem Baptist churches, will be ordained
The Rtvs. W. W. Landrum, s. c.
Clopton, John S. Bethel, w. j. Ship.
man, and DR.. Hatcher will take part in
the exercises.
Dr.. Lafferty's lecture at Laurel
Street Methodist church night before
last on "Luck and Pluck " was one Of
the most brilliant productions of this
gifted gentleman. 1t was brimful OF
wit and practical sense, and was re-
gsrded as great treat by all who
heard it.
Governor Cameron stated yesterday
that he would be unable to say what
action, if any, he would take in the
debt matter until he had examined the
full opinion of the court. That opin-
ion he will be unable TO procure fol-
some days to come.
The Governor has commuted the SEN
tence of William and Arthur Harrison
to eighteen months in the county jail
from date Of their conviction. They
were convicted in the County Court Of
Henrico last January Of burglary, and
sentenced to five years each in the peni-
Tertiary. The application for commute
ton of sentence was endorsed by the
officers of the court and the jury.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-23
WHO is MRS. WINSLOW?

AS this question is frequently asked. we
will simply say that she is lady who for
upwards OF forty years has untiringly de-
voted her time and talents as female ply
siclan and nurse. principally among chill
dren. She has especially studied the con-
stitution and wants OF this numerous class
and as result Of this effort and practical
knowledge, obtained in lifetime spent as
a nurse and physician. she has compounded
q SOOTHING SYRUP for children teething
1t operates Ike magic, giving rest and
health. and U.s. moreover, sure 10 regulate
the bowels. In consequence OF this article
Mrs. Winslow is becoming world renowned
as a benefactor OF her race. Children GER
tainly do RISE UP and bless her. Especially
is this the case In this city. Vast quantities
Of the SOOTHING SYRUP are DAILY sold
and used here. We think Mrs. WinslOw
has immortalized her name by this invalu-
able article. and we sincerely believe thou
sands Of children have been saved from an
early grave by its timely use, and that mil
lions yet unborn VIII share its benefits and
unite in calling her blessed. No MOTHER has
discharged her duty TO her suffering little
ones. in our opinion. until she has given It
the benefit OF MRS. WINSLOW'S SO0rH-
ING SYRUP. Try it. mothers-TKY 1T
N0W.-Lddies' Visitor, NeiO York Guy. Sold
by all druggists. rs cents bottle.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-23
A Rhetorical Cane.

A silver-headed cane has been given
by William p. Munford to the Young
Mems Christian Association, and will
become the property of the person who
will offer the highest price for the same
before the 18th day of June next. The
following inscription is engraved on
the head "Piece of the elm where
Penn held his treaty with the Indians,
1851" The history of this cane is in
teresting, and is perfectly authentic.
1t will be furnished with the cane to
the purchaser. One hundred dollars is
proposed as start by Richmond
gentleman,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-23
A Texas Tornado.

IBy telegraph TO the Dispatch.l
GALVESTON, April pa special
to the News from Denison says: A
tornado struck this city last night from
the southwest, its course being nearly
identical with the cyclone of two years
ago. Over a dozen dwellings were
badly twisted and otherwise damaged.
Three wooden churches were moved
several feet. Two business-houses were
unroofed and wrecked in the upper
stories. The only casualty reported is
that Of woman who was seriously in
jured by the crashing in of roof. The
total damage throughout the city is cs-
timated at 100000.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-23
ANon.sanguincous Affair.


WASHINGTON, April 22.-Some
time since an interview appeared in the
Post Of this city with ex-Representatiye
Whtthorne, of Tennessee, which was
considered by Governor Porter, re-
Gently appointed Assistant Secretary of
State, also of Tennessee, as disparaging
to him. The interview was copied ex-
tensively in his own State. He sent a
card to the Memphis AroiaHche, in
which he said as Whitthorne had served
in Congress the people of Washington
knew him. and as the people of Tennes-
see knew both men, it was not necessary
for him to comment upon the interview.
The ex-Representatiye thereupon sent a
friend to Washington with note ask
ing Governor Porter to "go outside Of
the United States and explain the little
matter" Governor Porter asked the
friend if he knew the contents of the
note. The latter replied in the atiirma-
tive. Thereupon Governor Porter said,
"You will consider it no affront, then,
if | return the note to you" The note
was returned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-23
General Grants Condition.
[By telegraph to the Dispatch. ]


New YORK, April 22.-Between 10
and ii o'clock last night there was
some noise in the Grant residence and
it awoke the General, who at the time
Of the disturbance had been sleeping
about half an hour. The sick man
aroused with q start and remained
wakeful until midnight, when he drop
ped asleep and slept without Interrupt
ton for six hours. Between 6 and I
o'clock this morning the General was
dressed and food was served to him.
He felt refreshed, and said so.
DR.. Douglas, who had been beside
the General until he slept at midnight,
arose at : o'clock, treated the Generals
throat, and at $50 o'clock left the
house. The Doctor stated that there
were no i'll effects from the Generals
exercise yesterday, unless it was in
added fatigue that prevented profound
sleep during the early part of the night.
The neuralglc pains are abated to-day,
but the trouble at the base of the
tongue is at all times the seat Of greater
or less pain to the patient.
DR.. Douglas, in referring to the Bra
lillian cancer-cure reported to have been
sent to the family, said that the Gene
RAILS physicians had had the preparation
nearly two months, but that it had
never been used because there was no
data at hand of its efficacy, and General
Grant was not patient to experiment
upon. In conclusion land as he took a
carr, DR.. Douglas remarked that the
General was, on the whole, improved
to-day, though he was yet very sick
man.
Atnoon General Grant and wife went
to drive in an open carriage. The
salutes Of bystanders were returned by
the General with a smile and a true
military salute.
Drs. Barker, Shrady, and Douglas
met in consultation at 2 o'clock to-day.
The Generals throat was examined by
the aid of an electric light, and, COM
paratiyely, was found better than when
last seen by Drs. Barker and Shrady,
on Sunday last.
AS DIR. Douglas was leaving he said.
in response to an inquiry, that the Gen.
eral experienced some pain during the
examination Of his throat, but other
wise he had suffered no more pain to-
day than yesterday. The throat was
much improved, except at the main
point. The patient was stronger, and
eats more, and with greater desire for
food.
DR.. Douglas said General Grant was
better at present than when he took his
last drive before the alarming symptoms
were developed three weeks ago last
Sunday.
The next consultation will take place
Sunday next.
DR.. Douglas was Of the opinion that
General Grant would not 20 out to walk
this afternoon, but the Doctor had not
been gone twenty minutes when the
General and Colonel Grant left the
house and walked to Madison avenue.
At the corner the General stood few
! n oments and gaxed down the avenue,