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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-09-03

John D. Fl. LUNT,
Successor to Lunt & Davidson.
DEALER IN DRUGS. CHEMICALS, PATENT
MEDICINES AND FANCY ARTICLES.
N. E.. corner King and Washington streets,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
PHYSICIANS Presc1 .ptions specially. Jan1O
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-09-03
OUR NEW ANNEX is FINISHED,

All shelving
Crowdse Mulhtus
Will respond Greatly n cry
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25
RELIGIOUS INrELLI6ENCE AND IN.
C;DENT

A winter session of tn Chautauqua School
of The ology has been established at Lake De
Funiak, Florida.
Mourning after an absent God is an evil
dence OF love as strong as rejoicing in
present one.-F. w. Robertson.
The old clock in the South Church tower,
Salem, was made in Beverly 100 years ago,
and is good. it is claimed, for thirty years
more.
We must lend an attentive ear, TOR Gods
voice is soft and still, and is oaly heard of
those who hear nothing else. All, how rare
it is then to find soul still enough to hear
God speak!-Fenelon.
There are now over 700 active Young Men ;
Christian Associations in the United States
There Is room for few more members
however, and nobody will be prescribed on
account of politics, religion, or the color OF
his skin.
Hard times In many places have affected
the churches, and the economy of reducing
necessitated. favorite plan is the forming
of young peoples choruses to lead the con-
gregations in hymns.
Rev. R. Heber Newton gives his opinion
On the controversy that has sprung no be-
tween Bishop Potter of the diocese of New
York and Bishop Lee OF Maryland on the
question of vows. He condemns perpetual
vows and advocates final appeal to reason.
The Communal Council OF Brussels has
unanimously adopted a resolution that re-
ligious in Instruction shall not be included in
the programme of the Brussels communal
schools. and that no ecclessstics of any sect
shall be admitted to teach in them.
A good story is told of o country parson
who went to preach in q remote parish
church. The sexton. in taking him TO ths
chapel, deprecistingly said, II hope Your
reverence won't mind preaching from the
chaDc eel. Ye see, chapeps quiet place, an
I've got dock setting on TO lrteen eggs in
the pulpit"
Professor W. r. Harper. Phi. d., OF the
Baptist Union Theological Seminary at Chi
cago, has prepared plan for the elemental
study OF Hebrew which has received hearty
indorement in theological seminaries East
and West. His Hebrew Sum mer School mas
assumed such Importance that it has now
been placed under board of trustees chosen
from the theological seminaries OF the coun.
try, of all denominations. Thirty four He.
brew professors have given their adherence
to the scheme. IL is proposed to raise an en-
dowment fund of S2o, 900 to put the school
on permanent foundation.
Charles Reade, the novelist. was a warm
supporter of the church. and il is int nded
to build church to his memory at WIlles-
den. Several friends and admirers of the
drsmatist and novelist have, it is said, al
ready guaranteed the cost of the building,
which is to be cslled st. Mary Msgdalen, the
title being chosen as the most appropriate,
as Mr. Charles Reade was Fellow of st.
Mary Maedalen, Oxford. The Rev. Comp
ton Reade, nephew of the drsmatist, will be
the first incumbent. Mr.. Charles Rsade's
long association with Willesden in the old
parish churchyard of which locality he was
buried, will account for the choice Of site
for the new church.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25
PRESSED sUMaC AND FERN.


Gathered from out the woodland glooms
With their blended colors warm aud risn
They break through the shade of wintry rooms
They unfold in bracket. vase and nicae:
The cluster that deepens. the spray that burns
Hold hues that ripen in the late fall haze,
And only the tender. flmy ferns.
Keep green in their dream OF summer days.
AS catch their thought dream with them
OF the sweet scented wood where they grew:
vi wood and laKe. just over whose brim
They leaned and dipped and bloemed anew.
I1robs OF their passionate puislng fall
Heariwarm, out OF the hush OF the year,
AND falter down through the interval,
Iiu summer, for ali tue frosts. seems near.
Again the wood is stepped in the glow,
Golden and warm as IL hung at noon:
The roses, heavy with scent, hung low.
And spill their seen Is on the air of June
A hush that fills the spaces has set
A seal on the hour. for the hours DELAY
Aid the fingers of twilight, cold aud wet,
Are laid on the burning brows OF day.
The soft dusk deepens upon the slopes
Into an evening dewy end bright
Or rsrer yet when the room drips drops
OF light, for dew. on the devices night,
And crowns each wave with q silver crest
As IL floats asleep on the quiet lake
And leave IL all In folded rest.
In radiant slumber will not break.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25
The Mysterious Sixth Sense.

DR.. Russell, of Calumet, Mich, writes this
10 the New York Evening post:
In connection with the numerous well
authenticated circumstances which tend TO
prove that Telepathy deserves the serious at
tention of science, the following incident
may not be out of place:
Several winters ago, there lived on the To-
cation q woodman and his wife, persons
posse ssed of perhaps rather more than the
average intelligence and education of the
mining classes. The sympathy between
them was such that each seemed to thor
oughly understand the thoughts OF the
other without the use of words, which they
scarcely ever used except in the presence of
Others. When in separate rooms either could
Immediately tell what the other had written.
At greater distances each was subject TO the
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

meods OF the other hat any desp.r undsr-
standing was reached at the expense OF grsst
mental effort.
In January. 1881, the man. who was chop
ping in the brush. severed an artery In bis
leg, and. there not being any assistance Of
hand. he bed to death. At about the sane
time that the wound must have been IN
hicted, the woman rushed into q neighoo-s
house, declaring that her husband was dy-
ing; and, and though ignorant of his where
scene Of the accident. The woman has been
insane ever since
IL any one Is anxious to learn more OF this
remarkable case, l shall be most happy to
answer their inquiries in detail. Yours,
GEORGE RUSSELL, NJ. d.
Calumet, Mich, December Ia.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

Lanx Syne upon fearful day
When sought the deeps my only bark.
Though sorrow brooded DER my way,
Yet hope shone on with starry ray.
Nor life was deemed all dark.
And then. as weary moons crept By,
And other vessels We NJ and came.
While every sail might start sigh,
And visils dull the yesrning eye.
Hope dwelt with me the same.
Nor could doubt In vesf ny soul.
Though sailors brought such dismal tales
OF per.ls met twixt pole and pole.
And brave ships dashed on rock and sho GAL.
Or foundered In the gales.
Ny faith denied that woe or wreck
Could hap to craft 20 dear as mine.
Though hope might dwindle to a speck
And scoders cry on every deck
Behold the master pine"
All tAunts were vain my faith 70 blight
Ibetter judged loves work than they,
And felt that rock or shosl despite
And through the tempeats and the night
Ny bark would seek her bay.
And now. bless the trust that kept
My soul serene through all that gloom,
For one bright morning while slept,
And kindly breezes landward swept,
Tue bark Of love reached home.
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snatched From the Grave.

Mrs. Sarah Z. Turner and her mother Mrs. p &
Bryan, for nineteen years residents OF dum ooldt
Tenn, make the following statements to the
merits OF Swifts Specific. Mrs. Turner's case in
well known in that community. She's
81 was afflicted for two three years with Ecze-
ma and Erysipelas combined. Ny whole sysie m
was broken down, my strength and appetite gone,
and became as helpless as a child. being lifted
from place to place by my friends. was treated
by the best physicians in the community with
lodide OF Potash and the other usual remedies for
such cases. Was gwen up TO die by my friends.
My suferings were beyond description. aud had
lost ell hope OF recovery. LAST January was in-
duoed TO try Swift's Specific, having received q
pamphlet from the company detailing its merits.
The first half-dozen bottles had the effect TO bring
back hope TO my heart, and the thought OF being
well again brought Joy and gladness to the house,
hold. / have taken altogether "a bottles. The
sores have all healed up and disappeared: my
strength has returned aud / am ole 10 do all
kinds OF house work. Swift's Specific, honestly
believe snatched me from the grave, and do not
know how 10 be grateful enough for my recovery.
MRS. SARAH 4. TURNER"
know that 8. s. s. has saved my daughters life.
She was the most wretched looking object q at
ever saw when she commenced taking il, being
perfectly helpless. thank God that we ever heard
Of 1t has saved my child. Mrs Z. Z. BKYAS.
Humboldt, Tenn. Oct. I, 1884.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 3. Atlanta, Gs.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25
The Fathers on Sunday.


The directors of the New Orleans Exposi
ton were greatly exercised for a time over
the question of opening the exhibition on
Sundays. Looking at the matter in its lsrg
est bearings, and considering especially it:
cosmopolitan character, they finally decided
in favor OF the Sunday opening. Their &C
ton was severely criticised in certain quar-
tiers and this led to hunting up of the nigh
authorities in the matter of Sunday oblga
ton. Here are some of the quotations:
Martin Luther:-"As regards the Sabbath,
or Sunday, there is no necessity for keeping
not Oa to /" be we on '0' account III 00se Of
mans Commandment but because nature
teaches Us from time to time to take day oil
rest. II anywhere the day is made holy for
the mere days sake, then l order you to
thing that will reprove this encroachment
on the Christian spirit and liberty. liable
Talk.
Philip Melancthon They who thin
that by authority of the church the observ.
ance OF the Lords day was appointed instead
OF the Sabbath, as If necessary, are very
greatly deceived. "-Aagsburg Confession.
John Calvin :-"Chrlstians should have
nothing to do with a superstitious observ
ance OF days. Institutes, B. H., chap. viii
William Tyndale:-"As to the Sabbath.
we be lords over, and may yet change il IL
Monday, or into any other day as we see
need or we may make two every week, if
it were expedient and one not enough to
teach the people. Neither needed we auv
holy day at all. il the people might be taught
without it. "-Tyndale's Works, B. l., chap.
XIV.
Archbishop Whately There Is not even
any tradition of their having made such a
change; nay, more, it is abundantlv plain
that they made no such change. Notes on
Paul.
Jeremy Taylor:-"That we are free from
So bbath Observance, st. Paul expressly az
firms in Collossians. Doctor Dubitantium,
B. III. chap. ii.
Bishop Warburton THE observance of
the Sabbath is no more natural duty than
circumcision" - Divine Legation, B. w.,
sec. 6.
John Milton THE law of the Sabbath
being thus repealed that no particular day
of worship has been appointed in its place is
evident. Doctrines, B. H., chap.
vii.
Erasmus, Neander. John Knox, John Bun
yam, Richard Baxter, DR.. Paley, Bishop
Cranmer and others of like rank are quoted
10 like effect.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

tNtW 1olk dcfdlu.
Senator James G. Far of Nevada, was
born within five miles OF where was, said
q gentleman connected with the Chicago
Police Department to-day; there have been
many anecdotes published about him, and
especially about his divorced wife, but /
think that can tell how she became his
wife, by q mere accident, as il were. Jim's
family lived in County Tyrone, while ours
came from an adjoining county. The Fairs
we're known in all the country around as
lighters, and right good ones thew were. Be-
sides being fellows who knew how to handle
blackthorn, they were very good carpen
tiers. Jim's father and mother did not live
very happily together, so the old man packed
up his traps and came to America. He made
was getting along. At the time of his return
Jim was about twenty years of age. he was
the fathers pet, and when the old chap was
ready to come back to America be took Jim
with him. At this time Jim was engaged TO
young girl named Pearce. | can't say any
thing about the parting that took place be-
tween them. but il must have been O tender
one on the part OF the future Senator, as
subsequent events showed.
AT any rate, after he and the old man got
over 10 America they went to carpsntering
and made money fast. Jim thought Of his
sweetheart and longed for her. He sent q
sum of money to friend to pay for her out
NJ anu pas age 10 the united states, FULLY
thinking that she would soon come to Join
his fortunes in the New World few
months after this young Fair received re-
ply from his friend to whom he had sent the
letter. The nature of the mis,ive must have
stirred his heart to the depths. 1t was to the
effect that Miss Pearce had married another
young man and consequently could not be
expected to sail on the next ship to her ex-
pectant lover.
"But the same letter which conveyed this
news also said that there was no occasion
for sadness. 1t reminded young Fair that
there was q younger sister in the family
whose beauty and graces were as charming
as those of the elder one. His friend conclu-
ded his letter with the proposition that ne
should offer the rising fortunes and the
money OF Fair to one who could accept them.
To cut it short, Jim sent back word that he
could do so, and il was not long after that
when the younger Miss Pearce sailed for
America to wed the future bonanza king
and Senator. Her subsequent history has
been told in print many time, bat think
that this story of Senator Fairs early life
will be new 10 the general public"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

Philadelphia Call
Irate Prohibitionist-See here, sir that
stuff il fraud and want my money back.
Stationer-Do you refer to that bottle of
mucilage sold you?
II certainly do. 1t is o regular hnmbug-
no use at all"
why, my dear sir, 1 thought that was
Just what you wanted. 1t is called Temper.
ance Mucilage.'"
Temperance Mucilage?"
"Yes; mucilage without any stick in it"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25
The Country 4, Not Ready.

They were walking locked-arms all over q
New York street
"Sho you're n fsv'r ov o'bitlon, are
ye?"
the community"
An you'd shut up ev'ry sloon, would
YEP
"Yesh. shir; ev'ry blamed one"
"Wsal, shay, then. III you jes tell me
where thish country ID git all its Aldermen
fmg
That's so. by Jimmy. Hadn't looked at
1t I'm tina point o. view. Guess mebby the
country hain't quite ready fur pro bish n
YETI
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25
He Revealed Himself.

gentleman who had courted and mar.
ried his wife in full beard and lived for ten
years with her endowed with the same hir.
suite adornment, quietly determined to have
1t cut OF. His wife found ii difficult to rec
oenize him. and she sat staring at his strange
appearance for some time.
WELL" he exclaimed "bave Won got
nothing else to do but sit still? ! suppose
you expect me to do all the work, while You
loaf as usual" he spappishly said.
why, 1t is you. after ALL knew you the
moment you spoke" she replied.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

How do ], with my empty purse.
Dare claim that own the universe?
Because for me, In each golden curl
Tne wealth OF mine lies hid, my girl.
Because-in the fold OF my circling arm
j find the secret of earth's great charm,
And In the glance OF thine eyes so blue,
] catch the glory of heaven let through.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25
A Song.

Ask not one least word of praise!
Wororos declsre your eyes are bright
what then meant that summer days
Silence spent in one long gaze?
Was my silence wrong or right?
Words OF praise were all to seek,
Face OF you and form of YOU
Did they find the praise so weak
When my lips just touched your cheek
Touch which let my soul come through?
Robert Brow ming
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25
A BUNDLE OF LETTERS.
BY rzasK D SHERMAN.

ritten on finding them in al Old trunk
Strange how much sentiment
ClinRs like fragrant scent
To these love letters pent
In their pink covers,
Day after day they came,
Feeding Loves tickle fame.
Now she has changed her name.
Then we were lovers
Loosen the siIkeu band
Round the square bundle. and
See what dainty hand
scri6bled 10 ILL IL:
Full OF fscetious chat:
Fancy how long she sat
Moulding the bullets that
Came with each billet.
All remember still
Time that used to kill
waiting the postman's shriIl.
Heart stirring whistles
Calling vague doubts to mind
Whether or no I'd find
One be had left behind
OF her epistles.
Seconds became ap age
At this exciting stage:
Two eager eyes the page
Scan for q minute.
Then with true lovers art
Study IL part By part
Until they know ii by heart,
Everything in il.
What is 1t all about?
Dashes for words left out
Pronouns beyond a doubt
Very devoted.
Howells she's lust begun
DObson her heart has won,
Locker and Tennyson
frequently quoted.
Criss-Cr0ss the reading goes.
Rapturous rhyme and prose,
Words which / don't suppose
Look very large In
Books on the ''oologies."
Then there's dainty frieZe,
Full OF sweets as a squeeze,
Worked on the margin.
Lastly-don't pause TO laugh
That is her autograph.
Signing this truce for half
Her hearts surrender.
P0stscriptum one and two,
Desserts-the dinners through
Linking the ''I'' and you"
In longings tender.
Such is the type of all
Save one. and let me call
Brief notice to this small
Note neatly written.
lis but card you see.
Gently informing me
That Il can never be.
The Century.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

Out Of our hearts pleughed by contrition
spling flowers fairer than ever grew on the
haid ground of unbreken selfcontent There
bloom IN them Sympathy and Charity for
other erripg mortals; and Patience under
su4frir which is acknowledged to be mer-
tied; and lastly, sweetest blossom of all, ten
DIR Gratitude for earthly and heavenly
blessings felt to be free gifts of Divine love.
Fran ces Power Cobbe.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

A famous North Carolina clergyman,
while preaching few Sundays ago from the
text, He giveth His beloved sleep" stopped
in the middle of bis discourse, gazed upon
his slumber;ng congregation, and said:
Brethren, it 10 hard to realize the un-
bounded love which the Lord appears to
have for . large portion of my auditory"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

to hinseif.
After taking q seat in Q Chicago lawyers
office, and being told to unbosom himself, he
began:
Il am the cashier of the Blank Msnufact-
uring Company"
Exactly, and you have absorbed the sam
of-w
About So COO"
What, only Sc, 0909"
That will cover every cent"
Then you have made mistake in CON-
ing to me. The lawyer next door dabbles
with these trihing cases. while never take
case of less than $40 900. Sorry you didn't
steal 81 600 more while yen were about 1t.
and trust this may prove . great moral
the right as you go down the hal" Wall
Street News.
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A Wrong Diagno.is.

II say, young man." said physician, stop
ping him on the street, ''you are not well.
Your face is flushed, and you are in a high
fever. Let me feel your pulse"
Tim all right" protested the youth.
mo you're not" said the physician posi-
lively. Your pulse 10 over hundred, and
In less than two minutes you will be ia q
cold sweat. You take my advice aud go
IL can't 60 home. am resolved to ask
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25
The Narrow walk.

Just wide enough for two TO walk;
Jusf close enough for two 10 talk:
And never room for three.
Two narrow boats q foot apart
The cause OF many q fiuttering heart,
AS any one might see.
All. wicked walk. All. tricky walk!
Just close enough for TWO 10 talk
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Twenty-three memorial windows have
ut South College avenue, Philadelpais, Pa.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

my dear. what makes you always yawng'
The wife exclaimed, her temper gone:
lis home so dull and dreary2"
Not 30. my love-" he said-"not so:
But man aud wife are one, yon know,
And when I'm alone / IN weary"
Boston Globe.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

School Board Officer-You see. my cool
woman. YOUR children must be educated.
Mrs. Flenagan-Faix, l see nothin' ov the
akoird. You an me have done well enoff
1widcut il.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

most people who have never tried IL labor
under the deiusior that editorial work may
be classed among the lighter pastimsa -
Porttsger.
Experience gay be dear teacher" re.
marked Clergyman as Ins contribution boz
was returned 20 him empty, but the mem
bers OF this PARTICULAR Cock who have exper.
fenced religion have accomplished it at q
very trihing cost. The choir will sing the
seventy ninth hymn. omitting the first
third and fourth verses in order to save I'M
necessary wear on the organ.-New York
Sun.
1t is said that married men are less suscep-
tible to cholera than bachelors. The rea son
assigned is. that when q bachelor has an
ache or q pain he brood over II aud often
frightens himself ~ a ssuulne attack of
cholera, but ~ Ted man goes to his wife,
tells her abou lis pain and she laughs his
fears away. Nevertheless, there are many
men who will risk the cLslera.
Lord Coleridge says that when in this
country he was struck by the absence of
childhood. We defer to our children, ask
their opinions, allow them to engross the
general attention, force social obligations on
them and cut them off from sail the sweet
dependence OF their years." making grown
persons OF them before English children have
left the nursery.
The Churchman says of q phenomenon
which often causes establishment The rea.
son OF the immunity which drunken men
are said to enjoy from the consequences of
accidents is att ributed to the fact that the
nerve centers which regulate the heart and
vessels are so paralyzed in them as not to be
afecte d by the shock which in sober men
would haye acted in them so violently as to
stop the heart, arrest the circulation and
cause death.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

Art thou thine own hearts conoueror?
strive ever thus TO be;
That is the fight that is most sore,
The noblest victory.
Art thou beloved Dy one true heart?
o prize it 1t is rare;
There are so many in the u art,
So many false and fair,
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25
An Oblieing Editor.

A fierce subssriDer-Sir cuss your paper
SEND II to h.
Editor-Tbomss, change the gentleman's
address. If Uncle Sam makes connection,
You'll fin1 yonr paper there.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

old Jones for his daughters baud tonight
or perish mjserably in the attempt"
Wrong diagnosis" IN uttered the doctor
to himself.