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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-06-19
Preventive of MiIdew.

Take three pounds each of flowers OF
sulphur and quick-lime. Slack the lime
and boil with the sulphur in six gallons
of water until reduced to two gallons.
Allow this to settle, then pour off the clear
liquid and bottle it for use. An old iron
pot will answer to boil it in. A gill of
this liquid, mixed with five gallons of
water, is an excellent prevention and cure
for mildew upon plants-showered upon
them as soon as the mildew appears.
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Wasted Efforts.
[Puck.1

Charitable Visitor (about to leave the hos
pital) ~ never saw such cold-hearted person
as that patient near the window. read one of
Heber NewtOD's sermons TO him fully ten min
utes, and he didn't show the least emotion"
Attendant-"Im sure he didn't mean to hurt
your feelings, mum; he's deaf as post"
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Duty,
IN. Y. Weeklv1

Mrs. De Style-"Were you at church last
Sunday? / didn't see you"
Mrs. De Fashion, saw you"
did you? How did you like my new bon
netT
ooh, it was perfectly lovely 1t came from
Paris, Pm sure"
"Yes, my dear friend. Mrs. Deyout snug
pled il in for me"
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Reasonably Safe.
Washington Critic.

washington SIltlc.I
Mr.. Slick (innoeently)-'1 never went home
drunk in the whole course of my life"
Mr.. Coldwater (congratulatory)- that's
good. I'm glad to hear it, and hope you never
will"
Mr. Slick-"Well, won't, unless the patrol
wagon is of duty some night and strange cab
driver gets on to me-"
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A Mercifui Man is MercifuI to His Beast

Street Car Driver-'Me and that of harse
has been workin' Tor the company FOR twelve
years now" Passenger-"That so? The COM
pany must think great deal of you both"
"Wall, dunno; last wake the two of us was
taken sick, and they got a docther for the
harse, and docked me. Gid-up, thare. now,
RetsYn
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Notre Dame.
Notre Dame is dainty,

Notre Dame is dainty,
Notre Dame is fair
Notre Dame has star-black eyes
And ripping raven hair;
Notrs Dame is pretty,
Notre Danes petite;
Legion are the lovers
ST hing at her feet.
just to see her riding
Down the country road
OF gracious aristocracy
She is the toast and code;
Her habit is perfection.
Her gems in splendor shine;
Her fiery little Arab
Is something half divine.
Her lips are made for kisses,
Cupid's wild'ring wies,
Mingle magic blisses
With dimpling maiden smiles;
Her cheeks are blooming roses,
Her laughter music sweet,
And melody reposes
In her tiny, tvinkling feet.
Notre Dame Is courted-
The noblest in the land;
Gossip has reported
Seeks her little hand;
But far among the mountains
OF the storied West
Notre Dame has banished
The heart within her breast.
And gallant Captain Ermon,
Beneath his jacket blue,
Wears peerless pictured face;
Guardian angel true,
Notre Dame has sent il
With her purest love,
Like benedictiop
From the realms above
Notre Dame is charming
To the world at large;
Yet her soul alarming.
Fears fatal charge;
But, if the red men spare him
And his locks of gold,
To his bounding hero heart
Soon he will enfold.
The brilliant little beauty
With a hidden name,
And do lovers duty,
BY sweet Notre Dame.
cago, June, 1889. ALICE MAY QUINN.
B.-Notre Dame, French for "Our Lady,"
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A soft Answer.

Great Statesman-"Do you think the poll
ticians Of to-day are any worse than the poii-
ticiaps OF hundred years agog
Eminent Divine-Um-er, no.. only there's
more OF You."
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Notice to Creditors.
CIRCUIT COURT.

CIRCUIT COURT,
EAU CLAIRE COUNTY, WISCONSIN.
In the matter of James Adams. by whom a petit
ion for the discharge from his debts, under Chapter
l79 Of the Revised Statutes OF Wisconsin and Acts
amendatory thereof, made the 18th day OF
MAY, A. D., 1889.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an
order of the Circuit Court of Eau Claire county Wis
consin made on the day aforesaid, all cred tors Of
the said James Adams required to show cause, il
any they have before the said Circuit Court at the
courthouse in said county of Eau Claire at general
term thereof be held on the 2d day OF September
1889, at O'Clock in the forenoon of that day.
thereafter counsel can be heard, why said
James Adams should not be aduired TO be an insol-
debtor within the purview of Chapter l19 OF the
Revised Statutes of Wisconsin, and why assign
ment of the estate of such insovent debtor should
not be made, and why he should not be discharged
from his debts, and such other and further order
should not be made shall be just In the premises.
May IL, A. ID. 1889. JAMES DOUGLAS,
pilot Attorney for said Petitioner.
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Ayers Pills are palatabIe, safe for children
and more effective than any other cathartic.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-06-19

hair was falling are enthusiastic in praising
Halls Hair Remover for restoring the color
and preventing badness.
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EARNS for sale in the West Write BOoher &
L Williams, Savannah. No.. for list OF tsrms fcT
sale in northwest Missouri, the garden spot of The
world. Good land well improved at low prices.
Slit
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
The Counting Pelican.

Houzeau dc la Hale tells of a pelican
living in a isherman's family at Santo
Domingo that was fed upon the refuse
of the fish cleaning. Looking for its
food, it went to the shore and waited for
tho boats to como back. The fishermen
rested on Sunday, and the bird acquired
SO clear q notion of the return of that
day, when it had to fast, that it would
not stir from the tree on which it was
accustomed to spend its time. 1t is not
necessary to suppose that the pelican
had learned to count the six days at the
end of which its masters would not 20
fishing; but, while it really estimated
daily the time when it must make its
excursions to tho shore, it was informed
of the return of Sunday by observation
of what was going on in the house, as,
for instance, by the fishermen putting
OF their Sunday clothes; in the same
way Is the dog knew when his master
was going to hunt by seeing him with
his gun and game bag. In such in
stances animals show that they have the
faculties of associating ideas, of observ-
ing consecutive facts and establishing a
correlative connection between them
things which have been proved by album
dance of other evidence and which
demonstrate not less intelligence than
acquaintance with the ten signs expos
ing the first ten numbers or the use of a
system of Enumeration to express larger
numbers.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
The House of Percy.

The house of Percy, though it has kept
the Norman name, should twice, with
all intents, have changed it. The males
of the old Norman line had died out in
116S, when the daughter of the last of
them married Josceline de Louvain,
brother of Adeliza, the queen of Henry
I, and a son of the Count of Brabant.
Though the bridegroom came of the
blood of Charlemargc," the bride COM
PEELED him to choose between taking her
name or her arms. He preferred the
former alternative, declining topart with
the azure lion of Hainrult, which has
since, with their crescent, been the crest
of the Percys, and was one of the most
familiar features of central London be-
fore the melancholy demolition Of North
cumberland house. 1t would be a tedious
story to tell how the Northumbrian es-
tates came in.17A to vest in the wife Of
Sir Hugh Smithson, of Stanwick. the
head of a respectable Yorkshire family,
who received his dukedom twenty years
afterward. Now, we believe, the North
umbrian rent roll is nearly G1O0, 900, or
at least it was SO before the agricultural
depression. But when the division was
made in 1744 Northumberland was very
much wild pasturage or uncultivated
waste, and the more valuable half of the
Percy estates passed to tho Wyndhams.
-Blackwood's Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
vlyi rabies.

An Egyptian fable states that on one
occasion a man had prepared a very
savory pot of herbs, which a wall will
fully broke. The unfortunate animal
was severely threshed for its interfer-
ence, but when the man went to pick up
the fragments of his prepared delicacy he
found a yenomous serpent concealed
among them.
A very similar story, in all probability
arising out of the same fable, tells how a
favorite falcon saved q king from swal-
lowing a 1--we serpent. His majesty had
raised a drinking vessel, presumably one
of the old style earthenware pots, to his
lips, when the faithful bird few sudden
ly down, and throwing its full weight
against the vessel, upset it. The king,
in his wrath, killed the bird, %whereupon
he discovered that there had been small
serpent in the water, and that the mar
tyred bird had saved his life. In the
Greek there is another story of this kind.
A peasant liberated IN eagle from the
clutches of a dragon. The latter out of
revenge poisoned some water which the
peasant was about to drink, but the
eagle showed its gratitude by upsetting
the vessel and splitting its contents. st,
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
nnows All Ahout CorLs

The queerest hobby on record is that
in which DR.. Hammond interested an
indolent patient in order to cup his
mind.
GA ma nce came to me-" said the
doctor, ''who was suffering very severe
ly from having nothing to do. He came
to me bewailing his state of mind. Il
have nothing to interest me in life,' he
complained. 4 have an abundance of
means, and my money is SO invested
that l have nothing to do but cut the
coupons off my bonds, and there is no
trouble to take care of it. l have moth
ing in the world to interest me or occu-
Ply my time. have been gradually be.
coming low spirited and melancholy,
and slun society. If you can give me
something to live for l will be greatly
indebted to YOU
II told him to collect bottle corks, and
he took to the suggestion at once, and
now owns the most wonderful collection
of corks of anybody in the world proba-
bly,. He classities the corks according
to the character of liquor their bottles
contained and the countries from which
they come. He has become a marvellous
expert, and his collection deserves to be
exhibited in the national museum. He
will pick up a cork in the street and at
once tell that it came from a bottle on
tanning such and such a vino and from
such and such a country.
"Of course that mans mind cannot be
of a very high order to be satisfied with
doing nothing but collect bottle corks,
but the occupation is sufficient for him.
What he has accomplished, however, is
really remarkable, and he has the salts
faction of knowing that he knows moro
about this line of study than any other
living man."-Washington Post.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
The Postboy in tho East.

There he stands, the guide, or postboy,
the youth upon whom depends the trav.
elcr's comfort for the ncxt stage. The
hard working, sober, good natured
charpa boy is the guido, philosopher and
friend of the traveller whorides post in the
east. lie is ready to amuse his temporary
master, to tell him the local gossip, to
quote poetry to him, and do his duty to
the traveller and to the horses under his
charge to the best of his ability. Nat
urally enough the Persian postboy pre-
fcrs the society of tho native servant to
that of the foreigner, his master. The
traveller who is not in a hurry is his de-
light, but if the mar who posts is really
anxious to travel quickly, the postboy
rises to the occasion and honestly does
his best. He doesn't look much like the
Courier of Lyons, the gentleman in the
jack boots, the beribboned hat, the red
waistcoat and the laced jacket. To tell
the truth our postboy is not ornamental.
He is shod with great brown leather
slippers, and his legs arc swathed in
coarse WOODEN bandages bound with
goats hair strings; in lieu of the tradi-
tional buckskins he wears a loose pair of
blue cotton %peijamas; a jerkin of gayly
colored but time worn and dirty chintz,
a sleeveless sheepskin jacket, hair side
inward, and a hemispherical felt skull
cap complete his costume. His waist is
girded by a bit of cotton cloth which
forms his girdle, and contains his frugal
meal, a clap jack" or loaf of unleavened
bread, and perhaps a couple of onions.
The postboy always takes his food with
him, for as often as not at the next
stage nothing is to BIO got but water, at
times even not that.-Good Words.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
Oriental Saddles.

In tho matter of hard riding the sea-
soned and expert European will always
beat the Oriental, for the latter is heavi-
ly handicapped by the eastern saddle,
which tires the horscman from the
crampcd position he is forced to main
tain; the stirrup feathers are so short
that the knees of the rider are but three
inches below the level of his waist. The
eastern saddle has its advantages, the
rider cannot be thrown, he can rise in
the great shovel shaped %stirrups, and,
standing firm as a rock high above his
saddle, can use his curved sword or
spear with advantage, and can actually
fire an effective shot over his horses
Group ut Il pursuer with gun or pistol.
The sword of the eastern horscman is
curved and highly tempered; it is car
ried n at the riders belt, but under the
surcinglc that binds the thin blanket
that forms his bed at night down on his
peaked saddle. Tho reason why tho
Oriental llorseman is hardly ever thrown
is simply that the pommel Of the saddle
is furnished with q high peak, which is
clutclcd in case of need; these high peaks
are dangerous in the extreme to u Euro
pean'sidea, but the Asiatic cannot ride
without them, and among the wealthy
they arc lavishly ornamented with sill
yer, gold, enamels and valuable gems.
The eastern saddle, giving a very firm
seat as it does, enables the horscman to
use his gun with good effect. Game is
frequently shot from the saddle, and the
antelope is usually hunted on horseback
and shot. The great shovel shaped
eastern stirrup forms Il firm platform
for the foot. and its pointed corner is
used in lieu of the spur throughout Asia.
Spurs are unknown in Central Asia,
though tho mention Of the spur, the
nam of which still remains, is frequent
in Persian poetry.-Good Words.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
Stories of Animals.

Another absurd story is told in illus
tration of animal gratitude and mans
unintentional but fatal lack of compre-
hension. A nan was disturbed by a fly,
which would not be driven off, returning
again and again. At last the man be-
came enraged and killed the fly. He
then discovered a snake coiled up near
his head, and found, though by what
means does not appear, that the little fly
had bitten him to save his life. Then
there is the oft repeated story of the old
German dog Sultan, which, in a COM
monty narrated European fable, is rep
resented as overhearing its master and
mistress decide that tho old dog must be
killed. Sultan objected to the proposal,
and went to his friend, the wolf, for aid.
So the next day the wolf made a mock
attack at the child in the cradle, where
upon the toothless old dog attacked and
drove it off, for which act of apparent
bravery old Sultan was respited and al
lowed to die of old age.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat,
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
Goods In Dragons Blood Color.

There is a large line of fall goods of
various grades in dragons blood color.
Silks of heavy and light texture are also
made of it, and will be much worn by
young ladies with tulle trimmings or
overdresses for evening. There arc cash
meres and fine ladies' cloths also in that
color. One shade of the new foulard is
Of a pale pinkish lilac called "sti-
fled sighs," and on it are pale pink How-
ers with faint green leaves. 1t is ex-
quisitely soft and pretty, and makes
dainty evening dresses for young girls
and even old ladies, for such delicate
colors can be worn by any one, if the
style of making be not too juvenile.
Nothing looks SO utterly ridiculous as to
see an elderly woman wearing young
girls styles.-Olive Harper.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
Onions and Potatoes.

Professor F. w. Newman, now past so
years, gives us a hint concerning the
food which he finds most strengthening.
He says:
81 have never been a convert to oat-
meal porridge, but 1 find I never tire of
yesterdays potatoes fried up with a
little finely sliced onion. l can eat it
any number of days without needing
change; though sometimes any other bit
of conformable vegetable may he added
in. Without the onion l ehould not per-
manently get on. In onelet with herbs,
chivea gre more delicate than onions.
My friends admire this much. Herald
Of Health.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
DAISY BLOSSOMS.

Down In the clover blossoms
Where tho evenings breath Is sweet
Lingering, ! pluck the daisies
That whiten at my feet
Now day with sunsets splendor
kindling the field and wood.
Kissing the laughing river
Sinks in golden flood
The scarlet skies are palins.
Yon rosy StrcamerS dir,
Sweet stars, nights heralds. trcmble
Soft in the eastern sky
But still the laugh of children.
The reaper's even song,
Tho music Of an evening by
The Joyous day prolong.
Till shadows gather darIding
Across the thorny hill
Till toll and pain are sleeping
And all the world is still.
Sweet daisies in the meadow
cease to pluck you now;
My heart has filled with sadness.
cannot tell YOU how
Sweet dreams and ardent longings
Warnings Of Joy and pain.
Passions inSatiate thronging,
Crowd through the troubled brain.
Scorulng tho earth $ ambitions.
Spurnins the vulgar sod,
Striving for something better.
Climbing to rounds untrod.
And thus, o meadows daisied.
Sweet fields with flowers bright.
Igather more than blossoms
Under the stars to night
% j Stevenson in Toronto Globe
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
Made a Compron,i,e.

Mau0 q Cotn
Can l see you a moment in ~private~
queried a middle aged stranger Of Officer
Button ut the Third street depot a day or
two ago.
"You can, sir. What is it,"
at is the first time l was ever placed
in this position. and l feel very much
embarrassed"
Exactly"
But the truth is I've been robbed and
want to ask you for the loan of a dol
lar"
Where were you robbed"
ION the train"
How much?"
"Just $685. 900 in cash.
WAS that all you hadY"
Every dollar. If you could now lend
me a dollar l would try and get a fresh
start in the world"
ut wouldn't be business" replied
Button, after a little reflection. "You
might accumulate another fortune and
again be robbed of it. and it would be
encouraging crime"
Eyes, that's so. hadn't taken that
view of it before. Suppose you give me
a quarter. will give you my word not
to attempt to get a fresh start on that
and expose any n to temptation. see
how very wrong it would be, and I'm de-
termined never to accumulate another
fortune"
On his solemn promise to this effect
Button compromised with him for ten
cents.-Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
Whore Enen,e, Are Beneficial.

ITO succeed in literature it is better
to have many more good enemies than
good friends. Good friends are like wo-
men who tire of their lovers, they forget
rapidly; but good enemies are like for
saken women, who pursue us ever be-
yond the grave" This sentiment,
scrawled at random on a loose sheet of
paper in an elegant. aristocratic hand,
was not penned by a cynical French
man, trying to emulate La Rochcfou-
cauld, but by a genial Galician. the au-
thor of a series of charming stories and
novelties, who. with tho Russians Toll
stoi and D~ostoievsky, has from his debut
won for himself a European reputation
tho clever and prolific Sacher Masoch.
London Cor. New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
Electric

Launches propelled by electricity are
now common on the Thames. Hereto
fore the use of the steam launch has
been attended with more or less discom-
fort, but by means of electric storage
batteries the distasteful features of com
mon navigation are done away with.
The use Of the storage batteries involves
obtaining a supply of electricity when
ever this may be needed. To accomplish
this floating electric power stations have
been put at various points on the river
Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming so we'll
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise; a purer medicine does not ex-
claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all
diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will
remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and
other affections caused BY impure blood.
will drive Malaria from the system
and prevent as we'll as cure all Malarial
fevers.-For cure of Headache, Consti-
patton and Indigestion try Electric Bit
ters-Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or
money refunded.-Price SO cts. and 81, 90
per bottle at j. j. Freeman's Drug Store.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
TYPOGRAPHICAL WIT.
Points That Every Practical Printer-Edi-
tor Will Appreciate.

Points That Every Practical Printer-Edi-
tor Will Appreciate.
y rapid comp will distribute more let
ters in a day than q mail carrier can dis
tribute in n month, although a comp
has to read all of his letters before dis
%tributing them. Fortunately for some
people (married and single), mail car
riers are not required to do likewise.
Like mail carriers, comps are liable to
drop letters into the wrong box, occa-
sionally.
Qucstionable-Y?
Circular letter-O.
An open lettcr-C.
Fowl case-Ah hen coop.
Tailbearer-The letter O.
Observation-Disclosures friends.
Composltors are the only class Of men
who work hard and take their els at the
same time, and who set standing.
Always crooked-The letter S.
The long and short of it and T.
Good printers are never hard cases.
Never Observation-Disclosures uuoins,
Copperfaccd types of mankind-In-
dams.
Double loaded articles-Cannon loaded
with grape and canister.
A printers purse is never so full but
what it has space for more coins.
There is this difference between a prin-
ter and a Splinter: One works with his
fingers and arms; the other with his feet
and legs.
\ printer may strictly observe the
golden rule, but the steel rule that fits
the measure of his composing stick is of
more interest to him.
Pied type is something that printers
dislike; but when it comes to pied chick
en-, or even pied veal or mutton, the case
is entirely different.
When opposing armies come together,
the conflict is generally decided in favor
of the one that forces the other to look
after the greatest mount of loaded mat
ter.
AT a roller skating rink a short time
ago q typo attracted considerable atten-
ton by his graceful and difficult move
ments. Nothing strange" said one of
the audience, for a printer to be at home
with the rollers"
a sui with a battered nose, on en-
tcring a newsroom the other night, was
asked who had sluggcd him. a fellow
with a stick" he replied, "and to a
mine is, l sacrificed mine o's." That put
a . to further Observation-Disclosures
Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
Sixpence Lost.

There is one prominent and noble
patron of the turf who is said never to
have made a bet on a race save on one
occasion, when he betted sixpence against
a horse with his trainers wife. The horse
won, and the sixpence was duly presented
as a brooch set in diamonds.-Murray's
Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1889-11-09
Turtle and Bear.

A man at Covington. Pa, who was
fattening a twenty pound swapping tur-
tie, was aroused early one morning by
the noise of a scufae in his yard. Re-
pairing there he found the turtle hang
ing to the nose of q 800 pound bear.
Bruin was near the fence, endeavoring
to get over, but his efforts were inter-
fered with by the turtle. Eventually
the bear reached the next yard, but the
man followed and shot him dead. The
turtle all the time retained his hold, and
refused to let go until the dead beasts
rose was cut off. Then it crawled of,
carrying the picse of flesh in it's mouth.