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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-12

EOR SALE-Stock of boots and shoes
Il about $4,000: fixtures and lease OF
building i'll the best town in Southern Da-
kota; good business established; reasonable
discount. Apply C. Gotham & Co., city.
1922
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-12

DOOKk EEPER-Wanted, situation; sew
ID ell years experience in large general
store as bookkeeper and general manager;
frSt-claSS references: address S Globe. lib
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-12

fNOACHMAN-Situa as coachman in
" private family by an experienced young
German. who is highly recommended. Ad-
dress p 100 Globe, Minneapolis. 4
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
Among the Kids.

Il never saw my hands so dirty as yours"
said a mother to little girl. "Well, l guess
grandma has"
How did you get along at school to-day,
Tom?' asked the old man at supper. Papa,
our physiology says that conversation at meals
should be of pleasant character Let's talk
OF the MINISTRIES"
youthful Chicago story-teIler offered the
following unique prize story: "The minister's
wife had nine small children, each of which
was one year younger than the other Though
poor, she was diligent woman"
Little Enid was discussing what she should
do when she grew "a big woman" and lament
ing that she was not talented. Even so" re-
marked her auntie, you can do something
What do you think you will do?" ooh, don't
know" said the child, gloOmily, 81 suppose I'll
be the wife of some man. IN. j. World.
a local society woman sends this story: Gone
night at the tea-table the conversation turned
on the seven brothers mentioned in the bible
who one after the other married the same
woman, as each one died the brother next
younger marrying the widow. For PHYS
sakep cried our eight-year-old boy, how long
did the widow last P"-CLeUeidnd Plain Dea er
Grandmamma has been explaining TO the
little girl how our earth is kept from flying of
into infinite space by the attraction of the sun,
which is constantly trying to draw the earth
toward itself while the latter always keeps its
81 should think the sun would get discouraged
after awhile, and, like Mr.. Gallagher, let
ii co."
Little four-year-old Sallie was astonished 10
see the dog eating grass, but her mother ex-
planned to her that it was his instinct that told
him it was good for him. Next day Sallie
coolly announced the fact that she had seen
Neptune, the dog running of with two pounds
of sausages from the larder. "Why didn't you
stop him." said mamma. "Oh, his instinct
said it was good for him."
Here is practical "kid's" essay on ''the good
girl" "Once upon a time there was very
good little girl, and everybody loved her. She
had lovely blue eyes and long light curls. She
lived with lame aunt. She was goody good
and was TOO cute for nothing. If she got hurt
she smiled. She never told lie not even a
fib. Her name was Elsie, and she liked castor
oil and cried for bitter medicine. Elsie picked
poseys and-died."
One boy was in knickerboekers and not over
six years old. The other wore panties about
eight inches long and bagged at the knees.
They were the center of a group on Main-st.
Saturday morning. Both wore base ball caps
They were the captains of base ball mines. "We
walloped yer fair and yer know it." said the
six-year-old. Nav yer didn't" was the re-
Spouse of the boy with the eight-inch trousers
"Yer've been weak in the box all the season
and yer knows it," That settled IL Even a
strong man smiled and passed on.-LeCistOR
BE Journal
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
The Quickest Divorce on Record.

The quickest divorce ever granted in York
county was decreed by Judge Haskell at Al
fred last week. Mrs. Edward w. Kelly of Saco
had applied for divorce, and she appeared
before the court to plead her reasons. Her
husband had spent most of his time since their
marriage in jail, and had just been brought up
on a charge of stealing hens.
as that man your husbandY asked the
Judge. The woman replied in the affirmative.
"Yon are divorced" said the court, with q
celebrity OF action equal to that of the hustling
New Hampshire parson who married his pat
rons in this fashion:
'You take this woman for wife? You take
this man for a husband? Married. Two dol
lars"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
Too Good Altogether.

Some people begin very early in life to
hate Aristides because they are tired of
hearing him called The Just "Why
don't you walk home from school wit b
Minnie SPRING." a mother one day
asked her little daughter; Il never
see you together now" Nom,
we're not together very much,
said the little girl, demurely. "You are
in the same classes, aren't you" 'Yes'm."
"And YOU live in the same street. 1t
must be that you don't think her a nice
little girl" Mamma" burst forth the
child, with a gush of confidence, "she is SO
good that hate her"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
-CHILDREN'S ROUND TABLE.
AN INVALID GIRLS ATTAINMENT.
How She Became An Expert in Ferns
RetrIbution All ArOund-Too Good
What the Prize Brought-Amongt the
Kids-Knotty Problems. Etc.

A pretty maidenhair fern, growing in
hower-pot, was given to a young girl
hopelessly i'll with spinal disease. 1t
proved thing of beauty and of mex
haustible interest, as the delicate, graceful
fronds came up, one by one, and slowly
uncurled. There was a little pot beside
the fern and under its spreading fronds,
in which grew an aloe. By-and-by the
sick girl noticed in the little pot some
tiny ferns, scarce an inch high, quite
unlike the maidenhair. Whence came
they? Her interest was aroused. She
was no botanist. but she wanted to learn
something about ferns. She could use her
eyes for reading but five minutes at a
time, and not more than twice day. A
book on ferns came to her, and another
and another. Friends, knowing her inter
est in ferns, brought them to her fresh
and green from the woods, or sent her
pressed specimens of rare varieties gath
cred in distant lands. Sometimes visitor
would read TO her from one of her precious
books, but only for four or five minutes.
Il cannot remember more at a time" she
would say, ''and you have read enough for
me to think about for a long time
1t is now some years since the maiden
hair fern was given to her, and she has
become an authority as to the species and
culture of terms, and is an enthusiast In
regard to them. 1t is true that she be-
come educated in one direction only, and
not particularly well informed in other
respects. But is it not great gain that
she should talk about her ferns and her
wonderful method of reproduction,
awakening her listeners interest and
teaching them many things worth remem-
herring, rather than to dwell chiefly on
her pains and troubles
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
From SIemory's Drawer.

It's mine, this little faded flower,
rose. with sweetest perfume yet,
Mute witness of by gone hour
My inmpst soul would ne'er forget
An hour. so fll'd with loves sweet rest
That all my world seen'd strangely bright,
And thought my lip was doubly blest-
Nor dream'd my joys could ever blight
Alas Why should elysian steep
Our every sense in love divine,
If kindred souls, we cannot keep
To love and cherish for all time.
The hand that pluck'd this treasured flower,
She whose purest love did plight,
That thrilld my soul with magic power
Hath long been buried from my sight.
And I was left 10 journey
Seeking such rest as time could bring,
But mem'ry on her Utmost throne
Cannot efiace the parting sting.
Though many years have interviewed,
And other loves have elaim'd their place,
The heart wherein her spirit leaned
Still holds the Image os her face.
prize thee. little faded flower,
Thou art indeed, a treasure-trove,
Mute witness Of that by-gone hour,
Sweet mem'ry of my earliest love
A loving father heeds our grief,
Binds up the wounds dread death hath given,
And points to where, awaits relief
Reunion with our loved, in .aveD.
He shows us, though each dark ming cloud
That hovers Ger. wher'er we move,
Be charged with thunders, deep and loud
His love is there. for, "God is Love-
indianapolis, July 10, 1889. ". D. KERR.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
Retribution All Round.


Father" said Rollo, afirmatively,
tom Ochiltree and broke a window in
the school-house to-day" "Well?" said
Mr.. Holiday, inquiringly. "Well, Tom
said he didn't know anything
about it and the teacher licked him
for lying, and owned up and said did
it and then he licked me for breaking
the window" "That seems hard, /"
said Rollo's father, ''but Toms
punishment was greater than yours, for
his conscience upbraided him." 81 don't
think he has any" said Rollo sadly, land
besides got the worst of it anyhow, for
Tom licked me after school for owning
up" Il know, my son, but remember
the wicked are exalted for little while,
but are soon found out and brought low"
81 guess that's So" said Rollo greatly
comf0rted, ''for just as he was climbing
over the fence / caught him on the head
with a brick that sent his left ear two
inches ahead"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
MISTAKES OF TIE CHURCH.
Why 1t is Growing Away From the People
and Losing ITS Influence.


In the city of indianapolis the clergy
have been engaged in discussing the evils
of base ball, says the Evansville Courier
1t is curious thing that the church med
dies with everybody else's business to the
total neglect Of its own. The mistake it
makes is in assuming that the mere fact of
a person belonging TO the church-that is
partaking of its solemn sacraments-re-
lieves the pastor OF all concern for the
spiritual welfare Of that person. People
outside of the church see nothing of the
members of the flock except as they meet
them in the avenues of business activity
and the general experience is that the
mere fact of being a church member
does not in any respect change the nature
OF the individual in business transactions.
To put it in few words, the business man
who belongs to the church is found to be
just as sharp and greedy and quick to take
advantage as the business man who is not
member of the church.
AS there is no apparent distinction be-
tween the just and the unjust, each meas
ures the other by his own standard, and
each is certain to indulge in more or less
unjust criticism of the other. There are
exceptional instances of charitable judg-
ment in which the general idea that, after
all, the human family, under any given
civilization, is about the same in all of its
motives and impulses, influences the con-
clusion. An instance of this kind Is af-
forded by the Rev. DIR. A III. Cleveland of
the Meridian-st church, Indianapolis, who
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
What the Prize Brought,
Washington Post.1

A western paper recently offered prize
for the best story to be written by a pupil
OF the public school. Here are few pas
sages from the contributions. Cora
Brown was fortunately the possessor of a
birthday, for she was the daughter of rich
friends" 'But all this time a cloud was
gathering over Mrs. Delaney, which grew
large as years went by, and that cloud was
full of grasshoppers." My father desired
me to marry bank president, a handsome,
reckless man, fond of naught save the
gambling table" ''Vat / dell you, vat
dell YOU shouted the Irishman." "As
she entered the room a cold, damp smell
met her cross-eyed sight"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
A Paipable Plot,

Mrs. Du Ille-"John, my dressmaker arrived
to-day, and / must have the materials to-mor-
row."
Mr. Du nle-"Eh? What? You said you
had written to her not to come until next
month"
Mrs. Du IIle--"Yes, ] did, but she never got
the letter"
Mr.. Du lille (clasping his hand to his breast
pocketl-"WomanI Thisis q plot-a vile ploti
If you had really wanted her to stay away you
would have handed that letter to the postman
yourself; you wouldn't have given it TO me to
mail"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
The Puzzle Making.
Joe AsloRY.

Winners Of the prizes offered for the best lot OF
puzzles contributed during the first half Of 1888: W
w Wilson. Montreal, Carada; (2) NJ. c. Woodford,
Avon, Conn. 90 Sea, Richfeld, Mimi; (N Artihus
Laurentius Webster, Oak. (5l Aidyl, Waite, Ne. !;
o. Cal Ando, Philadelphia, Pa f; f0 Dromio. Svra-
cuse, \. Y; (s) Odell Cyclone, Odel, H.; ~ Pat
Riot. Bellevyria, Oak.
Unfortunately there prizes this time
and for the excellent work OF Count Less Joe Amory
p Arty, Jennie, VI. C. S, Syzygy and many others
only thanks can be returned.
Another competition will be announced very soon,
and the new offers will embrace some twenty-five
prizes. Let the puzzle-makers be preparing.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
To Tell Them Apart.
Lewiston Journal. ]

LeNlSIuu dOufUaIsI
"Speakin' Of twins" said old man Chumpins;
"there was two boys raised in our neighbor-
hood that looked Just alike to their dyin' day.
Lem didn't have any teeth and his brother
Dave did, but they looked precisely alike al
the same The only way TO tell 'em apart was
TO put your finger in LENS mouth and If he
bit yer twas Dave"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
No. 2s16-Apheresis.

a fellow, who, total, was dumb,
Met a man with a bottle OF rumb;
He eyed il in doubt,
For moment without
A word, then said: 'Give me sumb."
This man, who two hundred did weigh,
Replied: "DO you think I'm a jeighl
This chap you can't euchre,
II you merit thu leuchre,
You'll go without cane-juice to-deigh."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
z. 0s6-Guard-shin

2,os6-Guard-ship.
2.S07-
THE man that hath no music in himself.
Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds
Is fit for treasons, stratag q 5 and spoils:
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus"
Merchant Of Venice Act Y
2,sos-Ho (rat 10, Ohio.
2,SQ9- CHERUB
o YCHA
\ CO L
A
TARTAN
XOT &c
X OsE
2,s1o-Dromedaries
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
No. 2SI5-Diamond.

1. letter. ? Mothers-wordS used by children.
Alloys Of copper, tin, etc, usually called white
metal. 4. Becomes ripe or perfect. S. The sub
stances or matter from which things made, or to
be made. 6. Riotously merry. Z. Marking with
grooves OF channels. s. Confirming. 9. A stroke.
10. To become displaced by gravity especially in
vertical direction. IL. A letter. CAL ANDO.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
1t Won't BE Too Large Then.

Customer-'T want 10 get a uniform MADE;
and, sayl want you TO make il about three
inches bigger. every way, than / measure"
Tailor-"That's a queer order Want it for
some theatrical business, SUPPOSE"
Customer-"No, sir; Pm drum-maior. and
I want il to wear on parade days"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
He Was sure.

Merchant Traveller
did you intend to hit this man when you
shot at him 20 asked the judge.
Did ten to hit 'imp
"Yes."
mo sab; if ]. had tended to hit i'm would
FER tuck q club"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
When DO HnIds the Rahr.
TIlawrencs Anne lean.

Mrs Krawler-"Does your husband ever
coDdescend to hold the BABY"
Mrs. Stayathome-"oh, yesl Every Wednes--
day and Saturday evening, while run the
lawn-mower."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
Heredity.

what is the matter, Benny7" asked the
president. "YoU look blue"
Il was wishing was q man" returned tbs
baby, $50 1 could hold Office, like the rest Of
thefamily."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
KNoTTY PROBLEMS.

'Our readers are invited to furnish original eng
mas charades, riddles, REFUSES, and other "Knotty
Problems" addressing all communications relative to
this department to E. 4. Chadbourn, Lewiston, Ne
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
No 2SI2-GirIs.

NO. ~oIN-UIrI8s
Who's the girl born for warfare2
The girl that's a game2
The girl for a sportsman,
This known by her manner
The girl good for fetching2
The one made for court?
Who'll call folks to dinner7
who's jaunty for sport?
Who's made for milliner2
Who can write bOOks2
Who's a great foreign city?
And who grows in brooks?
Who's favored with pepper?
Who covers the floor?
Who's charming in summer?
Who's cram-full of lore?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
No. es1s-Charnde OF summer.

was paying first TO Annie,
And at eve did glide
Right among the water-lilies,
Drifting with the tide.
But il happened that we duarroled
On the other side;
"Curse the lastr' muttered, pulling
Hard against the tide.
Yes, in Al are stormy breakers,
Born Of wOmans pride;
'Jisn't always pleasant sailing,
Drifting with the tide,
Arrnn.r
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
nIaine's very DTeanest Man.
burlington Free Press,

lBurlington Free Press.
Nothing seems to be too mean for some men.
There is an old fellow in Maine who is impos-
ing on his hens most shsmefully. He has put
an electric light in the hen house and the hens
Law day and night
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17

2,so4-The cadi loaned a camel to the brothers and
babe them then divide the twenty; ten to Hamet,
five 10 Selim, and four 10 Murad By so doing they
found they had the borrowed one left which they
returned to the lender.
o
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
closely: L fool: s. . small fruit; g. tv.nty-iOur

hours, =, letter.
Lolrer Diamond; 1. a letter; ?, prefix, 8, COM
puted; 4, expressing number; small pulpy fruit;
g. time from sunrise 10 sunset; J. letter.
Left Diamond: I, a letter; p 70 lay In order; s,
founded f. TO spot 5, traded s. prefix; letter.
Bloomingsburg, Ind. COUNT LESS.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
Nothing To Fear.

N. Y. Weekly.l
Ledy-'Iittle boy. isn't that your mother
calling your
Little Boy-"Yes'm."
~Why don't you answer her, then"
Pops away"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17

Even rineham dresses have psrssols made uE
Of the material of the gown.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17

leads the defense of base ball in contro-
versy going on among the clergy of that
city. In his sermon sunday morning last
he said "people by the hundred are in
juring their health and impairing their
vitality by the confinement and strain
caused by business cares. They must have
some recreation. Base ball takes them
into the open air and relieves their minds.
1t is an innocent amusement. The game
must not be condemned because people
gamble on it. People gamble in wheat
and meat and flour, but nobody advocates
doing without them because of it. The
religion that is so narrow and conven-
tional that it cannot leave the rut which it
has worn to meet the demands of new
ideas and broader int diligence, loses it's
power and attractiveness."
This is sound doctrine and common
sense. The church has grown away from
the people because it has quarreled too
much with their innocent pleasures while
failing to correct the evils incident TO hui
man weakness among its own flock. Did
it ever occur to the clergy that the new
ideas OF economy and social science which
are pervading all recent literature upon
social questions are but the ideas preached
by Jesus and revived by writer's outside
of the church? Did it ever occur to the
clergy that the divine doctrines of broth
erly love, of charity, of benevOlence, of
equal and exact justice between man and
man are preached in every labor union, in
every organization whose very objects are
to ameliorate mans hard lot in this life,
and that they are practiced, too Are
they either preached or practiced in the
church of to-day? Are the power and in
fluence of the church exerted in behalf of
10 - or
among whom Jesus found His followers at
His first appearance, or are they used to
shield and strengthen the money-changing
class, who, in revenge for being driven
from the temple which their greed had
polluted, became the chief instruments in
the crucifxion of our Lord?
Ii these questions are being asked every
where with cumulative emphasis, as they
are by earnest and able men who believe
in the teachings of Christ, and strive to
practice them in their own lives, whose
fault is it? The people sees the church ir-
ritably quarreling with pleasures enjoyed
by them, which, if sins at all, are but
venial sins; on the other hand they see
the heart of the church coldly turned
away from the appeals of starving miners
for no other apparent reason than that the
miners are struggling for the right of man
to just share of the fruits of his labor
against a powerful trust which denies
them this right, and whose members are
members of the church contributing lib
orally of the money they have robbed
from their employees to the church Golfers.
1t is a part of the prophecy of the new
testament that Christ is to reappear upon
earth to reign for thousand years. II
He were to come now would the church or
fIa 20 ~ no ha hpE
prepared to receive mm2
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
No. es14-A Marvellous Transport

No. 2S14-A Marvellous Transportation.
With anything you choose to take,
Or any part Of anything,
You'll deft make,
With proper shake,
A fight of stairs, which will you bring,
II right, / think, 10 the rivers brink.
Or greater still,
II YOU we the skill,
Twill DO q mountain chain or range,
And loi behold
pass unfold
That leads you through these mountains strange
Had wizard e'er such power2 To make Of anything
be chose 20 take,
Such wOndrous things with simple shake7
pRoNIo
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
No. es1b-Compound Diamond.

Upper Dsduonds /, letter; 2 70 clear; 8, valued;
4 an infammable sasstancs; 5, an evil spirit; g.
cavern; z, letter
RsgA Bsanond: l. Latter; 2. to seize; g. observed
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-17
No. as1s-NumericaI Mind Reading.

ct say, Jones'" said Perkins, 81 understand that
You are blooming out in the mind-reading liner"
well" replied Jones' mOdesty Il am doing
something In numerical undertaking"
Numerical mind-reading, Ell? Read number a
fellows thinking about, suppOseP'
That's about the size of it " answered Jones (;
"for instance, think Of a number"
Perkins did as he was told.
multiply il by 12l."
Perkins borrowed Jones' pencil and performed the
operation suggested.
"Now, erase the FIRST figure of the answer, and tell
me the balance of the answer"
1.-The balance OF the answer is 81 3" said Per-
kins after he had drawn his pencil through the first
figure.
Jones thought for a minute, and then gave the
erased figure correctly.
What was it, And how did DE find it2
j II. FEzANnIF
, 1889-12-29
HE Is
Mornings Delegate Talks Encour-
agingIy of Statehood.

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win,or ara ar,o,1on, y ia Dolorota c.
10 Ir,nrn .anTo,on,a,;ro ~ nj
mon hin, Ias, anoainm .,TLa oastorn
sen,imon,,, h. oon,;nnod Sc tororahlo
to Tho reIc,so Of ali ,bo torr;tor;es from
tboir hondarom
WL,lo A C,,or . ,bo,
statebood i nra,ticaIIv attained be il NOT
without missivings in tbe nrem;ses and
calls Tor tho a;d of oil lov.l oi,;yons Tbo
onIy f.or i fror on,or,lomont nth Oh
iac,;onahl. toatnrss If Tho Idaho nue,.
ZION Wvom;nn boyina oIm.st dr;f,od ;,,o
on ,u,an,a iii ,Lat ,orr;,oru III iii
moot on~oa;t;aa aoaann.of - NJ
non nannIa,;on
Tf,ba admissio, or wron,inni = for,oi
too rar,r - I'LL worL :, - nros,oo,