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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
THE YOUNG FOLKS CORNER.
lsABELLAs THREE YEARS OF LUCK.
Falling on the House Top and Down Stairs
Two Chicago YounRsters-The Falling
star-A Baby King-Children's Wis
dem-Knotty Problems.

There is baby girl in this city whose
hairbreadth escapes from death have
made the neighbors believe that her
life is guarded by some secret talisman,
says the Philadelphia Press. In the three
years of her mortal existence the little tot
has met with many accidenrs that would
have resulted in the death Of an ordinary
child. Her name is Isabella Geiger, and
her father and mother live at 254 s. Sixth
ST. The parents are natives of Alsace In
Germany and came to this country about
year ago.
Isabella got a nice new dress Sunday
week and she was very happy. She went
up to the fourth story OF her home late in
the afternoon and crawled out of the win
dow upon the fire escape. The little one
had espied some swallows under the cor
nice of the house, and wanted to get a
better look at them. She leaned over the
lower railing of the fire escape, lost her
balance and fell to the brick pavement.
1t was fall of from thirty-five to forty
feet. On the descent little Isabella struck
a tin water-spout, and the concern fell
with her. The little ones mother, who
heard the noise, screamed piteously upon
seeing her baby daughter on the pave
ment. Little Isabella was so stunned by
the fall that she lay motionless, and her
mother thought she was dead. But the
baby girl opened her eyes upon being
picked up aud began to cry.
A physician was called. Little Isabella's
body was carefully felt, but no bones
were broken. There was only small
bruise on the left side. The physician
was surprised, but felt that there must
certainly be serious internal injuries. He
ordered the mother to keep the little one
in bed. An hour later little Isabella tired
of being bedridden. She cTawled out
when her mother left the room and ran
downstairs. When the physician came
to the house again in the evening he was
thunderstruck at seeing the baby girl
playing around the house with her small
brother.
When Isabella was year and a half old
she could walk very we'll. She ran away
from her home in Alsace one day, and
while looking from a bridge fell into a
pond. Several persons got the little one
was dead, and wrapped her in blankets.
When the baby was uncovered before its
crying mother it was breathing and began
TO cry.
Less than year ago little Isabella got
upon the banisters at her SiXth-st.
home and fell down two flights OF stairs.
The little thing suffered no injury beyond
q fau- bruisaS
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
Among the Wee Folk.

Ethel: cts too bad it's cold. 1 prayed
for warm day. Does Gcd always answer
prayers?" Mamma: Eyes, If you ask
for thing in the right way, and if you
don't he reproyes you by not giving it,"
Ethel: ooh, | see now. The governess
told me to try and say my prayers in
French this month, and / guess | made
mistakes. Life.
Three-year-old Alice went with her par
ents to church one Sunday, and after the
manner of little children was restless. and
found it hard to understand that she must
not talk aloud. When the minister an
nounced his text her attention was caught
for the moment, and she astonished her
mother by saying, "Humphl that's moth
ing new. I've heard that before ''-NelD
York Tribune.
The prevailing tone of family is some
times reflected in the conceptions of the
children. A lady, hearing little girl re-
peating the form of prayer she had
learned, told her to ask, as she would of a
father, and in her own words. for what
she needed most. The child knelt, and,
after few moments reflection, implored
earnestly: 20 Lord, please make us all
very stylish !'-kote FIELDS Washington.
A thoughtful seyen-year-old girl who
had been listening to her mother and two
or three other ladies as they discussed
good taste in dress, heard enough to con-
vince her that only bad taste, very bad
taste, would dictate the placing of the col.
ors blue and green together in any kind OF
a garment. Shortly after, while looking
out the window, she suddenly remarked,
See all those bright green tree tops
just In front of the blue sky. Isn't il hor-
rid ?"-Detroit Free Press.
We have an incubator, also a small col
ored boy to run errands, wash dishes, etc,
writes lady in the Philadelphia Record.
On the arrival of the former the little
darby was very curious TO know all about
it. He examined the article thoroughly,
then asked, Say, Miss Julie, what fur dat
ar ting?" That's for Matching chickens,
James," l explained. EUR to hetch
chickens? Whar you put de eggs?" I'm
side" / answer, "and the lamp under
meath and the water make the necessary
heat and moisture" Hs looked quizzi-
cally at it for an instant, then asked,
"Miss Julie, whar you put de hen?"
It is surprising how early the child
learns the way OF the world. Five-year.
old Edith went to bed one night with a
good-bv kiss for papa who was to &c
away early next morning on long bust.
ness trip. The next day her mamma said
eve must pray for papa while he is gone
and ask God to take care of him." $50
the train won't run off and kill him?'
asked Edith. Yes" replied mamma
what would we do if papa should get
killed." "We'd cry. that's what" said the
little maiden, "and then we'd get married
again and have another papa" This same
little girl was one day watching heI
mamma very intently while she was max
ing her toilet. Attracted by the slender
figure before her, she said to herself in a
low tone: "She looks like girl but she
amt. She's a woman and she amt stout
enough to do anything. HousekeeperS
HeekliL
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
A CATRlRo WlpOWER.
The Cries OF HIS Young Induced Him to
Hunt U, Another Mate.

The Cries OF HIS Young Induced Him to
Hunt u, Another Mate.
"There was a nest of catbirds in tree in
my yard last summer" says NJ. +. Grier-
son OF 81. Louis county. Missouri, in the
st. Louis Globe Democrat, aud while the
young were still unhedged the female
bird was killed by cat. For time the
male sat on branch near the nest, APP
parently quite disconsoIate and unable to
decide what TO do. The calls of the
young clamoring for their supper reused
him to a sense of his responsibility, but
in place of hunting for food he spread his
wings and flew away. He was gone all
day following, and the cries of the nest
lings became quite pitiful
At last he reappeared with female cat
bird, who at once assumed all the cares of
the establishment, fed the young and con-
Quoted herself generally as though she
understood perfectly what was expected of
her. Where the widOwer found his new
wife, whether she was an old maid cat
bird or a spouse induced to leave her liege
lord by the urgent representations of the
widower, and how the bereaved husband
communicated to her the state of his af-
fairs at home, are questions for philoso-
pliers to determinr but the moral seemed
to be that a widower is able to look out
for himself whether he wears feathers or a
Prince Albert
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
wei Woe. Unntserable Woe.

Why endure 1t daily. nightly. we had well nigh
said, hourly. They do who are tortured by chronic
rhumatism. The remedy botanic. pure, safe and
prompt Is at hand. We're the evidence in behalf of
Hostetters Stomach Bit rs collated it would be
found to TEEN with we'll authenticated proofs that
the medicine is both a preventive and remedy In
this malady of varying agonies and ever present
danger To foresa Its chronic stage is the dictate
Of prudence. Renounce dangerous medication. Far
elective. more certain. more permanent in the
benehcent consequences is the use of the bltters
Experis nee indorses the recommendation Of physi-
clans sanction its Begin early, use with per-
sistenee and expect relief Hostettcrs stomach Bit
ters relieves constipation, bliousnes kidney all
msnts. dysDepsia and malsrisl trouble.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
A BANISHED QUEEN.
An Outline of the Life of servia's ExrIed
Queen.

An Outline of the Life of Servia's Exiled
Queen.
Ex-Queen Natalies expulsion from Ser
via is one of the new sensations of the
time. Apropos is this account, condensed
from the New York World, of Natalie's
love story:
Natalie is the daughter of Col Kechko
of the Russian imperial guard and one OF
the richest of the residents of the province
of Bessarabia, in southwestern Russia.
On his way to the Russian capital during
the excitement of 1875, young King Milan
stopped at the fine old castle on the Pruth
of Col. Kechko. Kechko received the
young ruler OF Servis in royal style. Milan
devoted himself exclusively 10 Natalie
from the very moment of his introduction.
She was then between sixteen and seven
teen years of age and was noted for her
beauty over nearly the whole empire.
The attentions of her roval sutton she
received with marked GOODNESS. She had
set her affections on young Russian Off
Ger; but the marriage took place in the
summer OF 1873, and Natalie threw herself
with the utmost enthusiasm into the cause
of her new country when war was declared
against Turkey the following spring.
"At the close of the war Servia was free
and powerful, and Natalie had become
mother, the child being christoned Alex
ander He was born Aug IA, 1876.
"All the Unborn depravity in Milan's ma
ture now began TO develop itself. Natalie
soon had cause to reproach her husband
with the scandalous lie he was leading.
This, according to one set of chroDiclers,
led him to set trap for his wife, the re-
suit OF which should leave her reputation
very little better than his own. One day,
the story goes, she received visit from
the Metropolitan Bishop Michael, who
said he came In answer to q note she had
sent him. She was indignant and declared
that conspiracy was on foot to destroy
her. The kings minions were close at
hand and the bishop was arrested for al
legged intimacy with the queen. At the
same time the king applied to the synod.
Natalie, while protesting against the in
suit. decided for the sake of her child to
prove her innocence, but after this she
never lived with him.
Natalie never went near Milan until
one day in 1884, when she besought Glenn
ency for some soldiers who had revolted.
He returned her the brutal answer that
they should be pardoned if she would
come and live at the palace and be cham
bermaid TO one of the women he was then
maintaining around him."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
A SENSIBLE woMAN.
She lnstructs Her Daughters I'm an Impor-
tant Branch of Economy.
A writer in the New York Times re-

tant Branch of Economy.
A writer in the New York Times re-
marks:
There is q sensible woman up-town-there
may be more who are sensible in this respect,
but this one stands out, in the writer's &C.
quaintance, a rarity-who instructs her two
daughters as regularly in the science of shop
ping as she teaches them cooking and health
full living. Il consider shopping a science"
5Pe says, and al important one in the house
Hold economy. How one respects a clear
headed, sensible woman who knows how to
shop rapidly. economically. and WELL and how
few such one meets. / take my girls with me
in my rounds OF buying, teach them the differ
ination ia the choice regards the use re-
quired. Nobody taught me this; / acquired
my knowledge by long line of Notifying and
expensive experiences. which j have deter
mined my daughters shall be saved from.
81 have taught them TO avoid bargain coun-
ters they would n plague and never to be
drawn into the pushing, jamming crowd which
strives TO buy dollar pair OF gloves for IS
cents at an expense of % cents worth of vital
force and self-respect. TO say nothing OF time
wasted and the possibility, after all, that they
have paid 9S cents for 75-cent pair. have
taught them, too, that the best is the cheRpes,,
which does not imply always the most fashion
able nor the most expensive. Flimsy, ill-mRde
articles / consider almost immorai-the intlu-
ence of pair OF honest shoes or yard of first
quality cloth, Il think, outranks many SER
mon.
"My girls have had their personal allowance
since they we're fifteen. and they have learned
to use it most judiciously. And l never
afraid they will drive 10 the dry goods shop for
a paper Of larding needles, as the girl in the
story did,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
AN OLD LANDMARK OF WASHINGTON.
An Old Salon for Wit ana Beauty New Q
Beer saloon.
Shame.

An Old Salon for Wit and Beauty New q
Beer saloon.
The old Van Ness mansion. the Oldest
house in the city of Washington, was cell
ebrated from the time of its first occupa-
ton by Gen. Van Ness for the hospitality
there dispensed, and this reputation was
kept up to the very year of his death. 1t
can probably be truly said of it that more
famous men have been entertained within
its walls than in any other private house
in America. Several of the earlier presi-
dents were guests here, and every year
the owner gave dinner to the congress
of the United States.
Alter his death the property passed in
to the hands of strangers; and the two
buildings may be seen today, cottage and
mansion alike standing, time-beaten and
forlOrn. half hidden by wild masses of I'M
trained shrabbery, and deeply Swallowed
by over-arching trees. The grounds are
still enclosed by the high and substan-
tial brick wall erected by the original
proprietor, but the gate stands ever open.
and no porter challenges the few strolling
footsteps of the occasional signtseer.
The place is now used as a summer pic
mic ground bv the colored folks of the
vicinity, and the basement of the grand
mansion is a beer saloon.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
TWO CHICAGO YOUNG ONES.
CIashings of Wit by a Brace of Youngs
tiers.

CInshings of Wit by a Brace OF Youngs-
ters.
Percy is SIX years old and Baby is three.
They 20 to Sabbath school every Sunday.
Last Sunday mamma dressed them pre-
Daratory to sending them to the little
church on Lake-ave. near by, says the
Chicago Times. Papa gave them three
pennies each to place in the contribution
box for the little heather in India. Percy
is a generous little fellow; SO, when Baby
wanted all the pennies, he gave them to
her, but not without feeling akin TO
compunction.
While mamma was adjusting Percy's
overcoat-for it was not a warm day
Baby disappeared. Soon afterward she
came back carrying in her tiny arms a
paper sack containing six bananas. She
had met an Italian peddler in front OF tho
house and invested in some of bis stock.
Never mind" said mamma as she gave
Percy another penny. 1.-THE heather got
the pennies away"
At dinner Baby asked for a drink of
water and the girl brought glass. Percy
reached for it, saying:
I'm oldest. l want dwink first"
Mamma reprimanded him aud Baby said
reprovingly. "a she drank the water:
Ladies first"
Percy became angry. He ciimed down
from the table and sulked in a corner.
Baby kept reminding him that ladies
were first"
Directly Baby asked for some sugar in
spoon. Mamma refused. Then Baby got
mad too. She laid herself on the floor
and kicked her heels in the air and cried.
Mamma threatened to punish her if she did
not cease, but she would not. Punish
ment soon followed. Percy from his cor
ner cried out triumphantly
Ladies' first Ladies first %
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
Save Your Rose Leaves.

There is nothing more refreshing than
the faint. fresh fragrance of a properly
made potpOurri, says the New York Tri6-
une. 1t is now an easy matter to get q
pretty Oriental jar in the orthodox shape
for trifiing sum. The following is a we'll
tested rule, which is republished by re-
quest: Measure out a liberal half-pecE of
fragrant rose leaves. Pack them in bowl
in layers with salt, using a small handful
Of fine salt to three of rose leaves. Keep
them five days, turning them twice daily.
Do this thoroughly. Add to this mixture
three ounces of powdered allspice and one
ounce of stick cinnamon. Let this mix
ture stand one week longer, turning it
daily. Now put the preparation into the
permanent jar, mixing with il one ounce
of allspice, half pound OF dried lavender
flowers, one ounce of bruised cloves, one
ounce of stick cinnamon, one nutmeg
coarsely grated, half cup of ginger root
thinly sliced, half an ounce of anise seed,
ten grains of Canton musk, of the finest
quality, and two ounces of orris root. Stir
all the ingredients thoroughly together,
and put them in a jar of suitable size to
hold them. AT any time add few drops
of altar of rose, or Of any essential oil or
extract Of flowers. Every morning, after
airing and brushing out the parlor and
busting it, open the rose jar and allow its
fragrance to difiuse through the room. In
half an hours time close it.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
SENTIMENT ON WHEELS.
What the Dying Little Girl Got Her Father
TO Promise.

What the Dying Little Girl Got Her Father
TO Promise.
"My darling"
These endearing words, in bright golden
letters. stood out in bold relief on tie
dashboard of huge four-horse truck in a
Broadway blockage of vehicles, says the
New York Herald. The driver looked as
unsentimental as possible in his coarse
raiment and with his rough manners, but
he was not profane or brutal toward his
horses Patiently he awaited the loosen
ing of the jam, while his neighbors filed
the air with curses. Finally, his horses
becoming FESTIVE, he climbed down from
his box and soothed them with gentle
words and caresses. Then a bystander
asked why be called his truck "My OAR
ling"
"Why," he said, because it keeps
green the memory of my daughter. little
Nellie. She's dead now, but before she
Joined the angels she clasped her hands
around my neck and said:
Papa, I'm going to die, and want
you to promise me one thing because it
will make me happy. Will you prom
ise?'
Yes said, I'll promise anything.
What is it?'
Then, fixing her eyes upon mine, she
said: oh, papa, don't be angry, but
promise me you'll never swear any more
nor whip your horses hard. and be kind
to mamma
That's all there is about 1t. mister, for
promised my little girl I'd grant her last
request, and, sir. I've kept my word"
Then the blockade was lifted, the big
truckman resumed his seat, and was soon
lost in the muddy tide of travel.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
WE ALL KNOW HER.
The Good Sister Ever Young and who
Loves TO Swing.

me doOd SISTER Ever Young ana VINO
Loves TO Swing.
Robert ]. Burdette, in the Ladies' Home
Journal, says:
There's sister / often meet in my travels.
as ever she was" she's kittenish thing, yet
she'd be little more kittenish if she was less
elephatine. Frsky old girl, how she does love
20 Climb into the swing at the picnicl Weighs
215 and makes the swing creak like hosting
tackle. Higher, Mr.. Thinshanksl Higherl
o, higher! You can't brighten mel I'm not
one OF the scary sort OF girls" You bet she
isn't. Has six children, and if you'll mistake
her Tor her eldest daughter-a sweet, slender
and ngure as graceful as swayinQ hly-she'Il
ask you to dinner Tor a week. Plays Pussy
wants corner aud Hunt the slipper" Loves
to "teetcr." With eighteen-foot board you
have 10 pull all bat about thirty inches over to
your side Of the trestle 10 make it balance,
When the board is balanced right in the mid
die, she can fire the whole young mems bible
class up into the sir as though they had been
fired from q catapult When her end of the
buds of the trees. Fond of mountain climb.
ing. Usually fastens on to young man to
drag her up. Older brethren too wary. They
dragged her up hills when she younger.
Besides, the old youngsters retain their old
time prejudice in favor of younger girls. They
help her daughters up. Man never mistakes
mother for daughter going up mountain. Apt
to make that mistake about luncheon-time
only. Oh, we know the Old-elderly-that is,
midGle-aged woman who is the youngest of the
lott And, knowing her, we fly from her, that
is, as well as a man-who has long since shed
his wings and raised q few achers of corns-can
fv
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
THE BABY KING
How the Monarch OF Spain Got Even with
Small Girl.


Small Girl.
Alfonso NH, Spain's small king, has an
idea or two of his own as to the privileges
of womankind. A few Sundays ago at
one of the weekly dances at which he was
the host, a pretty girl OF eleven years won
his little Spanish heart and he showed his
susceptibility by choosing her repeatedly as
a partner. At the end of the dance the
children, as usual, began embracing and
kissing each other good-by. Alfonso
made straight for his diminutive favorite
with open arms. She shrank away coouet-
tishly and refused even to let him kiss her
cheek. Alfonso looked her over, turned
his back and walked away. On the fol-
lowing Sunday the little girl was present,
but the king did not dance with her.
When the ball closed, however, she went
to him and turned her cheek to be kisse d
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
One of the AIrsteri..-

Maud-"Whst do you think of Irene?"
Laura-"I detest her. And she hates
me like poison"
Then why do you and she always kiss
when you meet?"
"HeaYen only knows"
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The Falling Star.

little maid by the window-bar
stood eagerly watching falling star,
She clapped her hands with quick delight,
But grew demure as it passed from sight.
One moment still as the star now dead;
The next she lifted her curly bead,
And said with an earnestness none could doubt
81 think that's a cannle that God blew OUT"
Little Men and Women,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
viii BE Caught Between the Bumpers.
frankfort Crescent

The party which is now fighting a law
in this state, the object of which is the
taxation of the property Of corporations,
trusts, and the tax-dodgers, on an equal
itY with that of the poor man, is likely to
be caught between the bumpers when the
people get to learn the true inwardness of
the former iniquity.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
No. 3, 63I-RIddIe.

NO. o,b3I-hIuuIts
Entered for Prize.
I'm red or blue, or white or black,
Just as you choose to make me;
/ never linger in your track,
Yet still you ne'er forsske me,
Without my crooked form there would be
No snakes. or serpents kissing;
No courtship, neither, would you see,
No bliss you'd find in kissing
II / we're missing then the flowers
Would singly bloom together;
aid tho pleasant, sum mer hours,
But don't control the weather.
In whispered secrets I abide,
No SENTISEL's without me;
In L. S. postage snug hide,
The president can't rout me. tBILL.
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fine color, bright eyes, glossy hair, round
elbows and long, swinging gait that is
half dog-trot, or tome one may be led to
think that they are not marvels of
strength and ROBUSTNESS.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10

Alfonso took step backward. stretched
out his hand that she might kiss it. and
said:
81 am your king"
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When Baby was sick. We gave her Csstoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she chung TO Csstoris.
When she he'd Children. she gave them CassoriA
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
Too Much Pull.

"And you are trying to get a divorce
from your wife? Don't you pull to-
getker?"
I've pull well and we pull together, but
the trouble is we pull in different direc-
fions y
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10
For skin Diseases.

USE HoRsFORD's ACID PHOSPHATE.
DR.. F. lie Sieur Weir, Philadelphia, Pa,
saws: "In certain cases OF skin diseases.
where the stomach is in a condition un-
favorable to the diseases, not infrequently
have found it 10 correct that condition,
when nothing else yielded the desired re-
sulL "