The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-04-05
"TUSCUMBIA.''


Variety Is the Spice OF Life and It's Many
Illustrations.
DEAR HowARDs-You are appraised of
the fact that variety Is the spice of life
The discussion of a solitary and lone
theme. for an indefinite or even brief
epoch. however entsrtainingly, logically
and eloquently. soon becomes monoton-
Gus, uncongenial and engenders as it were
obstreperous demands for q wider range
of topics.
The II. L. c. cherishes a Difference, an
abiding zeal for the moral, intellectual
and progressive varieties, fraught with
temperance and sobristy. untainted with
the semblance OF evil, and degrading vice.
and OF the Transporting blissful character
to alleviate mankind from its allurements.
humilis ing vassalage aud thralldom. and
TO elevate the cum bersone children OF
earth 10 a higher plane of existence. Va
riety has many forms AID shades OF color
ing. Its influences are exceedingly bane.
full when unchecked and directed in the
discomfort and rebellion against the ordi-
favored hosts, traversing the waste, howl
ing wilderness, sojouTning to the Elysian
he DIS OF fair Canaan. eschewed ami lost
tneir relish for angels food" and longed
for the flesh pots of Egypt. The leeks
and fragrant onions were not erased from
memory's tablets. They retained vivid
"reminiscences OF the grand Egyptian festal
board The smitten rocks poured forth
rivers OF refreshing water TO sati-
ale their burning thirst, their lowing
herds were RECALLED at the crystal fount-
ans. the tempestuous east wind brought
forth myrads OF quail bitter murmerlngs
still arose, the greet lswgiver stood APP
paiied at the disobedIence, rebellion
and threatening attitude OF the
people; their terrible perverseness and
variety OF worship that instituted the
golden call and its alteration, and led him,
the renowned Moses (meekest OF mortals),
into the intricate and devious PATHWAYS of
sin, and the wIckedest man of these trans
lucent and mundane shores by breaking
all the commandments at once, and IN
scribed bv the fingers of the most high.
Like legions of ancisnt and modern
times. the bliss, the transports, the pleasure
OF existence apparently were transcribed to
very narrow bounds, the mere gratIlica-
ton of their epIcurIan and gastronomic
prochyltles the Wondering animal ma
ture. The hosts of Israel had lust emerged
from the CALLING yoke OF bondage; their
lives were embitteTed with the rigors of
Egyptian servitude; they were a barbar-
GUS people; excessive, unrsmltting toll
impaired no facilities for acquiring an ed
ucatiOn. No moral and intellectual adj
vancement was engendered. Their de-
Dlorable condition of vassAlags precluded
the remotest ideas OF progress in the path
way OF knowledge. Ignorant and unen-
hghtened were the children of faithful
Abraham, prone 10 murmur, denounce
the great Law-giyer, and had no concep-
lions OF the grandeur OF a higher life
What marvel then that their evil tenden-
cies that the great plaques and stings OF
venomOus reptiles that belell them in the
wilderness could not wholly eradicatel
elected the sobriquet ''Of a stii-necked
people. and eventually eliminated in the
worship and alteration OF the golden calf,
just a. the mighty Yankee nation and
moderns comprising the peculiar Teas
ure' readily bend the knee even under
the grand Inspirations and Nominations
OF the glorious progressive nineteenth
century, NJ MammOn's glitteFing shrine
and worship the almighty dollar with a
zeal and devotion undated until the
grim ferryman that poets speak
Of convey them across the mystic river
and deposit their mortal remains into
the narrow abyss OF the yawning tomb
externally debarred from the Vaccinations
OF seeking after the root of all evil" the
attainment of which frequently promul-
gates biood-curdling, revot ting crimes.
murder. arson, incendiansm, robbery,
cnicanerY and double dealing in the great
centers OF trade and the minor tributaries,
and tue counting houses OF tue princey
merchant, banker and broker, reverberate
10 the cease ess jingle OF their hearts de-
light, earth's glitterlng eyanescsnt diadem,
THAI engenders strife implacsble greed,
whose vOtGries are often encased in the
gsrb of sancity.
IAN eminent herald of the cross once
said that "he didn't think much OF
man that gave the Lords amens at
bis preaching and spent his time
the following week in cheating and over
reaching The noblest men who live on
earth, Irish Girl" are men whose hands
are brown with toll, who backed by no
ancestral graves hew down the woods and
till the soil. and thereby gaiE a prouder
name than follows kings or warriors
fame. The working men whether their
task be to carve the rock or bear the hod
wear upon their honest brows the royal
stamp and seal of God, aud worthior
are their drops OF sweat than diamonds
In coronst God bless the noble work
ing men who rear the cities OF the pain;
who dig the mines, who build the
ships. aud drive the commercs OF the
main; God bless them, for their toiling
hands have wrought the glory
OF all lands. Still the usages OF polished
society and proud, imperious, intolerant
sristocracy and nobility utterly ignore the
ideas OF equality. IL Is only on election