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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-28

winter comes and the sun prevents
you from continuing your haying, and
the frigid east wind shakes of your
Tipening gooseberrieS and luscious cur
rants. / can imagine no greater delight
than TO behold you gathered around your
ruddy gas stoves mending your tanning
mills, in preparation for your March
blowing; or amusing yourselves with
dime books on agriculture. Winter on
farm. how exquisitely delightful and
enhancing; what an ecstatic and abid-
ing pleasure it must be to fodder the
mammoth turkeys and geese in the dairy
that are frequently utterly despOiled
and raided by prowling poultry thieves;
to listen enraptured with delight to the
musical clucxing of the pigs as they
clamor for their oats and hay and be-
hold the giant brahmas. and Plymouth
rocks. stealthily appropriating and stow
ing away goodly portions thereof; then
when the winter night gtrds on her SOM
Der attire and the silT er-throated jay
bird and yellow hammer have ceased
their enchanting songs and gone 10 rOost
on the well sweep 1 can formulate no
greater delight than to behold you Sc
renely gathered around your blazing fire
places, replenished with huge shell-bark,
jack oak and ash logs emitting rudy
glows of heat and comfort. utterly obliv-
iouS of the destinations of the storm
without and amusing yourselves with
apple pairing. knitting, base ball, seven
up and other athletic games.
envy not then the gaunt, attenueted,
pale, forlorn, consumptive, or the cada-
verous, woe begone and melancholic dys-
peptic bending from the blush of early
dawn to dewy eve over his sordid ledger
in the crowded marts Of trade. or the
pampered child of affluence who grows
prematurely old amid the disSipations Of
the city. They know nothing of the
pleasures. the transports, the ecstacies
and bliss of rural life, and the congenIal-
ity Of hard cider, catawby and elder
wine and other ministering spirits,
doubly enhancing the pleasures OF youth
full farmers and fortifying their vigorous
frames against the vicissitudes of an
ever varying cline, and the excuses of
the light fantastic and the weeds de-
pressing influences. Ye gods, if they did
they would Immediately transport their
cities into the country or transform them
into az r'cUlIural - n G1unities by act of
Legislature. "TUSCUMBIA.''
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"LONE TRAMP's" TALK.
His Dissertations ON Various Topics
of General Interest.

of General Interest.
For the II. L. CA story is told of a
lawyer who having advertised for
clerk, and there being a great many APP
plicants, concluded to hold sort of
civil service examination and hit on an
original plan.
He said he would tell them a story
and from their comments would select
his clerk He said there was a farmer
so badly worried by the depreciation Of
a squirrel that he determined to kill it
and shot at II as ii ran into the barn, but
set the barn on fire. He ran for a pail
Of water to put out the fire; had the
whole family out there, including the
hired girl. While in the barn the door
blew shut. While the other applicants
were anxious about the fire and the
danger to life one only wanted to know
if he got the squirrel, and that one was
the successful applicant. The lawyer
thought he had found a born lawyer.
one who could not be switched off the
topic by a burning barn or hired girls.
Maybe he was right, but | suspect
had the topic been a burning barn and
the incident a squirrel running away
from 1t his born lawyer" would have
forgotten the barn. the mans peril. the
blooded horses and the hired girl and
took after the squirrel. even though
chasing a squirrel is a Enable offense.
But the lawyer was a one-idea man and
he got a one-idea clerk. So perhaps his
scheme was success.
It Is often said, You can always tell
which tree bears the best apples by the
number Of clubs in and under Vt" But
perhaps 1t was not the apples but hor-
nets nest that provoked the clubs.
When we read the wonderful feats Of
dafpcftyec w almost lima CINE they are
infallible. but their success is often
merely accidental and oftener their
clews lead them away from the guilty.
Their theories are built upon the known
facts and generally the facts are not
sufficient 70 sustain the hypothesis. If
II happens to be correct and a convic-
ton Is secured they are praised. If false
but little is said about ii
Some hypothesis Is almost a necessity
I'm investigation. but the hypothesis
should always be subject to the facts
and all possible facts should be col
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more do we learn and see in others
and the better will we. come to know
ourselves, for he who gives receives
more than he gives.
Friendship is a golden strand,
Linking souls into one band.
THE LOVERS PARTING.
George to Nellie).
Nellie. thou art more. than life to me;
/ am clinging close to thee:
Let thy precious love applied
Keep me ever near thy side.
Through this changing world below
Lead me gently as I go.
Trusting thee | cannot stray;
can never lose my way.
(Nelie's responseD
Let me love thee more and more.
Till this fleeing life is Ger.
For my soul is lost in love;
Thou art gentle a dove.
Every day and every hour
Let me know thy loving power;
May thy tender love TO me
Bind me closer, more to thee.
Helen Pinkvine.
In conclusion | wish to say that after
April l. ] will be at home at Anthony,
Ind. and would be glad to receive let
tiers from any of our members.
Mark" / received your last letter
and am sorry ii was not so we could
meet. but hope it will be my lot to
meet you and many others at the COM
ing reunion, which hope will be held in
indianapolis during the holidays. Yours
for success. ''IVEN FERN.
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In unity there is strength. In con-
geniality happiness.
To encourage and circulate pure liter
allure is to mutually aid each other 10
a higher and better life.
OFFICERS.
President-w. s. Kokendoffer. Monte
vallo Mo.
First ce-President-William A Clark
box 90. Danville. Ind.
Second Vice-President-Mr Sarah
Taylor. Arcana, Ind.
Recording Secretary-Miss Dora Wen
ner. Pleasant-ave., Indianapolis, ina.
Corresponding Secretary-Miss Mary
j. LOudenback, lock box 10, WestVille ..
Treasurer-Miss Jennie Rhodes, III.
Recovery, o.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Robert N Moulton. Wintersville, Ind.
Miss Mary L. Swain, SOS Vermilion-
ST., DanvilIe Ill
J. F. Unger, Peru, Ind.
Mrs. Minnie Webb Miller. Altoona,
kas.
William E. Fulk. Decatur. Ind.
OBJECTS
Sec. of Art. of Constitution-The
objects Of this club shall be TO establish
sociability, strengthen good morals in
society. increase a desire for mind i'm
proVeInent and literary attachments and
10 extend the work of reformation
MEMBERSHIP
Sec. l of Art of Constitution-AU
persons of good moral character, who
are interested in the objects of this or
ganization and are willing to work in
accordance herewith, are eligible TO
membership
Sec. 5. Art. 2-AlI members of the II.
l.. c. in good standing shall share equal
~ in its benefits aRd privileges. and 1t
shall be the duty lOf each member to
seek. by example. by word and by pen
TO promote the objects and interests of
the club
Sec. I Of By-Laws-4Iembers changing
their place Of residence shall notify the
recording secretary of such change.
GENERAL.
Sec. 1O-It shall be the duty of all Of
ficers TO report to the president. from
time to time, or upon his request, the
progress OF any business before them.
or Of the condition OF their respective
Offices, and shall advise him of ali mat
tiers pertaining to the interests or wei
fare of the club
We urge the host of readers of this
page. who are lovers of truth. to
acquaint themselves with the objects and
merits of the Howard literary, and lend
us your aid by joining the club Ad-
dress the corresponding secretary, with
stamp as per above, and any desired in
formation will be cheerfully given. The
Howard literary has neither salaried Of
fcers or contributors, and depends Who'll
~ upon its merits and principles for
success.
Members only are entitled to the rare
benefits Of our book catalogue
All letters for publication must ba
carefully written on one side of the paper
only accompanied by the writer's real
name and address, as well as the nom
de plume, and plainly addressed to the
editor. c. G.. Stewart, Sentinel office,
indianapolis. Ind.
Members in renewing their suoscrlp-
ton for The Sentinel will please be sure
TO send 81 (the subscription price of the
paper to the Howard literary treasurer.
as the club is allowed a small commits
sion for the benefit of the treasury.
Prompt action guaranteed. Dues for
1894 are % cents, payable during jan
uary and February to the treasurer.
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BOadfcea.

On a mountain in old Cymrn,
Far up it's Jagged side,
Is an ancient, rock-ribbed cavern,
Close hid from all beside.
The eagle wings his flight.
To his eyre meath the sky.
The wild goat climbs the dizzy hight,
But ne'er TO mortal eve,
Is the treasured wealth revealed,
That the ages hold in trust.
Deep in its heart concealed,
The sacred, royal dust
or Britain's warlike queen.
Her daughters. young and fair.
That from that fatal field,
The hands of vassais bare.
With Druid chant and vail.
The rugged steep they climb.
Above them. stern Van Aban
Rearing it's peak sublime.
With ancient mystic rites.
The dead are laid to rest.
And Cymrn's brightest jewels
Stln slumber on her breast
MRS. R. E. SMITH.
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GIVEN FERNS" BUDGET.
His Contribution of Extracts fro
Various Sources 10 the Club.

Various Sources 10 the Club.
Dear H l. c. Friends-It has been
come time since have been with you
on the page, but will say that / have
been very busy in my course of work.
which 1 will finish in a few days, after
which hope to be with you oftener
I earnestly desire that the club will
continue to advance this coming year
and more so than in the past years. and
attain such a hold as may prove Of last
ing benefit.
Ny best wishes and most earnest de-
sires are with You all and may We I'm
unity put forth our best efforts and do
ing so | fell sure of the result
1 desire TO express myself as being in
full sympathy with a recent criticism
offered on the page by our president i'm
regard to a tendency on the part of some
TO enter into politics in their talks. This
should be absolutely abstained from.
] speak OF it with the best Of feeling to-
ward all
But any Of you know, as well as I do,
that nothing is gained and almost al
ways loss is sustained.
II you will bear with me a while I will
give you a few extracts from a paper
4NulcI L cuilcu anu ANdu OtlDIE the
,Philomathic society some time ago.
The society is a local organization.
somewhat after the plan Of our own, and
4 highly recommend 1t to any of you
who may ever come here to school
The Intellectual and Moral Thinker
From the fourth page / find these two:
Beauty is based on reason, for by
logic the beauty Of all things is brought
out, portrayed and made beautiful"
Hope deceives while enjoyment un-
deceives," says prominent writer. but
IL seems TO me that hope is more often
realized and felt. and awaken in the
heart more surity than does enjoyment
for do not many of the enjoyments
merely excite a momentary and passing
pleasure and then after the effect leave
the soul in a feeling Of bewilderment and
doubt
Character-"Charac must be kept
bright as we'll as clean. Charac-
ter. the individuality in man: the
inner or universal man: the real
being: that which distinguishes and
makes an individual Of him should
stand out TO the world and society not
only as a principal existing. but should
so ut itself as 10 shed q radience, an
influence If you please, upon all in its
circle of action .f-
TT is not only necessary that we es-
tablish character for ourselves but
more so that we so fit character within
US that through 1t we shall prove a bene-
fit and good 10 struggling souls around
US for II our. influence serves only as a
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SuhIrrignfion.

SubirrigaiCn on the green house
benches is a success. quite decidedly so.
says Farm and Fireside. There = a
little expense connected with the fixing
of the benches; but our winter vegetable
crops. lettuce and radiShes. seem 10 do
better in the ordinary fashion by
sprinlxling. A material advantage of the
subirrigated benches is also found in
the saving of time and labor. Sprinkling
the beds takes a. good deal Of time when
the weather is clear and the soil dries
out fast. When beds are arranged for
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INFLUENCE OF FARM LIFE.
DOES THE MIND BECOME REPREsSED
OR DEVELOPED IN THE COUNTRY.

4 Farmer Boys Ambition Is Not
Aroused "a should Bc-SubirrIga-
tiOn-CuttinE Scions-Chicngo Live
Stock Industry Meaning Calves
Feed Your BeeS-BcneftS and Profits
of tho Dairy-Prices for Rutter-
Hints for the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Valuable Recipes.
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you. ''Ron1ping Rose" Sunset" and
winnie West" why are you absent 50
long? With this I will close, and my
next l will devote TO review work
''GANO."
March %.
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stumbling block to others feet. their aim
and character with us has been lost, and
is not in us
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Be not too ready to condemn
The wrong thy brother may have done;
Ere thou too harshly censure them
For human faults ask, Have / none2"
Eliza Cook
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ploded dynamite at the top of noun
tain in the hope of bringing rain.
Railroad bridges and viaducts In that
part of Michigan are reported de-
stroyel, and stories of great loss of
life an destruction of property come
from Wateisneet, Hurley and the
who'e Gogetic region.
lie awiulness of the desolatio1
which strikes upon the eye OF the OBJ
server as he reaches the camp which
was nee the wn Of Binc ley is still
more strongly imp essed on his vision
as he travels northward. The smoke
ha lifted, revealing landscape bare
and black, the ew standing trees be-
ing charred 10 a height of forty feet,
wnile the ground is of that peculiar
tint of brown sand mixed with gun
powder, for the grass has been burned
even to the roots. And here and there,
in the III ak anl Dire airy stretches OF
country in what is now great, lone
land, is seen the body of DEER whose
fleet feet had not been able to outrun
the flames, or of q human being who
had been absolutely powerle-s against
the grim destroyer.
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Ireland 70, Protectio ;.

Our fiscal system is very liberal, al
lowing all nations to send their prod
ucts free into the markets of the
United Kingdom; and, on the other
hand, all nations have disappointed the
expectations formed, when protection
was abandoned. Sir Robert Peel, Mr.
Richard Golden and others assured
those come ted with the 81 il that FREQ
trade would unlock the door Of the
millennium and we should be happy
Agriculture and manufactures would
flourish, for prices of corn and cattle
were sure to be maintained, and the
nations of the world might be relied
upon to follow Epgland's example. The
predictions were rot in harmony with
facts, as experience testifies. With
wheat at 80 shillings a quarter, the
farmers hopes have disappeared, and,
owing TO various causes, manufacture
in efforts are paralyzed. In the foI M
er case high farming and low farming
have been tried in vain viii o in the
latter, Notwithstanding improved ma
chinery AID the alleged superiority Of
British workmen, foI eigne s can bring
their PR ducts into our leading indus
trial centers and undersell home prod
ucts. We are asked, however, to
praise the virtues of free trade, al
though IL has done grievous harm to
our material interests and left US de-
pendent upon aliens for two-thirds of
our daily bread.-Belfast Newsletter,
IlIlv A.
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the rescuing parties that are following
heroically in the black wake OF thJ
flames c. re reports or the finding Of
scores OF bodies, the great majority OF
them burned beyond the chance OF
identification. On the cloarings have
been found the bodies of fathers and
brothers who met death while striv-
ing ID stay the progress of the flames
towards the homes which sheltered
wives and sisters The story Is one OF
horror lightened as all such storie !,
are by acts OF heroism. Physicians at
Duluth who have been to the scene of
the fire in Pine County 10 attend to the
in ured say IL the deaths in other sec
tions are in anything like proportion
to those in the section which they Wis
itea the list OF the lost will be in
crea cd TO more tan l,0C0.
The country between Ontonagon and
Charming, Mich, which Is full of lum-
bsr camps and contains the towns OF
Rockland, Pori and Greenland, has
been cut of from outside communica-
ton, and it Is feared almost the entire
section has been burned over. Rains
Tell in the Ashland, Wis, district and
checked the flames there, but in other
places, notably ne.r Hinckley, where
INC SrcdJcSb lO~S Ol lllo OCCufTtQ, buo
downfall was not heavy enough to be
of material service.
The inhabitants of Hermansville,
Mich, were battling with the fire
Monday night and the reports made it
appear that the town was doomed.
Spooner, Wis, lies ust to the east Of
great territory o, burning forests.
A change OF the wind to the west may
mean the destructi n OF the town. Rib
Lake Taylor County, VII, has been
aided to the LIST of towns probably
destroy d. is $50 inhabitants are be-
lieved TO be h. m eless, and fears are
entertained that many have lest their
lives. Fires are reported on the line
of the Northwestern between Common
wealth aud Menominee. The rain
IN st be heavy ard widely extended to
extinguish thoroughly the fire over
the territory still reported to be burn
ing.
The rain cloud that deluged st. Paul
barely touched with its edge the Pine
County district, and with the increased
velocity of the wind there is great
danger that the scenes of horror will
be repe l'ed.
AT Ir, nwood, Mich. the citizens ex.
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Prepare for the Future.

The policy recommended by the
American Protective Tariff League
regarding tariff legislation, namely,
for solid front of all indust les
against legislation, was not a opted in
the early stages OF the preparation of
this bill. The results speak fer them
selves, lut it is to the future not the
past, that we turn. With unite q fort on
the part of all of the protectionists of
the country protection Congress and
individuals pledged to protection must
be elected on Nov. q next. This should
not only apply to Representative in
Congress but also to United States Sem
ators who will be Sc ected by Legi la
lures elected on the same date. With
m any of our great ind ustries sacrificed,
employment 10 sene J, wages re uced,
we shall have taste Of what the free
trader desires, and it remains for the
American people to SPEAK American
&c nOmiSt
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GRAVES IN GOODS ACRE"

Scores OF the Victims Buried without
Beng Identified.
In tho center OF burned and devas-
tated 625 square miles stands a green
spot untouched by flames. It's grass
waves gently in the hot winds that are
sweeping across the stricken land its
simple, whitewa she'd fence can be seen
for miles. 1t is Gods acre, Birch
wood" the cemetery in which the peo-
PIE of Hinck ey laid away their Gead.
BY some freak OF the wind, as the
thoughtle s say, the wave OF fire
swept around and spared it. And there
the survivors buried their dead. III v
knew no. whose bodies they were
placing beneath the sod, but tor each
charred corpse, for each dismembcred
body there was word Of prayer. That
was all. There was no time for ex-
tended services. The flames had
played cruel tricks with their victims
and the blazing sun, which shone
tiercely through haze OF smoke, en-
dered ex edition necessary.
For those TO whom the fire had been
more merciful in not utterly wiping
out al resemblance to human beings,
and who were identified by relatives
or friends, a separate resting-place was
provided. There was no time TO di Z
down six feet-six inches of soil was
enough to cover the pine boxes from
view and all the wolves were driven
from the country or met the same fate
"a man. Fer these whose identity was
utterly destroyed last resting place
was provided Ia four long trenches.
Only one minister was present, the
Rev. l.. Knud on of the Presbyterian
Church. From dawn until dark he
was busy. AS fast as coffin wa low
cred he was notified, and, casting a
handful OF earth on the caslxet, in a
few simple words he spoke of the hope
that is in the il TO come, and prayed
the Almighty that a calamity such a,
the present might never again be In
flicted on the earth.
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swiftly harnessed and in the vehicles
200 people lied the town, with the tire
literally at their heels. Over hill
they flew to swamp, hoping that
might prove the T. salvation. AS Q
crowd reached the edge OF the morass
they were o ertaken b tn flames and
all was o,er. With a last desperate
effort the burning human beings
rushed into the lower portion of the
swamp, but the fire pur ued its victims
and not a soul wa; left to tell the tale.
On Sunday mo ming $50 corpses were
counted on a space OF but four or i've
acres. About 100 remained near
Hinckley and look refuge in a gravel
pit saving their lives.
wild III Train.
One of the most thrilling stories that
come from the Hinckley confagration
is that of the fate of train which left
Duluth for Hinckley at , o'clock Satur-
day afternoon. Shortly after leaving
Duluth the smoke along the railroad
track became SO thick it was impos-
sible to see 100 yards ahead. The
darkness increased and the lamps in
the coaches were lit. Soon it was as
black as midnight and the train was
filed with the suifocating smoke until
the passengers were gasping for
breath. The roar OF the flames could
be heard off to the right of the train
and the encouragement the trainmen
offered the passengers fell on needless
ears. Children began crying and
shrieking rs they chung in terror to
their mothers who fell on their knees
in the aisles praying for deliverance.
The people on the train had no
I'm la1 nff do, - IL
ley which was then in prog ess.
Citizens fleeing from the stricken
town tagged the train and over $50
craZed and half burned men and women
boarded the cars and begged the train
men to pull back TO Duluth. With the
speed of the wind the fire was coming
from Hinckley which was only q mile
and half away. Engineer Root of the
ill-fated train put on all steam and sent
his train spinning back iowa ID Duluth.
1t was too late. The fire was switter
than steam. The roar became louder
and louder. In a moment the red glare
burst on the view OF the frantic pas
sengers. The train was flying under a
full head of steam, but the fire was
pursuing like lightning.
Soon the fam IS were dancing at the
side OF the windows. TIE g ass began
to crack Q. The heat came in from
under the seats, through the windo rs
and ventilators. Men went crazy. One
a ter another they jumped through
the windows into the roaring flames
and were swallowed up. The women
recovered their presence of mind and
soothed the terrified little ones. The
train was on fire from the tender TO
the last coach and as it reached Skunk
Lake the order was given to abandon
the cars and fee to swamp nea- by.
Inc passengers ran to the swamp and
fell half fainting in its muddy waters.
where, after the fire passed. relief
parties found them blinded and burned
and little more than ha 4 alive.