Indianapolis Leader, Volume 1, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1880 — Page 3

FIRST TIME AT CIIUKCH.

Just hree years old ! and without a thought of all tbe rites and creeds; ' Just three years old! n 1 unconscious qmte of tne soul Hunbnnnued neus; Content it should draw what life it may from the food on wölch it feeds Just three years old ! and brought to church to nit in the narrow pew, . . , Atd wonder at all the mysteries that rise be tfTtk hflf V I O U7 The noiseless movement down the aisle; the crowd, and the faces uew; The orsran tnat peal out magic strains, though hidden from the sticht: The arches, and windows of painted glass that tow'rtoRccnanemui: The eaie that bears the Bible up: the choir In their robes of white. To wonder and watch with childish awe that fa mrtra than mere snrDrlne. That sems to catch In the tones of earth soma echo of thesMes, And reMects itself in tho tender face, in the solemn, v IJe gray eyes, Out of whose cloudless, dewy deptng glimmers the earliest ray Of th awan 'u Ing love, wtiose dawn heralds a fuller day. When, though the shadows may darker lie, the mists will melt away; When the tt pes shall find their antitypes, and the mysteries be made clear, t Though the deeper mysteries beyond will Kather yet more near. Awaiting a new and brighter dawn e er they shall dtsappoar. Just three years old! and brought to church, thocsh she can take no share In the praises rii lug to (iod's high throne, in confession or earnext prayer; Brought but to learn the reverence due to the awful presence there. Jnst three years old! with folded hands, she kneel when the others kneel; And surely the blessing which falls on thea may also gently steal Over tho innocent baby head, bent down In mute appeal. The Argosy. . THE STONE-COTTER'S STORY. He was whistling over his work, carelesss, from long custom, of the solemn significance of the letters ho was cutting in the white marble. The June's sun was nearly at the end of the day's, journey, sinking slowly to rest upon the bosom of tho broad Atlantic, whose waves washed the shores of the little seaport town of Monkton. A stranger, handsomely dressed in gray, with large, lustrous brown eyes, came to tho fence that was around the yard where the stone-cutter worked, and read the lettering, almost completed, upon the tombstone: IIIRAM OOLDBY, ArM 35, LOST AT SEA, JANUARY, 18ß. The last six was nearly completed. A strange pallor gathered for a moment upon the stranger's face, and then he drew a long, deep breath and said: "Is not ten years a long time to be cutting letters on a tombstone, friend?" "Eh, sir?" The stone-cutter looked, shading his eyes with his brown hand, as he turned his face to the setting sun - i . , . ' "This is 187G," was the grave reply, "and Hiram Golby must have been ten years under the waves." Well, sir, that's the question is he there?" "Is he there?" Yon stone tells us he is and has been for ten years.' , , "Yes sir; it does so it does. And yet she had ordered it. She came over a week or so back with a wearied look upon her sweet face, that I have never seen anything but patient in ten long years, and she said to me "You may cut a stone, Davy," she says, "and put it up in the churchyard, and I don't want to see it. I'll pay you whatever you choose to ask, Davy," she says; "but he's not dead and don't want a tombstone." "Lor' mum,'" says I, "he'd a turned up all these years if he wa3 not dead,'' But she shook her pretty head, the prettiest I ever seen, sir, and she said: "My heart never told me he was dead, Davy, and I'll never believe it till my heart tells me so." 'His sweetheart?" questioned the stran ger. "1113 wite, sir, nis loving, faithful wife, that's had novertv. and lonliness and misery her full share, and might have bettered herself." "How was that?'' "Mr. Miles, sir, the richest ship owner hereabouts, he waited patiently for seven long years, trying to win her. The,n he he said she was free even if Hiram did come back." "Enoch Arden," muttered the stranger. -" "What did you say, sir?" "Nothing, nothing. What answer did she make ilr. Miles?" If Hiram's dead," said she, "I'm his faithful Widow while I live. If Uiram's living, I'm his faithful wife." "Maybe you are from the city, sir, and have not heard the story of our Pearl?" ;' "What story is that?" 'Well, sir, it's been told many times, more particularly in the last year, but you're welcome to what I know ot it. There, that six is done, and I'll leave the Scripture text till morning. If you'll come to the gateway and take a seat on some of the stones 111 tell you, that is if you care to hear it." "I do care," was the grave reply; "I want very much to hear the story." 'Maybe you are some kin to the Pearl of Monkton that's what they call Mrs. Goldby hereabouts. It's a matter of thirtythree years back, sir, there was a wreck off If .1 -. iknt OT-tii jt.iT AAA fliAfn TtfVTA Uo'a inn? Pnipi rnrk thv .re. I and many a tor-'TTo coon ihm TTiorft the pity. You see them, sir?" "1 see them." "Well, sir, this one wreck, thirty-three years ago, there was nothing washed ashore but a bit of girl-baby, three or four years old. with a skin like a lily leaf, and great black eyes. Hiram Goldby found heron the rocks. He wa a boy of twelve years, strong and tall, and he carried the child in his arms to his mother. You may see the rottacr sir. the second white one on the gide of the hill." 'I see it." "Well, Hiram took the baby there, and Mrs. Goldby was the same as a mother to her a frood woman. God bles3 her soul the Widow Goldby." "Is she dead, then?" "Ave. sir. six years agone. The baby I wa3 telling you of, sir, talked a foreign lingo and was dressed in rich clothes, that must have cost a power of money. But never would Ilirani or the widow sell them, putting them up carefully in case the child was ever looked for. She was that pretty, sir, and that dainty, that everybody called her Pearl, but she was not like our girls, but afraid, always , deadly afraid of the sea. I have seen her clench her mite of a hand and strike at it, for she jhad a bit of a temper in her thouch nothine to harm. "When Hiram made his first voyage, for thev were all seafaring men hereabouts, and Lilt? " v v & J there was nothing for a lad to do but ship, 1 lr.il 1 I . 1:1 tne eari waa just a nuiu wauwi out nijf, fretting until he came home again. , And it ro whenever le went, for thev were sweethearts from tl e first time he nestled her baby face on his breast, when he picked her up from the wreck. She was sixteen thev were married, as near as wd could ETuess: Hiram was a man of twenty four. She prayed him to stay home, then and for he staid a sea. and year, but he fretted the he went again, thinking, I suppose. that his wife would get used ; oi oil witm hereabout must do. But tv " - Tt was iust rjitiAbler PUO jswv . v " m to see her e about, white as a corpse when

Hiram went away, never looking at mo sea i ingupon nis clearness oi miuu, vucci without a shudder like a death chill. All of spirits, and extraordinary capacity for enii Vi ha rof it waa inal awful, fur Tliram I dunni rthvsicial fatigue without Visible ln-

iuruusu '"' j . .. , . t V 1 - f n,. AnH 'an. uma Hat a shadow when he came home the Jast time," "After the war?' 'Yes, sir; but he made no money of any he went again, after staving at home a long spell. Well, ,he never came lack, 'T wasn't any manner of use a telling Pearl he was lost; she'd just shake her pretty

head and say: Ile'll come hack.' Hot a m'te of mourning would she wear, even after

'his own mother gave him up andput on black: for, sir, it. stands to reason hes dead years ago." "It looks so." . "Of course it does; nobody elae doubts it but Mrs. Golby. Old Mrs. Golby's last words were: 'I'm going to meet Hiram,' and they say tho dying know. But even that didn't niftko Pearl think so. She wore mourning for her who had been the only mother she know'd of, but no weeds. Weeds was for widows, she said, and she wasn't a ...' "Well. sir. I'm cominir to that. A year ago, sir, a fine gentleman from France came nere hunting ior a cnua lost on mis coast. He'd heard of Pearl by happen-chances, if there is such, and came here. When he saw She was related, then?" The stranger's voice was husky, but the sea air was growing cniii. v-' . . ... -' "Her father, sir?' He took her away?" "He tried to. ne told her of a splendid home he bad in New lork, for he d followed his wife and child, sir, to a city they had nover reached, lie was rieft ana loneiy. He begged his child to stay but she would not. 'Hiram will come here tor me, sho said, 'and ho will find mo whero ho 'left mo.' " . "On what has she lived?" "Sewing, sir. mostly. The cottage was old Mrs. Goldby's, and bless you. Pearl did not eat much more than a bird, and her dresses cost next to nothing." 'But there s no denvincr sho was verv poor cp T very, and yet the grand house and big fortune never tempted her. So her father came on and on to see her, until April. And he difnd, sir, and left Pearl all his fortune, and the grand house in New York. But she'll not go, sir, she'll die here, waiting for Hiram, who'll never come. The stranger lifted his face that had been half hidden in his hand and said "There was a shipwreck in tho Pacific Ocean, Davy, years and years ago, and one man only was saved saved, Davy, by savages, who mado him a slave, the worst of slaves. But one day this sailor saved the life of the chief's daughter, who was in the coils of a huge snake, and tho chief released him. More than that he gave him choice spices and woods, and sent him aboard the first passing ship. So the sailor landed in a great city, sold his presents and put the gold in safe keeping. Then he traveled till he reached tho seaport town where he was born, and coming thero at sunset, heard tho story of his life from a man cutting his tombstone." Not a word spoke Davy, btanding erect, he seized an immense sledge hammer, and with powerful blows from the strong, uplifted arms, dashed the stone into fragments. Then, panting with exhaustion, he held out his brawny hand to the stranger a stranger no longer. "I've done no better work in my life than I've done in the last five minutes, Hiram. Go home, man, and make Pearl's heart glad. She don't need it, Hiram she don't need it. You asked me about the stone. The neighbors drove her to ordering it, twitting her that now she was rich, she grudged the stone to her husband's memory. So she told me to out it hiitfiftvs: Don't nut dcad'unon it. Daw put lost at sea; for Hiram's lost, but he'll be found and come back to me. She never locked at it, Hiram, never. And there's not an hour nor hasn't .been for ten years that she hasn't been looking lor you to come back. Go to her, man, and the Lord's blessing be upon both ot you." So, grasping the hard, brown hand, Hiram Goldby took the path to the little white cottage in which he had been born forty-five years before. The sun had set and the darkness was gathering, but a little light streamed from the window of his cottage. He drew near softly, and standing on the seat of the porch, looked over the half curtain into the neat, but poor sitting-room. It was not the grand bouse, 1'earrs nentage in New York, but r earl herseit was theie. A slender woman, with a pale sweet fece. and black hair smoothly banded and gathered into rich braids at the back of her shapely head. Her dress was a plain dark one, with white ruffles, cuffs, and an apron. She had beeu sewing but her work was put aside, and presently she came to the open window and drew aside - the curtain. : Sh did not see the tall figure draw closely against the wall in the narrow porch; but her dark eyes looked mournfully toward the sea, glimmering in the half light. ,"My darling l" she whispered, 'are you dead, and has your spirit come to take mine T All where we snail part no more i Only the .wash of. the waves below an swered her. Sighing softly, she said: "Is my darling coming? ' I feel him to near to me I could almost grasp mm. She stretched out her arms over the low window sill, and a low voice answered her: "Pearl! Pearl 1" The arms that so long grasped only emp y air were filled then, as Hiram stood under the low window. ' " "Do not move, love," she whispered, press ing her soft lips to his; "I always wake when you move." "But now," he said, "you are aireaay awake. See, Pearl, your trust was Heaven. given. It is myself, your fond, true husband, little one, who will never leave you again." "It is true I You have comer' she cried at last, bursting into a torrent oi nappy tears. "l Knew vou were noi aeaa. luuwuiu nut be dead, and my heart not tell me." It was long before they could think of anything but the happiness of reunion alter tne many. 5 ears of separation, but at last, drawing earl closer, Hiram whispered; ."I" walked from J , love, and am enormously hun gry.' And Pearl s merry laugh cnasca tne iasi shadows from her happy face, and she bustled about the room preparing supper. . - .sutter or two7 ' she cnea gieeiuiiy. - . The grand house in New York is tenanted bv its owners, and Hiram goes to sea no more: but in the summer time two happy people coma lor a auiet-monin to me uuie wmte cottage at Monkton, and have always to listen to Daw's tale of the evening wnen ne was cuttinir Hiram Goldbv s tombstone ana ended bv smashing it into atoms. "For." m the invariable ending oi we laie, - . ... m At "Pearl was right, and we were wrong, all of us; for Hiram Goldby wa3 lost at sea, sure enouirh. but he waa not dead, and he came ... . . to her faithful love as she always said he would." -- - w An Emperor at Eighty-Three (London Telegrapi.l Yesterdav was the eiehty-third ,birthday of the -venerable German Emperor, the Doyen of the world's reigning monarchs, and the object of an even more enthusiastic heroworshin .throughout - the .Fatherland " than l r r . that formerly accorded to hu redoubtable I -Aov VraAafnr ihn flrp.at. Ilnriffht. ancestor. Frederick the Great, upnga ruddv" cheeked, vigorous and sprightly, t this imperial patriarch has outlived all the friends f his youth, and has seen pass away generation after generation of" the men whose first commissions in the Prussian Army were signed bv his father when he had already risen, by'long and faithful service, to general's rank, and who, having attained the topmost height of their professional ambitions, have died off, one after another; full of jears and honors, while he has remained, .apparently untouched Tv the sevthe of old Time. I 4 i 1 Thosa whose DrivileEre it is to see ana speak i c with him daily are.never weary, of. expatiafr; i o i--j - 3 convenience, lie rises eariy every uiuruiug, is indefatigable in the transaction of State and military business, eats with undiminished appetite, and inspects his favorite regiments periodicallv on horseback or on foot, sitting firmly in , his saddle for hours at a stretch, or striding briskly along the front of.a far-reaching line or troops paraded in . he Scholoss-Platz of Potsdam.

THE IRISil BRIGADE.

Historical Sketch of One of the Bravest Organiwtioni Which Ever Went Forth to War. Stories of How rat Made His Way In For eign Lands Ills Good II u mo r Ills Wit A Tale of Expatriation. Ssmnel LoTer.J The story of the Irish Brigade is one of I the most interesting episodes in tho history of the Irish people. Their ardent military spirit, which was one of the results of their Celtic origin, had been wasted through many centuries, in savage feuds among themselves, or in fruitless resistance to their invaders and when at length it had become disciplined, under Sarsfleld and St. Ruth, and acquired f i !vi v. pnilon,l the greatest .erviMlnLeren8uiDgw.r..t was lost to her tnrougn tne intolerance wuicn proscribed the religion of a Fation. The laws of tho period, which forbade' Catholics to bear arms under tho English crown, blindly rononnced all tho advantages to be derived from their devotion, ana com celled the armv of James II., when disbanded at the Peace of Limerick, to pass over to the Continent, and enroll under its - - - various monarchs. Almost every throne ot Europe profited bv the bold hearts and stalwart frames of the buoyant sons of the Emerald Isle, except only that the one that still nominally claimed their allegiance while renudiatinc their services. It was in France. however that Jan,' rny wM ftond pHJ, cipally to reassemble owing probably, to the greater sympathy of the Hibernian and the Celtic temperaments and there formed themsolves into a body, which soon became distinguished under its title of the "Irish Brigade." These gallant emigrants, who left behind them all their social and domestic ties, carried abroad with their untarnished honor and their indomitable courage, all their unconquerable gayety and their undying love for their native country. Almost as deep, how ever, perhaps, was their love for their native music, bo strong was it, indeed, that they refused to march to tho Jr rench tunes, and on all military occasions insisted on the use of their national airs a gratification that was conceded to them, though the same favor was denied to the Swiss. 1 or this, however, there was a reason. The music ot the Karus des Vaches awoke in the breast of the latter such a passionate longing for home, that it often led to desertion; while in the poor Irishman, whose home was lost to him, no such danger was to be feared. A continuous evil resulted from the expat riation of these men. The brigade, which was sent into exile when over 14,000 strong, was, always actively recruited in Ireland, however illegally, ana at some risk that hus. year after year, the valorous youth and ought to have fought under the flag of Willam and Marlborough, went abroad to espouse the cause ana swell tne lorces ot their enemies until, at length it fell to their ot to face the heroes they should have shouldered, and to inflict on England her greatest military disaster throughout the cen tury, it wasche impetuous charge ot tne Irish Brigade that won for the Irenen the battle of Fontenoy. " Well might George II. exclaim, on reviewing such a fact,, "Sad indeed are the laws that deprive me of such soldiers." During the course of almost a century the brigade was enrolled in the French army. and had an honorable share in all the latter's brightest achievements in Flanders. Spain and Italy. Many instances of staunch fidel ity and its daring, decisive courage might be quoted from the military records of those days: but one especially may be selected. wmcn in its singular uumumauuu vi cue heroic and the grotesque must be regarded as very, national. . , .. ,. tremona, besieged, by rrince Eugene, and. defended by the French, was surprised one morning before dawn, and would inevitably have been lost but for the promptitude ot the Irish. W hale the .punctilious end ornate Frenchmen were deliberately buttoning up their regimentals, the former, at the sound of their trumpets, jumped out of bed and simply staying to buckle on their crossbelts and cartoucn boxes, seized tneu guns ana hurried to the Square,' where, on forming in fighting order, their commander'g words, "Halt dress!" were, at least in one respect,, superfluous. Their indifference to appearances on this occasion was all the greater that the period was midwinter, and the city was near the Alps.' In this condition they were charged by. the Austrian Cuirassiers. It was steel coats against night-shirts; but the linen trade of Ireland proved the more formidable olthe two. The Austrians wero driven back, and the French had time to form and recover possession of the tvwn. For this brilliant service the brigade was honored with the emphatic thanks of Louis XIV- and also had their pay increased. But these fearless fellows, as may be sup posed, carried abroad to their new service not only their courage ana naeuty, dui ail their exuberance as Irishmen. Thür rol licking spirit and love of fun were quite as great as their love of fighting, and at times were so opposed to propriety and discipline, that the martinets of the French ranks had to make formal complaints on the matter. It was on one such occasion that a great compliment was paid them by the brave Duke of Berwick, who, however, had good reason to love them for their devotion to his lather. "Marshal," said the King to him, "this Irish Brigade gives me more trouble than all my armv nut together " " "Please your Majesty, replied the Duke, "your enemies make just the same complaint oi tnem.' The idol of the brigade was the celebrated Marshal Saxe, whose great bravery, in union with his jovial, mirthful temperament, gave him a character that was so engaging and so kindred to their own. It was in reference'to him. originated one of the blunders of poor Pat that has been so often repeated and local ized everywhere. The Marshal was wounded in some engagement, and, moreover, it, was reported in his back. None of the brigade, however.' would believe it. "When did he ever show his back to them?" was the t gen eral exclamation. Wasn't it his face thev knew most of. and wasn't it their backs that he knew best?" At last a solution of the mystery was hit upon "He was purshuing 'em, you see, and just to make the viljins think that, on the conthrary, be was retrating, he buttoned his coat behind him!'r Of the anecdotes and joKes told or tne bri gade during their extended foreign serviceproofs of humor andlight-heartedness which even exile could not subdue the. number is indeed legion. Gallic vanity forced them often into the attitude of censors, and several Of their repartees are exceneni, ana as iuu of sense as they are of pleasantry. Among the mass of these is one that has been olten referred to other , sources when a. Jfreoal man, claiming for,hia country the Invention of all the elegancies named among 'other things a ruffle, and Pat answered:.4 We improved on it we put to it a shirt.' In the same spirit, but less known, was bis. retort upon a shopkeeper in some petty town where he was quartered. The place had rather a pretentious gate, and the grocerr dilating on its crrandeur. and asking what the Irish would say if thoy possessed it. "Faith, they'd say," was the reply, "we'll kape tthe big gate shut or the dirty little town will be after -running out of it? ' The" sarcasm t however, i was deepe and more essentially Hibernian when, on his going

somewhere to dine, after hearing great praises of French cookery, he saw a pot of soup brought in with a bit of meat floating on the top of it, upon which he pulled oil' his coat, and being asked why he did so, said: "Sure I am going to have a swim for

that little bit of mate there." Among the adventures recorded of the brigade, one of the most amusing was an occurrence in tho time of the Kcgent Orleans, in honor of whose birthday a erand mas querade was given in Paris. It was a hicrhclass affair; tickets were a double louis d'or each; all the rank and beauty of Paris were assembled around the Regent, and a costly and luxurious supper crowned the attrac tions of the night. While the entertainment was Droceodincr. One of the Prinm'a suite approached and whispered to him, "It is worth your Royal Highness' while to step into the supper rooms; there is a yellow . - . . - Domino there, who is tne most extraordinary cormorant ever witnessed; he is a prodigy your Highness, he never stops eating and drinking, and the attendants say, moreover. that he has not done so for manv hours " His Royal Highness went accordingly, and I guffl onnnirh them wm tha vol Inn? llnminn JÄ5S"Ätf IflÄ ony just becun. Raised pies fell before him like garden palings beforo a field-piece pheasants and quails seemed to fly down his ;:'"7 ran tho noxt vintaß0. After watchine him for sometime, the Duke acknowledged he was a wonder, and lauginglv left the room: but shortly afterward, on passing through another, he saw the yellow Domino rfgam, and as actively at work as ever, devastating the the dishes everywhere and emptying the charopagna bottles as rapidly as they were brought to him. Perfectly amazed, the Duke at last could not restrain his curiosity. "Who," he asked, 4'is that insatiate osre that threatens such annihilation to all the labors of our cooks?" Accordingly one of ftÄEÄf St el low Domino to unmask." But the Dom ino begged to be excused, pleading the priv ilege of masquerade. "There is a higher law," replied the officr; "the royal order must bo obeyed." " Well, then," answered tho incognito, "if it must be so, it taust;" and unmasking, exhibited the ruddy visage of an Irish trooper. Why, in the name of Polyphemus I exclaimed tho Kegent as he advanced to him, "who and what are you? I have seen you eat and drink enough for a dozen men at least, and yet you seem as empty as ever.'' "Well, then," said tho trooper, "since tho saycret must come out, plaso your royal highness, I am one of Glare's Horse that's the guard of honor to-night and when our men were ordered out we clubbed our money to buy a ticket and agreed to take our turn at the supper table, turn and turn about. "What!" exclaimed the Duke, "the whole troop coming to supper?" Ob, it's asy, plaseyour Highness; sure one domino would do for all of us, if ache tuk it in turn. I'm only the eighteenth man, and uvi 2 0 unviiu luui w vi Aa w vvuiu The loud laughter of the jovial Duke, probably the heartiest he had had for a long time, was the response to this explanation, .v..vi. ; v.a v. v uu uuu a promise 10 Keep nis "saycrei, mi tne entire troop had supped. The career of the Irish Brigade closed with the approach of the French Revolution, and fortunately for them, no doubt; since had they remained in France, there is little ques tion they would have maintained their loyalty, and been massacred like the Swiss. But before they were broken up they were ad dressed by the King in person, who thanking them with much emotion for their devotion to the house of Bourbon, which they had dis played throughout a century, presented them with a banner in which the shamrock and fleur de lis were interwoven, with a laudatory motto. There was some eround for the King's emotion if the historians of the Brigade are all to be relied on that in the course oi tne century upward of 40U.UUU Irishmen had died in the ranks of France. What an army lost to England what a comment on the penal codel Tbe Dawn Will Come. The nlgbt may to dreary, and sombre and sad And swiftly may speed the wild rack In the iky; Tbe ocean may roar on the ware-beaten shore, Bnt the lwn of the bright, gold- n morning is nigh! The tempeet may gather, and thunder may roll, And the frightened birds hide from tbe lightning's aheen; But far In the Eaat, from its slumber released, The dawn of the bright golden morning is seen! Tbe bitterest sorrow may gather around. And banish the smile to gire place to a tear; Bat time will relief e all who tremble and grieve, For the dawn of the sweet-smiling morning is nearl Then da not despair, 0 ye weary and sad, For joy will disperse e'en the shade of a sigh; Bright days will come back, and tbe night and the rack Will flee when the dawn of the morning is nigh! Edward Oxenford. The Tortured Drummer. She was a sweet, shy. innocent little vil lage maiden, and she seemed somewhat flurJ -1 i 1 A il -L - nea as sne sieppeu into ine grocery store where our city drummer was lounging. The clerk knew her, and, while he did up her parcel of tea, he asked if she wasn t afraid to walk home alone so late at night. She asked the clerk nervously if it was so very late. When he assured her it was but 9 o'clock, she took up the parcel and hurried away. - The city drummer, looking on, thought to himself: "It really is too bad for such a pretty little girl to walk alone." So throwing his cigar away, he skipped out and overtook her just as Bhe was turning a dark cor ner. Wouldn't you like seme company?" he asked, graciously offering his arm. But I don't know you," she said hesitatingly. "Don't you? Why I am an old friend of your father." "Indeed," she replied; but she did not take his arm. ..." They chatted pleasantly along; he aked many questions about her home, etc. lie learned that her father was an invalid confined to his room, and that her brother was absent from town. . They soon came to a neat and somewhat pretentious cottage, and, pausing at the gate sbe timidly asked him to come in. . Charmed with her shyness and believing the coast entirely clear, the unsuspicious drummer accepted the invitation. She showed him into a tasty little parlor; then she asked to be excused for a few minutes. As she passed out of the door a smile hovered about, ner lips, dui ine arummer aia nob ecu it. Passing down a little hall, she tapped lightly at another door, which was opened by a gentleman of a decidedly ministerial aspect Mr. C," she said, "there's a gentleman in the parlor who seems to be a very anxious inauirer: won't vou eo and talk to . w him." "Certainly, my dear," answered her pastor, who was as prompt to improve all opportunity to attend to his business of saving souls as men of other callings are to drive sharp bargains. He hastened to the parlor, glasses and all, and grasping the drummer warmly bv the hand, exclaimed heartily: '-Glad to see you my friend; very glad to see you." ' The drummer stared at the old gentleman in astonishment, and wondered vainly who be was, and why he was to glad to see him. The minister drew a chair close beside him, and laving one hand on his knee, began. 'Uur voune friend tells me that you are an anxious inquirer. I am always glad to wivu uue woo is luiercdbwi m ui relating to the welfare of the soul." The minister paused for a moment, and the drummer beean to turn hot and cold. "Have you ever made any confession of

religion? Do you belong to any church?"

tne minister askea encouragingly. "jx-no, stammered the drummer out loud. "Confound that girl I" he muttered under his breath. The minister began to see that he was not getting on, and, noticing the drummer's dis turbed manner, remarked: "Something troubles you, my friend. Can A. OJ - ft 1 vou not connao in mer remaps lean re lieve yonr doubts and fears. " 'I I think I'd better go," tho drummer said, rising and vainly trying to guess which uuor uu came in at. "Let us have a season of prayer together," said the minister; and suiting the action to tho word, he kneeled down by his chair. isot having decided which door he came in at, and not daring to risk meeting that "confounded girl!" by opening another, the drummer had nothing better to do than to submit to the novel experience of hearing himself prayed for. o As soon as the prayer was ended he again eSSaVed tO PO. bllt Mr. (5. hothoilfrht Vnmaalf oi tne "girl," and stepping to the dining . .. . P..' " . & iouui uoor, cauea: "Wife, has Nettie gone?" "Oh, yes; she did not stay. Willi" went with her, and he's been gone long enough to At last the minister showod the discomiitted drummer tho door, shook him warmly by tho hand, and hoped to meet him in mincu, mm lei mm out in tne iresn air once more. As he passed out the crate he heard a sub dued giggle, saw two figures dimly outlined against the sky, and heard a boy's .voice remarit: 'I wonder if pa converted him!" xne anxious inquirer isn't anxious to inquire after innocent young maidens of that town any more. The Benevolent Terrier. I Pari Letter to the Picayune. There is a terrier in a cafe. Kue St. Hon ore, that no sooner sees an habitual customer enter than he runs up to the new comer, opens his mouth, and looks imploringly at the customor. The latter so well understands the pantomime that he puts a sou in'the open mouth. The terrier bounds to the door, and in an instant is at the nearest pastry cook s. The latter gives the dog a cake, wmcu me latter Dnngs to nis benefactor, who breaks tne cake into three into three pieces. One is given forthwith to the terrier; the dog, having eaten it, stands on his hind legs, lets the customer put the second piece of cake on his (the dog's) nose, lets it stay there untouched until the gentleman raps ten times on tho table; at tho tenth rap the terrier tosses the cake in the air and catches it before it falls to the floor. The gentleman then takes the thirl piece of cake in his hand and Bays: "Billy, you have eaten two of the three pieces of cake. There are thousands of dogs in Paris who have never tasted a piece of cake. Now, Billy, if you be a gentleman and I believe you are a gentleman, Billy you will take this third piece of cake and lay it in the street for dogs that are not as well off in this world as you are." The terrier takes the third piece of cake in his mouth, carries it to the street, leaves it there, returns to the customer, looks inquiringly at him, as much V 01. nam X UUUÖ .UC KCUbt;! bUlIl! I and lies down to doze until another customer enters. Three things to like cordialty, good honor and cheerfulness. CHURCH DIHE CT OB Y. Belbel A. II. Church, Corner Vermont and Columbia streets. Rev W. C. Trevan, pastor. Residence, 214 West Vermont street. Hours of service: 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 2 p. m Allen A. H. E. Church, - Broadway. Rev. R. Titus, pastor. Residence, 113 Oak street. Hours of service: 10:30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday school at school 2 p. m. A. Bf. K. Zfon Church, Corner Blackford and North streets. KevJ. Holiday, pastor. Residence Missouri street. Hours of service, 11 a. m. 3 p. m. and 8. p. m. Sunday school at 9 a .m. and 2. p. m. Coke Chapel KT. E. Cnnreh. Sixth street, between Mississippi and Tennessee. Rev. S. G. Turner, pastor. Residence, 251 West Fifth street. Hours of services, 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday at 2 p.m. Branch H. E. Church, Blackford street, between North and Michigan streets. ' Reverend J. C. Hart, pastor. Residence, Massachusetts avenue. Hours of service, 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 9 a. a. m. ' Second Baptist Church, Michigan street, between Indiana avenue and West street. Rev. Moses Broyles, pastor. Residence, 270 Blake street. Hours of service, 10:30 a. m., 3 p. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday-school at 9 a. m. Olive Baptist Church. Hosbrook street, near Grove street. Summons, pastor. Residence, 106 street. Hours of service, 11 a. m., Rev. A. Linden 3 p. m and 7: 80 p. m. Sunday-school at 2 p. m. Calvary Baptist Cnnrcb, Corner Maple and Jiarrs streets. Rev. Thos. Smith, pastor. Residence, . Hours of service, 11a. m., 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. Sun-day-school at 9 a. m. New Bethel Baptist Cnnreh, Beeler street. Rev. J. R. Raynor, pastor. Residence, 123 West Fourth street. Hours of service, 11 a, m., 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday-school at 9 s, m. Hit. Zfon Baptist Chnrcb, Corner Second street and Lafayette railroad. Rev. Wm. Singleton, pastor. Residence, Bright street. Hours of service, 11 a. m, 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday-school at 9 a, m Christian Chnrcta, Corner Fifth and Illinois streets, Elder J. M. Marshall, pastor. Residence Hours of service, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday-school at 9 a. m. fabernacle Baptist Chureh. Comer Rhode Island and Maxwell streets. Rev. C. C. Wilson, pastor. Residence, 122 Minerva street. Hours of service, 11 a. m. 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday-school at 8 a. m SOCIETY DIRECTORY. Masonic Gethsemane Commandry. K.T. No. 9 Regular communication second Tuesday of each month; hall in Judah a Block, opposite court house. J. W. Sweeney, E. C. H. A. Roqan, Recorder. Alpiia Chapter No. 13. Regular com munication first Tuesday in each month: hall in Judah's Block. W. F. Martin, Soo. C. E. Bailey, H. P. Central Lodge No. l.F. A. Y.M. Reg uiar communication first Thursday of each month: hall in Judah & Block. C. H. Lanier, W. M Andrew Lockxear, Sec. Trinity Lodge No. 18. F. A. Y. M. Regular communications first Wednesday of each month; hall in Judah s Block. Scott Turn er, Sec, G ko. E lliott, W. M. JLadles Court. Union Court No. 1. Regular communi cation first and third Monday evenings of each month; hall in Judah's Block. Mrs. Cornelia Townsend, M. A, M. Mrs. Sarah Hart, Sec Union Court No. 1. Recrular communi cation first and third Monday evenings of each month; hall in Judah s Block. Mrs. Cornelia Townsend, M. A. M Mrs Sarah Hart, Sec. Leah'Court No. 11. Retrular communi cation second and fourth Monday of each month: hall in judan s uiock. Mrs. Ousley, Sec. Mrs. James, R. A. M Independent Sons of Honor. Lodge No. 2. Regular communication

first Monday night of each month; hall in Griffith's Block. Tuos. Rcdd, Pres.

John Preston', Sec. Lodqe No. 15. Kegular communication first Tuesday night of each month; hall in Griffith's Block. John Wilson, Pres. Mr. Walker, Sec. Independent Daughter of Honor. Lodqe No. 2. Kegular communication first Wednesday evening of each month; hall : n u tu i. Ill UlllUlll B UlUVK. Ed. Ellis, Sec. Ellex Spaldixo, Pres. United Brothers of Friendship. GlBsox LiODOK Xso. 'Z of U. li. of x . llcirular communication second Monday evening, van iiici-uiiir luuiiu -uunuay evening in each month; hall N. E. corner Meridian and Washington Sts. Tuos Pool, W . M. Master. Henry DeIIorney, Sec. Friendship Lodqe No 3. Regular com munication first and third Mondays in each month; hall N. E. corner Meridian and V ashington. St. John's Lodge No 10. First and third Fridays in each month; hall N. E. cor. Me ridian and Washington sts. Dr. T. N. Watbox, Pres. M. L. Van JJurrx, Sec. rnltnl Slaters or tlent!hlp. C?.- If . ft. . or. Jury j kmtlk. ivciruiar conununicaton first Monday evening of each month: nan jn. Xj. corner ol .Meridian and Washing ton streets. Mrs. Patsey Hart. W. P Mrs. Maria Uusley. Sec. Deborah Temple, No. 3 of TJ. S. of F. Regular communication second Wednesdav and fourth Wednesday evenings in each month; hall N. E. corner of Washington ana Meriaan street. Miss Sallik Galliton. M. W. Prince. Mrs. Fannie Johnson, W. Sec'y, for 1880. Odd Fellows. Gerritt Smith Lodge No. 1707. Reguiar communication second and fourth Mon i ... .... - days of each month; hall 85 and 87 East Washington street. Uius. Lanier. N. Q. Horace Ueston, P. Sec. Lincoln Union Lodge No. 1486. Reg--.1 - A ' X A 1 J 1 ' 1 W uiar communication nrsi ana ulira Mondays of each month; hall 85 and 87 East Wash ington street. Edward Proctor, N. G. Samuel Spexckr, P. Sec. O. P. Morton Lodge, No. 1981. Regular communication first and third Tuesdays of each month ; hall 85 and 87 East Washington street. John Purnell. N. G. Wm. Chsisty, P. Sec. Household of Ruth. No. 34. Regular communication first and third Wednesdays of each month: hall "85 and 87 East Washington street. UnAs. Iiiomas, bee. Mrs. J. Minor. Pres. American' Sons. Regular communication first and third Mondays each month; at American Hall. Wm. Dunnington, Pres. William Barber, Sec. Amerlean Doves. uiar communication first Tuesday eveneach month, at American hall. Mrs. Kitty Singleton, Pres. Rej ing o: Mrs. Maria Ousley, Sec. Sisters of Charit v. Regular communication first Tuesday ot each month, at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Mrs. Nellie Mann, Pres. Miss Ruth Beaslt, Sec. Good Samaritans. Jericho Lodge No. 5. G. O. G. S. Regu lar communication, second and fourth Thurs days of each month; hall No. 36 W. Washington St. Bazil Ewing, W. P. C. S. J. BLAYLOCK, W. P. S. 9f airnollft lols;e. No. 4, D. of S. Regular communication "first and third Thursdays of each month, hall .No. 36 J W. wa shington St. Mrs. bAiNT Clabx. W. P.D. Miss Kate Johnson, D. of R.

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CATARRH, LAME Dr. A. S. Russell, of Marion, "Wayne co., of Acute and Chronic Inflammation, Catarrh. makes the demand for it very great." A. H. Gregg, Manufacturer of Mowing thumb was caught in a machine and badly

stant relief. 1 have a large number of men employed, and nearly every one of them uses it." M Sheeban, of Oscoda, Mich, writes: "I have used your Oil on horses for difierent diseases, and found it just as you recommended. It has done justice for me every time, and is the best Oil for horses I ever used." See what the medical faculty say. Dr. J. Beaudoin, Hull, P. Q., says: "I have never sold a medicine which has given more thorough satisfaction. I have used it in my own case on a broken leg and dislocated ankle, with the best results." . ' St. Margaret's Hope, Orkxkt, Scotland Messrs. Parker & Laird: "I am requested by several friends to order anotherparcel of Dr. Thomas' Electric OilThe last lot I got from you, having been tested in several cases of Rheumatism, have given relief when doctors' medicines have failed to have any effect. The excellent qualities of this medicine should be made known, that the millions of sufferers throughout the world may benefit by its providential discovery." Yours, etc., Gilbert Laird. Thos. Robinson, Farnham Centre, P. Q, writes: "I have been afflicted with i'heumatism for the last ten years, and had tried many remedies without any relief, until I tried Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil, and since then have had no attack of it. I would recommend it to all.' J. B. Dickenson, Andover, N. Yn writes: t4My little girl had her fingers severely mashed. "We supposed they must be amputated, but on applying Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil freely, imagine our grateful surprise when, in less than a week, the fingers were almost entirely well." Robert Lubbock, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, writes: "I have used Thomas Eclectric Oil both for myself and" family for Diptheria, with the very best results. I regard it as one of the best remedies for this disease, and would use no other." Pope & Billau, Druggists, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, write: "We have never sold any medicine that gives the satisfaction to the customer and pleasure to the seller as Thomas' Eclectric OiL" E. H. Perkins, Creek Center, N.Y, writes: "I was troubled with Asthma for four (4) years before using your Eclectric Oil, and for many nights after retiring I had to sit up in bed, my suffering being intense, while the Cough was so severe that the bed-clothing would be saturated with perspiration. Two (2) bottles of your Eclectric Oil effected a comblete and perfect cure, and ! cheerfully recommend it to all, as I know of no other medicine that will cure Asthma.",. For COUGHS, COLDS, and particularly In cases of DIPTHERIA, (if testimonials are a guarantee) it certainly has no paral'.el.' TRY IT. Price 60 cents and 1. Sold in Indianapolis by J. B. Dili, and by all Druggists every wbere.

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RAIXIIOAD TIME TABLE, On and after Sunday. March 21, IS 80. Cleveland, oolnrnbos, Cincinnati aa Indianapolis. (BEB LUE.) . DenarfL N.T. A Eo.Eit- i ill am Lh A 8t. L. Elf.. 723 am K.,U.,M.ALEx 1235pa Union AOO l ;4S ran J. AH. Exf. ...... 4:16 am Union Aee 6 :4S am Iyt. A O. Kx-11 b0 am H.,I.AH.L.El 23 pm Ft W., J. A 8...11 am jOol. A Ind. Kx- 8:05 pm N.Y.4B. Ext- 8:40 nm N.RLuEitm-M m Elkhart Ei loo 6:40 pm 'Col M. A I. i:x10 :S5 pm uuniwwu IMVJmUi U,, U., U. AJID I. Depart. Arrive. S 6 am,, S 46 pm 7 tSi am , 6'10pzn 11 30 am, ,.. 6 ar) pm 11:56 pm 10 -M pm 4jü5 am. 6:16 am 1:10 pm S:46 pm 8:40 nm 7:45 am 11 60 am H üo pm Plttabnrs; Cincinnati nd Ht. Ixml. (PAH HA2TOLX.) Depart, j Aniv N. Y..P.. W..B. A Pitts. Kxis 420 am Dayt.AC.Ex.mi UM am Rlch.AD.Ac1l 8:46 pm N. V. 1'.. . Kion. aci 8:56 am N Y .,., tf ,B. A Pitt. Ext...U:0nm Col.ADay.Extü 6:40 pm H.A P. Ex Iah 5:45 um N. 1 ! . ArV. H Alllu ExlU0:45pm Dayt.xü 1:20 am Dar ton Kriii "pn i o 10:46 pm Terr II ante, VanUalla and Bf. Loan, DenarL - - Arrtrs Kt LlDaf 4M) am Mall and Ae 1U MO au Dar Expreasf.. 65 pm Mall and Ao g :4ü pm Mall 7iü am Day EzDreas d 1 3U0 Dm T. Haute Ac, 4 .-0U pm Paclflo Exf 11 rt pm Indlasiaylla aud st Xxials. uepan. ArrlTS. Day Ezvreas cc 8.0üam N. Y. Exf 4:03 am Indlanap. Ac.ll .-45 am Day Expreea 6 :45 pne Local Express 1:80 pm N. Y. Ex,. 11 ao pm Indianapolis, Cincinnati and CUVCXK1TATT DZTXBIOK. ueDart. U. A 8t.L. F.Lf- 4:15 am Clncln.Ae. 6l6 am Arrlv CAM'vllleAe-llj&air C.ASUL Mall pl2 X5 pm Clncln.Ae. . 7:60 rns Ca 8t. L, r.Lf4 JO i5 pa aAMvtlJeAo 2:10 pm OAöULJlaU p 6 pm IU.1TAYXTTX DIVI8IOIT Po Keo.Ex- 75 am Chloago r. Lf,. S 0 an, Lafayette Aoll Dü ans Chicago Mall. 5dt5 pm Lafayetta Ae V ao pa) Chi. Mail p 135 pm Western Ex 4:15 nm O.AB. F.Lte-11 06 pm Indiana. Bleomlnrton and Matrn. Paclflo Ex,.. 7:45 am I East A S. Ei. 4 -m sm Crawfordsvllle ChampalenAeJlsuOam Aooom. 825 rm'Iav Kx am at i fi -At' nm K. AT. Hpec. 8Apm K.I AW.EitKCllDO pm I.. C. and I, and Lake Erie and Halen KallroAtf. Immediate connections at Lafayette. Denart. AniTS ..Indianapolis, 6 :40 pm 3:10 pm loa pm 12 7 pm 12:05 pm 10 40 am :30 pm xarayeiie . Hoope ton 1MB pm 6:42 pm 621pm 7:60 pm 10:37 am 11:30 am 12:06 pm .-Paxton ..Gibson lau pm Kloo mine-ton Ö. W. 8ml th, (yen. Paas. Agt.. Lafayette, Ind. Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Denart I a rrivn MaUAClnJCx. 4:15amMaU 12 J5 pm Aocjom. . 4:36 pm I Weste i n Ex 0 lS8 nm Indianapolis and flncenum. Denart.1 Anipt Ml. ACalroEx- 8:15 amj8penoer Ace aoan: Bpenoer Aoo 830 pm Ml. A Cairo Ex- 6:8Spm Indiana poila, Peru and Chicago. M.aFtWJ.T725am C. AM. C. Ex.f 4M) am Peru Ac... Jl juo am T. A FUW. Ex. 6 35 pm CA M.O.Mail. 8:60 p r O. A T. Ex. ro .12:26 pm P. A M. C. Ex.. 0 :10 pm D..TkC.Ex.t.ai:10 nm JeSenonTllle. tZaaliaon and Indlanap. Us. Denart. Arrlvs) Madison MalLJ0:2Sam Mall A N. xJ2Mi m Day Expresa 6:10 pm MghtKxf JOäOpm LAM. Ex 4:10 am Las. Ext 7:60 am Ool. A Mad. Ac. 2:50 pm BAEv. Ex. BO- 6 :25 pm Cairo and Ylneennoa Ballrossd. Depart. Arrive. Cairo Mall 2:30 pm Vine. Mall 13:3Qpir Indianapolis, Deatnr and fcprlns; field Hallway. Depart. I Amve. 7:65 sun I Tuscola Ex 11 :3U ate 3:30 pm Throngü Ex 6:30 pa Throngb Ex Tuscola Ex.. Trains marked thus Thus. p. parlor ear. lndleats sleeper. Thus, so, reclining chair oar Trains marked t are dally: Except Sandy. CLECTEIO OIL Loss ofYolee, Asthraa, Ijime Rack, Crick itnenmatlsiii. Aeuraltrla. Chronic and Bolls, Warts, Corns, and Mounds of every been completely cured by the use of Dr. Thomas' I have also pleasure in recommending it as an "Your Eclectric Oil cured a badly swelled hours ; one application also removed the pain that the effect was to allay pain and prevent prize it very highly as a family medicine." BACK, DYSENTERY. N. YM says: "Its wonderful success in all cases Bronchitis, Lame Back, Dysentery, etc, . Machines, Trumansburc, N. Y.. savs: MMv injured. 1 applied Eclectric Oil with almost in

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