Indianapolis Leader, Volume 3, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 August 1881 — Page 3

lOE land of used-to-be

BT JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY And here's the Und of Used-to-be, does little baby wonder? O, w will clap a magic saddle over papa's knee, And ride away around the world, and in and oat and under The whole of the golden tunny ammer-time, and aeet Leisurely and lady-like we'll joetle on our journey And let the pony bathe hU hooves and cool thtni in the dew. A he slide down the shady way. and lags along the ferny And the green grassy ledges of the lane we travel m rough And then we'll canter on to catch the bubble of the thistle As it bumps among the butterflies, and glimmers down the bud. To leave us Umzhine-. all content to hear the robin whistle. Or guess what Katydid is saying little Katy's done. And pausing here a minute, where we hear the squir rel chuckle At he darts from ont tr-e onderbnsh, leaves and I oneysnckle To wreathe around our forht ads, riding into Used to-be; For here's the very rim of it that we go swinging over Don't yon hear the fairy bugles, and the tinkle of tue bells? Anl the baby bninble-bees that tumble in the clover, And dangle from the tilted pinks and tipsy pimpernels? And d nt yon see the merry faces of the Daffodil lies, And the jolly Job ny -jump-ops. and the buttercups a-glee. And the low, lolling ripplo rir? around the waterlilies, All greeting u with laughter to the land of Used-to-be? And here among the blossoms of the blooming vines and grasses, With a haze forever hanging In a ky forever bine. And with a breeze from over seas to kiss us as it passes, We will rnmp around forever as the little fancies do; For all the elves of arth and air are swarming here together The pr nkish Puck, King Oberon, and Queen Titania, loo; And dear old Mother Gooite, herself, as sunny as the weather, Comes dancing down the dewy walks to welcome you and me. WIFE OR DRUDGE. Lynn Transcript. "Ten o'clock and the lunch basket not read j to take to the field! As usual!" grunted farmer Brewster, as he threw himself into the rocking chair in the kitchen and fanned his Hushed face with his straw hat. A quarter of an hour wasted, very likely, waiting here. Right in the midst of as fine a hay-day as one would wish to see! Now, my mother used to have her lunch ready to the minute whenever we came for it, and I don't see why ' Iiis jeremrade was checked by the appearance of his wife, who came out of the pantry tugging along the great lunch basket, almost too heavy for her strength. Farmer Brewster was a young man inspiteof his grumbling. Only twenty -Chree, tall, straight, healthy, with blue eyes, rosy cheeks, fair, curly hir and hancUome face when it was not darkened, as now, by a scowl of discontent. An only son, he had inherited a large and handsome farm, clear of mortgage and debt, which supplied all the wants of his household most liberall' and gave him a nice little sum of money to deposit in the bank each year. There was no reason why he should be mean, and yet miserly habits were gradually growing upon him far faster than he knew. Nor was there need ot grumbling over the household arrangements, since the wife of bis choice was a farmer's daughter who knew well how to work, and who had taken delight in setting her home in faultless order when first she came as a bride to the pleasant Brewster place. The same order reigned still, from garret tocellai of the old square house; but Mrs. Brewster went through her tasks mechanically now, or with a nervous haste and hurry that made them almost unendurable sometimes. The constant drop of water will wear away a stone; and the constant fault-finding in which her husband saw fit to indulge had nearly worn the patience, the hope and the J i ...i -i ii.. :.. i. endurance out ui me juuug wnosirean. The comfort and happiness of that home hung upon a thread, which frayed more and more, hour by hour, under the pain of unmerited blame. Yet George Brewster saw nothing of this until the morning of which I write. "There is the lunch, and it is exactly five minutes past ten," said Mrs. Brewster, setting the basket down with some emphasis at hi3 feet. "I was delayed that much with the butter. It had to be seen to before the iun got too high." 'My mother al wa s churned before breakfast," observed George, rising slowly to his feet. Iiis wife said nothing, but the color rose hotly in her cheeks, till the lost bloom of her girlhood seemed to have come back again, and she raised her eyes to his with a look that startled him. Very handsome eyes they were soft, dark and velvety, with a world of love and tenderness in their depths. Yet now they met his own coldly and sternly, with such an expression that he exclaimed: "Good gracious, Lettyl You look as if you hated me !" "I'm afraid I do," was the reply. And with a swift glance at the clock, Letty hurried down into the cellar with a knif and a pan to make her preparations for dinner for six hungry haymakers. Afraid she hates me ! My wife ! She that was Letty Groverl" muttered he to himself, in his bewilderment ''Why, what on earth ! She must be going crazy or something or other." "Letty 1" he called at the cellar door. "It is ten minutes past ten,"she answered, from the depths of the cellar. "If I don't see about the dinner now, it won't be on the table at twelve to the minute, as your mother used to have it. I can't cc me." Well, if this don't beat all I" said he to the maltese-and-white cat who ascended from the eellar and rubbed against his legs. A shout from the hav field roused him to the recollection of the day's business. lie went out and dispensed the treasures of his basket among the hungry men, who praised Letty's excellent cooking with every mouthful thev swallowed. 'It is enough to make an old bachelor like me eit down and cry to eat such raspberrv shortcakes as that" said Solomon "VVyse, wiping the crumbs of the feast from hia lirs. before he drank sweet cider from the jug. 4Tsll you what it is, George, you Art,tr a rvrtze when vou went courtinir. So he did. And here's her good health," chimed in another mower, as he took up the ug. George assented vaguely. They were talking of his wife his wife, who was afraid she hated him! Never had the two hours between lunch and dinner dragged so slowly. As he rode round and round the field with the sharp rattle of the mowing machine he guided in his care, his mind was continually busy with Letty 's looks, and her words, and his eyes turned often to the cream-colored farmhouse, behind whose spruce green blinds his wife was busy preparing dinner. "I used to think how happy I should be if I ever persuaded her to come here," he thoaght. "It is two years why, I declare, it is two years this very day that we were married! I wonder if she remembers it! But it isn't very likely when she says she hates me." Did she remember? Ah, in that very remembrance lay the sting! m All that morning, while she got breakfast at 6 o'clock, and washed dishes, swept the

rooms, made beds, churned butter and prepared a hearty lunch for six men, her heart turned back to that other morning, twentyfour months ago, when the bright-eyed country maiden rose at 4 o'ciock to complete her preparations for her wedding-day. How good, how kind, how handsome, he was then! How his eyes followed her! how his love blessed her! Was it all her fault that the bloom and beauty of life had departed in those two

years? Looking back she could see no day in which she had not at least tried to do her duty. And looking in her glass, she saw how the light and glow of youth had passed from her face while accomplishing the task uncheered by the approval of the man she loved. 'George has kept his color and his good looks because his work lies out of doors," she mused, ''but I have worked in this old kitchen until I look old enough to be his mother !" she paused with a bitter laugh "1 almost wish 1 was his mother, then he would be suited with what I did I" Noon came. The 12 o'clock whistle sounded sharp and clear from the factory in the village a mile away; and befcre the whistle ceased a little figure stepped out on the side porch of the Brewster house and blew a horn. ,JThere's a woman for you," said Solomon Wyse, admiringly. "Dinner to the minute and won't it be a good onel" The dinner was indeed a success. Every dainty of the season and the farm was there, skillfully cooked and neatly served on a table in the cool dining room a table covered with a snowy cloth fresh from its folds, and glass and china. In tne center of the table stood a great china bowl full of red roses that perfumed the room. Her cheeks were red, her eyes shone dark and bright, and her words and smiles were ready for every one save George. As she sat, grave end silent at the foot of the table, he looked at her wonderingly. She wore a dress of silver gray alapaca that had been her traveling dress when they were married. A large white apron with a bib sh elded the glories of the costume. But hy did 6he put it on? Surely she could not think of "going visiting" that afternoon, with six haymakers to get tea for and the milk of eight cows to attend to afterward. The question burned upon his tongue as he lingered a moment behind the other men. But he finally went out without asking it. The wife, who was afraid sho hated him, seemed almost a stranger, although she looked so much on this occasion like the girl he had married just two years agoAs George neared the door of the woodshed where the men were lounging away the rest of their nooning, he heard his own name uttered by Solomon Wyse, in tones of anger. Involuntarily he stayed his tteps. "Yes, I knew George from a baby up, and I always said he'd make a likely man. But I vow it's a shame to see how he treats that pretty little creature. Such a lunch this morning and such a dinner this noon, in such a nice, cool room, with the red roses and all the rest of it; and she just as pretty &9 a picture, with her red cheeks and bright eyes and her wavy hair, and dressed a3 a pink, too. And he sitting there as glum as a cross old man of ninety, I I was ashamed ot him. "I've heard he des nothing but find fault with her all day long," said a second voice. "My wife says if I threw my mother into her teeth, as George does his in Letty's, she'd run away from me before she was a day older;' And serve you right," chimes a third. "I'll tell yDU what my wife says. She says it is confounded mean and small ot Ueorge not to keep a woman here to help his wife. And when I saw the dinner to-day that the pretty little thing had got for us, all alone, I thoueht so too. iiang me u x naan i half a mind too stop here this afternoon and help her wash up that great pile of dishes, and let the haying go to thunder! It's enough to kill the woman to have all that work to do. And ueorge is ncn. nai on earth is he thinking about? But he'll be sorry for this in a year or two hence, when we have to come here on a different errand." "To carry her out in a coffin " said Solo mon Wyse. "Yes, I suppose it will come to that if some of us don't talk seriously to George. She don't look at all strong now, and her hand trembled when she changed my plate. It's a burning shame, and if none of you will talk to George about it, I will." They moved off to the hay field, talking a3 they went. But when tieorge Urewster joined mem Solomon Wyse deemed it prudent to defer the proposed "talking to," for his brow was black as night, and he had no more to say to his neighbors now than to his wife at the dinner-table. This, then, was the way in which they spoke about him behind his back! these men who labored beside him and took their wages from his hand and pretended to be his friends. And his wife was afraid she hated him! To whom could he turn for comfort from whom could he expect true friendship if she who should have Deen nearest was an enemy in disguise? Lost in a moody reverie, be paid little attention to his work. And at last, at three o'clock in the after noon, there wa3 a sudden uproar in the hayfield a trampintr of hoofs, a rush ot ternfled men, a confusion of voices, and among them all George Brewster lying on the ground beneath the mowing machine, his right arm and right leg broken by the wheels, his head cut and Dieeaing wun a heavy fall. ... .. - ., i i .Meanwhile, Llljj in tno cream-coioreu house, had not been idle. Tying on a great calico apron in place of her white one, she had quietly washed and put away the dinner dishes and reduced the dining-room to order. Tea was easily arranged, since it was to consist of cold dishes, with glasses of milk for the men. She threw a table-cloth over the whole as noon m it was finished, and went up stairs into the spare chamber to pack her trunk Yes, Letty had made up her mind at last. She was going away. Life had degenerated into slavery, unbrightened, as she fancied, by a ray of love "And slavery will support one any where," thought Letty. as with trembling hands she locked and strapped his trunk and fastened her few lines to George upon the lid. At the porch door she paused tor one last look around the house that might nave been so happy. She did not intend to glance toward th hay -field. - . ... 1 let in spite ot her resolution, ner eyes turnen mm, way w eiugiö uui mo wi uuui 1.1. , x 1 1 1 11 LI . that guided the rattling, clicking mowing machine I wonder if he will miss me a little just at first?" she mused. "He can get a divorce, if I desert him, and then ho can marrv acain. I hoDe he will be kinder to his next wife than he has been to me I" With tears that rose at the thought of her successor blindin a her eves. Letty failed to see the figure that she sought. "I am foolish to look at him again 1 have never been more than a housekeeper to him from the first," sho thought, stumb line blindly on toward the gate and open ing it, to find herself in tne center oi an excited group. 'There, don't ye take on like that!'' said Solomon Wyse, who came first and saw the tears upon her cheeks before she could wipe them away. "Were you coming out to meet us? "We were in hopes you didn't see anything of it. It'a a bad accident, but George is so strong

and hearty that he will be up and around again almost before you know it. We've sent Ben Hill off on one of the colts for the doctor, and if you'll only tell us where to carry him " "Carry him?" repeated Letty. Solomon stepped aside. She saw behind him a litter roughly made of hay-rakes and covered over with oats, and on that litter George was lying, pale and bleeding, with his eyes closed. "Oh, Mr. Wyse, is he dead?" she asked, turning even paler than George. "Not a bit of it! Worth twelve dozen dead men yet! Only a bit of a break in one arm and one leg, and a little knock on the head when he fell. The horses didn't kicK, and he'll be all right as soon as the doctor sees him. Shall we take him up stairs, or where?" "Bring him'in here," said Letty, quickly. She led the way into the bedroom on the ground floor, and" helped to shift the maimed figure from the litter to the bed. Her soul was dying within her for fear, yet not a word passed her lips. When the Doctor came he found a capable nurse, dressed in a dark print, who listened intelligently to his directions and promised to carry them out faithfully. And so it happened that as George Brewster returned to life the first words that fell upon hisj ears were uttered by the Doctor outside the window, as he mounted into his gig: Yes, he will do, Mr. Wyse; he will pull through nicely if his wife nurses him. And 6he can do so nicely if some of you will send gome ono to take charge of the house. She h a woman in a thousand. I hopo ho knows how to value her' The Doctor drove away. Letty, bending over the bed absorbed in the invalid, had not heard him. But she plainly heard the faint voice of George calling her by name. "What is it, dear?" "The Doctor is right. You are a woman in a thousand! 1 always knew it, Letty, if I never said it. So I tell you of it now, before I die," he added, going off into another faint. It was all that Letty's sore heart needed. Beside the bed of suffering she spent two of the happiest months of her life. The first act of George Brewster on his recovery was to secure help for his wife, so that she now has plenty of time to get back her lot color and plumpness. They are one in heart, as one in name and home now. And Solomon

Wyse has never seen occasion to administer .he "talkiDg to." "Somehow or other," drawls Solomon, "getting run over by that mowing-machine was the making of George Brewtter." And Letty and George think so, too. Kube Hoffenateln on Poor Men. Sew Orleans Times. "Herman," said Hoffenstein, as he glanced over a book in which he kept small ac counts, "has dot shoemaker vot keep de corner around baid vat ho owes de sdore yet?" "No. Misdor Hoffenstein," replied the clerk, 'but I dhink he vill. Hi was a gxt man f he was poor." Uat may be so, Herman, but you Lad better vatch him. Don't let him haf noding more on redit. You must always dink a man vh a rascal until he bays vat he owes: if you don't you vill lose money by dir king he vatt goot. My g-r-ascious, Herman, I have seen plenty uf poor men who vere goot. Dey vould get dings at my sdore on g red it, and spend dere cash mit some one else. Vatch de shoemaker, Herman: I hat been poor myself vonce." Do shoemaker, Misder Hoffenstein," said the clerk, "vould haf baid before dis if he don't haf been so poor." "But he don't got no pisness being dot vay," replied Hoffenstain. "A man vat vas poor, Herman, don't can blame no von but himself. Vy don't heget velty like oder beople? If a man vas sadisvied mit being poor he don't can be vert a tam you know. en I vas beddling 1 vent to a velty mer chant to get some goods on gredit. He don't let me haf dem, und I dold him dat I vas honesd if I vas a poor man. Vat you dink, Herman, he says: My frent, hell vas so full uf beople in your fix dat dere legs vas sdicking ie vindows out. Dot exberience, Herman, learned me dot a poor man don't haf got invluence enough ? l . T J V i 1.: in ais voria to maae ue uogs uara. m mm, und vent to vork. Dree years afder dot I haf a dry goods sdore, und vas de Bresident uf a bolitical association. "My gr-r-acious, Herman, neter vant to be a poor man! De only ding vat a poor man can get vas religion, und he vouldn't get dot if it cost anyding. Regolleck dot berseverance in business vill make you velty, und dot if you vail in de right vay dere vas monev in it. Ven I vas keeping a redail sdore in de goundry, bisness got dull und I went to Simon Krausman, my vife s uncle, und says: Simon, dink I vill vail, dere vas no money in de business any longer.' Reuben,' he says, de boys vas paying as high as dwendy cents dis year, und I dink you better vait.' I dook his advice, Herman, und nexd, ven dey vas only baying ten cents, 1 vailed und made ober 4,0W. bhust dink uf it! ''Now dere vas Solomon Oppenheimer, who put a little sdore up avay oud in Arkansas, und de gountry ler nween rnues J A 4 11 A a Ana I arouiiu vas so poor uuk an uo ucm "fc avay. V ell, he put his sdore dere ana ier seex years he vailed in pisness, und now a It ttn I jvsl i v Matt nr a im rl T fxa I Solomon owns a goupie ut Dries saores in He made all of dot by his Houston, Tex. berseverance. Dink uf it, Herman, und vile don't let de shoemaker ve you dink uf it, vas dalking about get avay mitout having vat he owes. A New Story of Lincoln's Wit. When "Lincoln was nracticincr in the old Sangamon County Court House, in the days nf thft nhl-faahionftd slat settees, a tall, slim - . . kwvor noted for wearing & verv short coat. slid along on the seat to be nearer the advocfttfl fidrtrAssinir tha iurv. A nrotrudinf nil tr tii Bt nf th iRwvar'a naataloons. Obliged to follow his opponent immediately, there was no time to sew up the rent in the garment. A legal wag present wrote a subscription paper: 4We the undersigned agree tn raxr fha anma ot ornoait.A to our SATAral - . ' . . . . names for the purposed purchasing urotnor Brown a new pair ot pantaloons." Several " - - - - of the lawyers put down sums ranging from ntty cents to ten cents. 1 he paper was pre sented to Lincoln, who sat opposite the rear of the advocate, who, bending over in ges tnculating.made quite an exposure. Lincoln took out his pencil, and wrote upon the paper: "I have nothing to contribute to the end in view." The lawyers roared with laughter; tne judge askea to see tne paper. when he. too in turn had to roar All this S"a.f?.!??: 'J L !?" lime tue uucuusciuuq victim ui wd iuli woo icrr orant of thft ckusn of tha laughter, and at Wctininftd in thft merriment The Affectionate Son. It is alwava verv well to be nolite to laI J - " f dies, but some peome in this country carry I - . - n 00 jar. mere were several persons in a Galveston avenue car, and one of them was smoking, wnicn was allowed as there was no ladies in the car. A rough-looking country customer, with an emression that reminded one of an Irish potato, scowled a time or two at the smoker, and finally said: "You ain't got no right to smoke when there are ladies in the car. "I don't see any ladies, ' replied the as tonished smoker, locking around. Mniiha nf! hut mV mnlhnr urn 1 VAmtn and you .han't smoke, while I am in the car, out of respect to her memory." The smoker gazed at the nomeiy ieatures ot the man with a mother, and then, throing the cigar out of the window, said: "Why didn't you tell me sooner that your mother was a woman, if you knew it." .airs. Homespun, who had heard somebody remark upon the hunting in the English 5 reserves, said that was just what her little ohnny did in hers. Boston Transcript.

ROBBERS DEFEATED.

How a. Nevada Stage Driver Protected the Cash Vox. San Francisco Chronicle. 1 " 'Taint no use trying ordinarily to save anything but your lives when a gang of road agents as knows their business tackles a staee coach. remarKea Jong uui to a Chronicle reporter. "A party of men standing on the ground with everything ready, no horses to tend to and nothing to do but sight their shooting irons and pleasantly suggest to the driver to hand down the cash-box, has a big edee in the game. The driver and guards, or 'shotgun messengers,' aswe call them in the mountains, can't help being taken more or less by surprise; and I may remark right here that until you have Deen suddenly called upon to look down the opening of a double-barreled shotgun which has a road agent with his hand on the trigger at the other end, you have no idea how surprised you are capable of being. I have been thar. I have had a seven shooter pulled on me across a faro table. I have proved that the hilt of a dirk can't go between my ribs. I have seen four aces beaten by a royal flush ; but I was never really surprised until I looked down the muzzle of a double-barrelled shotgun in the hands of a road agent. Why, my friend, the mouth of the Sutro Tunnel is like a nail hole in the Pacific Hotel compared to a shotgun, from a certain point of view. But this is all a misdeal. I was going to tell you about the time I did see a couple of road agents left. In'ftf there was a plucky little stage driver running out of Aurora who had been stopped three times on the road, but still driving, though after a man is stopiel t wice the Tompany generally lets him do something else tor a living, without intimating that he is any friend of the robbers. "Well, this driver I sieak of Dutch Jake we called him, had worked for the company for a long time, and they knew him to be a dead square man. Jake felt bad about having been stopped three times, and cleaned out each time, and swore the shotgun messengers he took along for guards were a lot of cowardly blowhards. The next time Jake had a consignment of bullion in his box he begged hard not to have to take along any messengers with him. At that time you could almost count on an attempt being made to rob every stage with bullion on board. The Aurora bullion was just the kind the road agents liked. It was run in small bars, and so rich in gold that it had the yellow color, not like the heavy white brick you see on the Comstock now. Jake declared solemnly he had a scheme to 'fool dose dam roat agents,' so the stage manager agreed not to send any guards witli him. When the time came to hitch up for the trip to Wellington's, on the Carson road, Jack went down to the stable and insisted upon having the ugliest pair of mules that ever winked death with a hind leg put in as lead team. I'll zhow how a mule vas more smart as we w . a guard,' said jacK conncienuy, as ne whipped out of town, with myself as the only outside passenge. "If we get a call to-night, Phil, shust you drop down in te boot, 'cause me and does mules vas goin' to half some fun.' I noticed that Jake had a shotgun cocked and pointed straight ahead, and told him if he was stopped and attempted to raise the gun he would get shot sure. He said he did not propose to make such a fool of himself, and when I asked him if he thought the robbers would carefully place themselves in line of the gun. which appeared to be pointed at the lead mule's ears, he said: "Nefer vou mind, Phil; I knows dose mules. If we gets a call, you drop into de boot: dot's all.' Well, sure enough, we got a call. We were jogging along over an easy bit of road, when, about 9 o'clock a couple of road agents sprang out from some chaparral. One grabbed the bits of the lead mules and the other walked toward the coach with his gun levelled, and said. 'Throw out that box.' Just as he got opposite the lrnd legs of the lead team Jake's shotgun went off and we both dropped into the boot. I thought every bone in my body would be splintered before Jake crawled out, gathered up the reins, and finally got the teams quieted down. At the pop of Jake's gun the mules and horses had started off on a mad run, and we must have bumped, rattled, and dragged over ten miles of road before Jake took the reins again. The only damage was to the mules. Jake had shot away the inside ear of each mule." "But what became of the two robbers asked the reporter, as Long Bill stopped in his story. "The robbers; Well, I really don't know. The company would have buried them, I suppose, if enough of them could have been scraped off the chaparral to put in a coffin. . - i .it'll inose muies ai ways were cousiuereu uigu Joah Billings' Philosophy. In sadness the soul iz at rest. Envy iz the most subtle kind ov praize. Perseverance wins. All possible things were once impossible. Az long az temptashuns exist man never kan be konsidered safe. He who iz good society for himself iz allway good society for others. .Kindness iz the gallantry ov good Dreeaine, deiikateiy expressed. All cunning men are az dull on one side aa thev are sharn on the other . .. . ..I Men ov tallent kan tell you how they reach results. Men ov genius seldum kan. ThF t nrtthino? that, fits r man morfi lu. dikrously tnan an artvfishall impudence. Rut v iz h no wer without a nlan.a suckcess . . without a science, a problem without a Droof There may be such a thing as chance, but thare iz one thing certain, no one kan prove it. I shall always kontend that no idle man kan be happy nor honest, enny grate length ov time. It iz possible for a man to liv in the world regardless ov its bad opinyuns, but not ov lis goou. Knowledge iz power, but not allwuss for good; it iz the devil's strength az well the saint's. az I mi ... ... i a j: ne greatest egousis are aiwuss uuumir fault with themselfs; the only kure iz to agree With them. It iz the little things that make life happy or miserable; one elephant to ten millyun musKeeters iz me average. Eternal vigilence r. not only tne once ov liberty, but it iz the price ov everything wo I nav COt. anu expeKfc VO Keep. I ril A V. 1 . 1 n ft nylw-h mo n ngruio wo uv .11 a A i f 1 1 . L I 1. IL... nav not got so muicn Dranes oui wnai mey ieei ODiigea 10 oo go'ju-namreu. Those who hav made the gratest reputa shuns hav had more difficulty in satisfying themselfs than the world at large. Forms and cerimonys not only run this world, but regulate it; it it wasn t lor inem a loafer wouldn't kno on whitch side ov the fence he belonged. w" ""uSuw possibly kost them the least trouble, but let K -ritpr im .trh a tbWiz ine oesi mougnis ov mo Desi wruers uv i - t- o liable to happen to him. Habits are a weakness. The weaker a man iz the more fixed habits he has. A strong man changes his habits, az he duz I hia rntarloona tn suit tha ork&shtin - - w w Thare iz nedantrv in all things: the man I I tl W' ... who makes a mouse trap too small for a mouse to enter, however ingenious it may be, is a small-sized pedant in mouse traps. Table Alanners. Nothit.g is so important in the training of a family of children (after teaching them reverence and to tell the truth), as to give them good table manne, s. says an article in s- 11' IW.r. fmm whir-rT the extracts L. x. L .:J v.. 1. - uro kan.cu . x k 10 emu uy luioiuucio w i'j I V 1 r. 1 J ...:k . A mni-i.ana We do not as a Nation, comport ourselves well at the table. In the first place we eat t-Ky" ......w... wv - ; too fast, and are apt to make a noise over our soup. AV ell-bred people put their soup into their mouth without a sound, lifting up their spoon slowly, thinking about it, and I managing to swallow it noiselessly. In the J second place we are accused of chewing our fool with the mouth open, and of putting I too much in the mouth at once. Again, we I are accused, particularly at railway stations I and at hotels, of cutting our heads in our

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plates, and of eating with the knife instead of with tho fork. Some people eat instinctively and with gieat elegance; some never achieve elegance in these minor matters, but all should strive fcr it. Thero u no more repulsive object than a person who eats noisily, grossly, inelegantly. Dr. Johnson is remembered for his brutal way of eating almost as much as for his great learning and genius. With him it was stlfish preoccupation. Fish and fruit are eaten with silver knives and forks; or, if silver knives are not provided, a piece of bread can held in the left hand. Fish cortodes a steel knife. Never tilt a soup plate for the last drop, or scrape your plate clean, or drain your wineglass to the dregs. Leave something for "manners" a good old rule. A part of table manners should be the conversation. By mutual consent, every one should bring only the best that is in him to the table. There should be the greatest care taken in the famil circle to talk only of agreeable topics at meals. Tho mutual forbearance whioh prompts the neat dress, tho respectful bearing, the delicate habit of eating, the attention to table etiquette, should also make the mind put on its best dres. and the effort of any one at a meal should be to make himself as agreeable as possible. No one should show any haste in being helped, any displeasure at being left until the last. It is always proper at an informal meal to ask for a second cut, to say that rare or underdone beef is more to your taste than the more cooked portions, to ask for another glass of champagne or sherry. But one never asks twice tor soup or fish ; one is rarely helped twice at dessert. These dishes, also salad, are supposod to admit of but one helping." Astonishing Careleguegtf of Itusinesn Men in Directing Letters A Valuable Street Directory. Washington Special to New York Tribune. "Is your business lively ?" asked a Tribune correspondent to-day of Chief Dallas, of the Dead Letter Office. "Yes, people continue to be careless, hasty and neglectful. It is quite astonishing how many business men misdirect letters or fail to direct them at all. In the fiscal year ended June 00, 1 SSO, about 9, 100 letters upon which there was no superscription whatever wtre sent to this office; and in the year ended the 30th of last mouth the number was nearly I,ö00, showing a steady increase. That these letters were mostly written by fractical businessmen was evident from the act that they contained inclosures of more than average value, and from other facts also." "I suppose that tht number of packages received at the Dead Letter Office is annually increasing?" remarked the correspondent. "Well, yes; and every time that a postal law or regulation is changed in a way to affect the transmission of mail matter as to rates, mailability, etc., we are the first to see the effects. Such a change always adds to our business." Mr. Dallas then showed the correspondent a new device to put misdirected city letters in the way of their proper destination. This is a printed directory of the streets and avenues of all the cities, except two, in the United States where the mails are delivered by carriers. The director' embraces the streets of 110 different cities. The arrangement is alphabetically by streets. For ex ample, the first entry is "A" street, and the directory shows that twenty cities, in as many different States, have each an "A" street. " hen I began the preparation of this directory," saidMr. Dallas, "I intended it as a manuscript directory for the use of this office alone; and 1 at first intended to include only the fifty principal cities. As the work advanced, however, its useful ness and value became so apparent that I determined to include all the cities embraced by the carrier-delivery service, and I succeeded in procuring correct street directories of all of them except Little Rock, Ark., and Zanesville, O. The postmasters ot these cities did not appear to appreciate the use fulness of such a directory. When I had the manuscript completed, it was found so useful in the office that it occurred to me that it would be a valuable adjunct in all the larger postolfices of the country. I sub mitted it to Postmaster General James; he warmly approved the idea, and so we had it printed. We shall begin to distribute it in a few days, as soon as the books are received from the bindery. Postmasters Pearson of New York, Hindekoper of Philadelphia and others to whom the work has been sub mitted, are warm in its praise. Mr. Dallas then called attention to certain questions which the directory is designed to answer, r or example, a r or example, a letter is addressed iiuuu uiuuu, ivv vuai ici vsaiv aicuuc , -t nn1 Srro AmirtrlT TW th Hirrorv it will be seen that the only Charter Oak avenue in any city is at Hartford, Conn. Again, täte the case of a letter addressed to James Thompson, Esq., corner Eighth and Lnos avenue, Springheld. Mass. The postmaster at Springfield, Mass., knows the letter was not intended for that citv, because there is no Enos avenue there. Turning to the directory he finds that the onls' city which contains an Enos avenue is Springheld, 111. Another letter is addressed, say, to William x. juoore, tommon street, between Basin and franklin street (city and State omitted). By consulting the directory it is found that, wnile there is a Common street in each of seven cities, the i i i..,.: 3 aiso eei auu a Franklin street is at New Orleans, La., and the letter shoild therefore be sent to that city. The directory will be interleaved, in order to render it convenient for the correction of errors and the addition of desirable informa tion. KKLIOIOUS INTELLIGENCE AND INCI DENTS. There are seventy-five ordained Baptist ministers in California. There are said to be in England 26,000 Baptists occupying 154 Churches, It is stated that Jeadvnie, joi., has t Methodist Church with a membership ol 400. The Japanese residents m 1'aris propose to erect a temple in which to celebrate their religious rites. A bureau has been established in Chicago for the purpose of supplying clergymen with sermons, ii is saia vo oe oi xoreign origin It is estimated that there are 13,000,000 Sunday-school chrdren in the world, which is considered a good showing in viaw of the fact that bunday-school work has been going on for only a century. The Albany Telegraph notes the fact tha!. of 33 1 Catholic priests who were in tne coun try in 1834 but four are living. They are: Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati: Archbishop lienni, Milwaukee; Kev. James 1 it ton, then of "Worcester, Mass., and Rev. i ather Havermans, of Troy. a mRnnsrrint of th ilosnU of AUtho f manuscript of the gospels of Mathe w and Mark has recentlv "been discovered in Italv, which dates back to the fifth century. 1 ne leaves are oi purpie parcnmeni. it 13 carefully written in silver ink and embel lished with numerous .mail paintings, in the style prevalent in those times. Bishop Littlejohn, who is now in Europe, 13 credited with the remark that "the Church of England 11 further than ever from disestftVlishmpnt and that is has snnt 5900 000,000 during the last thirty years in build ing and repairing cathedrals and Churches, Ä... ss. s s. Mm ' and $:iu,uuu,uuu in unurcn schools. Four generations were represented at a W"?" T "ftg hÄnJ A k f7 ber.re last- the ,cml? bemS .a"ended by Us mother, grandmother and 1 , , vi , 1 1 . . , R;0,rtr fnr nnnfirmt.inn and vnrA i-nlr .? y'"" " Z aZ T recf01vea their flm communion by the present rec Editor Lafferty, of the Richmond Advocate, suereests that "the theory that the earth ia cooling down and will in the aeons congeal I to a hucre iceberg and float through sDace a J glittering globe of frost, has wilted under 1 our present solstice. There 13 more danger j that the 'environment' will turn future generations to salamanders and the earth to a blast furnace.

SOCIETY DIBE0T0RY, Masonic Gethsemane Commandeet. K. T., No. 9. Regular communication second Tuesday of each month; hall in Judah's Block, opposite Conrt House. L. M Terrell, Recorder. J. W. STEWART, K. C. Alpha Chapter No. 23. Regular communication rst Tuesday in each month; hall in Judah's Block. Charlie Louis, Secretary. HENRY MOORE, H. P. Ladles Conrt. Usion Court No. 1. Regular communication first and third Monday evenings of each month; hall in Judah's Block. MRS. CORNELIA TOWNSEND, M. A. M. Mrs. Sarah Hart, Secretary. Leah Court No. 11. Regular communication second and fourth Monday of each month; hall in Judah's Block. MART JAMES, M. A. M. SaLLiE Galliton, Secretary. Independent Son of Honor. Lodue No. 2. Regular communication first Monday night of each month; hall in Griffith's Block. TI10S. RCDD, President. John Preston, Secretary. uObge No. 15. Regular communication first Tuesday night of each month; ball in Griffith's Block. JOHN WIL-ON, Prenident, Mr. Walker, Secretary. Independent slaughters of Honor. Lodge No. 2. Regular Communication first Wedi.esday night of each month; hall in Griffith's Block. ELLEN SPAULDING, President. Ed. Ellis, Secretary. Sons and Danshter of Morning. Regular communication first and secoud Monday evenings of each month; at American ball. MRS. ELLEN ROBERTS, President. H. 0. Medlin, Secret iry. rnlted SlftteiH of i'rf entfsuip. St. Mary's Templr. Uognl at communication first Monday evmiing of each Biontb; hall N. E. corner Meridian and Washingtuu streets. MaRY JARNKS, W. P. Hattie Fbancis. Secretary, Western Stab. Temple, No. 11. Regular coniniunicatfon 1st and 3d Wednesdays of each month. MISS M. J. GAVIN, Worthy Princess. Mrs. Hattie Stafford, Secretary. Deborah Temple No. 3, of U. S. of F. Regular communication second Wednesday and fourth Wednesday evening in each month; hall N. E. corner of Washington and Meridian street.

m tea a i t t i D n i l ttviv xr w Prince. Mrs. Fakkik Johnson, W. Secretary for 1830. Odd Fellow. Lincoln L'pion Lodk No. l,4t. Regular communication first and third Mondays of each month; hall 85 and 87 East Washington street. LOUIS HARRIS, N. G. Samuel Spencer, T. Secretary. Household of Kuth. No. HI. Regular communication first and third Wednesdays of each mouth; ball 85 and 87 East Wash ington streets. U. A. ROGAN, President. J. L, Leooetl, W. S. W. S. Kerset, P, O. Jnvenlle Knights of Itcthlebeni Meet the 1st and 4th Tuesday evenings in each month, at No. 12". Columbia Street. Mus. M. DICK.LKSU., worthy Mother. FLORENCE KELLER, Finacial Secretary. REBECCA BOLDEN, Recorder. Union Son and Dangnters of the State. Sleet 1st and 3d Friday in every month at the South Calvary Church, corner of Morris and Maple Street. NANCY SMITH, Lady President. REV. THOMAS SMITH. Chief. American Sons. Regular communication first and third Mondays in each month; at American Hall. WH. DUNMKUTOM, President. William Barber, Secretary. American Doves. Regular communication first Tuesday evening of tach month at American Hall. MRS. KITTY SINGLETON, President. Mrs. Mart Ocslet, Secretary. Sister of Charity. Regular communication fi rst Tuesday of each month at Bethel A. M. E. Church. MRS. REBECCA PORTER, President. Misg Ruth Beaslt, Secretary. ttood Samaritan. Jericho, Lodge No. 5, G. O. G. S. Regular com munication, becond and rourtli lunrsdaya oi eacn mouth; hall No. 36 West Washington street. D1VII I'lITIVf w t r S. J. Blatlock, W. F. S. Magnolia Lode. No. 4, D. of S. Regular communication first and third Thursdays of each month- hall No. 3;j Wegt Washington street. Mas. SAINT CLARE, W. p. V. Mrs. Kate Johnson, 1). of K. Son and Danghters of Morning Star. Lodge No. 7. Regular communications first and third Fridays in each month, in American Hall, West Michigan street. Mrs. llxi A. JiAKiiJN, rresiaeni. Mrs. Mattie Wells, Secretary. Sinters of Bethlehem. Sisters of Bethlehem, N omi Lodge No. 7. Regu lar communication every eecond and fourth Tuesday in each month; hall in 1 chn's Block, corner of Me ridian and ashington streets. MRS. MARIA OÜSLEY, W. M. Mrs. Adda Tick, F.S. United Brotberaor Friendship. Sumner Lod;e No. 11, regular communi cation every first and third Monday of each month. Hall north-east corner of Meridian and "Washington streets. All members re quested to be preset!, also members of other lodges of the game laith are invited. ii. w.dat-Kson, oriny Piaster. W. S. Lock financial Secretary. DR T. N. WATSON, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, 458 East North Street. GENERAL BILL FOSTER Controlling the mot prominent bill boards in trie city, lnciuuing THE IiAIMiESr BOARD INTHENTATK, inclosing the State House Grounds. Five Enndrei Three-Sheet Boards in the City and Suburbs. Office, at Daily Sentinel Office, IXDIAXAPOLIS. SMITH'S HU DIE I Is the best place In the city to have your old clothes Cleaned, Dyed and Repaired. No. 3 Martlndale's Block, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. EDWARD NOLAN, Fashionable Bootmaker, 51 RYAN'S BLOCK, Indiana AYenue. All work warranted. A good fit guaranteed. Repairing promptly attended to. SINVISIBliE PATCHING Neatly done. W. W. HOOVER, Dealer in Staple and Fancy dROGEBJ COUNTRY PRODUCE A Specialty, 403 Indiana Ave.

FIli:i BAJLZ, Dealer in all kinds of P ESH AND SALT MEATS, North "West and Ind. Ave. Meat Market 300 IVortli West St., INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

Iiidpls Peru & Chicago Ky. THE GEE AT THROUGH EÖCJTE CHICAGO And all point In tha grat North and North-Wet. Fort Wayne. HnntineUn. Lo- fTlVT T7ir gantsport, Wabaeh. Ivl iTlUKJ DETROIT And points in Michigan, th Cauadas, AND THE Di.ect ci.nnectiüu made m Chicago with the trank lines for all northwestern summer reaorta and prin cipal points in the northwest and far west. WioJrufT Sleeping and Parlor Coaches run between Indianapolis and Chicago, via Kokomo and Indiana polis and Michigan City. Train leating Indianapolis at 8:50 a. m. arriresat Chicago at 6:5n p. ; Ft. Wayne, 1:50 r. .; Loganeport, 1:.0 p. m. ; houth B-nd. t:2l p. : Toled. 5:'i)P. M. ; Detroit, 8:15 p. m. Train leaving Indianapolis at 12:28 P. M. arrives at Frankfort, 4::i) r. Wnhash,6:04 p. Ft. Wayne 7:25 P. m.; Toledo, 1" 1 p. M. ; Cleveland, 1:45 a. at. PRitlo,7::i a. m. ; N. a V..rk City, 10 r. M. Traiii Iravnig Itili:iiiai 'jli.s at 6:25 p. m., arrives at LoKanxport nt 11:02 P. m. ; Valparaiso 4:20 a. at.; South Bend, 2:25 A. M. ; Mifehawaka, 2:35 A. M.; tlkhart 3 a.m.; Kalamazoo 7:30 a.m.; Grand Kapidi 10 a.m.; Chicago 8:05 a. m. Train h-aviDg Indianapolis at II:" p. M. (daily) ar rives at Chicago via Kokomo, at 7:05 a. f; Fort Wayne, 7:00 a. n.; Toledo, lu-.m x. m. ; Cleveland, 2 20 p. m. ; Detroit, 1 :': p. n. HLB.Atlk for tickets via I., P. C. Railway. ReliaMe Information given by V. T. MALOTT, L. G. CANNON. Gen 1 Manager. Gen'l Pass, and T'k't Aft, 101 East Washington Street. FOR NEW YORK, BOSTON AND ALL EASTERN I?OIlVTS, TAKE THE C. C, C. & I. R. W. This Train Leaves Indianapolis s Follow: 1 K K TKA IN arrives Munrie, 6:22 a. in. A ill. Cnioii, 7:25 a. m.; Sidney, 8:45 s m.; ut'Ulouiitaiue, 'J: a. 111.; Crectline. 11:47 a. nt. Arrive at Cleveland at 2:20 p. in.; Buffalo 7:50 p. m. Niagara Falls, '.):-"i p. m.; Bingharuptou, 4:35 a. nt. Rochester, 11:03 a. in.; Albauy (1:10 a. m., arriving at New York City at l":30 a. m. and Boston at 2:25 p. m. SEVEN HOURS In Advance of Other R cm tea NS"This train has Palace. Drawing Room and Sleeping Ceach from Indianapolis to New York with out change. Fare always the same as by longer and blower routes. Baggage checked through to destination. ( A T) Train arrives at Creetliue 4:10 a. l)VU I. Jl m.; Pittbl.urg, 12:1'.. m.; Cleve land, 7:l0a. m.; Buffalo, 11:10 p. m.; Niagara Falls, 3:50p.m.; Biughamptou, ii:0 p. m.; Rochester, 4:35 p. m.; Albany, 12:4'ia. m.; arrive at New York City 6:45 a. m. and Boston 9:20 a. iu. Honrs quicker than all other lines. This train has elegant Palace Sleeping Coaches from Indianapolis to Cleveland, and from Cleveland to New lork City and Boston without change. At Sid ney close connections are made for Toledo and Detroit and all points in Canada. Columbus Route, VIA DAYTON AND SPRINGFIELD UK( A Train arrives at M unci 2:23 p. lOU iV tll in ; L nion 3:15 p. m.; Dayton 5:5a p. m ; p. inglield 7:15 p. m.; Columbus 9:15 p m. The only line running th -ough Parlor Coaches from Indianapolis to Cuiauibas, where direct con-m-ctions are made with the Baltimore & Ohio Rail road. This train connects at M uncle with the Fort Wayne, Mnncie A Cincinnati Kailway for Ft. Wayne and Detroit. ßtTSee that your ticket reads by the A.J.SMITH, J.W.CAMPBELL, C. G. T. A. Pass. Aot. ee Line. GALE, PT. na polls Cleveland, 0. Indianapolis IOWA, CALIFORNIA & NORTHWLSl OR KANSAS, TEXAS AM) SOUTHWEST, TVItE THE Trains Ltare Iuduinapolii a$ follcet: ' TUT' K W Train connects direct for all point ',0 A - ill. in Iowa, Nebraska, California and the Clack Hills, via Sidney and Cheyenne, arriving one train in advanotof any other line, and saving one night's ride. This train also connects for lecatur, Springfield, Jacksonville, Illinois, Louisiana and Mexico, Mo.; and via Quincy r Bloomingtou for Kansas City, Atchison St. Joseph, Denver, and all points in Kansas, Colorado and the Southwest, via Hannibal with M.K.A T. Ry., for Mobc-rly, Kort Scott, Parsons, the Neoahe Valley and points in Texas, and via Bloomingtoa tor El Paso, Mendota, Dubuque, and all points in North ern Illinois and Iowa. 11 n ! (Noon) Fast Line, runs directly lit) ! Jle thronsh via Danville Junction to Decatur, .vprinuh.M, Jacksonville, Hannibal, Moberly, St. Joeph, Atchison and Kansas city, arriving at Kansas City the next morning in time to connect with traius for all points in Kansas, Colorado and NewtMexico. ÜAA I) Train has reclining chair sleepUU 1 Jle lug car with state rooms to Peoria, and through coach to Burlington, reaching Gahsburg, Burlington, Ottumwa, Kock Island and Davenport in advance of other lines. Thi train also connects via Burlington or Hock Island for all points in Iowa, NVbrabkaand California, and via Bloomington fur El Paso, Mendota, Dubuque, Sionz City, Yankton, and all points in Northern Illinois, Iowa and the Black Hills via Yankton and Fort Pierre. This train also makes direct connections via Dan ville to Decatur, Sprinnt-ld, Jacksonville, Quincy Kansas City, Atchison, St. Joseph, Leavenworth and all intermediate points. And via Hannibal for Sedfelia, Ft. Scott, Parsons, Ilenison, Houston, Galveeton, and all points in Texas. Special Kotiet to Lnnii Huntvr$ and Emigrant. If you want a lanJ exploring ticket or reliable laformation about lands in the West, or if you have bought a home there and want to move with your family, household goods andstock, address the General Passenger Agent named below, and et oar ra tee and maps. W. II. FROUTY, Acting Gcn'l Thss and Ticket Agt svfaxAroLis, In DO WOT CO WEST Uutil you have applied to HALFORD GENERAL EASTERN AGENT lilAiPDLISiiST. LOUIS 11 131 S. ILLINOIS STREET, IndianapolisttÄFor Time Tables and the very lowest Freight and Passenger Bates. GLUKIOUS EVS TO INVALIDS. rriHOSE who contemplate oing to Hot Spring, for J the treatment ot Syphilis, Gleet, Scrofula, an all cutaneous or blood diseases, can be cured by o third the cost of such a trip, at the old reliable stand. I have been located here lor 23 years, and with the advantage of s'ich a long and successful experienoe can confidently warraut a cure in all cases. Ladies needing a periodical pill can get th m at my office or by mail at 1.00 per box. Office, 43 Virginia avenue, Indianapolls. I ml. DR. BENNETT, (Successor to Dr. D. B Ewing APPLICATIONFOR LICENSE. Notice is hereby given, that 1 will apply to the Board of Commisioners, of Marion County, Indiana, at their m-xt term, commencing on the first Monday in July, lvl, for a license to sell "intoxicating, spirituous, vinous and rnalt liquors in a less quantity than a quart at a time,' with the privilege of allowing the same to be drunk on my premises for one year. My place of business and the premises w hereon saii liquors are to be drunk are located at No. North Illinois street, in the 11th Ward, lot 5, square lu, in the city of Indiannnli In Center lnwnvhin 11. Marfan n.mt Indiana. Joun H. Mastin.

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