Indianapolis Leader, Volume 3, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 August 1881 — Page 3

MOTHER'S HUCKLEBERRY PIES.

BY MAUD MILLER. How oft goes memory back to childhood, ?en Picking be-ries on the hill, lta pail in hand I'd strip the bushes Along with little brother Will. hat cared we for the heats of summer. With broad straw hat tlpied o'er our eyes? or, with those very huckleberries Our mother made those famous pies. I see her now, dear cherished mother, With apron as white as snow. Her plump arms bare up to the elbow, And on her cheeks a rosy glow ; I seem to see her roll the pie crust. And fill the ulates of laruen size: For well she knew how hungry children Enjoyed her huckleberry pies. And father: he'd come in from haying, And stand by mother very near, And say: "Xow, wife, in all the township None make such pies as you, dear. Except, perhaps, my dear old mother: Why, at the Fair, you'd take the prize. Come, children, now we'll all to dinner. And have a feast of mother's pies." Those dinners now I well remember. Within the kitchen lanre and cool; Those summer days of our vacation. When we were free of books and school. Ah! can it be of years full thi'ty? And yet it must be; how time flies! Since we sat in that farm-house kitchen And ate, ia childhood, mother's pies. Within our modest home is sitting An aged lady, saintly fair: While at her side my lad and lassie Are looking up with earnest air. "Grandma," the- say,we picked these berries, e meant it lor a great surprise. And Grandma smiles and says. "My darlings. l m not too oid to make good pies, A STRANGE STOUY. She could nut become a burden to others. iShe had outlived her usefulness, perhaps, but she had by no means outlived her selfrespect, or her desire to be a factor, how ever unimportant, in the world's wide field of product. So when her boys there had been two, and they had become men and had taken to themselves wives--emigrated to the far Southwest, and the girls they were women now wondered how they were to crowd any more than they were crowding, in order to spare a room lor mother, who had jut been burned out of house and home, and had come first to Julia and then to Jessie, to see if she could find a home with either when these things came to pas, the old lady, who had never before realized how old she was, began to feel a;ed, and weary, and very lonely, yet as never before determined to make for herself a place in the world, where by her own efforts she coull live and maintain herself. It had grieved her to see her home, with all its homely treasures, ilame up and flare and fade into ashes before her eyes, a9 she stood alone and helpless cn that fatal night. But she had consoled her bereaved heart, saying: ''Atter all, the care of these things, my house, and garden, and cow, and chickens, prevented :ne from doing much for the girls; now there is an end. I will sell the cow and fowls and replace my lost clothing, and go to Jessie and Julia. I can live by turns with (hem, and help them on in many ways." Poor heart. She had been a good mother, and had done a good part by her children. The thought that she could be anything else than a help to those whom she had always helped, ah, 7ith what loving, unselfish helpfulness, never occurred to her. Yet as she stood, homeless and destitute, in her daughter's house that bright October morning, and heard Julia's husband remark that there wasn't enough room in the house for those rightfully belonging in it, 'grandnia had better go up to Jessie's," the poor mother felt a stiange, unnatural tremor shake her frame. The road between Julia's and Jessie's seemed twice as long as ever before. "Did you save nothing, mother?" Jessie asked. ''And how much insurance had you? To think, wa never heard a word of it till ten minutes t.go. Jule sent up to say she aw you coming over the hill, and as they had l.xt TkmjITa ihr jou IV have to manage somehow. I couldn't r take out what it meant, till the young one said you'd been burned out. How scon do you suppose the insurance will rebuild you? AVe can crowd up for a tew weeks by letting Anarew give you his cot. He can sleep in the dining room. Of course youT. have to be in the room with little Jim and Isabella. Did you save all your things?" How weak she grew as she sat and listened to her daughter's half-peeviih questions. She scarcely knew her own voice as ehe answered: "The insurance expired last week. I neglected to renew it. 4'he fire broke out at 4 this morning, and everything was gone before the neighbors heard my cries. I saved nothing but my clothes and my tinbox with my papers, and Watch, and few trinkets in it. There were five gold dollars in the box. It is all the money 1 have now. The lot, the cow, and the chickens are all that is left to me." "AVhy, mother," interrupted the daughter vexedly, "how could you l3 so neglectful? You must be in your second childhood. All your nice bedding, and furniture, and the chinal Dear mel There must have been at least a thousand dollars' worth of property destroyed." And I am homeless and destitute indeed,'' said her mother quietly, in a very sad voice. 'And all through your own culpable carelessness, I declare," said Jessie. . 'And what in the world you are going to do, I don't know, I'm sure. We're crowded enough, mercy knows. And I was just thinking of sending little Jim up to you tor a month. The air is so much purer over where you lived, the other side of the hill, and he'is so cross and troublesome. Dear met And to think of there being no insurance. You might as well have thrown your home away, and your things, and done with it." Not a word of sympathy or of encouragement from Julia. " Reproaches from Jessie. Were these the babies whom she had borne, and nursed, and fondled, and served, go willingly, so patiently, eo gladly? Were ihese the daughters tor whom she had toiled, and striven, and planned? Was it not all a hi Jeouä dream? Her blood seemed turning to ice in her veins. She rose with rigid limbs and turned to the door. 'I will walk over to tell your Uncle Dick," she said. "I may not return to-day. Andrew need not eive up his cot to grandma, at least not to-night. Good-bye, children." And she closed the door slowly and with trembling hand, as she went out from her daughter's house, to return no more. "There is no welcome for me in my chil dren's homes," she said; "their bread would choke me. And. oh. I love them sol And as she walked along, gray, ashen shadows settled upon her face, and her look wna of one whose death stroke ha3 been ielt. Another mother might have acted differ pntlv even felt differently. Mothers have suffered disappointment in their children and have borne the pain in one way or another, and veiled it from all eyes; even ... . - - : 4: A . . - With lOVlUg, lOrglVlUg aucukion, cuuemur in? to hide it Irom their own. Alas! Perhaps they were less proud-spirited than this mother. Perhaps they were less sensitive. Perhaps they had lessselt-re-nect. " "When once these mothers realized that the children for whom thev had lived, and would gladly die, value them more for what thftv have than lor what thev are. battle Rtr&inst the unwelcome conviction as they may, the realization works its sorrowful chantre in their lives. Sjme may succeed in making the hideous specter down, and may persuade themselves, indeed, that 'twas r rjhantom only. The difference between these and this mother was, that 6he accepted the truth, and neither tried to deceive her self or others. A a she neared the home of her brother-in-law her resolve was taken. When she entered his house she was outwardly calm,

and could talk of her loss and her inten

tions, with even tones and quiet air. After arranging with him to dispose ol her cow and chickens, she took the cars t ) the next town, and began to search for em ployment. Mamma was visiting friends in that town at the time. Mamma is cne who usually follows the leadings of her own instinct, and always regrets when she fails to do so. She was in Mrs. Ludlow's sitting room when Mrs. Alpen applied for a position, as general assistant, asking only for kind treatment and small wages. Mrs. Ludlow had no place for her, but mamma felt assured that here was a treasure for some one, and forthwith proposed that if Mrs. Alpen would go wuh her to her home, two days' journey by rail, she would give her suitable employment at iair wages. Mamma shortened her visit in order to brine- Auntv Alpen home. She has remained mamma's most valuable helper ever since. For years we knew nothing of her personal history beyond the fact that she had married children settled in distant places, from whom, at long and irregular intervals, she received letters, One day it chanced that, as mamma read a paragraph trom a newspaper, she smiled and called Aunty Al pen's attention to it. "it is your name, said mamma 'Kowena Alpen. I wish it were your land also, deed It wouttl make you independent in4,It is my land," said Mrs. Alpen, quietly. "Bat 1 am independent without it." a 1 1 mm. Ana sne Durst into tears ana sank into a chair at mamma's side. We left them alone mamma and our poor friend in her grief. it was then that she conndad to mamma her story that she said was to pitifully sor rowful to be told. She had been with us seven years. In all these years never once had her daughters in vited her to their homes. They had been glad she had employment and was satisfied with her position. They had even asked her if it was convenient to have a visit from one or more of the children in their summer vacations. But they had never expressed any regret at the separation, or any desire to have her become a member of their families. Until now. The lot on which her iiomehad stood had suddenly become valuable. A coal-vein ran beneath it. The mine was working. The owners of the shaft wished to purchase, and ottered a price that astonished those who knew nothing of the real values. Both daughters at once remembered their filial obligations, and at once each offered a home with her own family. '(Jod pity me if I am unlike what a mother should be," she said. "I loved mv children only for love's sake. I hoped that thus my children would love me. Love, love was all I asked or craved. Land can not buy love nor happiness. All that 1 have is theirs. They shall have no temptation to become impatient for their mother a death. I will give them all now. For myself, when I can no longer work, there remains the Poor House. I will go thither." Is her story - too strangely sad to have been told? I know of otlier mothers no less keenly stung by thai sharper than a serpent's tooth," filial ingratitude and neglect. I have but lately been the confident of a tale as strangely sad from a gray-haired mother of children in a far higher social scale than Aunty Alpen's, yet not one whit above them in filial duty. I know of another mother this hour, snubbed, grudged her antic room and her poor bite and sup, and forced to do her own laundry work in her daughter's house, where rooms, and food, and servants are plenty. Why do I tell of such shames? Why, indeed, unless in the hope that some who have eyes to see may see, and who have ears to hear may hear and understand? For these stung hearts of sorrowing mothers are remembered by One who in the day of Ilia power is mighty to avenge Flower. They are not our, The fleeting flowers, But light of God, That through the aod Flash upward from the world beneath, That region peopled wide with death, And Uli us, ia each subtle hue. That life renewed it passing through Our world again to seek the skies Its native realm or Paraaiee. How brief their day! Thev can not stay. The very earth Desires their birth. And spreads I er ample bosom deep, Some relic of their siay to keep, Aud each In benediction flings A virtue from its dainty wings. But! she treasures it in vain! It blooms and vanishes again! John B Tbb in Uppincott's. Sensible Advice. There is nothing like their own home for married people, and especially for young married people, even if the wife shall have to cook and sweep the floor and clean the windows. If she be a healthy girl the exer cise will do her eooa and no young man who has to labor for his living should marry a girl that is not healthy, strong, and wil ling to do her own work while they are too poor to hire a servant. This thing of mar rying a girl that you have to hire another girl to take care of is not a wise thing for a poor young man to do. He should look out for a girl that is broad-shouldered, strong in iif.ln Vi n nin r j-v w vn A y-v4 V t aw Tfi f MAfl T A 7 ' u.""vl wulBO "TV 1.01 ideal scirl. the consumptive, tight-laced, . ... , r t!-P ' f" -J o C I J Ml " " o imri.1. r II IT. I I1HIII k I1IHV 111 V I1 I mi .ii-Lm K I 11 f . I fashionable girl, can be no proper wne tor him. This language the girls may think unkind, but it is not. It is better for girls that are not fitted to be a poor man's wife to remain with their parents than to become such. It will be better for their lovers, too, and better lor society. A girl then that does not know how to cook fairly, or who would not when necessary cheerfully cook for her husband, ought not to marry any but a rich man and no poor man should marry her. If, then, girls without a dowry are content to marry young men who have only their fond hearts, their good name, their strong arms, their ambition to make their wives happy, and their hope to work up to a competence through frugality and industry, these girls should know how to cook and thev oucht to be ashamed to -v. .T.,r,ii 4,7 h.mi.rn marry any such man untilthey nave learnea ijmij ou; .', the art of cooking, for such a girl to marry such a man would be neither more nor less than a social fraud, unless she shall betöre engagement inform him fully of her ignoranee on this subject. It is well, thenf to have these schools of cookery to which girls whose mothers have not taught them the art can go and learn and we hope that the day is near at hand when girls that are can didates for matrimony will pride themselves more on their ability to cook a good dinner than on their ability to dance, sing, play, or fool away precious time on less useful things. Then the world will be better and the people in it will be happier than they are now, and the youth that shall be born in the land will be of greater bone, tougher sinew, and of parer blood. A CooservMtive Spinster. Elmira free Press.1 The old maid if the period is usually a rich old maid, and her virtues are of the conservative order. Such a lady was re cently addressed bv a widower with seven children, who desired to marry her. Sir," she said, 'I would not live in the house with seven children of my own, much less anybody else's.' This widower said: -4You astonish me." And after a little while: 'What am I tod with my seven children?" "OtTer them to some girl in her teens who doesn't know any better," said the maiden lady, and the widower said he believed he would. It is estimated that there are 13 000,006 Sunday-school chi'dren in the world, which is considered a good showing in viw of the fact that Sunday-school work has been going on for only a century.

REMINISCENCES.

Taylor, Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Benton. Georg W. Julian to International Beview. Early in the session 1 called on President Taylor, with Mr. Giddings and Judge Allen. I had a very strong curiosity to see the man whoa 4 name I had used so freely in two exasperating political campaigns, and desired to stand corrected in my estimate of his character if I should find such correction to be demanded by the truth. Our interview with the old soldier was exceedingly interesting and amusing. I decidedly liked his kindly, honest, farmer-like face, and his oldfashioned simplicity cf dress and manners. His conversation was awkward and labored, and evinced a lack of self-possession: while his whole demeanor suggested his frontier life, and that he bad reached a position for which he was singularly unfitted by train ing and experience, or by any natural apti I tuue. an me iew remarKs woicn ne auuressI A T .1 n l ed to me about farming in the West he greatly amused us by saying, "I would like to visit Indiana and see your plows, hoes and other reaping implements,'' failing, as he often did. to find the words he wanted. He frequently mispronounced his word?, hesitated and stammered, and sometimes made a breakdown in the middle ol a sen tence. But. although he seemed tobe in the bands of the slaveholders, and was then I about to proclaim his policy of Congressiona non-intervention wun slavery in me xer ritorics, he impressed me as being per sonally honest and patriotic. In this opinion 1 was lully conttrmed later in the session, when re sorrowfully but manfully resisted the attempt of Senator Davis, his son-in-law, and other extreme men to bully him into their measures, and avowed his sympathy with the anti slavery sentiment of the country. I believe his dy ing words in July, "1 hive tried to do my duty, were the key-no'.e of his life, and that in the Presidential campaign of 1848 I did him much, though unintentional, inj us tice. It was about the same time that I called, with other Western nembers, to see Mr, Clay, at the National Hotel. He received us with the most gracious cordiality, and perfectly captivated as all by the peculiar and proverbial charm in his manners and conversation. I remember nothing like it in the social intercouise of my life. One of our party was a proninent Whig politician of Ohio, and old f iend of Mr. Clay, and who seemed anxious to explain his action in supporting Oene'al fecott in the .National Convention of 1818. He failed to satisfy Mr. Clay, whoso eye kindled during the con versation, and who bad desired and counted on the nomination himself. Mr. Clay addressing him, but turning. to me, said: '! can readily understand the position of our friend from Indana, whose strong opinions on the slavery question governed his action; but your portion waä different; and besides, General S'ott had no chance for the nomination, and you were under no obl gation to support bim." He spoke in kindly terms of th xroboil men; said they acted consistly in sDpforting Van Buren in preference to Taylor, and that the election of the latter would prtve to be the ruin of the Whigs. I heaid Mr. Clay's groat speeches in the bentte on the compromise ures; and, although I believed him to bo radically in the wrong, I felt myself at times drawn toward him by that peculiar spell which years be fore had bound me to him as my idealized political leader. I witnessed his principal encounters wth Colonel Benton during this season, in which I thought the latter had the better f the argument; but his re ply to Mr. Bam well, of South Carolina, on July 22, in wheh he said, "I owe a para mount obedience to the whole union, a sub ordinate one U mv State,' and denounced the tmsonable avowals ot Mr. Rhett, was altogether ininitable and unsurpassed. Hi scheme of compromise, or "omnibus bill," was the darling child ot his political ambi tion and old ag; and when, after lovingly nursing it and gallantly fighting for it through seven or eight weary months, he saw it cruelly dsmembered on July 31, and his sovereign emedy lor our national troubles insultei by the separate passage of the bill providirg a -territorial government for Utah, I coud not help feeling a pro found personal sympathy with him. Beaten at last at every point, deserted by some Senators in whon he had trusted implicitly, crushed and exhtusted by labors which few voung and vigorous men could have en dured, he bowed to the inevatible and re tired irom the Senate Chamber. But the next morning prnr to his departure for the sea-shore, he was in his his seat; and with lightning in his eye.and figure erect as ever, he paid his respecfe to the men whose work of political havoc le deplored. His impassioned arraignment of the disunionists was loudly applauded by the galleries, and clear lv indicated the part he would have played in the la.e Rebellion had his life been spared to witress that direful event. 'So long," said he, as it pleases God to give me a voice to express my sentiments, or an arm, weak and enfetbled as it may be with age that voice and that arm will be on the side of my country, for the support of the general authority and for the maintenance of the powers of this Union." I heard the famous "7th ot JUarch speech" of Mr. Webster. To ine his oratory was a perfect surprise and curiosity. He not only spoke with very unusual deliberation, , , J. ... but with pauses havin? no relation what- - - ... ever to the sense. His sentences were thu3 broken into the oddest fragments, and the hearer was often perplexed in his endeavor to gather the meaning. In declaring, for example, that he "would put in no Wilmot proviss for the purpose of a taunt," etc., he made a long pause at "Wilmot, perhaps a half-minute, and finally, hiving apparently recovered his breath, added the word "proviso;" and then, after another considerable pause, went on with bis sentence. His speaking seemed painfully laborou1. Great drops of perspiration stood upon his forehead and face, notwithstanding the slowness of his utterance suggesting as a possible explanation a very recent and heavy dinner, or a greatly troubled conscience over his final act of apostasy from his early .N ew England faith. Ihe latter was prob ably the truth, since te is known to hav ' , ' ,. - . pondered the question cf his ultimate de . . . . , .. . ably the truth, since be is known to have cision; and with his naturally great and noole traits of character he could not have announced it without n an i fest tokens of un easiness. I was grea.ly interested in the brief dialogue betweenhim and Mr. Calhoun, which followed this speech. Reference was made to their famous passage-at-arms twenty years before; and Mr. Calhoun, while taking exception to some of Mr. Webster's positions, congratulated him on his strong deliverence in the interest of slavery. The great Carolinian was then wrestling with the disease whici soon afterwards terminated his life, anl was thin, pale, and feeble of rtep; but his singularly intellectual face, and me peculiar light which flashed from his eye while speaking, made him the most strikingly picturesque figure in the Senate. No man can compute the evils wrought by his political theories; but in private life he was thoroughly upright and pure, and no suspicion of political jobbery was ever wmsperea in connection wun sib name, jn his social relations ne was most genial and kindly, while he always welcomed the society of young men who sought the aid of his friendly counsel. I happened to be in the Senateon April 17, just before the memorable fracas between Foote, of Xisäissippi, and Colonel Benton. They had had an unfriendly encounter not long before, and it was well understood that Benton had made up his mind that Foote should not henceforward name him or. allude to him in debate. Foote was on the floor and in speaking of the late "Southern Address" referred to Benton in terms which everybody understood. In an indirect wav he became more and more personal as he proceeded. Colonel Benton

finally rose from his seat with every appear

ance of intense passion, and with a quick pace moved toward foote, who was addressing the Senate from his desk near the main isle. The Vice President demanded "order" and several Senators tried to hold Benton back; but he broke loose from his keepers and. was rapidly moving upon his foe. When he saw Benton Bearing him, Foote sprang into the main aisle and retreated toward the Vice President, presenting a pistol as he fled, or, as he afterward exfressed it, as he "advanced backward." n the meantime Benton had been so obstructed by the Sergeant-at-arms and others, that Foote. if disposed to shoot, cou:d not have done so without firing through the crowd. But Benton, with several Senators banging to him, now proceeded round the lobby so as to meet X oote at the opposite side of the Chamber. Tearing himself away from those who sought to hold him, and throwing open his bosom, he said: ''Lot him shoot me! The cowardly assassin has come here to shoot me; let him shoot me if he dares! I never carry arms, and he knows it; let the assassin fire!" He was an eir bodied fury, and raged and raved, the helpless vie tim of his passions. I bad never seen such an uproar in a Legislative body; but tb bergeant-at-Arms at last restored order, when Mr. Clay suggested that both parties should voluntarily enter into bonds to keep the peace; upon which Benton instantly rose, and said: "I'll rot in Jail, sir, before I will do it! No, sir! I'll rot in Jail first I'll rot, sir!" and he poured forth a fresh torrent of bitter words upon the man who was then so well known throughout the Northern States as "Hangman Foote.' The Sudden death of General Taylor July 9, 1850, produced a very profound impression. The shock to the people of the Northern States was felt the more keenly because of the peculiarly threatening aspect of public a flairs, and ot the unexpectedly manly course of the President in withstanding the imperious and insolent demands of the extreme men of his own section. Woman's History. "Man, for bis dory, To history flies; While woman's bright story Is told in her eyes." The above verse written by the poet .Moore, was, in its day, no doubt, considered some thing very fine, and not merely the pretty conceit of a sentimental song-maker, but a verse embodying a vast amount of truth. Its meaning to man can only awatcen delightlui emotions, and to the beautiful woman the compliment is certainly delicious enough to give an added lustre to the lovely orb Bometimes called the winuows of the soul But the poet of our day tell of womanhood in tar dinerent measure. Hawthorne has painted women for us with heroic souls tender, gentle, noble women. Whittier has en haloed Barbara Frietchie with divine radiance, a radiance not of youth and beauty and to fade away like them, but with a rich sunset splendor about it. We behold patriotic devotion in a grey-haired matron. a mother of mothers, on whom coming gen erations will gaze, as we do now, with reverence. In what holy strain does Bryant sing of woman ? Not of woman's form and features, fashioned ot clay, but of her immortal part. Tke for instance, this, from his "Future Life:" How shall I know thee, in the land which The diaemboilit-d spirits of the dead. Ybtn ail of thee that time can wither sleeps, Ana perisbes among tnedast we tread?" Or in the yet more grand "Conqueror's Grave:" 'She met the hosts of sorrow with a look That altered not beneath the frown thev wore: And soon the lowering brood were tamed and took. Meekly, her gentle rale, and frowned no more. Iler soft hand pat aside tbe atsault of wrath, And calinlyb roke iu twain Tbe fiery shafts of pain. And rent the nets of passion from her path. By that ictorions hand despair was slain, Willi love she vanquished hate, and overcame Evil with guod in her Great Master's name." We look not on the dainty Evangeline, done in water-colors (and the water all of tears), to find her ''Bright story Is told in her ejee." Oh, no; you forget even Longfellow's portrayal of her loveliness, the flesh and blood loveliness of the happy, hopeful maiden, on the evening of her betrothal, while you follow her in her faithful wanderings. She is growing old, but you forget it, as you follow, follow on, and, in the words of that greatest, dearest poet: "Tear after year her tender steps pursuing, Behold her grown more fair." Nor yet is the story of the sweet Puritan, PrisciUa, the winning winner of the friend of Miles Standish, the stalwart Captain of Plymouth, only a record of fair tresses and bright eyes; but a life-like picture of common sense, energy, gentleness and piety, such as befitted one of the foremothers of our dear country. In the sweet story of Minnehaha, Laughing Water, that wondrous gleam, that deathless echo, out of a beautiful Past, is there only that beauty of earth, seen in the black hair and wild, bright eyes of a dusky forest maiden? Oh, we see the while the place on which we tread seems holy ground a trusting young wife, in the very beauty of holiness, "following a fond young husband from the land ot the Dacotahs; or with many tears, we see, after the famine and the fever, how Hiawatha saw his lovely Minnehaha lying dead before him. "Then be sat down, still and peechlea.s, On tbe bed of the Minnehaha, At the feet of Laughing Water, At those willing feet, that never More would lightly run to meet him." Never more would lightly follow." And so, as he thought of her as he laid her in that snowy grave, under the moaning hemlocks, we think of her, as a loving and dutiful wife, as a purified spirit, where all is pure, in the land of the hereafter. And how sings Emerson, who is surely the grtatest authority on the subject of beauty that has blessed our age? The brightness of her eyes does not finish his story of the 'graceful maid," for "At last she same to his hermitage, Like the bird from the woodlands to the cage The gay enchantment was nndone A gentle wife, but fairy none." Delightful transformation this! And again this bard of "Divine ideas below, Which came and found him young. And always found him so," tell us how it is "Oft In streets or humblest places, I detect far wandered graces, Which from Eden wide astray. In lowly homes have lout their way." So here will end this little chapter on woman's history, as given by our poets, the while we wonder where the greatest change has been since Moore's day among poets or among women. Louise V. Boyd. Dublin, Ind. Butler and Terrapin. Hayes Administration Archives.J During the last Administration Butler, Blaine and Evarts sat together in friendly confab at a dinner company. Secretary Evarts a high liver smacked his lips over the terrapin stew, and turning to Butler asked: ''General, how much would it cost a year to have terrapin for dinner everyday?' An estimate was made. "But, General, I cannotaffori so expensive a luxury, and yet I would exceedingly like to treat myself and my mends to this delicacy daily. I ou who are so experienced in framing bills and engineering them through Congress, can vou not smupple through an appropriation providing the Secretary of State with funds sufficient to supply his larder with this delicious viand?" ''The terrapin is a slow anieral, proverbially slow." "Well," said Butler musingly. MI think we might introduce and pass such a provision under the head of stationary. 'Does it pav to keep a clean record in politics?" asks the Binerhamton Republican It may pay, but a man has to economize to save $ 25,000 a year out of a salary ol ö,uuu. IHornstown Herald,

LECTURES OX C00K1SO. x Nature's Requirements. The human body is composed of various elements, about sixteen in number. These lorm different structures in tbe body, and to be continually supplied with new material, for they undergo a constantly burning Sroce88, which exhausts so much" of them aily. The result of this burning process or combustion is the temperature of our blood, which is always kept at a certain height, from ninety -eight degrees at the surface of the skin to lOO degrees within the body. This combustion material gees off in water or gas. If we draw a bieathinwe take in air; it is burnt inside, and then we breathe out "carbonic acid su&." or it is

thrown off in water by the kidneys or pers pirauon. We burn up or change the food within us, use some for our structures, and send away tUB waste. The food material we have to take form two great groups: in 1. The nourishing groups that replaces tissues. 2. The heating group,that supplies heat, It has been thoroughly ascertained what a man I-jhos in the burning or living process per day, and what he ha?, therefore, to replace; mat is: 4,500 grains of carbon, or heating mat rial. 300 grains of nitrogen, or nourishing ma teriai. Now, here should .come in our knowl edge, which should be able to guide us in the choice of our food, whether it contains daily those amounts and whether we there fore get the necessary supply. It has been said that three-quarters of a pound of meat and two pounds of bread re X 1 A. A 1 a 1 1 . i present auoui me material or Dotn groups we neea. FOOD IN WARM WEATHER. In warm weather when the temperature is high, our burning up process goes on easier ana quicker, and requires lees to sustain it. The gas in the atmosphere, which helps to burn up, is called oxygen, and there is not so much in the air in warm weather, therefore not so much material is burned up. we re quire thus less material for burning and less tooa. . e aiso me cnange oi matter is not so vio lent and absorbing, and the nourishing giuup is less waiuuu man me neaung group, Qr we give on more neai man matter. The nourishing group comprises mostly animal food and some cereals, as wheat, oats, barley, etc. The heating group com prises sugar, starch, fat or oil, dextrine, etc. We can, therefore, afford to live in hot weather on less rich food, and want lighter and more appetizing food. THE MEALS OF THE DAY. In warm weather the meals of the day may De fewer perhaps; our first meal or breakfast should be made of light material, which does not burden our digestion and does not load us with too much material. Our second meal should be reaily the most nourishing, and our last the slightest. Heavy evening dinners, in summer, are a great mistake, as the living process can not use them up, and they clog the system. Drinking with meals should also be used temperately. Coffee ought to be used sparingly, and tea may be taken more frequently than in Winter. Alcohol should be avoided as much as possible, or be taken mixed with water or other fluids. Meal 8 may be a little more irregular, as the appetite asks for them, and may be left out if the appetite fails. They should be well arranged and so combined that they use aromatic or well-flavored materials more than flat dishes, and that their constituents please the palate, while they give nourishment to the system. Also variety should be encouraged, so that the appetite does not become fatigued with sameness and refise th3 necosary nourishment, for all our food and drink. wants are controlled by our appetite. SOUPS, FISH, STEWS, SALAD. These four form important groups for food in warm weather, because all of them give us the required nourishment in such a way that we can use it without much exerlon. . sour. Soup is really, when properly made, the stimulating part of meat fibre, not the nourishing. Soup is composed mostly of those constituents which dissolve quickest in boiling water, such as salts and sugar. If carefully made and well seasoned. soups are well ntted to sustain vitality in the warm season. The great art is not to boil them too long, nor take greasy pieces or all bone. For those who can aflord it, it is best to take meat merely. Allowing the simmering water to draw only the stimula ting portion from tbe meat, then seasoning well, a very digestible and wholesome dish may be made. There is nothing more to be avoided in J hot weather than the thick, heavy, greasy soups we are so familiar with. Soup should never be made ot over-cooked pieces, a3 that which really makes soups appetizing has already been used up. FISH. If fish could always be had fresh, or even well iced, it would be one of the best dishes for warm weather. Particularly is fresh water fish to be recommended. The cook ing of this leaves as yet much to be desired, for the tender flesh needs a peculiar mode of procedure. x ish, when delicate, is easy ot digestion, and when not too much done, either in boil ing or frying, possesses moisture which is good for summer food; nor is fish too rich. A great number of nice dishes may be made of fish, and where it is difficult to be obtained, all means should be taken to get it. People who are denied fish in warm weather lack one of the best foods. 8TEWS. These food combinations always make a welcome dish, whether summer or winter, if they are properly made. What is most to be avoided in a stew is grease. A stew should never be sloppy, nor too thick, but possess just that medium moisture which gives us the benefit of the gravy, without boiling the meat into shreds. Stews combined with vegetables are ex ceedingly nourishing, and can be made very appetizing, if they are prepared carelully. No stew. Chinese. Youth's Companion. I We think the Chinese dress queer; the Chinese think ours the same. Each nation makes its own stvle the standard of comparison. An Englishman traveling through China was often amused by hearing the free criticism of the people on his clothing and appearance. On his arrival at an inn a crowd would gather, and he would hear suh remarks as these: 'What a curious looking follow! he has no cue, and doesn't shave his head." 44 And look at his tight clothes 1 They are not elegant." Just so; and look at his bat, what a queer thingl What ugly eyes hehasl Iiis boots, however, are excellent; ao you noi think so?" Oh, yes, indeed; and I am told they never wear out, and water can't get through them." If the over-curious people were driven out of the traveler's room, they would collect around the window. Those in front would make peep hole in the paper vhere are no glass windows with their fing T4, and gaze for hours at thd "barbarian. Free criticism would be offered as to his barbarous method of eating with a pronged fork, thereby endangering his eyes and mouth, and at the odd mixture of cold drinks and hot food. And that he should have two or three kinds of vegetables on his pi ite at once. But the atrangest thing of all, the one they could not comprehend, was that he should have left his home to ; wander about their country.

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Masonic Gethsemane Commandert. K. T., No. 9. Re ft alar communication second Tufmdaj of eacb month; ball in juoah s Block, opposite Uourt lioos. L 51 Terrell. Recorder. J. W. STEWART. E. C. Alpha Chapter No. 23. Regular communication rst Tuesday in each month; ball in Judith's Block. Charlie Locis, Secretary. I1ENRY MOORE, II. P. Ladles Conrt. Union Court No. 1. Regular communication first and third Monday ereninga of each month: hall in Judah's Block. MKS. CORNLLIA T0WX3ÜND, M. A. M. airs. &arah 11 art, secretary. lieau uoct so. ii. Keguiar communication sec ond and fourth Monday of each month; ball in Judah'a Block. MART JAMES, M. A. M. SaLLIe Galliton, Secretary. Independent tons of Honor. Lodok No. 2. Regular communication first Mon day night or eacb month; ball in Griffith's Block. THOS. RÜDD, President. John Preston, Secretary. Lohge No. 1. Regular communication first Tues day night or eacb month; hall in Griffith's Block. JOHN WIL ON, President, Mr. Walker, Secretary. Independent Daughters of Honor. Lodge No. 2. Regular Communication first Wed nesday night of each month; hall in Griffith's Block. ELLEN SPACLDING, President. Ed. Ellis, Secretary. Koiin and lntiiclu-rs of Morning. Regular communication first and second Monday evenings oi eacu inoii'n; hi American tiall. MRS. ELLEN ROßEKTS, President II. 0. Medlin, Secret ry. United Mfcteis of Friendship. St. Mart's Temple. UeguUr communication first Monday evening of each month; hall N. E. corner Meridian and Washington streets mart jarnes, w. p. Hattie FRAKcrs. Secretary, Western Star Temple, No. 11. Regular commu nication 1st and 3d Wednesdays of eacb month. MISS M J. GAVIN. Worthy Princess. Mrs. LTattie Stafford, Secretary. Deborah Temple No. 3, of Ü. 8. of F. Regular communication second Wednesday and fourth Wed nesday evening in each month; hall N. E. corner of Washington and Meridian street. MISS SALLIR GALLITON, M. W. Prince. Mrs. Pamiiic Johnson, W. Secretary for 1880. Odd Fellows. Lincoln Uhion Lodok No. 1,486. Regular com munication firt and third Mondays of each month: ball ho and 87 East Washington street. LOUIS HARRIS, N. G. Samcel Spencer, P. Secretary. lIona-nold of Rath, No. 31. Regular communication first and third Wednesdays of each mouth; hall 85 and 87 East Wash iugtou streets. El. A. KuGAX, President. J. L, Leqoetl, W. 8. W. S Kerset, P, 0. Juvenil ittiltfhtn ol Bethltbem Meet the 1st and 4th Tuesday evenings in eacb uiobth, at So. 12 Columbia Street. Jim. M. DiUKtusoM, worthy Mother. FLORENCE KELLER, Finadal Secretary. REBECCA BOLDEN, Recorder. I'n'on Son and InaKMersot IheStAt. Meet 1st and 3d Friday in every month at the South ' alvary Church, corner of Morris and Maple Street. NANCY SMITH, Lady President. REV. THOMAS SMITII.Chief. American Sons. Regular communication first and third Mondavi in eacb month; at American Hall. WM. DUNNINGTON, President. Willi km Barber, Secreiarv. American Doves. R' gnlar communication first Tuesday evening of ich uiouth at American Hall. MRS. KITTY SINGLETON, President. Mrs. 31 art Oublet, Secretary. Meters-of Charity. Regular communication first Tuesday of eacb month at Bethel A. M. E. Church. MRS. REBECCA PORTER, President. Misa Ruth Beablt, Secretary. Good Hamarl tan. Jericho, Lodge No. 6, G. O. G. 8. Regular com munication, second and fourth Thursdays of each month; hall No. 36 West Washington street. S. J. Blatlock, W. T. 8. Magnolia I-odee. No 4, D. of 8. Regular communication first and Oiird Thursdays ot each month ball No. 364 W est Washington street. Mrs. SAINT CLARE, W. V. D. Mrs. Kate Johnson, D. of R. Son and Daughter of Morning: Star. Lodge No. 7. Regular communications first and third Fridays in each m ntb, in American Hall, West Michigan street. Mrs. LUCY ANN MARTIN, President. Mkb. Mattie Wells, Secretary. KIMers of Bel hl ehem. Sisters of Bethlehem, N tomi Lodce No 7. Regular communication every second and fourth Tuesday in each month; ball in 1 ihn's Block, corner of Me ridian and Washington btreets. MRS. MARIA OUSLEY, W. M. Mrs. Adda Vick, F. S. United Brotber of Friendship. Sumner Lodere 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 present, also members of other lodges of the same faith are invitea. II. W. Jackson, Worthy Master. W. S. Lock financial Secretary. DR T. N. WATSON, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, 458 East North Street. TOXI INT E3DWAHDS, GENERAL BILL FOSTER Controlling the most prominent bill boards ln tue city, including THE LA.HC.ESr BOARD I X ! HK STAFF, inclosing the 8 täte House Grounds. Five Hundred Three-Sheet Boards in the CH7 and Snhurhs. Oificd, at Daily Sentinel Office, INDIANAPOLIS. SUITH'S CIIEL1IC1L mi Is the best place ln the city old clothes to have your Cleaned, Dyed and Repaired. I No. 3 Martlndale's Block, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. EOWARD NOLAN. Fashionable Bootmaker, RYAN'S BLOCK, Indiana Avenue. All work warranted. A good lit guaran teed. Repairing promptly attended to. INVISIBLE PATCHING Neatly done. W. W. HOOVER, Dealer ln Staple and Fancy COUNTRY PRODUCE A Specialty, tOS Indiana -A-re.

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THE GREAT THROUGH ROUTE CHICAGO nV" poinu ln tl treat V-,"LJ"LWXXV-IV-' North and North-West Fort Wayne, RontiDgton, Le- rpT TTI" gansport, Wabash. XVXJJJLjv DETROIT ifi"to iB MfcM AND THE Di VCt Connections made in Chirairn with th trnnV lines for all northwestern summer resorts &nt Prin cipal points in the northwest and far west. Woodruff Sleeping and Parlor r.hi. rnn K.t.u. Indianapolis and Chicago, ?ia Kokomo and Indiana, polis snd Michigan City. Train learinn Indianapolis at -sn Chicago ai 6:5i p. m., ; Kt. Wayne, 1:50 p. m.; Lo. gansport, 1:.0 p. m : South Bend. 8:21 p Tv.ih 5:25 p. m. ; Detroit. 8:15 p. m. ' Traiu leaving Indianapolis at 12:28 p. m rriwM . Frankfort. 4:30 p. m.: W abash. f.:04 p. Kt 7:25p. M. ; Toledo. 10:18 p. n.i Cleveland. 1-1.1 BuflaIo,7:35 a. if. ; New York City. 10 p. u. Train leaving Indianapolis at 6:25 p. w . urit .t ve.iuiuii a ii.w r. m.i aiparaiso t:w a. m. ; South Bend, 2:25 a. m. ; Mishawaka, 2:35 a. at. ; Elkhart 3am.; Kalamazoo 7:30a.m.; Grand Rapids 10 A.n.; Chicago 8:05 A. M. T Air. nor nr. ll.fi.l . r i . . . . . Train leaving Indianapolis at 11:00 p. v. MaiWl r. rives at Chicago ria Kokomo. at 7:05 a. m. Fnrt Wayne, 7:00 a. m. ; Toledo, 10:XJ A. M. : Cleveland. 2:20 P. M. ; Detroit. 1:30 p. m. tt3Ask for tickets via I., P. & C. Railway. Reliable Information given by T.T. BIALOTT. L. G. CANNON. Genl Manager. Gen'l Pass, and Tk't Agt, 101 "Eaet Washington Street. FOR 1MEW YORK, BOSTON AND ALL EASTERN POINTS, TAKE TUE C. C, C. & I. B. W. This Train Leaves Indianapolis 8 Follow S; 41 K A l TRAIN arrives Muncie, 6:22 a. m. IJO ft ill. Union. 7:25 a. m.; Sidney, 8:45 a m.; Bellfountaine. J:8 a. m.: Crestline. 11:47 a. m. Arrive at Cleveland at 2:20 d. m.: Buffalo 7:50 d. m. Niagara Falls, 9:50 p. m ; Biopharapton, 4:35 a. m. Rochester, 11:3 a. ui.; Albauy t:)0 a. m., arriving at New York City at l:30 . m. and Boston at 2:25 p. m. SEVEN HOURS In Advance of Other Routes 09"Tbis train has Palace. Drawing Room and Sleeping Coach from Indianapolis to New York with out change. Fare alwajs tbe same as by longer and slower routes. Baggage checked through to destination. 6 1A D' Train arrives at Crestline 410 a. VU 1. Ill m.; Pittsburg. 12:15 a. m.: Cleve land, 7:10a. m.: Buffalo, 11:10 p. m.; Niagara Falls. 3:50p.m.; Bingbamptou, 11:U p. m.; Rochester, 4:36 p. m.; Albauy, I2:4a m ; arrive at New York Citr ö:45 a. m. and Boston 9:20 a. m. Hours quicker than all other lines. This train has elegant Palace Sleeuiue Coaches from Indianapolis to Cleveland, and from Cleveland to New York City and Boston without change. At Sid ney close connections are made for Toledo and Detroit and U points in Canada. Columbus Route, VIA DAYTON AND SPEINQFIELD UfrA 1 11 Train arrives at Muncie 2.23 p. ID) A ill ui.; Lniob 3:15 p. m.; Dayton 5: 5 j p. m ; Springfield 7:15 p. m.; Columbus 9:15 p m. The only line running through Parlor Coaches from Indianapolis to Columbus, here direct con nections are made with the Baltimore A Ohio Railroad. This traiu con ut-c s at Muncie with tbe Fort Wayne, Munciw A Cincinnati Uailwav for Ft. Wavue and Detroit. jtfSee that your ticket reads by tbe ee Line. A.J.SMITH, J.W.CAMPBELL, C. GALE, G. T. A. Pahs. Act. pt. Cleveland, O. Indianapolis aapolii FOR IOWA, CALIFORNIA & NORTH WfcS I KANSAS, TEXASAND SUÜTUWEST, TICE THE Train Leave Imdiamapoli at follows: rj tr A II Train coBnecti direct for all pointa IHbO A ill. in Iowa, Nebraska, California and the Black Hill, via Sidury and Chey enne, arriving one train In advanoroi auy other line, and saving one night' ride. TLU train also conuectafur lecatur, Springfield, Jackson ville, Illinois, Louisiana aud Mexico, Bio.; and via Qnincy or Bloomington for Kansas City, Atchison St. Joseph, Denver, and all points in Kansas. Color ado and the !outhwet, via Hannibal with M. K. M T. Ry., for 3Ioberly, Fort Scott, Parsous, the Neosho Valley and points in Texas, and via Bloomington tor 1 Paso, Mendota, Dubuque, and all points in North era Illinois aud Iowa. Ii t n 1 (Xoon) Fast Line, rum directly I O I , ill. throngh via Danvillo Junction to Decatur, Springfield, Jacksonville, Hannibal, Mober lv, St. Joseph, Atelmou and Kansas city, arriving at Kansas City the next morning iu time to connect with trains for all points in Kansas, Colorado and Kew.Mexico. UAA p 1 Train baa recun ing chair slepUU 1 JI lug car with state rooms to Peo ria, and through coach to Burlington, reaching Galt-sburg, Burlington, Ottuuiwa, Kock Island and Davenport in advance of other lines. This train also connects via Burlington oi Kock Ibland for all point in Iowa, Nebraska and C hlifornia, and via Blooming, ton for 1 Paso, Mendota. Dubuque, Sioux 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 ill to Decatur, Springfield, Jacksonville, Qnincy Kansas City, Atchison, St. Joseph, Leaveu worth and all Intermediate poiutr. And via Hannibal for Sedalia, Ft. Scott, Parsons, Denison, Houston, Galveston, aud all points in Texas. t-pectal notice to Land Hunter and Emigrant. If yon want a land exploring ticket or reliable In formation about lands in the West, or if yon have booght m home there and want to move with your family, household goods andetnek, address the General Passenger Agent named below, aud et our rate and map. Acting Gen'l r&ss and Ticket Agt aaulaHAPOLU, I DO WOT CO WEST Until yon have applied to A.J HALFORD GENERAL EASTERN AUEXT INDIANAPOLIS mo ST. LOUIS O. 131 S. ILLINOIS STREET, Indianapolis. tFor Time Tables aud the very lowest Freight and Passenger Bates. GLOKIOVS AKWS 'to I XV A LI DM THOSE who contemplate going to Hot Springs tor the treatment of Syphilis, Meet, Scrofula, and all cutaneous or blood diseases, can be cared by ou-cbird tbe cost of such a trip at tbe old reliable stand. I have been located here tor 23 jean, and with the advantage of such a loug and successful experience, can confidently warrant a cure in all cases. Ladles neediug a periodical pill can get them at my office ot by Mail at f l. per box. Office, 43 Virginia avenue. Indianapolis, Ind. DK. BB.nas.ll, (Successor to Dr. D. B. Swing. APPLICATION F0R LICENSE. Knit is hon liv civ-en. that I will api ly to ;he Board of Commissioner, 1 Marion County, Indi ana, at their next term, commencing on ine nrsx Monday in July, ivi. ior a ikvum; rcu uimjxicating, spirituous, vinous aud malt liiuorn in a less quantity than a quart at a time, with the privilege OI allowing me sums w oe uruua. ou my premises for one year. My idace of business and the premises whereon said liquors are to be drunk are located at o. to .orui iiuuois Eircui, in ine. 11th Ward, lot 5, square 4(, in the city of India napolis, ln tenter townsnip, in Marion county, Indiana, JOllS U.MAKTIX,