Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1879 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MOKNINa, JANUARY 8,1679.

A SLUMBER SOXG.

BY CKLIA THAXTER. Thou nttle child, -with tender, clinging arms. Drop thy sweet head, my darling, down and rest Upon my snonlder,rest with all thy charms; Be soothed and comforted, be loved and - ' blessed. Against thy silken, honey-colored hair I lean a loving cheek, a mild caress; Close, close I gather thee, and kiss thy fair White eyelids, sleep so softly doth oppress. Dear little face, that lies in calm content Within the gracious hollow that uod made Io every human shoulder, where He meant Some tired head lor comfort should be laid! Host like : Veavy-folded rose thou art, In saminer air reposing, warm and still, Dream tby sweet dreams upon my quiet heart, I watch thy slumoer; naugb.tsnall.do thee ill. TEMPTED. It is -said that there is anoonr in our lives when every human soul is tempted; when God pints us to the test whether we will serve him or the devil. I believe it. One night in my life 'Stands oat solitary and clone a night so fraught with anguish that, even at this distant standpoint, I grow bint with the remembrance. I was trying to decide the great question f tny life not of love, or death, or me, or the saving of my soul, as you may think, but -whether I could live my life out with the xten I called my husband. , I had been a good wife my own soul bore witness to this truth forbearing, loving, kind, faithful! Bat he had killed any loye by piecemeal fairly -starved it out. On this night I was driven to desperation, and must decide upon mv future course. I had been a levins wife when t came to Swell in John Lester's home; but, God help me! there was now almost hate in my heart. Neglect, unkindness and coldness had done their work. I had borne it for wears; and now the end :vad come. All the long summer a great fear had lain heavy upon say heart a fear that I . would not let shape Itself into words. It kept thursung itself between me and every glad thing until w v head was bowed in deep hu miliation, and my heart was so full of pain -.hat I thought it would break, and the inaudible veioe -kept whispeiing: "Yon io lot iove vonr husband. More than this you are fast learning to hate rim!'' On the day of which I am writing, the desee to leave bis house has grown so upon me that I could not put it away only to go faraway from him, where I should not grow cold, ana hard, and sinful. The earth was wile, and -God was everywhere! I looked around the cosy little parlor I hat called home for ten long years; upon the snrare-eec figure of . my husband, and the anailar proportions and unmeaning face of bis sister. An oruban. and of a most loving nature, I could have loved John Lester had be but let ne nay, I had loved him. and striven hard to overlook his coldness and coarseness. Jan Lester was a good woman, and her brother an honest man. This was well, but I God help me! wanted something more. rbe woman's hesrt of me hungered and thirsted for love for a little tenderness, a few pet names, a caress some times what we women call a little "petting." i Jane Lester good woman though she was i was independent of all this "folly," and would have sneered at tbe necessity for it. Could 1 help it that God had made me That I was that I needed something more ban this coars9 life they led so contentedly -t-this mere animal eating, drinking and seeping? I wanted a husband's love, and tnderoess. and protecting care, which Bver bad- I never bad been taken care of. I was not unreasonable. - I knew that the dys of gtever's line speeches were over, ht 1 wanted sometimes to near tne story 'pit into words; I was Dot content to take it a) upon trust. Here is where the error i& 34n forget, in their busy life, tbe needs of tfe finer soul that shares their homes for gi there is something more needed than fod and raiment and shelter for the head. Ob's wife is not always an angel, I am persaded; yet she is a woman, and. because of it.peoaliarly sensitive to suffering. Grant tfhsbe bas some faults nay, many l'aulfe ye is her heart more exquisitely strung than msi's, and needs a carelul hand to sweep ltscbords. It is obligatory upon a man, bob by human and divine law, that he euppot hia wife that he provide, so far as bis metes will admit, for ter comfort. It is eq tally oMIgstory upon him that he under staid her fine nature. He should make it hisbusiaess to know if the woman he calls his wife, the woman who has given up all for bin. is happy, or tbe reverse. A man gives up but lute when he marries. He retains the same fnend3, the same pursuits, and boiness that ready escape ralve fills up . all the pauses in his life. A woman give up all psrents. friends and home 'or a starger's --eve and care. Sbe gives her hardiness into his keeping forever. She gives eeoesof lovers for the oftentimes frugal dietof one heart, and if it fail her, then is sheship wrecked indeed. Umen would but think of these things, we are pert-uadtd they would "right the wro!g." Most of us have read the story of the lusband who in A moment -of passion xclacied to his wife, "If you are not satisfied vith my conduct, go and return to your Irienkand bappinets." x. "Ant will you give that back which I brongb. to you?" asked the despairing wife. "Yes;' he replied, "all your wealth sbal gotoysi; I covet it not." "Alkf" she said, ' I thought not of my wealth-I spoke of my friends, of my devoted lcre; can yon give those back to in?" "No!' said tbe man as be flung himself at her feet "no! I can not restore these, bnt I will douore I will keep them unsullied and unaiined; I will cherish them through my life and until deatb; and never again will I folet that I have sworn to protect and cherish fcr who gave up to me all she held mostdea.'' Butthi night. I am writing of, and the deciuion ( was rapidly coming to, I knew exactly wiat I should lose if I withdrew myself frtn my husband's protection (?). - I was awardf I separated myself from him I weald Boibe entitled to "alimony." t bad nothing tt plead against him at least nothing thatwocld look well upon paper. He had never tri eken me a blow (at least such blows as are visible to tbe eye). He bad never uaechar-h or violent language to me. It would e utterly useless for me to say that I did ot love him; that his co'dnesa, neglect ant otter onappreciation bad worn my heart aay ; that no accent tf tenderness ever fell non my ear; no word of commendation wer reached me, strive I ever so hard to eonsrve bis pleasure and happiness; that the wold called me a neglected wife, and insulcetme with its cold pity; and that strive as I u Id to banish the thought, I knew he wrld was right. Yet these things io riot "tell' iu a court room. - i .- "Few (aenkwe the love of women who nave en Jwed them, aare by tbetr own-4 lolly or badness." John Lester ba lost mine thriugt hi own fo ly. ."Could i (ear. with it? ' I qoationed of my bear.', as )wm watching Jane's broad tar and my bii'&tiu's utu-r unconsciousness of lay preeice. Could I bear with it all the eoldne, brgcfuloeta and n gleet? Could 1 be coo ten wo to have bartered my fresh young lli hii hopes, ardent aspirations after the .pan and beautifully intense yearnings (or hings that are not common, ' for this ruse rail e mess of pottage? I grew faint witfc sane strange weakness as 1 tweraght y tbctwo years to come. I could have forgkeo my husband that he was coarse and lasjmpatfcaric, laying much of it to the see-e o his detective education. I eonld baveslan? to hid through poverty, diet a- ar, svrn . dirgrsce, if ao be be" had idlei urner It; bat I could not for give risen! mss his magra love; his nngen5s a.srts; ha often wounding of the ttfuitlie knit m had sworn to cherish.

tried to think what was best: io look

things bravely in the face; but I shrank ap palled from the phantom troop passing in review before me. What bad befallen me on this particular night that such a glamour of pain darkened my eyes? I bad borne all this for years why this "fever and fretr" Alas! I was a child then, unsatisfied, but scarce knowing what I had lost. Now I bad grown suddenly to be a woman, with my woman's heart clamoring to he heard. Meanwhile the night crept on, and tne great question was yet unsettled. Darkness gathered over the faces I was watching. Jaue rose and flung a lew dried Branches on toe fire, and a ruddy blaze lighted up the hitherto cheerless room. I glanced at my husband. The firelight shone soft and warm on bis dark and not unhandsome face. My poor hungering heart fancied there was a softening about the lines of the hard mouth. Oh! if Jane would but leave the room leave us for a few brief moments alone! Perhaps I might yet be able to reach the fountains of bis sluggish soul. As if in answer to ray prayer every wish is a prayer Jane passed into the kitchen. I instinctively smoothed my hair, and glanced in tbe small Eiirror ornamenting the old-fashioned clock on the mantle. I was a handsome woman. Roses flamed upon my cheek, and my dark hair was glossy and abundant. I had dressed it In a becoming fashion, and had attired myself in a soft, dark merino, with a bit of crimson ribbon at my throat. Impelled by something, I know not what, I went over to where my husband sat, and, kneeling, laid my head upon his knee. "Ay, Martha, girl, you jostled me," and he went on reading his paper as unconcernedly as though a heart was not breaking at his feet. Tbe aching of my brain almost strangled me, but I would not be driven off. Oh, if he had only laid his hand upon my head! If he had onlyt spoken one tender word! "It is prayer meeting evening," Jane said, coming in ere I had time to regain my feet. "Are you going to-night, Martha?" 'Yes,Iwouldgothislastnight." Godhelp me! I needed prayer. "John, will you go with me?" I faltered out, a strange yearning possessing, me at the last moment. "No, I am tired," he said, without lifting his eyes from his paper. I went out into the darkness a desperate, half-maddened woman, i heard Jane say as I closed the door: "You should go out with Martha, sometimes, John. People are beginning to talk about it. I went into the house of God, but the words of prayer fell with an unmeaning sound pon my dulled ears. Tbe pastor took for his text the words, "Beloved of God" that much I heard. Who were these people, "beloved of God?" Not Martha Lester, tried, and tempted, and soulsick. One or two of my female acquaintances greeted me as they passed out leaning upon the arms of their husbands. I saw other husbands caring tenderly for their wives, for the night was cold and the road crusted with ice. I saw one man draw the shawl closer about the Bhoulders of a pale, faded faced looking woman, and my tnroat tilled almo3t to suffocation. It was bitter cold, but the winter winds had no power to chill me, because of the greater chill at my heart. I paused a moment on the brow of "Meeting House HilL" It was prime coasting, and most of the young folks of the village . were enjoying tbe sport. One bright girl of 17. with, a crimson scarf tied over her pretty head, espied me just as she was calling out in a musical voice the signal, "lra-la-la, and exclaic.d gayly: "Come. Mrs. Lester, my sled carries double. Fanty you are a girl again, and let me take you down behind me. A girl again! Ob. to be a girl once more after being a weary woman for so many vears! To be 17 again for that short hour! To taste again of our sweet youth! 1 staggered blindly across the common. striking by accident the path converging to my home: for the "blackness of darkness had settled over my aching eyes. fire I reached the, door I had decided to leave John Lester's home forever; to put leagues and leagues between me and tbe man who had 8 worn to cherish and protect me, and who had, instead, outraged every feeling of my nature and blighted my whole lire. My husband sat drowsing over his paper. Jane had fallen asleep over knitting. I passed directly to my own apartments, and taking down my plainest dress folded it, and a change of clothing, in a small bund.e. and laid it upon a chair, ready to start forth from my home as soon as the gray dawn should break over tbe hills. ' This was twenty years ago, and to-night I am an inmate ot John Lester a home sun. Shall I tell you why I still dwell beneath tbe roof of him who has darkened all my life? On that night of anguish and temptation I had forgotten all, save my own wretchedness, till, turning from mv dreary "picking up, I saw a little bed,- and beside It a tiny pair of boots and a sled marked " Water Witch," and on that bed was slumbering mv little son. mst six years old. Surely the strong brain of Martha Lester must have been erased with anguish, else wonld she never have forgotten tbe child that was dearer to her than her own life blood. I fell uoon my knees beside the rosy.happy sleener, moamugout: "OGod, help me! help me! Try me not beyond my 'strength to bear. O Thoa Mighty One! be merciful! I am but a wo man a woman tempted sore!" That boy was all I had to love; bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. For his sake I have borne this martyrdom all these years. I knew John Lester's hard nature. I knew be would never give the boy up to me. knew tbe law gave the custody of tbe chil dren to the father, so k bowed my proud spirt, and for tbe little sleeper's sake untied my bundle, placed my riotbes in their accus to rued places, and accepted my destiny. This is a glorious laud in which we live a land of liberty! Yet a Christian mother's right to her children is little better than a s'ave niocbf i"e! ' 0 men and brothers! some day in your wise counsels repeal this unholy law. For my boy's sake I went back to my old life. It would have been better for us to have gone forth, my boy and I my own brave bauds earning our daily bread better loi the soul of Alartba Lester, there would have been less sin, leas bitterness of heart. ; Tbe boy would - have grown up ouly in an atmosphere of love, Tbe mother's torn heartstrings would have kait anew. uut the world decides for women in sucn cases, and the law binds her with a triple chain. - , Things settled back into their old way. Only tbe unquiet heart of Martha Lter had felt the storm. There - was the old cola ness. . tbe old negiect. the old pain. But this the world did not see. John Lester's home seemed a pleasant borne doubtless it was ao to others. It was rather pleasant to see a gentle woman moving about bia home and sitting at the head of bis tahM. i . People aaid "Martha Lester was a model wife and mother." Perhaps she was; bnt tbe woman heart of her was dead and cold and the old hungering tor love bsd quieted Into a dull, cold pain. I tried to do my duty tried to love John Lester but -"Tlfere is an old belief that in the embers . ' Of ail things their primordial form exists, And cuonlug chemists Ceald recreate the ro-e with all its members FtiMX its own ashex, but without the bloom, Without the lott perfume." MmM f 7eM I It, Chicago Tribune. ' Those ma. rata that gave oat that thia was to be an open winter were . ngaged yesterday in putting up furnacee ia the basement of their houses.

AKKABSM BKIDBS.

Snowing (hut Tby it re Willing Whether Barklit Is or Not. IHarper's Magaalne. Dr. Graham having pasd a very creditable examination before the army medical board, was commissioned an assistant surgeon in the United 8tates army in 18 , and ordered to report for daty at Fort M'Kavett, Tex. There were no railroads in the western country at that tirce, and the usual way of getting to Texas waj by tbe Mississippi River to New Orleans, and then, crossing the Gulf, to stage it up through the state. Dr. Graham was very desirous of amliing tbe western country mineralogically, so applied and received permission from tbe War department to go by way of Arkansas and the Indian Territory to his post. On his arrival at St. Louis he shipped the greater part of his baggage by way of the river, and taking only what he could carry on horseback, started on his journey. While in St, Louis at the Planters' hotel, he formed the acquaintance of a gentleman. who, learning where he was going, gave him letter of introduction to his brother, wuo was a farmer living on bis route in Arkan sas. It is not necessary for us to follow him on his road, or tell what discoveries he made in the interest of science; sumcient it is that one day, toward dusk, he reached the house of the gentleman to whom he had the letter. and dismounting, knocked at, the door and presented his letter to the fudge (even in those days every one was a judge in Arkan sas), who would not have needed it to have accorded htm an open handed welcome; lor travelers were a godsend, and news was as much sought after as now. After a short visit he proposed to go to the next town. some four miles off, where he intended to put up for the night. The judge would not listen to his leaving, and was so cordial in his desire for him to stay that he would have been rude not to have done so. Tbe judge, after directing one of tbe servants to attend to bis horse, invited him into the dining room, where he was introduced to the wife and daughter of the host, aud also to a substantial western supper, to which he did ample justice. After BUpper they adjourned to the parlor. and he entertained his new made friends with the latest news from tbe outside world. Tbe judge brewed some stiff whisky punch, which Graham, socially inclined, iniD.Dea -quite freely. The old couple retired, and left their daughter to entertain him; and, whether it was the punch or what, at all events he made hot love to her, and finally asked her to be his wife and go to Texas with him, to which she consented, one being very unsophisticated and innocent, took everything he said in downright earnest, and with her it was a case of "love at first sight" I5ut l am anticipating, uunne tne cignt our friend, tbe doctor, woke, and remem bered what he bad said, and it worried bun; but he said to himself, after emptying his water pitcher: ' Never mind, I'll make it right in the morning. I must have made a fool of mvself. She's lovely, but what must sbe think of me!" and rolled over aud went to sleep again. Morning came, and upon his going down to the parlor he found the young lady alone, for which he blessed his lucky-stars, and was just about to make an apology, w hen she said : I told mamma, and sue said it was ail right," at the same time giving him a kiss which nearly took away his breath. "Papa is going to town this morning, dear, and you ride in with him and talk it over; but he won't object, I know." Hut, my dear miss, 1 was very looiisn. and" "No. indeed, you were all right." "Well, I will go to my post, and return for you. for I must go on ar once." "o, 1 can go with you. "You 'won't have time.;' "Oh yes, I will. Papa will fix that It would d such an expense for you to come back all the way here." "But. I have no way of taking you." "I hare thought of that; that does not make any difference. Father will give us ateam." With many tears In his eyes he went in to breakfast, to which at that moment they were both snmmond; but, alas! appetite he had noue. It was not that she was not pret ty and nice; but he thought what a con founded fool she must be not to see tbat be wanted to get out of it. But it was no use. Wben tbe ludge started to town Dr. Gra ham was silting beside him. The judge saved him the trouble of broaching the suoject by starting it himself. "1 always, young man, give IN ell her own way; so it s all ngbt; you need not say a Word." "But I've got to go on to-day." The judge turned his watery eyes toward him. He had an Arkansas bowie in each one, and one of those double barreled shotgun looks, as he cad: ''You ain't a try in' to get out of it, are you?'' rue doctor, tasing in tbe situation, said, promptly, all hope being gone: "No, s:r." "lhat's right I'll fix every thing for you; give yea tbat black team of mine and a light wagon to carry your wife's things (her the doctor shuddered) and a thousand as a starter. You can be married to-night and leave early in tbe morning. That'll salt, won't it7" - - "Yes, sir," answered Graham, faintly. But on the judge turning toward him, he said, "Yes, air; certain'y." "After you get fixed at your post I will come down and pay you a visit. I have been thinging about selling out and moving to Texas for some time; it's getting crowded here, and things are a moving as slow as 'lasses in winter time." Thing were arranged as the old judge said. Toe marriage took place and the army received an addition to its ladies in tbe person of the Arkansas judge's daughter, and Dr. Graham has never regretted the obduracy of his father-in-law or the unsophisticatedness of his wife. ' Predictions of Cold Winters. ' 1 New York World. 1 Europe is evidently in, as our "philoeopes and clerkes" have for warned us, for one of her cold winters in this year 1S79 tbat la coming in with its Christmas to fall on a Thursday. In the Vosges there seems to be a precise repetition of the scenes to vividly depicted by Erckmann Cbatrain in "Le Consent" as marking the terrible season in which the fragments of the Grand Army straggled homeward from Moscow, and England has not known such a snowfall for igeneration as bas just descended upon her. This fact has an especial Interest in view of some queer statistics adduced not long ago by a writer in the Gardeners' Chronicle who laid it down as a rule that "any very hard winter ia likely to recur either forty one years or eighty years late." Precisely what this i period may coincide with - in nature the writer did not perhaps could sot explain: tbat may be left for the loves ti gators who have laid down' the rule of the connection of sun spots with commercial panics and Indian - famine It is certain, however, tbat he brought to back bim a very large number of coincidences. Thus the bard winter of 16S3 was followed, 80 years later, by the bard winter of 1763. At the same interval, from tbe hard winurs of 1708. 1716 and 1739, came those of 1788, 1796 and 1819. The three successive winters of 1783, 1784 and 17S5 fall undsr the 41 years rule. The winter of 1754 was very severe, so was that of 17H5. while that of 1833 was unusually mild. The hard winters of 1348, 1855, 1359, I860, 18G4 and 18C5 all followed upon bard winters oocnrrlcg either 41 or 80 years previously, and the writer in the Gardeners' Chronicle said tbat relying on this rula, be predicted the cold weather of 1867 end 1875.' Agaiott tbe winter of 1878 9 are both chance, since the winter of 1798 9 was very cold, and ao was that of 1837 8. It seem only-too probable also that this severe winter will bs memorable In English minds for something more serions than the roasting of whols sheep on tho Thames lee

or jaunts of skating parties from London to Oxford and back. For great distress prevails in many quarters among the agricultural and industrial clasts distress which much necessarily be pitilessly aggravated by an inclement season, and which may lend a stern significance to the ominous intimation conveyed in the current number of Punch. In the cartoon of this number Lord Beacom-field is represented as a Roman knight bestriding a gay steed, while behind him on the horse sits "black care," an ugly and menacing shade in the likeness of Gladstone, and beneath runs an epigraph bidding the people of England, in words borrowed from tbe Liberal leader's recent scathing speech at Greenwich, prepare to decide under what form of government they will live! . ..

A. HOBKOM ENDOWMENT. Mysterlonn Scenes In the Bait Lake Hatrlmoolal Man n factory. fAnnie Thompson in Bait Lake Tribune. If the woman who now styles herself Mrs. Owen Miles was an honest and deserving woman when she left London to emigrate to Utah with the Latter Day Saints, and so soon after her arrival here (some five weeks ago) pas.-ed through the Endowment House, I think there might be some palliation for ber very peculiar and seemingly inconsistent conduct. When Caroline Owen went to tbe Endowment Honse sbe entered at the north door and gave her name to the recorder. Sbe then passed imide to be washed, taking off her clothes until she was as naked as tbe hour she was born. Sbe was then washed from head to foot; afterwards sbe was covered witti oil and blessed by the holy priest ess; ner neaa, ears, eyes, nose, moutn. r,ec. arms, heirt, breast, back and all parts of ber body anointed. Sbe then put on her new garments and received ber new name in a whisper by the officiating priestess the woman who lied so beautifully in court Pasting a'oug she came before the great Jehovah and Eiohim, they being in another room, and commenced reading the ritual of the order "Let us go down and make man," etc., which is all too tedious to mention. Miss Owen passed on from one change to another, having ber robes and her apron on to appear before the master of ceremonies to receive the oaths. Siandmg straight, as shown by the elder, bringing ber right arm to an angle, then placing it across her throat as the terrible words were used by the officiating priest then drawing and extending hersrm straight out and bringing it back to a right angle, striking'it straight to the earth, she interpreted tbe oaths as spoken, that her throat should be cut from ear to ear; that her heart should be cut out aQd that she be disemboweled and her body be buried in the depths of the sea, etc, if she should divulge anything pertaining to the ceremonies performed in that house. This is not all tbe oath by a great deal. Miss Owen then received all tbs grips, signs, tokens, etc There are several of these which only tbe faithful can understand. Miss Owen then paed on to the other degrees, prayer circles, etc. Passing onward and npwaid she came to the vail or arch. This being previous to her marriage. John Miles was on the inside of tbe vail or arch, Caroline on the outride. Then the compass and square were cut over her heart There was ouly a sheet to separate Johu from Caroline, and before she could get through to where John was she bad to pnt her foot to his foot her knee to his knee, her' breast to his breast her lips to bis lips. Then John whispered in ber ear and told her tbe new name she had named below. . Nobody on earth knows what that name is but John and Caroline. He then brought Caroline through the vail or arch to be m irried. Joseph F. Smith sat immediately opposite at the table, John stood at the right and Caroline at tbe left After the usual questions were put and answered, tbe marriage was proceeded with and finished, John and Caroline wa'king to the sealing room, where Joseph F. Smith sat on the throne and later stood at the door. Miss Owen walked around to the north aide of the altar.anrl Miles remained on the south side. Joseph F. Smith proceeded with tbe ceremony. John and Caroline were kneel ing, when Jofepti told them to c'asp nanasacroes tne alter ana kiss eacn other, which tbey did. He then sealed them up to everlasting life, to come forth in the morning of tbe first resurrection, to receive power ana to carry out the laws ol procreation forever and ever. Amen. The Drowoloa- of Family. Dubuque, Iowa, Herald.) A heartrending and distressing accident occurred yesterday, in tbe afernoon. Mr. Lane, with bis wife and two children, went on the ice in the river at Lanesville to enjoy himself. He improvised a hand sleigh and a large box, into which he placed his wite and cnuaren. two bandies extended from tbe rear of the sleigh, with which Mr. Lane shoved the sleigh on the ice. They were baying a delightful time. The ice near the shore was about three inches ttrck. Tbe river was open in the channel, and the ice near tbe open water was of course much thinner. Mr. Lane, nnfortuna'ely, ventured too near the open water. He felt the ice giving way, but before he could retrace bis steps it broke through, engulfing in tbe stream tbe wife, the children, and the fa ther all in a moment were launched into eternity. The MADDENING SHRIEK OF TEK DEOWKINO FAMILY was heard by a party of woodchoppers oo an adjacent island, wbo saw the catastrophe. They hastened to the rescue, but were un able to arnye in time to be of service. Lane and bis family were under ' tbe ice, their dead bodies prooaoiy noating down the river. It was sad to contemplate, and the bronzed faces of tbe hardy woodchoppers were moistened with tears they could not control. They went to the station and gave the alarm, and then proceeded to Lane's cabin. They found the door unlocked. Inside a bright fire crackled in the stove. The ailver-brigbt tin teakettle was singing for the return of the unfortunate family. Tbe cat and dog were nestled under the stove awaiting the return of the two children wbo petted them. Everything about tbe bouse indicated bap piness and neatness. The people of the sta tion at onne organized to recover the bodies. but up to the time Mr. Hickey paseed the station tbey had not been found. Mr. Line was ticket agent at the station, and is spoken of as a man of industrious and frugal habits and a man who thought all the world of hia little lamtly. Haaia; on False Coofeaalon. , , In tbe year 16G0 two men named Perry and their mother were banged for the murder of t. man wbo bad never been murdered at alL Mr. Harrison, Lady Campden's steward. having been collecting his rents, suddenly disaDpeared. John Perry accused his mother, himself and brother of having robbed Mr. Harrison in tbe previous jer and of haying robbed !ni and murdered him on the night when he w? missed. The mother and Richard Perry denied all knowl edge of the matter, but at length oleaded guilty to the first indictment nnder some pressure of policy. The' other indictment was not then nroceeded with, on the ground that the body was not found. But John persisted in his story, and at the next assizes tbey were all tried for murder. John then retracted his confession, and said he must have been mod. Nevertheless, they were all condemned. Some years after Mr. Harrison appeared alive, and thus accounted for bis mysterious absence: After receiving his rents he had been set upon by a gang of ruffians, carried to the seaside, put on shipboard and sold as a slave to the Turki. After his master's death he escaped, and, with great difficulty working his way first to Lisbon and thence to Dover, he arrived in England, as our law books coolly say, "to the great surprise of all tho country." Said the nurse to ths doctor: "8ure, sir, I only know of one good medicine for th baby, and that is Lx. BuU'i Baby Pyrup."

The BL15CIIABD BLOOD & NERVE FOOD

la rare CnamntralMl I.IIT"I Pi prepared directly frona the WHBA.T witboat r tat lorn. mil or Ita BLOOD, BEKTE AND BRAIN Beetonac elemrnca im of vlUUlaattoaw NERVOUS DEBILITY Which nnderlies all forms of Chrome Disease la speedily overcome by the use of this Food. For tbe year past I have constantly prescribed Tho Blaaehara Blood Md Nerve Food to my patients of all agea, from eighteen months to eighty-three years. In every eai the result has been exactly that claimed b yon. It Is by far the most valuable and roll able Tonic I have ever met with. Edwaxd Button Smith, M. D , 30 Irving Place, New York. F00 AT LAST DRUGS A SUBSTITUTE for, FOOD Is made a curative agenf by concentration and artificial digestion, and it is ac simple in its application that The odyleo of piiyaicixna ia not required. Thousands of recoveries from chronic dis eases are reported, where tho bestmedica. skill bas failed. Many of the best physician throcrhont th country are Dlsrardlna: Dram and uslns the Blancbnm Blood and Nerve Food with the moat gratifying resulu, permanent; relieving all forms of Physical and Mental ueoimy. i ne uynpepile oad muop. live Patient, sufferers from MalnrUU oi Blood Poisoning:, together with the entire liat of complaints peculiar to the Feautle ha find in the use Of this Food anro and anwdt relief. New York, November 38, 1877. DR. V. W. BuirmiBD! Dnrln. thaut mi I have prescribed your various preparation! of Food Cure, and feel happy to say they hv met my moat sanguine expectations, glvinc to patients long enfeebled by blood poison, curouiu uiutuiw, w over arag aosing tne neeo ed nutrition and nerve force. nor, :LtM ENCE 8. LOZIERi M. D., Dean of Horn. Med. College and Hospital for Women, New York City. 0 Hundreds of cases of Rrlrhfi IHtMa or the Kidneys have been reported cured. For Nenrala-le ond Khrnmatle Dine tm It Is almost a specific. Physical and Mental Dennty rrom the use or Aloobol, Oplam and Tobocro or from any nnnamable cause, find In this Food a natural and noteut remedy. FOB THE INTKLLECTfJAI. WORKEI THE BLAXCHARD BLOOD & NERVE FOOD Affords a certain and natural means or sunplying the waste of the brain resulting from labor that will enable him to do better and more work than ever before, without dan eei of mental strain. As a remedy for the Lom or Apptlt aad wont oi v igor. pnysicai ana mental, lr emiuren, una r oou nas no rival. $1.00 per Bottle, or 6 for $5.00. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS, Or Sent by Express on receipt of Price. AlTDOVn THEOLOGICAL Skvikart. Akdovkb, Ml, March 29, 1878. Yonr Life Food ia an excellent thine. 1 have no hesitation, after a thorough trial of It, In recommending it in cams of chronic dyspepsia TUB BliAHCH A RD FOOD C1T1 ITaTEM now receiving such popular app elation is clearly set forth In a M page pa phlet whlen will be went to any address on oelpt of 25 cents. Address Blanchard Food Care Co. S7 CBlIOSf S4TJABK, HEW YORK. IS 1 GREAT REMEDY. Tois really wonderful arilcie was Invented as an improvement on the ordinary porous piaster, contains ail tne merit oi tne common porous planter, and iu addition a new and powerful combination of active vegetable in gradients which makes it not onlv superior to othf r poroua planter, but io uli other external remedies including liniments and the M-cail-ed eiectrlcal appliances, etc It acts raor promptly, powerfully and effectively than any similar remedy ever devised. ITS CHEAPNESS. A single plaster roots but 25 cents, and in many instances, especially when intended for sni'.uren, it, can oe cut in iwoanu me parts apKlied at dlflerent times. Its virtue Is not exauated In a dav: It can be worn, taken off. and worn again, and this one ration n-Dt-ated several time. Benson's Ca peine Porous P as ter is especially recommended lor the lollow in g ailments: LIME BACK. Weakness of tbe Back and Muscles, Kidney Disease, Rheumatism,, Sciatica, Lumnago, Af fections of the Heart, Female Complaints, Stubborn and Keglected Colds and Coughs, Fever and Ague, DieseH of Children, such aa Whooping Cough, Ordinary Coughs and Colds,and Croup(when used In its early stages). and for all Loel Aches and Pains of Young or Old. For such ailments as these it is warranted to be superior to any known remedy. ASK ANY PHYSICIAN. The remarkable merit, of Benson's Ca peine flaater naa oeen recognised oy pnysicianu ana chemists everywhere, and we recommend those who have doubts concerning the truth of the above statements to consult some relia ble physician in their own locality. By tak ing this small trouble all will he convinced that the article la precisely what It is claimed to be. DEGS0.TS CAPC1NE POROUS PLASTER can be obtslned of almost any druggist In the United States or Canaoa tor 2 cents. Purchasers should beware of worthless imitations, and plasters having a similar sounding name. NO MORE L laroii gout SACUTCOR CHRONIC-A yVLICYrLIC4 SURE CURE. ' Manufactured only under the above TradeMark, by the EUROPEAN SALICYLIC Rl ED I CINE CO. OF PAKPi AND LEIPZIG. lmfcniATK Rm.iF.r Warranted. Perma KENT CCKR UUAKAMTKKD. MOW exclusively used by all celebrated fuystoians of Europe and America, becoming a Hi a pie, Harmieoa and Reliable Remedy on both continents. The Highest Medical Academy of Paris report Hi cures oat of 10U eases within three days. Secret Ths only dlsNolver ot the poisonous Uric Acid which exists in the blood ot Rheumatlo and Goaty patients. SI 00 a Box ; 6 Boxes for ts 00. Hentto any address on receipt of price. Endorsed by Physicians. Hold by all Druggists. Address WASH BURNS . CO.. Only Importers, Depot S3 Cliff HU, flaw York. For sale by Browning Sloan and 8. French Indianapolis.

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It May Save Your Life. Cough, sbort breath, mini in th. mtAm breast, bronchitis, asthma, liver complaint. iever, Aicneo itm, nlgl-t sweats, tickung or riaing in the throat, weak voice cr any um tomsof . OUSUMPTIOni CKE AT OSCE DR. SwiTSt'S Compound Sjrnp of Hiid (hrm, ?ulck and permanent relief will be the result, t heals the ulcerated longs. stops night sweat. uiuuuiti.uiiuw ami neaiiny expectoration. Don't Dwpohd. If ihrmtaiuiTthinviii.i ia calculated to text the e. -o posii ion ot a person. m j iiisiuuiiuscuiwii, uie forerunner or consumption, and most fatal of human affliction. In many inatanee this dint resting malady Hecures a victim, who at fiist baa a s'.uht cold, but neglects to use the proper remedy until too late. Others are afflicted with Bronchial. Auto matic, I a tarrbal or some of the many dlNt-anes to which the throat and lungs are aubiect. Don t Despond. While there is life there it hope, and the most perilous hour of a person's lite is when he gives way to despondency. Remember, all thrae complaints, wnich are so Srevalent, and m fatal, can be cured by "Dr. WAYKB'S COHPOUKD hYBCP OF WlLU CHER RY," ana ortei time a single 2 cent, bottle will prevent much rufterlng and risk of life. Being the favorite pn-rcripllnn of one of Philadelphia's moat eminent physicians, it can be reieu uu. Home Temlmooy. MORE WONDERFUL CURES. Dr. Bwatxs-Dear Sir: I feel it to he due to you and sutTering humanity to give the following testimony rexpecling Lit w.-nderful curative powers of your "Coinponnd Svrup of l!d ChBiry" and "!SBraiarrilJa and iar i-nis." i was arnicied with a violent cotiKh, , pains in tbe side and brt-aar. !ht stcnis. sore throxt, my bowels w.ere coUve. nppetite ur-miijr iuucsuu my siomacn so very veaK nai my pnyslclan was at a lot to do for me. aH.everyiiilng I u-d in thethaie of medicine wna rejected; spit diflVrcnt tlmen a pii.t of blood. I remained for raon-.CH in thu. awful condition, and gave upall hop of ever recovering. At this lime yon recommended the use ' of your "Syrup" and Pills," which immediately began to soothe, comfort and allay ihe violence of thecougb. atiengthened and healed my lnngs- in abort, it bas made a perfect cure of me, and I am now able to pursue my daily Dor. Any person ooubt'ng the troth of the above statement will pleaae call, or ajdre me, at the factory or at my residence r.UWAKU ti. HAMVGN, Foreman at George Bwwney V Wiiv:. , lildge Over 20 years have elariKed. and Mr Ramano still remains a hearty man. Asthma aod Dlatresalsic Conch Cared. My mother wasagreatum?rer from Aathma. eongb, could not sleep Her symptoms became very alarming, anon D:eath, palnnandoppn -slon. Dr. Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry restored her to good health. 11. uti fcK, urocer, 17th and Carpenter Sts., Philadelphia. Trial Buttles, 25 Centa. Price, trial bottle. 2Seenta- rtcsirilarBize.Sl.no. or six not ties for (.5. A single !icent bottle will oftentimes cure a rteant eoogh or cold aud thus prevent mucn rinK and guttering, li yourdruggiM or aioreaeeper nas not got it. a-k nun to procure it for you, or write to ns direct. o uescnoe symptoms in all commnntcatlons. and ailflreso let tent to DR. HWAYNK A PON, 81 North Sixth street. Philadelphia. No charge will We made for advice. Sold at French's Medici oe Depot. (UNDER MASONIC TEMPLF.i INDIANAPOLIS. DI A DIS0SDEBED LIVER, from which so mam' persons, suffer, ia frequently the cause of Headache. Indigestion and Dyspepsia, is speedily relieved, aud are often permanently cared by Swayn&'s Tar anil Sarsaparilla P lis. Fevers are often prevented by the use of these tfarxaparilla P lis, as Uiey carry off, through the blood, the impurities from whiv-h they arise. For eotiveoew there la nothing so effectual aa Swuutte'a Tar and SuTmipariJia Pitt. Tbey are purely vegetable, and act specially on tbe Liver aa bine nss or calomel, without any bad results from taking. Address letters to DR. feWAYNE 4 SON, Philadelphia. So charge for advice, r-ent by mail on recei pt of price. Price, i Cent a box : nve boxes for si. Ask your drugglxi tor Uitm. NoM at Freateh'a Dric More, lodlaoapulla. DD ITCHI NG PI LES1 are generally preceded by a moist n re, like perspiration, dial redoing itculng, aa though pin worms were crawling in and aoout ihe mexm, partu'uUirly U night, when undi.,ii.p, or in bed Hirer getting warm: oftentimes aUow itself around the private parts, and frequently females are sorely attlicud. extending into ihe vagina, proving very distressing. Case of long standing aru permanently cured by simply applying SttAYNE'S OltnUZZiT ! HOME CURES. We were great snfT-rers from Itching Piles; tbe symptoms were as above described. The use of Swayne'a Ointment in a sbort time made a oerteci cur. J W. Christ boot and shoe fiouiw.Stl N. 2d st T. C. Weyiuan, hatter, SH. Kth at., Phila. David Uroaiikkle, Ladiesbnrg, Frederick co. Md. A. J. Beaeb, Farm well Htat'n London co.,Va. J. M. Heister, Mtreersburg, Krankim co., Pa. Jos 8. McComb, Millers' urg.O. K. 11. Wakely, McLean, Tompeins Co., N. T. B. K. Moore, Atlanta, 6a. J. E. Crandell, Crandeu's Corners, N. Y. Rienaie 3-ott, Enfield. Conn. Wm. B. Rutland, Naahvl le. Tenn. N. C Workman, 8c iota, Iowa. CLEBTNEH AND PHYeilClAzVe, as wen as thousands of other In all parts of the United Spates, arc constantly sending ctrtidcates and Informing us of the heneflt derived from using our '-All Healing Ointment," buti-pace will not admit of their publication at preaaut. HOME CERTIFICATES. An Eruption of Eight Years' Standing. I was troubled with an eruption for eight years. Itching intolerably at tunes; tried many preparations without finding relief. Through the meot Sayne'(t "All Healing ' Olntuieuf'l am entirely cured. JOSEPH H.LAMBERT, w. AtHorsbmanA Rro.'s.olh and Cherry, Phila. Price, 5Hc Three boxes, si.25 (In currency or postage stamp-). Sent bv mall to any address on receiptor price, by DR. WAYNE 4 SOS, Philadelphia. Pa. Sold tiv all dmegists. t-okt In IndlanapolU at "FRENCH'S MEDICINE DEPOT," under Maaouic Temple. DD BEAUTIFUL H&IR. LONDON Scientific HAIR COLOR -..IWiW.. RESTORER! ... n. CULTIVATE YOUR HA1R!" . London Glossy, Luxuhiast Hair Restorer" ''London Hair Restorer" "London Hair is Osa of ths. Jialr K'-Ftorer" "London Hair Restorer" "London Greatest or a i.i. Hair Restorer" 'London . Hair caterer" "London Persok alChajuih Hair Klo,ei" All that art can accomplish in beautifying, srengthenii g, thickening and adori.ii g the hair is effected by using London Color Hair Restorer. It stimulates snd forces a rapid growth; if gray, restores its natural color and renders It silky and beaut ml: cures dandruff: keeps the scalp clean, cool and healthy. Prie 75 cents; three bottles, t2;Blx bottles, JL. Bold by DR. SWAYNE & SON, 330 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia. COLD BY ALL DUTJGGISTS. In Indlanap Mta at rrcnoVi Zledicine Depot, UNDER MASONIC TEMPLE.