Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 July 1879 — Page 6

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n i MBS. M. P. HANDY. Oh ! for a day on the dear old plantation. Just as the fair south-land home used to bet Oh ! tor a swing on the gate or the garden. Under the boughs of the Jane apple tree. Oh! for a rest In the shade of the straw stack. Hearing the ham or the threshing machine; Oh! for adrlnk from the spring In the meadow ; Under the sweet gum tiee, fragrant and green. - Oh ! for a can talou pe J u ley and mellow. Fresh from the melon patch down by the spring ; Oh ! for a night on the trundle-bed pillow, Sleeping calm sleep that each night used to bring. - ..-. - j Oh ! for a sight of the well-beloved faces, Now widely scattered, and some, alas! dead. Oh ! for one day in the dear old home places, Bright with the light of the days that are fled. i Ladles' Journal. UNVEILED GHOSTS. , -- i Chamber. JoaramL ' t ; ?I am' sure that none .of you -were ever - so terrified by a ghost as T was" said mv Aunt - Mabel. -"It was an American "ghost, -which perhaps accounts for its having been more wild and wpird. and eletrifvine than anything ever met with in the old country. You know I went to America when I was young, and I spent man v of my early years in a lonely farm house in the backwoods. "And without any servants, Aunt Mabel?" "Quite true, dear. Servants would not stav in 6uch an out-of-the-way place without higher wages than we could give them, and. indeed, the 'helps' we tried were often more deserving the name of 'hinderers,' But we were were all young and strong, and we never had happier days than when we all kept house together, and did the work with onr own hands. Capital training it was, though at first, of course, we made many mistakes, everything was so strange and new to us. ' "It was soon after our arrival at this place that I met with a terrible fright. My sister Isabel and I shared the same room, and one . night I was awakened by hearing her cry ing by my side. ' " 'What is the matter, Isabel? : ' "Oh. a toothache, a most dreadful tooth ache: and I have nothing to relieve it. If I could only get some brandy; a little burnt brandy would cure it in a moment.' - 'My dear,' I said jumping out of bed, .' will get you some directly. I know where it is in the parlor cupboard, and I have got the key.' "But you have got no light." Oh, I can grope my way to the room, and then I can light my candle at the stove. "No sooner said than done. I wrapped shawl around me, went swiftly and quietly down stairs, felt my way through the dark and deserted room, and succeeded in lighting the candle at the' stove. But no sooner did I hold up the lighted candle to maKe my way to the cupboard, than the most unearth lv shriek ran through the room. At the same moment the light was suddenly ex tinguished. I was left in total darkness, ana all was still and silent as before. Chilled with horror, and trembling in every limb, I groped my way back as best I could, and told my story to Isabel; but she was in such pain that it did not make the impression on her that I expected. I got but little sympathy, It must be the wind, or a wild-cat outside, that screamed,' she said; 'and as to the can- : die going out, that of course was sheer accident. Of course,' she added, 'we are not such fools as to believe in ghosts." - - - "This rather put me on my mettle; and moved besides by her moans of intense pain, I at last braced myself up to a second attempt. I went with great determination, resolved that nothing should now hinder me from bringing the remedy to my sister. Proceeding down stairs again all went well till I turned from the stove with the lighted candle in my hand. Instantly the same yell ' resounded in. my ears, while something, I could not tell what swept past me and dash- ' ed out the light I How I reached my room I never knew, but I crawled into bed more dead than alive; and as soon as I could . speak, I told Isabel no matter what happen1 ed, nothing would induce me to make the venture again. "Morning came at last and with it the so- ' lution of the mystery. My brothers had come home late, bringing with them a creech-owl, which they had put in the parlor for safety till the morning. The light of course disturbed it, and it had flown against the candle and extinguished it while uttering a peculiar and singularly hideous cry. My terror at the midnight ghost was a joke at my expense for long after." ". "I think you were brave to go into the room a second time, Aunt Mabel." ""Well, I think I was, I must admit. But I would have braved almost anything for Isabel, and I was a strong, courageous girl who hardly knew what fear was. Still, I can assure you that even to this day, when I ; recall the scene, I seem still to feel the thrill of terror that shook me at that unearthly shriek. Heard for the first time in the dead ' of night, and so close to my ear, it was truly startling and dreadful. It was a great relief when the mystery was so simply explained. But imagine if it had never been explained! If the owl had got in unpcrceived, and had escaped by the chimney or open window 1 How that ghostly shriek must have haunted - me ever after! It would have been as fright ful a ghost story as you ever heard. 'But see, at the touch of the little wand of truth the ghost vanishes, and only a poor screech-owl remains!" "Xow let me tell the story of our family ghost," said Miss B. "Such a useful, faithful, devoted spirit it wasl An Irish ghost; but not a Banshee, more like a 'delicate Ariel' or household fairy. I only fear its race is extinct now. as well as that of the invaluable servaats who used to identify themselves with the master's family. Our ghost was before my time: but often and often have I heard my grandmother talk about it, and what mvsterv it was. The household vas large and varied, con- '' eisting of the old couple, some growa up ones, one of them married, an orphan niece. and two or three young children in the nursery. There were no railways in those davs, and when any of the family in tended going to the county town, they had to be up at dawn of day, take a solitary breakfast, and set out on what was then formidable expedition. Of course the affair used to be discussed in the family the even ing before, commissions given and the time of starting fixed on. And now comes the strange part of my story. "Whether the servants were up in good time or not, the fire ' was always lighted, the kettle boiling, and breakfast ready at the appointed timet The clothes . which came from the wash were found carefully sorted out and apportioned to their respective owners, none could tell by whom. If a fire -was required in the nursery, it was kept up by invisible hands. Is urse was i heavy sleeper, but no matter: her deficien , cies were supplied by the obliging and indefa ti gable ehost.aNurse used to find as bright a fire in the morning as she left at night, the turf basket replenished, and all as neat and orderly as hands could make it. To get out the breaklasl things my grandmothers

HOMESICK

kevs must have been- taken from her room,

but by. whom no one could tell. . ".Leave the key-basket in my room, said a visitor the night before he left, r 'I am a light sleeper, and if the ghost comes to get my breakfast, I shall know it!' t , , . "Towards daybreak he hoard the keys tinkle, and instantly threw, a dagger, which he had hidden under his pillow, to the spot whence the sound proceeded. I the morning the dagger was found stuck in the door, but no clue to the mysterious visitor could bo found. - - ' ' . : . ;. i . s "At last my' grandmother determined that the mystery should be solved, . whatever , it might be. and she prepared to sit up in her room all night. listening for the faintest sound. J) or a long time all was still; and my grandmother was beginning to fear that her long watch through the winter's night was only wasting her strength in vain, . when at last, somewhere in the small hours, she heard a slight thud upon the stairs. Instantly seizing her candle, she rushed out, just in time to see a slender figure in white, carrying a basket of turf on his arm. The fall of a sod from the fuel basket was the sound she had heard. My grandmother was a brave woman, and swiftly as the white figure flitted on, swiftly did she follow after, up staircases and along passages, till just as it reached the nursey door, she overtook it and discovered her niece walking in her sleep I "It seems the poor girl was so anxious about the household arrangements that she used to rise in her sleep to accomplish all that she knew ought to be done. How her zeal nearly cost her life through the foolish rashness of a young visitor, I have alrendv told you. She was never again permitted to sleep alone. Mv grandmother took her to her own bed: and, clasped in her loving arms, the poor girl learned to forget her cares, and take a full benefit of 'Tired Nature's tweet restorer, balmy ileep. "Had not my grandmother possessed good sense, courage and resolution, tjie story might have had a very different ending. Hints on the Toilet. So many have asked for a recipe to remove superfluous hair and none have made reply that I have taken pity on the afflicted ones and send in my mite, taken from the best medical authority. Superfluous hair is as troublesome to those that have it as baldness is to others. There is no way to re move it but bv diluted acids or caustics, patiently applied time after time as the hair makes its appearance. The mildest depilato ries known are parsley water, acacia juice, and th(i gum of ivy. It is said that nut oil will prevent the hair from growing. The juice of milk-thistle mixed with oil, according to medical authority, prevents the hair from growing too low on the forehead, or straggling on the nape of the neck. Muri atic acid, verv slightly reduced, applied with a sable pencil, will destroy the hair; and to prevent its growing the part may be bathed with strong camphor or clear ammonia. The depilatories sold in the shop are strong caustics, and leave the skin very hard and unpleasant. Bathe the upper lip, or other ieature afflicted with superfluous hair, with ammonia or camphor as strong as can be borne, and the hair will die out in a few weeks. Moles, with long hairs in them, should be touched with lunar caustic, re peatedly. Care should be taken to brush the back hair upward from childhood, to prevent the disfiguring growth of weak, loose hairs onthe neck. Fine clean wood ashes, mixed with a little water to form a paste, make a tolerable depilatory for weak hair, without pain, strong pearl ash washes also kill out poor hair. Now, sisters, some of these many hints may be of use to you. Pale hair shows a want of iron in the system and this is to be supplied bv a free use of beefeteak, soup, pure beef gravies and red wines. Sandy hair, when well brushed and kept glossy with the natural oil of the scalp, changes to a warm golden tinge, lhe evelashes mav be improved by delicately cut ting off their forked and gossamer Doints. and anointing with a salve of two drachms of ointment of nitric oxide of mercury and one drachm of lard. Mix the lard and oint ment well, and anoint the edges of the eye lids night and morning, washing after each time with warm milk and water. This, it is said, will restore the lashes when lost by disease. The effect ot black lashes is to deepen the color of gray eyes.' The discol oration Known as masK is removeu oy a wasn made from 30 grains of chlorate of -potash, in eight ounces of rose-water. . AVriiikles are less apparent under a kind of varnish containing 36 grammes of turpentine in three drachms of alcohol, allowed to dry on the face. For pimples on the face,- use this re cipe: 80 grains of bicarbonate of so la, one drachm of glycerine, one ounce ot spermaceti ointment. Bub on the face; let it remain for a quarter of an hour, and wipe off all but a slight film with a soft cloth. Frequent baths in soft water will do as much tor the complexion as anything I know of. After bath always use a coarse towel and rub the body until a brisk circulation ensues. For profuse perspiration, use one tablespoonful of ammonia in a washbowl of water. Do not use much hair oil this is an unclean habit of the toilet but instead use the hair brush vigorously and often. People who are anxious to get rid of a superabundance of flesh, must let all oily matters alone, and eat instead acids, lemons and limes: eat spar ingly of dry meats and crackers instead of bread. Leave all sweetriiefts alone and any thing containing starch or sugar. Lean ones should eat rich soups, oat meal, and the eatables mentioned for the fleshy ones to let alone. Bathing oily skins with camphor dries the oil somewhat, where the camphor would parch .nice complexions. After a child is five years old, the hair should never be cut, save to have the ends clipped once a month. 1 his will enable a girl to have a "dowrv"of hair, if she only takes Droner care of it. Any woman can be beautiful if she will only make the effort. Consistency a Jewel When Found. Boa ton Transcript. On the authority of constant repetition we are told that consistency is a jewel; and so it is when found. "Which reminds us of a good old lady, now gone to her reward, whose preaching and practice did not exactly coincide; and in which of us does it? Every Sunday it Was her wont to attend all . the church-meetings; morning, afternoon, and cveiiinr:butasthedistanceto her. home from the church was rather far, she found her brother's house rather a convenient stopping place during' the noon intermission. This brother's wife was a notable cook but that's aside, for, of course, that fact had nothing to do with the lady's visits, though she did have a powerful appetite and gave it full appeasment on each of these Sunday visits. Having eaten religiously through each course, the good lady would sit back in her chair and say: "Betsy, you Bhould go to church more; it isn't right for you to stay at home the way you do." Though Betsy's mind would occasionally run thouget as,"Perhaps I could go now and then if I didn't have to stand over a hot 'stove every Sun day cooking for you. Not being a pious woman however, she kept such thoughts to herself, and said nothing. The more a man knows about any subject the creater will be hid charity for and svm - pathy with views differing from his own. Sunday Afternoon,

THE STAGK.!;

Fixing Vp the Theaters for Fan WorkActors Besting and Dramatists and Scene Painters at Work. . r . . Loadoa letter. DOMESTIC. Lester "Wallack says: "San Francisco is dead; Chicago is alive, and is a city." Soldene is contemplating a third visit to this country with her troupe. ("Evangeline is undergoing a mucn need ed reconstruction by E. E. Rice. - i - The Philadelphia papers think that Uaverly wants to get the Walnut Street theater. "VVilhelmi is not going tdtalifornia. No hall can be had in San Francisco, which is blessed with five Pinafore companies. John ' T. Baymond, it: is said, has paid to Mark Twain $150,000 as royalties on ''The Gilded Age."Mr. Atkins Lawrence win make love to Mary Anderson next season in a profes sional capacity. ' Next season Mr. Charles E. Rice will be the manager and Mr. A, S. Pennoyer the agent of the 'Evangeline" combination. itoucicault savs he snail wrue no more eys. French playwrights will accordingly pretty safe from piracy. . Boucicault swears to a New York Graphic reporter that he has "a thoroughly original work" for-his opening at Booth's. "VVilhelmi will remain in this country the coming season, and appear in the provincial towns unsupported, excepting by local talent. it is said that nearly w musical and dra matic combinations ar in process of formation in the cities of New York, Boston, Chi cago and Philadelphia for the purpose of taking the road next season. It is now reported that Uiwul has changed his mind, and will not appear in opera boufle when he comes to this country, but will sing in Italian opera. lhe vear 1843 witnessed the advent ot Ethiopian minstrelsy. At that time, at the circus in the Bowery. New York, the Vir ginia Serenaders appeared as tho first organlzeu company oi iiiiiisiruis in iuib wmiiin . The attendance at all the city theaters would indicate that our managers will re ceive a lesson this summer which will prove to them the advisability of closing their houses during the heated term next year. The latest audition to American comic opera is Macnrthy's "U. S. B.," the music by Dig. upera. J. ins is a musical ausuruiby inuueled after "Pinafore," and deals with the ar my and navy and a few prominent politi cians. The musical papers of London say that Carl Rosa has made arrangements to come to this country next year, and that, instead of opening at Her Majesty's theater in London, in January, he will open a season in New York city, January 12, giving among other operas, "Aida," "Lohengrin," "Mignon," "Rienzi," "Carmen," and Geotz's "Taming of the Shrew." The Kocnester union savs tnat lorn jvari received an offer from Carl Rosa for a three years' engagement, but was obliged to decline on account of his contract with Emma Abbot for next season. He will probably be engaged, however, next year, with the oppor tunity of making his debut in London. John E. Owens played the admiral in "Pinafore at the .Baltimore Academy, on Friday night, in aid of tho Winchester Con federate monument fund, lhe house was packeu. about $2,000 being realized. Mr. Owens, was in bad voice, but his acting fresh ened the character in many ways, introduc ing new comedy business and numerous gags." His "Admiral" was a pronounced success. Mav Fisk's blondes played at the Metro politan theater, Chicago, for 65 per cent of the receipts, the management to take the rest for the house and advertising. It was deemed necessary to have 30 pretty girls as a ballet for lay figures, in order to swell the ranks of the Fisk .blondes. The girls were procured, and the question arose as to who should pay them. The upshot was a fight at midnight in iront oi the tneater. jjiiss t isk whipped one of the managers and the whole pajty was taken to the police station. FOREIGN, Adelina Patti is in her nineteenth oper atic season. Miss Linda Dietz is in London learning to make baby clothes. At ' Covent Garden the latest sensation is a new baritone, M. Lassallc, who is reported as having carried of more than half tne hon ors on the first production of "L'Africaine," with Mmo. Patti as the heroine. London is soon to hear "Le lioi de Lahore." Strakosch will probably give it in this country next season. Rondil, Mapelson s new baritone, is pro nounced by tho Londan critics as a singer of highest rank. The old English comic operas will be re vived in England next season, "The Beggars' Opera;" "The Waterman," etc. Sims Keeveswill be the".uacDettt ana-iom lug. The two great dramatic attractions in Eng land just now are Talmage in the pulpit, and W arner in tne jim-jams scene in z.oia s "L'Assomoir." Henry Meilhac and Ernest Blum have just finished an opera in four acts, adapted from Shakespeare "Cymbeline. The music has has been intrusted to Mr. Cloudens. Miss Minnie Hauk has just given in Lon don her one hundredth representation of "Carmen." She was surrounded by flowers', and received a memorial of the occasion in the shape of a beautiful Spanish necklace. Mr. Merelli states that the rumor of Ade lina Patti having been forbidden to sing in Paris is incorrect. The engagenent is signed and the first appearance of the "diva" at the Gaite is fixed for the 14th of February next, as first announced. Albom, the famous contralto, is still alive and. well and yet retains her magnificent voice. "I never," she told a friend, "do any thing that will tire mo mentally or physically, and literally forget that 1 have a voice, so that when I wish to sing it is there. The dolce far niente is the only life possible for a singer." But she worked intensely before her fame was achieved It is not expected that Sara Bernhardt's resignation of her position as societal re or the Comedie Francaiao will- be accepted by the administration. A telegram from London to the Cork Examiner, however, says that she has accepted an offer of 80,000 . ($400,00)) and all expenses paid for two years' I performance, during six months of each, in the United States. Russian playwrights at the present day do not appear to possess a nign degree oi skui. Prizes have been oflered for the best new plays, in the hope of stimulating the writers of the country to produce something credita ble in this line, but with no better result last year than the presentation of 28 dramas which were all of such poor quality that the prizes were not awarded. The librettos of Gounod s new opera, "Heloise and Abelard," is said to embody a strong protest against the abridgment of liberty of minds by the priesthood. That Gounod, who was educated for a priest in Rome and received into minor orders, should, "at the mature age of 61, be concerned in what is practically a Protestant opera," is considered remarkable. M. 8aint-8aens has. it is said, agreed to write a new opera for the firm of Ricordi. 1 The opera is to be called "I Macedonl,' UDret to by Zanardini. M. Saint-Saens is just finishing a cantata for the Birmingham festi

val of next autumn.- Together with this absolute novelty, a comparative novelty, in the shape of a cantata by Max Brush, already

given m viermany, but not yet heard in England, will be brought out. M Saint-Saens' cantata will not be of great dimensions: Application had been made to M. Gounod for a work of some magnitude, but the composer of "Faust" declined to compose the oratorio demanded of him unless the festival committee would agree to mt him the sunt of 4,000. ' - ,., Bronson Howard write to th Detroit Fiw Press: "I was told an. incident the other day which shows how the combined thought and taste of the Comedie Francaise is brought to bear upon every artistic point in the production of a play. A gentleman was discussing a line in 'Phedre with Mile. Bernhardt. He thought a different reading would be preferable. She quite agreed with him, she said; the reading she gave was not her own choice: it was under a decision of the society! When many great actors, in England and America, combine to give the greatest possible effect to every line and scene of a drama, subordinat ing individual opinion to the wisdom of all, we shall arrive at an equally admirable artis tic result." . The success of "Drink" at the Princess' is unqualified; no such receipts have been taken at this theater since the palmy days of the earlier Boucicault drama. Mr. Charles Reado has made excellent business arrangements: he is not only the author of the Eng lish adaption of "L Assommoir," but he is proprietor, nis share of the receipts at the Princess' last week amounted to 400. He also possesses the entire provincial rights, and there U every prospect of "Driuk" realizing lor mm a considerable fortune. lhe other evening in the wine-shop scene, where Coupeau is so sorely tempted to quaff the treacherous draught, an excited old lady in the pit roared out to the tempters: "Don t give it him, you beasts; don't give it hftn!" A MAINE BOY'S MEMORY. Extraordinary Powers of Yeanu Lad of Ten Bangor (Me.) Commercial. There is in this city one of the most remarkable boys in the world, probably. He is a son of Colonel Fullor, ex-postmuster of Bangor, and is now 10 years of age. His intellect is perfectly wonderful, and" almost goes' beyond belief. Tho first that his friends noticed of his precocity was about a year ago, when they accidcntially discovered that he was almost infallible on any date he had ever seen or heard. He was out West with his parents at the time, and as he was walking in company with some relatives, in a cemetery, they observed thnt he would look at a tombstone, read the date of the death recorded, and the exact age of the person buried there, and then glance up and tell what day of the week the dead person was born on. This happend on several occasions, and but little attention was paid to it. Finally, however, one of his relatives took pains to look into an old almanac cov ering some of the dates that he had mentioned, and found that the dav of the week had been given correctly in every instance. This caused them to ask him questions, when it was difcovcred that he could almost instant ly tell the day ot tho week on which any date within the, last 75 years fell. Only yesterday the writer gave the lad dates from 1812 to 1840, and in every case Charlie (that is his given name, gave the day of the week corresponding to that date, and gave it cor rectly, lhe longest time occupied in any .one case was eight seconds, and the shortest was three seconds, the average being about five seconds. It should be remembered that while he answered, there was no book or any article near him from which he could get any aid If he has once heard the date of birth, marriage, or death of any of his friends he remembers it, and, of course, from what has been said above, knows on what day of the week the date tell. If one calls his attentio to any person and informs him that the in dividual .was born on a certain day of the week and month, he will, on seeing that person months afterward, speak up and say that that man s birthday falls on a sertain day, which is the date he was casually told so long before. Not a great while ago he walk ed up to one ol his relatives and informed him that it was so-and-so's birthday, the date ot the person g birth having ben told him long ago. For curiosity, the relative took Uharlie by the hand and walked to the place oi ousiuess oi ine iriena menuonea. a 1 f - - . . i Charlie," remarked the relative to the friend,, "says this is your birthday; is it?" "Well, I didn't think of it before," replied the friend, '-but he is right; this is my birthday." He never forgets a date that he has once fixed in his memory, and is almost invalu able as a statistician! He remembers when every pr'jsident of tho United states was born, when inaugurated as president, and how long he served, and when tie died. Any of these datas he gives with scarcely a secand thought, as well as hundreds of others of a like nature. Once in a while he makes a momentary mistake, but corrects himself almost instantly, never proceeding till he is absolutely certain of what ho has already said. ' A still more remarkable fact is that he rec ollects everything that he does, remembers on what day he did it, where he was at the time, and what were the circumstances that led him to do it. For instance, he will tell you where ha was on any day within the past two years, and what he was doing, t urther, he remem bers and can tell everything that his friends have done, providing he has seen them do it, and tell on what day of the week they did it. In mathematics it would be difficult to find a boy of nearly twice his age that can equal him. - He computes the most difficult fractions in his bead, and will add, subtract, multiply, or divide them without difficulty This is all the more wonderful, considering that he has-hever been taught anything ex cept how to read. One evening about teatime ho was informed that tho double of two is four. He was informed that the process bf getting that result was called multiplication and that it was all given in the arithmetic, He immediaetly got an arithmetic into .his hands, found the multiplication table, and had all of it by heart at the breakfast table the next morning The most remarkable test to which his memory has yet been ' put is tne ill Die. lie repeats-, the name of every book in tho Old and New testaments in regular order, beginning with Genesis; tells how many chapters each book contains, and how many verses in each chapter of several of the books; and on any portion of the Bible he has Tend and he has read nearly if not quite all will tell the substance of any particular verse in any chapter of any particular book. He tells at bice where any particular event is described in the liibie, also where tho name of any char acter mentioned in the Scriptures can be found. He not only knows the Bible thor oughly, but can tell without hesitation what page any particular hymn in Watts' or Moody's and Sankey's hymn-books can be found. Not long ago he greatly amused ' some of nis inenus Dy correcting an almanac. A. lady wished to-try him on the days of the Lweek on which . certain dates many years fell.,-. She gave him,, a , date and asked him on which day it

fell.- He promptly , informed her.- She looked at the almanac for that year, month, and day. Alas for Charlie! thought she, as his answer did not agree with the almanac: Charlie wouldn't give up, however, but declared that he knew the almanac was wrong. "Haven't you another almanac of that year?" inquired one of Charlie's confidential friends. 'I have," replied the lady, and produced it. On comparing the almanacs it was discovered that the first one was wrong, and that Charlie was right, a mistake having been made by the party who compiled the almanac. - His habits are peculiar. He never plays with other boys, but is continually busy in reading. Oftentimes he takes an unabridged dictionary and studies it hour after hour, never seeming to consider it anythini- but a pleasure to do it. In fact, be takes no comfort unless busying his brain about something. If there is anything he does not understand

he keeps at it till he does understand it; then it is next to impossible for him to forget it. One would naturally suppose that a child with such unusual powers would gradually fail and fade away, but, singularly cnough,"he is constantly growing stronger and more healthy. , , ery many will think, perhaps, that his ability in giving the day of the week, etc, on wnicn a date talis, is an act of memory merely, and that he has learned what day of xne week eacn date lor several years past lias ianen on. i nis is not so, however, lie does it by some mathematical process, as he as readily answers about dates the days of the week of which he has never seen. What this process is he himself can not explain. Scarcely any of the above will seem credi ble, but we aure the readers of the Com mercial that it is true in every particular, as scores of those acquainted with the circum stances can testify, lhe lad is, we repeat. one of the most wonderful in the world, and his career will be watched with interest. Duty as Roae Terry Cooke Sees) IU rSnoday Ancrnooa for Aasait.l Some of you appear to doubt if you can iecide for yourselves what your vocation in life is. Do not hurry. "Do the duty that lies nearest thee: the rest will follow." Learn to do the simplest, commonest things; these all fit you for the future. And do not, above all, fall into that silly, childish cant of hating dutv, and doing things for "love. It is the fatal weakness these davs that love is exalted. not merely above but in place of all other virtues; that sell-denial, self-control, courage. endurance, are all set aside for" the sake of love, which is perverted to mean indolence and self-indulgence. This is not the love of tho Bible, but a counterfeit weakness, out of which spring evils innumerable, even in the very bosom of our homes and churches. Duty is the very breath of God and the out come of love to him, as surely as warmth born of fire. Adhere to this, and the path of life will unfold before you and the voice ot the lxird say to vour souls: "lhis is the way; walk ye m it. And by duty 1 do not mean great action, sufTering.orsacrificcbut the petty details of daily life: patience with noisy. quarrelsome, perverse children; obedience to parents; devotion to the comfort and pleasure of those about you; attention to your own health, temper and appearance; a study of economy and neatness in the household; and. when the in-doors duty is done, there remains always some lonely person to visit and cheer. some kindly, neighborly act to perform some church-work to help in. Be faithful over these few things, Mary Ann, and the work of your lite will find you out m good time and welcome you. Buffa!) Express: There was very little human nature about the young English lieutenant who ran away when the prince imperial was speared. All the rest of ns would have staid and got killed. - Eve always enlists the sympathy of the gentler sex when they reflect that before marriage she bad never a chance to play on another fellow against Adam. lev York Commercial Advertiser. . STOMACH - JCI.T. The wear and tear of business life makes such tremendous drafts upon body and mind that wit boat recourse to some sustaining agent I hey mast give way ander the pressure. To thoe who are breaking down, or wasting away from general debility or affections of the liver, stomach and tbe kidneys, a systematic oourne of the Bitters will so reinforce the vital faneUon8 a to baffle all the assaults of disease and restore the system to its wonted health. For sale by all DruggiKta and respectable - dealers generally. TaiL4ME BACK. TWEAK BACK. Benson's Capcine Porous Plser. - This article Is one which really possesses extraordinary merit. By consulting reliable physicians In your own locality, you will find that tbe above is trne. It Is far Bnperior to the ordinary porous plaster, all the so-called electrical appliances, and to all external remedies whatever. It contains entirely new element wblcb cause It to relieve pain at once, strengthen and cure where other planters will not even rt-Ueve. For JLameneas and Weakness of tVie Back, Diseased Kidneys, Lung and CiiestDl flicu ties. Rheumatism, Neglected Colds, Female Aflect'ons, and all local aches and pains. It Is simply the best remedy ever devised. , I Sold by all Druggists. ,, y Price 25 cents. PETROLEUM JELLY. VASELINE. Grant Mai at t&e PMiaMpMa Euosition. aim. ait th ieri ExiMMftlow. The moet valuable family remedy known for the treatment oi wrauon, uuri, iii, vui .b- hi rheumatism, chilblains. catarrh, hemorrhoids, etc. Also, for coughs, colds, sore ttiroaU croup and diphtheria, etc. TJaedand appro vedby the leading physicians of Europe and America, The toilet articles made from pure Vaselinesuch as pomade, old cream, camphor ice, and toilet soaps-ai Kri"' ?Man' Bimllar onefc v'i' kndoO-eentsiaes of all onr good;. Bold by all DruLiistI COLGATE 6o New York, sole agents.

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