Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1881 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY. 2, 1881.

DANTILLE. A Urlef YMt ot a Sentinel Representative to the Capital of Hendricka County.

The Business, Social, School and Religiouä Interests of a Thriving Indiana Town. Interesting Deacriptloii ot the Central Normal College and Commercial la tit ute A Few Days lu UnuTillr. We have just been spending a few days in the country, and mean to write up our experience, briefly, l'robably we have committed the unpardonable sin, in going to and returning from the country on an original plan. It is quite probable nobody else ever did such a foolish thins since intelligence was subjugated by fashion. We have not even a favorite author whose sentences can be warped to fit the facts in this particular instance. In fact, we are rather sin generis, and will have to tell the story in our own way. Nothing transpired . on the morning of "our intended departure to foreshadow the coming of any great event. We breakfasted at the usual hour, exhausted the contents of a genuine "mere-sham' and then leisurely inspected the time-table, as well as the radii victors on the moon-like face of our reliable old clock. O, horrible! we mean our gold reenter, of course. We gentlemen never do anything.without consulting our first-class chronometer; at any rate, between the clock and the time-table and the train, the minutes were getting too short for the distance, or the distance too long for the minute?. Of all things in the world we have the last confidence in haste. It has been the destruction of millions. Men rush hourly into the jaws of bankruptcy and ruin, but to prosierity and happiness never. Notwithstanding our limited moments, we philosophically refused tobe driven forward lrapeUTausly. "The depot was barely reached in titna to read on the bulletin board: "Two hours and ten minutes late." Disappointed, eh? 'N'ot by any means. It was a triumph in favor of deliberation, and we rather enjoyed the delay. Nine o'clock arr.ved about the same time the tardy train got into the depot, just as we had exhausted our morning pajer, and ten minutes later we found ourself reclining on an easy chair in time to welcome the conductor's "All aboard!" The ijreat iron horse that seemed to be impatiently prancing in front of our palatial coaches, soon swept out of the Depot and gently trotted away from the. rising sun. Force, velocity and momentum sug ge&ted the remote iossibility of a crash; and the thought .of broken limbs, mangled bodies and painful oierations, caused a shudder to creep over us. Hut we put on an air of bravery, and looked danger in the face like a soldier. Haste is as fascinating as a coquette, and, like her, can not be profitably pursued. When any one gets to going too fast, crashes are inevitable. We prefer having the iron-horse trot along gently, for runaways, and smash-ups 'look! look! men! ejaculated the passengers around us; "what water's this?'' To be sure, we were crossing the White River bridge, thirty feet above the ice-bound stream. On, on we dashed, like a like a scared meteor, if they ever get scared; but, no matter; you can have Afazeppaon his wild horse; or a buck pursued by hounds; or loot's family fleeing from Sodom, if you prefer a different simile. The receding objects waltzing past our little window, and the gentle but significant oscillations of the long line of ponderous coaches spoke a universal language. Scarcely had we time to glance back at the fading city, and note the apparently moving line of domes and spires trying to getaway f.nm us, until the brnkeman shouted, ."Avon!" In vain we looked for the town, and thought its name should be ''Morehouse." We are now in Hendricks bounty, and nearing the high-rolling blulls of White Lick, a somewhat romantic stream, which lacks nothing so much as- water. In a very few minutes more the great reptilian monster was cautiously creeping over a rope-like deck-bridge spanning the narrow, but deep, valley of the little stream. "The fare to Danville?" we next inquired of a well-behaved hack-driver at the station. "Fifteen cents!" said he. "It's about a mile, sir." And we threw a glance on him, then on his hack and horses, then made a rough guess at his average daily custom; thought more like giving him fifty than fifteen cents, but not wishing any trouble with a stranger, we took him at his word, and allowed him to set us down in the center of A MODEL VILLAGE, where morality and education have usurped the place of grog-shops and their kindred vices. What a beautiful and undulating country, where the distant horizon is dotted with solitary hamlets, suuny slopes, and shady dells! We are now on the highest spot of ground within many miles; and far beneath our feet glide the rippling waters of Lick, crossed by our train some half an hour ago. We can trace this meandering valley for miles, winding its serpentine course from nerth to south among the distant hills. The homes of 2,000 human beings rest like a monstrous hood ou the crest of this natural dome. The broad face of a great town-clock looks down ujon us from the tower of a magnificent Court House, standing in the middle of a Public Square. If the blessing of a rural braue shall ever fall ( our lot, may it tie located in the midst ot this delightful scenery.. Pure air and pure water must recnain the God-given inheritance of this favored people. From the "oldest inhabitant" liünHeli we obtained our limited knowledge of tle place. We are surrounded by aixut tnty stores, of all kiads, which constitute the .mercantile interest of the borouyjh, while two steam mill sdice up the logs and cTBsli the grain that grows on a liuiidjo'i hüi. This soil is not believed to be good for ram-shops, bat it is prolific of Ginrches and Sunday-schools. The all ruKta,iwr want of ue, rhUe the citizens idolize sheir magnificent College. They joy thexcellent serviv-gf Rev. Mr. Reid, Rer. Mt Peale. Kev. If r. Dickerson, JU;v. Mr. VlW-on and Elder Tfcama.". The M. Ii Church ir .claimed to be the .most elegant, but the Christian Church, ith its nieder u spire, smc position at the summit of the hill, AertüJrJy nas more, iixacuon lor W eye of a KtrtiiRer. The Prehfcy Vrian Church l is piaia, tout fine ana coaiiüuCious. Hot Ii 3 uieiiaiiBjim j.apmw nere thriving f congregations, and suitable places of worshi p. Tle J? riends are quite ctrong, and have a srery elegant Churcfc. We are rejoiced U tiiem in the tao of progress. A low side Ltvtr, crowned with modem lome, scarcely showing its tip .above the neighboring builjings, like the firi flowers f spring, which display their d lieu pericmhs half conceuWd in the clodn and snow, Zijres promise off doming summer f-jr this unostentatious denomination. In füll cooperation with ttfk.e busy congregations, iriirgeSunday-ho&Js vie with each ofher orkof bending te twigs that the tree may be inclined. Sothing contributes more to the ornamentation of a coantry town -mul the same is true larger ilaces than the blending of lawns, parterres, evergreeiw, shrubs, variegated foliage and showy towers. We know that tiae cultivated inhabitants of Danville enjoy their share of tluse charming decoration; but our visit transpired while their streeta and trees were drooping under a bountiful crop of sleet, and hundred of boys and girls were "coasting" on the declivities of a dozen ice-bound ftreets, Our Inforronnt mentioned the

antes of some excellent physicians, who he suspected had not located here in search of practice. It appears that those who want to get sick or die, generally leave this invigori!ng atmosphere, - because it is such a poor place for funerals. Hon. James M. Gregg lived here twenty-five years ago, but lie was pent to Congress )efore he died. All their lawyers are good ones. Hons. L. M. -Campbell, J." W. Morgan. J. V. Hadley. Judge J. . Adams, and Captain Miles, nw in the Legislature, all reside in this borough, and are well known outside of Hendricks County. J. 11 Sherrill, a graduate of the Central Normal College and publisher of the Normal Teacher, which has the largest circulation of any educational journal in the United States, also of several other popular and fast-selling educational works, makes this his home. Many lovely places about the suburbs should be enumerated in this connection, but we can not do justice to beautiful home: in the dead of winter. We shall have to dwell more on

their moral and educational attainments, and leave the decorations for those who are here next summer to enjoy them. We now come to the most prominent feature of Danville. People may differ about religion and politics, but the paramount innwrtance of education is admitted by all. The location at this place of the CESTRAL S0BMAL COLLEGE AXD COMMERCIAL INSTITUTE is rapidly drawing public attention to what had heretofore been regarded as an unimportant point. This edifice stands on a high bench at the east end of the town, where it overlooks the Valley of Lick and its deeply furrowed bluffs, carved by the descend ing waters of ages. This wonderful school has already made for itself a history. Less than live years ago it originated at Ladoga, in Montgomery County, Indiana, where it opened with forty eight students all told. Last year its enrollments amounted to 710, and we find over 100 names on the books already enrolled for the session which has just commenced. Two and a half years ago it was removed to Danville for more commodious quarters, Soon after which Professor F. P. Adams, a classical graduate and its present Princijwil, assumed control of the i.istitution. From the very first this school seems to have been on a jxqmlar foundation, and it has been especially prosperous under the present management. The building is Lxl00 feet, three stories high, and has thirteen large and commodious rooms. It was constructed at a cost of $3T),0U0, and belongH to Professor Adams, the Principal. The Chaiel itself is 4x7Ü feet, and twenty-two feet high, elegantly seated and well arranged, with large stage-rostrum, curtains, etc., necessary for elocutionary and dramatic training. All apparatus required for the use of students is at their command, including chemical, philosophical, mathematical, surveying and engineering instruments, microscopes, telescopes, and a physical laboratory. An excellent library, containing over 3,000 carefully-selected volumes, in a commodious roi, amply .supplied with desks and seats, is thrown open daily for the tue of students, with a competent and obliging Librarian at all times ready to assist in finding the required works. Here we found 130 volumes ot encyclopedias; several standard lexicons; a universal pro nouncing dictionary: natural and bio graphical histories; extensive works on both the snoken and dead languages; standard works on ihilosoihv. anatomy, chem istry, geology, mineralogy, botany, etc. Grav s. Leid v 8. and Wilson s anatomies, advance physioloeies, standard works on literature, and many more inval uable books for study or reference, whici we have not room to mention. Another and very important apartment, known as Science Hall, is fitted up esjeeiaily for teaching the intricacies of banking and mer cantile business. In this large room is also kept at the service of students fine botanical charts, showing the ordeal distinctions of ilants: a large collection of fossils and min erals. characteristic of t he d i fleren t geological uges; und a very perfect planetarium, giving the movements of all the satellites and their primaries in our solar system The most novel apartment in this progres sive institution is A COMTLKTE PHYSICAL I. A BORATOBT, This is conceded to be a new departure in normal work, but it has already proved so satisfactory that it is no longer considered an experiment. Its primary object is to supply that practical instruction which has long been demanded hy students, lney are here taught, iot only how to use, but to make, all kinds of physical apparatus and implements used in teaching. Also, instruction in the art of exierimenting without apparatus, by the substitution of common household utensils and articles to be found anywhere. This specialty has a fine little steam engine, forge, lataes, circular saws, anus, screwcutters, grinders, polishers, a full supplv of hand tools, facilities for glass blowing, electro-metalurgy and a complete phono graph. Ur. lingley, formerly of Asbury University, has charge of this department, and was engaged in the work of testing a newly-patented steam engine in the interest of a number of Danville capitalists. The Doctor's well-known scientific attainments and practical skill seem to be highly appreciatea nere, ana doui tue school ana community consider themselves fortunate in securing his services. The faculty is full and strong, embracing a specialist in every department, including teachers preparatory, commercial, .special science, science, classic, engineering, elocu tionary, musical, drawing, manufacturing, painting, preiaratoty medical, phonographic, telegraphic and preparatory law. This is the most completely republican institution we have found in all our travels. While the thoroughly and classically edu cated Principal is nominally at the head of the Institution, he claims no prerogative, assumes uo authority, and holds not only every member of the faculty, but the students, on a level with himself. None wf those obnoxious rules and restraints enforced in most Colleges and Normal School i, are known in this model government wliere every member is supx.-d to have intelligence and capacity for self-control, lu such an atmosphere of virtue and good bekavior, none ea Lül Ut Le greatly improved. Where both scholars and teachers, without sexual chwsifka4ion, are made to feel tlemselves common educators, the association must be a powerful agent in building up the welfare of our country. This so-called "Normal System of Teaching," is a grand innovation on what Sias heretofore beea considered standard uage. Instead of making slaves of the scholars by making matters of their teachers,aiJleadingtheTung mind up toa supposed infallibility, vrbose dogmas dare, Hot h' o lie-Lionel! tii nrir vxttMn imiti.v in ettorts nf ilxd i on n raton.- n'unr IIU a school is which the scholars ire i nduced ; educate earn other, whiie the vcrv coin.etent tutore watch the la-oeiiadinir. an.1 i.rJv interfere ii'ter their liuted !TPs n reps jict exhausted. JIvery studesat is tUis made ymtiid of his or her itonitioii i?i the sooi. Lack one )um a sacred ntimduahty rth prcservSog; and the clloMion is thus Mdividualito in the ratio of oa to the wbvk number, lailaa wry the leacijers are relieved irom the .wduous task of keying order, iwcause the eLolarg jire all doiug this for themselves. Ru-L'iect. aot oooks, re Drought u ior aisscctKyu. fMii this'gUAhing pierian fountain, th traute of all are copiously suppled. It is nt a shutt ing school, in which young mindu are Lein crammed with the pet uotions of any textowK writers, x ue oiacxwoara exercises, are purely iivjuctive, original, and most thoroughly exhaustive. The undivided attention of evry Studentin the cIiim is di rected to the ork, and the answers to their ingenious questions never fail to bring out all the features of the problem. In fact, no other school in all the land has been abie to combine rapidity and thoroughness with such marvelous succe; while self-respect, respect for others, and strict moral honesty are inculcated with care. Having enjoyed only s fursory view of

the inner workings of this paragon of learning, we felt unable to break away from such a delightful plan without making the acquaintance ot ITS VERY POPULAR MA5AGKR. Accordingly, we sought the residence of Professor Adams, whose chair was unoetupied at the time. We found him with his wife and child, in a commodious two-story brick, on Main street, not more than two squares from the College. Though his manner at first appeared rather easy and yielding, great business energy and perseverance could be plainly read in his sharply delineated features. He stands about five feet eight inches; weighs about 1 pounds; has firm, clean-cut lips; classical nose; large, dark gray, and very expressive eyes, flowing la-shes and projecting brows, which seem to support an inclining forehead of more than average dimensions, but somewhat concealed beneath an ample crop of dark-brown hair. Books lay around him in profusion. Life-sized pictures of Whittier, Holmes. Bryant, I-owoll and Iongfellow adorn the walls of his neat little parlor. Such was his genial deportment that we at once felt perfectly at ease in his presence. And the following dialogue ensued: Rep. What number of teachers do you

employ in the Uopege: Prof. We now have fourtren. Rep. By what means do you secure co operation on the part of the Faculty? Prof. I think, mainly tnrougQ our Faculty meetings, which occur once a week. and in which we discuss all matters of in terest to the school, and carefully note the progress of every pupil. Rep. Do vou not have any rules in your school? Prof. We do not. Rep. Have you no sj stem of government at all? Prof. They govern themselves. We influence them by trusting them as ladies and gentlemen, and convincing them that we have confidence in them, we Keep them thoroughly interested in their work. These natural restraints are very elfective agents in our government. The result is: Ve have the very highest grade of decorum the ne plus ultra of discipline. Our methods are such as to develop habits of investigation. You will notice in visiting our recitations, that every pupil gives the closest attention, and they all make searching criticisms. Rep. Your enrollment is already over 400 for this session ; how do you account for this success? Prof. Several reasons may be assigned; we have heretofore rendered full satisfaction ; our methods are attractive and successful; our faculty is unexreptionably strong, and our exenses are so reduce 1 as to place education within the reach of all. Rep. What is the cost per week of attending your school? Prof. They pay eighty cents tuition, fifty cents room rent, and get table board for $1.60 per week. Rep. Do you mean to say that good board can be furnished here for $1.50? Prof. I mean to sav we have near 300 students boarding at that price, and all well satisfied. Many of our pupils board themselves for seventy-five cents per week. Rep. Do you receive any assistance in the shape of endowments? Prof. None whatever. Our success de pends entirely upon our work; this we try to instill into the minds of our pupils. Rep. Now, sir, we want you to explain how you can give scientific and classic courses in half the time usually required? Prof. It is done in this way: Our school year consists of forty-six consecutive weeks, f hen our methods of teaching and the unusually energetic and enthusiastic eflbrts of our pupils enable vis to accomplish that which would be impossible under the old compulsory hum-drum methods. Rep. When doncdo you think your work as thorough as is done elsewhere? Prof. Most emphatically we do. Thoroughness does not mean the mere memorizing of some particular text book. Our puplis are taught to make exhaustive examinations of different woj'ks upon any given subject, and our recitations present the views of the leading thiukers and writers upon such given subject. "Good day, Professor,' wv uttered in a rather soft tone, while bowing" ourselves from under hisiortico, "we are under many obligations; glad to find you not averse to being interviewed." "All right! all right!'.' returned the courteous Principal; "you have got nothing but what is reliable. Do you expect to print it?" "Our jiotes sometimes appear in the japers," 'we responded, with an a'rof nonchalance. "I wish you could witness our general exercises at 3:30 in the morning," added the Professor, unable to conceal a slight degree of anxiety, to which we readily assented, for the purpose of getting a better insight into this new mode of teaching. THE SKXT MORXIXO AT 8:30 precisely, for these school exercises, like the running of trains, have to be done on time, we entered the College Chapel along with more than 300 pupils, a tine-looking corps of instructors, an orchestra and some inquiring visitors besides ourselves from other towns in this State. We have glanced over many religious and political audiences; we have often stood before seas of upturned faces; even the Legislature has not escaped our somewhat critical examinations, but we never saw a brighter-looking group of countenances assenihled together. Professor Hopkins, formerly our Superintendent of Public Instruction, lead the orchestra, and opened the exercises with an interesting piece of music. The Principal then read a short but excellent selection from the third chapter of Proverbs, which he supplemented with a few well-timed remarks on the importance of devotional exercises. He closed with a prayer, which showed his good sense and due regard for the precious time of his hundreds of pupils, who can not aftord to trifle with thoonly moments alloted them for educational purposes. This part of the exercises was then closed by the orchestra with, "What Slall the harvest Be?" in which were joined the thrilling vocal strains of a happy audience. We were charmed witli this delightful performance, and regretted not being able to a-sist. Wc are not the fellow "w1k hath not music in his soul," and is thereore "fit for treason, strategems and spoils." There must be lots of music in us, for none of it has ever been got ouL We were next negaled with an interesting SCIENTIFIC DISCOURSE (ROM PR. TIXOLKY. He tohl ks how a light could be made so strong as to sverpower the human eye, and be used either in offensive or defensive in land or navut miilitary operations. A grand discovery, truly; butwho will hld or manage the light? "Who will Uli the cat?" "Hitch i your wagon to a star," said the Professor, : "and aim higk," so you may hit some place. It has been proved by soiue ingenious wnteis that uuarly all of our wants are imaginary; tiat our real wants are comparatively few; but this skillful scientist has imniered them down Ui one braiuts. Professor ' Kieele was th? next lucky man, who brought down the ha e by narratL one of the Jiumorous excuse. given by members of lu class for negjecting thetr lessons. e think the fdlw who talked, .and talked, anS talked, till we hour tor reeruiions, must Lave been in uagnetism. Announcements closed this ev citiug oiiotUIiau exercise, which had been emducttd with uch animation as to make it appear rather hort much dorter than it t4ally was. Before ieaving we e p".z half an hour rith the trainfüg class. This i not merely norzial mrk. but the place where ihey train normal teachers, it throws the Institute workof t!is older schools completely into the shade. This work is all done on the blackboard. where it remaiiw long enough to be thorouchly ana lyzed. All of the branches taught in the Commo'.j Schools pass in review before these training classes. By turns the pupil?, under the direction of the Principal himtdlf. act as instructors for tt? flass, and we never before saw anything in this line h&U so searching. The most skillful.

and proficient teachers must be annually graduating from this dejartment. We next accompanied the Princnal to his superior grammar class, which is the pride and wonder of the whole school. We had but a few minutes more to stav, so one recitation had to sutlice. The English sentence is here taken to pieces, examined critically by the whole class, and put tofrether again, word to word and clause to clause, as if it were the works of a chronometer being manipulated bv a skilled jeweler. "With a cordial good bye! we then departed from a very interesting place, walked half a mile to the depot, and met the morning express from St. Louis. Within five minutes we were dashing down toward Indianapolis at the rate of thirty miles per hour. All in due time we met our friends in the city who hastily inquired, "What did you see at Danville?" "You know, gentlemen," we answered, "that our communications are not generally oral. We have a good story, all on paier, but you must wait a few days, and read it in the Daily Sentinel the best paper published in the State of Indiana."

THE HOME. It (a not doubted that men have a horn in that ,.lace where each one has established hit hearth and the um of bia poasesaiona at.d fortune; whence ha 111 not depart, if nothing call Dim away; whence it 1 hat departed ho teemi to be wanderer, and If he returns he ceaaea to wander. Definition from CItII Law. "Thea atay at home, my heart, and reat. The birJ it tafeat la lu nest; O'er ail that flatter their wing and fly A hawk ia bor&riug in the aky." Longfellow. OUR YOUNG FOLKS. lie a Ilee. XY A. M. 8TARE. 1ieerlly king I all day long. Merrily sparkling soumls my song. Gaily, too, and with a rhyme. My note and I keep happy time. I'm a bee, all so free, Tiug-a lee, Uiddle-dce. Sweetly smells the woodland way, Brightly hhiiioth sun to-dav; List! Ah. list! The waters leap, Uabl-ling o'er the stouy heap Sip a wee, dip with me, C'üip-a-dee, didille-dee. Hark away, hark! No stop, no stay; We shall i4ort the live-long day. Fly with ine, fly! Come with me, come! Sprightly, lightly, mount and hum WUh a bee, come and see, Ting-a lee, diddle dee. Frolicsome play, blissful lay. Keep us always glad and sav. Ah, we'll gleeful pass the time, Sieging clear my cheery rhyme lke a bee, I'm s bee, Chip-a-dee, diddle-dee! About Johnny 81 J boot a. BY K 11 E.V. K. HEX FORD. Iiis name was Johnny Jon s, but the boj9 in the neighborhood all called him Johnny Slyboots, became he was always getting into mischief and was so Bly about it that it wasn't often that he got found out. "I just wUh he'd get come up with some time," said Jo3 Lane to another of "the boya." "He's always doirg mean things, and, nine times out of ten, we get blamed for them."Joe was right about this. The boys knew how mischiovous Johnny was, but other people did not. Somebody must do the mischief, the grown people argued, and as the other boys were often caught in mischief-doing it was quite likely they were the authors of much of the mischief at which no one was caught. As this mischief was generally of a mean, low-lived kind, and Johnny was nine times out of ten the doer of it, the other boys were out of patience with having it laid to them. So it was not to be wondered at that they wished Johnny might get caught at some of his mischief-making. One day he was going by old Widow Larrahee'fl. Aunt Sophrony, as everybody called her, was a very poor, hard-working old woman, with a crippled grandchild dependent upon her. She was always at work, when there was anything to do, but, work as best ehe could, it was but a poor living that she suceeaded in getting. In summer, she raised vegetables and sold them in the villiage. In her garden the had eoma grape-vines, and from these she sold a few dollars' worth of fruit in the fall. "What they brought her in was tut a small amount, but t? her it seemed Ctweidcrable, and to have gone without it would have deprived her of many little comforts and necessaries. On this morning, when Johnny was going by her house, he chanced to catch sight of these grapes, hanging in great purple, luscious-looking clusters on the vine. 'I like grapes," said Johnny Slyboots to himself. "They're awful good I wish I had some!" Then he crept up to the fence and took a survey of tbe garden and the grape vines. 1 b'leeve I'll come here to-night and get some," he said. "I'll bring a big basket along, and I'll fill it with 'em. I can hide it som'ers about the barn, and I can have grapes to eat s'long's I want 'em. I'll do it!" Now, most boya would have gone to some of their boy-friends and got them to join them on the expedition he Lad planned but that wasn't tbe way with Johnny Slyboots. "lie didn't dare to hint about it to anybody, for he knew that there wasn't a boy in the neighborhood, excepting himself, that was mean enough to steal from such a poor old woman as Aunt Sophrony was. They might get into scrapes" that were anything but creditable, but not one of them would ba guilty cf what he planned to do. He waited until everybody had gone to bed. Then he . got up, dressed himself, crawled out of his bed-room window, and taking t lis big basket that ho bad hid under the currant-bushes, to that it would be read y for uee, when needed, he set oil on his thieving trip. He climbed over the fence and crept 6lyly toward the grape-vines. When he got to them, he set down hu basket and listened. There wasn't a sound to be heard about the house, so he fell to work. He cut off the bunches with his knife, and laid them down carefully in the basket taking pains to pack them snugly so that the basktt would bold as many as possible. He meant to have all he could tako away, and what he could eat besides. Now, it would have been a very mean thing to do, it any boy had stolen only what he wanted to eat. Hut Johnny had no notion of stop pine here. He didn't care if Aunt Sophrony was poor. He liked grapes, and here was a cbaiioo of getting enough to last him for a long time, without their costing him any thing. He was such a stingy, miserly fellow, that I think tbe fact that he was getting something that cost nothing, in money value, would nave induced him to steal green persimmons. And, too. there was something about this way of getting what .11 . 1 7a. D P. aia not oeiong to mm that seemed sharp and cuaniog, "When he had filled his basket, he be gan eating the fruit from the Tines. He le as long as ha could swallow, then, he shouldered his basket and started for the road. About half-way between the crane-vines and the road were twtt hives of bees. Johnirv Sly boot knew they wer, there, but he had iorgoiien aoout them. lie ran against one, and fell over it, bead

first, into tho other hive, upsetting it, and spilling his grapes. The bees roared, angrily, and be lore be could get to his feat a dozen of them had stung him about the head. He grabbed bis basket and made a dash lor the fence. The pain of the Etings was so intense that he could scarcely tell what he was doing or where he was going. He caught his chin on the clothes-line, and was jerked backward, feeling that hia head and body were on the point of coming apart. Then he caught his feet in some potato-vines and fell into a gooseberry bush, scratching his hands terribly.

'Wbat'll I do if the bee-stings make me swell up?" groaned Johnny. "'Of course everybody 11 know it was me that undertook to steal the grapes, and father'll thrash mo within an inch of my life. Dear met I am going to swell up, sure's tbe world, for 1 can just open my left eye, and that's all. I've got my foot into it this time." Johnny Slyboots was right. He slept cot a wink that night, on account of the pain, and when morning came one eye was swollen shut, and his nose was about the size and shape of a pear, while his cheek looked as if he might have a good-sized potato inside it. 'For the land's sake!" exclaimed his mother, when ho came down stairs for breakfast. '-What on earth is the matter with you, Johnny V ''Got stung," answered Johnny grufily. Hornet's nest in the barn.'' Why, when did it happen?" inquired hU mother. "Your face wasn't swelled last night, and you haven't been out this morring" "I didn't go to bed till after you did,' answered Johnny, wishing she wouldn't ask any questions. About the middle of the forencon bis father came back from the village, whither he had none alter breakfast. "I'd like to see you at the barn for a few minutes;" he said to Johnny. Johnny began to shake in his boots, He knew well enough what was coming. He dared not disobey, so he followed his father out with the air of a mat r about to be burnt at the stake. "I guess you found your hornets in Aunt Phrony I-irrabees garden, didn t you? asked Johnny's father. "Y e ei" admitted Johnny. 'So you thought you'd steal her grapes, en? ' questioned his tormentor. lint T rfll.'ln'f ctnal 1 o wKof f Aai nn said Johnny. "I left all the rest.1' Yes because you couldn't get away with 'em," said his father. "I'm ashamed of you more so than if you'd been robbing ben-roosts, l ve tried, to do my duty by you, and now it's my duty to give you a good dressing down. Go out to the apple-tree in the pasture and cut me a good switch a good one, mind 1 If it isn't, I'll cut two, myself, and vou know what kind I get!" So Johnny had to undergo the exquisite torture ot cutting a tough switch, knowing it was to be used on himself. He longed to select a poor one, but he didn't dare to. "Stand up there, now," said his father. AndJohny "atood up," and took his "dressing down ' with the best eraee possi ble. Ho knew it wouldn:t do to "make a fuss," for when he did that, his father always twitched him until bo was quiet. "Now see if you'll steal anybody's grapes," said Mr. Jones. "You won't get ou so easy next time." Easy I Johnny rubbed his legs and won dered what kind of an idea his father had ol a hard whipping if be called that an easy one. Of course all the boys were glad when they found out how Johnny Slyboots had been "come up" with, and they were more delighted than ever when they heard that his lather made him carry all tho money he had saved for Christmas to Aunt So phrony, to pay for the -mischief he had done. SCIENTIFIC GOSSIP. The electric light has lately been tried at art exhibitions in Paris, and the effect upon sculptures was uniformly pleasing. Pine and other needle leaved trees, and especially thoio containing reiinous matter, absorb and exhale :aore water than other species. It is reported that large quantities of fraudulent butler made from lard have been shipped to England, seriously injuring the market for genuine American butter. The Academy of the Lyncaci, founded at the beginning of tho Seventeenth Century, if stated to be tho oldest Scientific Society in the world. Tho Academy was reorganized in 1875, and has members of various nationalities. Schölten, the St. Louis photographer, has successfully used tho electric light in printing photo-negative. During holiday week the sun was so obscured as to seriously in terfero with negative printing. In this ex igency the electric light was resorted to and proved superior even to the brightest of the sun's raj s. A French electrician ha3 devised an ingenious electrical low-water signal for steam boilers, which indicates the existing water level ut any distance from the generator, and when the water has sunk below a certain point rings a signal bell, while at tie same time the sign "low water" appears on the indicating tablet. It is recommended to treat inflamed wounds by smoking them with burning wool or woolen cloth. Twenty minutes in the smoke of wool, it is said, will take tho pain out of the worst wounds, and if repeated once or twice will allay the worst case of inflammation arising from a wound. This remedy U certainly very simple, and within tho reach of everyone. A French critic thus moralizes on the Tanner farce: "This prodigious fast will n t fill the stomachs of the starving. There is no need to make such ex;-erimens; the wretched make them every winter. Dr. Tanner has done the poor a great deal of harm. Tbe familiar appeal, AIy God, sir, pity me; I've eaten nothing for two days,' will never more have any effect on us." A distinguished German Physician assured people a while ago that early rising was a great mistake, and did not tend to make men "heaLhy, wealthy and wis," but quite the contrary. But now the London Lancet says that brain workers should rise abuut 6 o'clock, take a very light breakfast, and then they can enjoy tho "luxury of work with a clear brain" for a few hours. In view of the disagreement of authorities, each one had better suit himself after carefully studying his individual nature. The Doctor Disagree New Covenant) as to the best methods and remedies for the cure of constipation and disordered liver and kidneys. But those that have used Kidney-Wort agree that it is by far the best medicine known. Its action is nromnt. thorough and lasting. Don't take pills and other mercurials that jKison the svstem, but byusinc Kidnev-Wort restore the natnr.il action of all the organs. X mvo e pomtiv rernody lor the above d!eiw ; f ' . ' um thoiwands ot caxea ot tho wont kind and of lot i. liimr have boeu curod. laUeod, an utrnnir Jan tk ia lu effif-y, that Iwill nent TWO BOTTLL. VvEk. towether with a VALUABLE TKEATISK on Iii to ny ( X.X n.W. Miv Kjprww and P. O. ad A. OCUM. 1X iWl Bu. w 1'orfc nwa.

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For tbe coreorKklncj CompUunta ot either an this Compound fat unurpa8Md. LYDIA E. riNKIIAJTS VEGETABLE COM. POCXDii marel atpos and SIS Wörtern Aveuuo. Lynn. Has, price fx "ixiwttleslor tV Sent by mad a tbe f orw of pule, ao in the form ut losendes, on receipt cf price, 81 per bos for either. Mrs. PinKham freely answers ail letters of inquiry, fiend for pamphlet. Address as above. Mention flu Paper. So family should be wtthoot LYDIA R FIN' CHAM'S UvilK PILLS. They euro coiMtipatton, bUiouaneaaj Ad torpidity Of tbe freer, tb eenta per box. WIID 1JY EXTRACT theGreat eretaole Fain llertroyer and Specific for Inflammations, HemorrhigcB, Woanü. Cats, Urning, Horns, Sprains, Ac. Ktopfii:j the flow of blood, reievinp tt once pain, sub(tuing inflammation, healing and cering dinenpe so OND'Si roDHlivss to f.-xrite won,auiniratijn, gnurude. en'iorw, recommend and preK-rit.1' iL It m id cure KhoumntL-m, Catarrh, NenrsJfia, A.thma, Lnmbago, Sore Throat, Dianhu-a. Headache, Dywr.tory, .Toothache, Broken Hrc&et, Earache, Boils & Sores, Tiles, And rtoy ftKHeniorrhsTe from the Not-e, Stomach or Lniijrs. Dcftrayedl Immediately relieves ptin in any place where it can be oppiied inierrjii7 or externally. For cuts, bruieco, sprain. &c it is the Tery bet remedy known: arresting the blceiiinfr at nnre rtflnrlnrr Che mve.'ling and inflammation, Plopping the pain and heidinc the injury in a wonderful manner. Vegetable. It is harmless In tr.y case no matter how applied ortiikcn. Is never soA in bulk, but only in cnr bottle with Toad's Eitrart" blown ia the plawj and our trade-mark ca ontsidc buff wrapper. IkwurecfimUations. Try it and you will never be without it a eintrle day. Bold by all Druggists. WEST FOURTEENTH STREET. NewiYork. I IXCTSIVE ANXIETY, OR PKOI.OSGED Id STUDY, will rrodnee intinnity in the Nerv ous System in proportion a the treiigtli of that Fj'vtcm Is exieiidett upon the mind in tronMed tnouirnt. so are tneorpransot UKetiion. assimilation and nutrition, rendered inactive and tduirgish in rroiorlion as the pyvtcin Ijeeomes intinn. Every indivilnal has some one orjran weaker than the rest, and this is always tlx; first to MitTer during nervous prostration: ine example, afliicting news sometimes causes total Fiinsion of the muscular action of the heart, when the paiieut i" debilitated, producing sudden hemorrhage and death. No doubt any longer remains of the practibility of restoring the nervous system, and through the nerves the muscles of the impaired onrans. Fellowa' Compound SJyrnp of Ityioplospliite8 has leeii proved to pos-ses such power in numerous instances. It will impart strength to overcome trouble and affliction. Persons w ho are accustomed to look upon the dark side, and who see no pleasure in living, cn using thi Syrup wxn learn to value and enjoy life, and those w ho study deeply during long hours, will find in the Syrup a promoter of the iowercf endnrnniH In the bruin. There is no alisurdity ia th? fact that an impaired Nervous System causes Consumption. Neuralgia. Bronchitis, Dyspepsia. Asthma, Epileptic Kits, Whooping Cough, Heart Distale and a host of otherx; then why is it arird that rellnwü' yiohoKhlten. which etTeetnally enres NervOtis Debility, should eure these diseases also? "Remove the caue and the complaint will rfäse." Ionk nut for the name and aldrcs;, J. I. FKLLOWS, hr. Johns, N. It., ou the yellow wrapper in water murk, w hicli is ieen by holding the paper before the light. Price. Sl.AO Per Itottle. 81x for S7.50. S11 by all Druggists. usl aLiiaa 1 he I Purrat and Hefct Jledieiae crer Hade. Acelnination of Hope, Buchu, Marvdrakle 'id t;ande!K,1"l"luebestE,l most curtive propcrtien of all other Bitters, makeaVthe greatest Blood Purifier, Liver Rex U ln tor, aad Ute and IIlUi hatumag Ageut cnl I No disease tn possfbry long rxW where IIop Bildn are edOTarijd soul perfect are their Ile7 i7e tsw lift Ja yiewto tie gel ai tta. To all whose AtnployrocnLs cause trretrttlarity of tie Lk)Wi1?ot nrinry Organa, or who require aa AppetUcrV'Ioni.0, f"1"'' Uj3 Bater are inn ,l,unuu k mfiw Icatins. Ko matter what your feelings or Symptoms are hat the disease or aiiraciit Is on Uov Cittern. Dont wait until you aW re Klei but it you only feil bad or miserable, u"c them at once. It may save your life.lt hacH1 e d hundre Ja. $500 win be paid for a caB T will t.ot cure c.r help. Do not Buffer yoTIr f rtenjj aufTer.butuaeaiidurse them Hop B Remember, Hop Bitters is aovU,, fwr1 drunken Dostrum. but the Purestaw n lkt Medicine erer made i tha MUTAIJDb. TEOKB and HOr J" and no person or family r ahould be without them. p. I.O. Is an absolute and IrresMthle cure 1 narcotics. Ali oia dt aruyviuv ben a for Circular. Bo Bitten Bra. Oa Txiwest prices ever known ort lireern - itaden, KlOea, and Revolver, OUR $15 SHOT-GUN at greatly reduced price. Kend stamp for our Kew llluatrate! CxtAlnvne T

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U L .1 JS , ly unprincipled dealers who trv to pnlm off njmti von lick and Fve in place of TOLV 1:K K AMi'RVK, which is" the only medicated article made, the penuint having a Government Stamp on each bottle. LAWRENCE t MARTIN. iTvprietors, In MadLson Street, Chicago. Ask your Pmccist for iL Ak your GntT for it. Ak your Wine Merchant for it. Children, a-k your Mamma for it. Sold by Druggists. Grocers and Wine Merchant, everywhere. "Wholesale Agent in Indianapolis. Stewart A Barry, Brownine & ?loan, A. Kief and A. Ftout it 8on, wholesale grroc-ers, w1 iumLsh the trade at manufacturer's prices. TVIEIDICVL. PRESCRIPTION FREE INr tae peely ' are af ervo VTeaLnea. Lt - IimIKj. I'rrmmtai-e IN-bllity, rrii.iim, lepondcnry. iuf! f ldc, lercetlve Memory and disorders feroaght an by aver-wvrk mit l'.ieeaaea. Any dmjl-l baa thr Inrredlritl. tval U llli MM AJtr,M lllt.H.KjtllCKN Ifttt Wr-t Mtta fcteeeU 1a-itl. Ohio. 37Ca3rtPiac3,LGU!i?yiLLE!K'i,.r A ivnJarl K?watrl ail toailr nasHS.! tji-:cu 1 tb mart ;iKeei!4i, uu prru. e via I :r. Cures all furnis rf PRIVATE, CHRONIC and SIaXUAI. liS iASES. , fct t'ier-11 cf r;r-"itHi in routfe, exbHt c a- ;o m tnwr TMn. or cJiw eui n. njAviu .r.tf t;- f4wit; -rTv: Net roi:&Ci, fck?u?::r.l Fon.-.-iru. ru i fW: hy dmWl. Litnn cf hiM, ffrvmr iin . t. Yr,j. n ft) 1-t, Pirn, -i tfa Ktf, Tcr;-ot N-vt. idln.wr Ccufu-aioa ef lira, 1- cf fcu&l jvcr. Ac. rrno GLEET j Strict ire, OrcLiui, T.ttu. yr It U elf evKlrut h' ft'vhj teaa b iy -r"i-I JtfmIM Aiy, ft.-qcin.-s grrr.t kiI. iujiHftns ku -.iue li-i ?-: "t;. a Tit th-rity tar uvx.iiiax.. mrj-:r em t acni pnnuc' j m-i afely by bmliI or cxprvs kvv Uerc Corcsi Guaranteed in all Cases: undertaken, PRIVATE COUIELOr. Of XX) rc. 'tit to tny ad1r, aT!r aralcU, f.tV?tyJO rnl.. f-heulit k rd It IL X.!m a. boun iron ILU.Mf.U. Suta.ys. ttip. STOPPED FHEE JjarrrUtnj silent. irne Persee P.ertnrf DR. KLINE'S GREAT . hi er r C7 Dr(TvnI 01 GaI nKOtt A NritlK 111! f !:' sr'Cur ffW ftm y-nilrr,u tfisi . -.s. A tfr ISFALLIBLSif tadenai d!n.jA(l. Y t:s'fT firrtdai'rutr. Treaifsc zui iZ ir.zl bottit frct k:tUM.-l. Ih..,..rmn..nr....... 1 A I'. U. an1 exrirr äl-!ress t li3."KI IKlIv'.f Arehf UPhUoJs.riia. I a. .w ?,.-irt ! . r:i. ?: 1TILURD HOTEL LOTTERY POSTPONED FOR A FULL DRAWING To April 7, 1881. The Drawing will take place at Louisville. Kt. v under authority ol a ppecial act of tlie Kentucky IOgislature, ar.d w ill be under the absolute Centn 1 of disinterested Commissioners aipointed by the act. LIST OF PRIZES. Tlio Willard Hotel, with all its Pflft l uniiltire and l'iitures J ZiDU UUli One l!sidcnee on Green Street One Residence cn Green street. Two Cash llizee, each S5.0U0... ..... Two Cash I'rizes. each Five"ash Prizes, each H.ouü . 15.000 , 10.UOO , 4.0HO 5.000 . 2,.r 5,000 . 5,000 10.000 1,000 500 100 . 14,400 3.V R.00C , 12.0006,(0 4,000 i Five Cu.sh Prizes, each f-V' - I Fifty Cah Irizes. e.ch $100 One hundred Ca!! lrizes. each i-'tO.. I Five hundred Cash lTizes, e.ich S'JO I One Set of ltur Furniture I One f ine l"iauo . One handsome Silver Tea set 40 boxes old liourbon WhLsky, i-Uj 10 Baskets champagne, f; , Five hundred Cash Prizes, em-n 510 4 ) Tixes Fine Wines. 2j0 Boxes Kobcrtn County Whisky, f30.. 4.10 Boxes Havana Cigars, JI0 Five hundred Ca.'ih l'rizes. each S10 5.00 AMOUNTING TO $369,850. ! Whole Tickets, $3. Halves, 34. Quarters, $. Remittances may be made by Rank Clieck. Exprtss. Postal Money Order er Ketistered Mail. Responsible agents wanted at aU points. For circulars, giving full information, and for tickets, address W. C. 1. Willi's, Willsrd Hotel, Louisville, Ky. Hew aad Very Attractive Styles are now Keady MinnM 'r.KST CAPiyRT on paixc foiUaUr ORGAX8IX THE WORLD, winInera of biKtieet dixtiuction at AND iXVKBT B8H1T CLD' KJCKIBI. jTIOJ FOa THIRTtEX 1 KAÄ'. U 1 111 111 'Vriv. t5U 157, ö6. tSi, fua. ta nAiilLlia I5"0 n(! er"!- For cay paf. menu, 6sS a quarter and upward, atslomie free. ! ASoX A; HAH. fl ß fS A R4 Q 'LI X RiiAX C04 1M Tr-mctit St UilUAllU IlioSToX, 4i Fast I4:h Sud'cioa Sq.) KKW YORK; 1 Wabash ATcnue. CHICAGO. $5,000,000. The American Shoe Tip Co JL9 So Oo 9 A Tl st Is cow so extensively wont oa QmLDREfii'S SHOES TO "WEAK A3 L0SG AS THE HETAL, Which was Introdneed by them, and by wbicft the slfove amount has been saved to parents annually. This Itlnek Tip srill tare stUt mere, as besides beinr, worn oa the coarser i-mdcs it is worn on fine and cotly shoes wl ere the Metal Tip oa account ot its look would not be used. 'j hey ail have our Trade Mark A. 8. T. Cev stamped on front of Tip. Parents should ASK FOR 8H0E3 with thi BEAUTIFUL. BLACK TIP on then when pnrrhssine fof their children. ERRORS OP YOUTH. Recipe Free for the Fpeedy cure of Pemln Weakness, Lot Manhood, and all disease bnnirh4 on by youthful indiscretions. AKiess DAVliBON di iV 7 Kassau street, Kew Yutt

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