Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 May 1882 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNJSöW f, MAY 10. 1882.

OUll EUROPEAN LETTER.

Ttc Et!ucatIoa anil Surroundings of (irrman Girls Too lany Women Men at a Premium Marriage. Mux ich, April 10. 15i Of the undesir&tle conditions incident to humanity, l. acquaintance with German iocioty is favorable to. the conviction, that not among the least in this land, ia the fato of being born a girl. Tho disadvantage which are supposed to be her natural Inheritance, are tenacious and binder her every progress. From arliett childhood she is hemmed in and confined to her especial ephere, with eo room to grow beyond or out of the set boundaries. If she here and there attempts to burst tho fetters that bind her, and dares think and act to theconvcntional standard, she is looked upon with distrust, and assigned to that progressive, and, therefore, dangerous class of unwoinenly women; if her tin ba one of reasoning, research, or independent opinion, she ia decried as a 'blau strumpf" (blue stocking,) than which a more undesirable epittet i.s scarcely to be dreaded. From the very beginning of her existence restraint and rf pi ession become tie watchword. In fact tiia vhulä course of her training is founded o.i a wronaj. principle-. To begin with, tho Utile girl of six ycrs is sent to school with orily those of her own x, her little brothers goir.jj to a school of their own. From now on she is taught to avoid boys as uuüi Lt oonuct in any way, which restri' ti'ja ijrows more and more peremptory year by your. She knows nothing of the BUinuIus. of emulation which the study with ter brothers vould engender, but is Ici to believe thrtl a boy is something foreign, in which sli a htM ;-.c;Li'i in common, lier education is 50.11 completed, i or it conais.s only c-f too iinipltsi rudiaietuary branches, and with t:;e exception of Frttc, and perhaps a little Eigli.-h.migU be almost wholly incorcoratt J ;nio iL old fashioned formula, viz; "Keadin', writm, speliin, and ciphcrinV In fact tbe inomnco of the w men in the lowlier v;,k3 of lif.', which even oft reaches up into the better clashes, is truly astounding. A two-.'!, faced, petite creature, charming in graco.and manner, inquired naively if an ov-ean steamer couldn't put to $hcre along her route when her passer jjers became sea sick, and five thm a rest. Another lady akcd roe ono day, if, when you were in Ilatxburg, yoa could Uk across and eco America Still another wanted to know it America w&3 as largo a a little province hero in Germany, which sLo mentioned. That a girl should ever b t?y herself with any of tho mental or physical sciences, or higher raatheruatievj would deemed preposterous. And if she manifested a t'osiro fur tLu study of Greek or .La'.io, would be immediately .set 'lon ai an ' A UNO KM A L. TIECH CF FEMININITY. If she have any arnbi'.icui Ufites outsideof the school curriculum, fib.3 must pursue them at home, alone and unaided is best she can. ' Thi., however, she rarely does, and her lohuru r.sonents, from ih?. lioie she leave school, until her marriage, which is about the only eventful eroc.L in her life, is epent in knitting, crochet!:, gand embroi I'.-ry. She is a dutiful child, and sits at home day after day, shut out, or in, from the wide, wicked world, and all temptations. She doesn't even know tho joy3 and satisfactions of shopping, and as for picnics, excursions and beat rides, they form no part of her tx-iitum.-o. lier school life is piifsM in blissful ignorance of the charms of a Church social, and the be&ildeiing scene? of the Church ft stival. In short she lea Jä a life of time equanimity, of which tb.9 American girl has net the slightest conception, iicro and there she attends a psrty ur.df-r the cbaperonage of her parents. She 13 watched over as carefully aDd guarded as closelv s thougn she were the Kohiaoor diamond itself, too valaab'e to be ri.-ked atone, but yet must be exhibited in order to let it be known that tee owners are open to negotiations for disposal, b-ch a course ol discipline a girl can scarcely outlive, La ience the inevitable result isthat she be comes subdued into a quiet, unobslrusive and oftentimes uninteresting lit of hun-iani ty. The spirit aud vivacity, so characteris tic of tho AmoriciJ girl, under the delusion that it is boldness, are promptly and thor oughly crushed out. Themain cause of the non-develcpuient, tr, at least, imperfect development of the Atircpean woman, is her separation and ex.elusion from tho society of the opposite sex Nature manifcstedly intended men and women for the society of each other, and this original design can tot "ba thwarted without the most serious consequences to both sexes. One is a compliment to the other, and tceir characters, when brought together ia the right relations, can not but react upon eacn other to the attainment . t i m ot tne of t poioia good. xo prepare woman for the subsequent association with men by a continued illation from them during the most impressible portion of their lives, is hi impractical as pernicious. AVhat would one think of a man, -vho, in prerar ing his son or pupil for a profession or busi ness, should studiously shut him out from con.at with anything which pretained to it, and, at a given moment, expect him to en ter fully equipped upon his lifo work, with luck cr char-co to rake the place of t xptri once? The object of th;3 seclusion is based cn the false bjp.thfsis ih.it ignorance is purity Not being brought into contact wilh men, a young girl knows notoins of her power to . . , . ? J . 1 . j. A . resist tempiaiiOD, anu me ir.iiL.ecce sne could erert for good; but is led to "believe that for :e ef will is the peculiar inheritance efthe ia?calar nature. She. knows noib ing of a Tua? man except as bs is rcpre sentod to her through other mediums than that of her owa tenses. She regards him as a wonderful, reysteriou?, fascinating and utterly irrtsitable something, thai swacps everything before ' him. She believes herself to be perfectly helpl?s uader his ragnetie influence. That it is pcosibla for a young man, in constant and unrestraint itt? rtourse with a young lady, U have honer emough sot to take adrantago of her, or tsat se is capablo of withstaading any adraacos he may chooo to nak", is iver expected, ('onssquently your.g tnea and women are kpt apait, ana irtr.ij, xfpt uadvr THJC STUICTEST Sb'BVElLLlXCE, or &s 'setroth s, do they meet. Under such a tutelage, she is by no means able to judge of a youig man's character, and so whea her rmreits thott her a hushand, as is net infrequeatlr the case, it is quite as well, and Las this a4raatage. that she caa have sorae one else than herself U blame lor her subsequent uahsppiness. Innocenee, if inexperience aad ignorance, mupled with is flamed imagination can Ve alled innocence, is very pleasing and deSghtful to some men, bat it must be concedid doesn't fit a subject for residence on this artb. If ws wore preparing a young mai- . den for the society of v?nito ioUd and white

foule! angla in ao Utopia, wo should say Vy all mcADi let her remain in blissful ignorance of this ßinful world. But when a girl's future is that of a terrestial being, let ber learn to know tho possible evils that may beset her pathway, and bo taught true soit-reliance. and the capabilities that lie within her to combat nobly and succsfully wita opposition in every form. Aside from the influence of the mother over the little ones in her owa household, women can bo said to exert comparatively little or none. Tha effect upon young men deprived of theaaeociation with good women can well be imagined, and is not to be wondered at that women are not honored with the homage paid them in our land. Indeed, it is when we contrast the state of society with that of our own, that we aro convinced ours is the only truo and healthtul system. Young men and women in free and untrammeled communication, sitting side by Bide in the same classer, studying the aamo branches in tha same schools and Colleges, and enjoying like advantages everywhere, learn to know and thoroughly understand each other, and aro thus fitted for life companionship. That a young woman ßbould be considered so weak as to need constant watching, would be bold the greatest insult to human nature in America, and rightly, too, lor distrust begets distrust with a horde of other evils. It is not to be disputed that women are loved änd oven reverenced by the Teuton, but tho sentiment is eo different from that which prevails with us, that we aro often tempted to doubt its genuineness. The lovo ot raphsodies ot the German are simply overwhelming; the language it3'jlf seems to lose allitaroughneiÄ, and bocomes beautifully soft and rhvthmic when uiod in expreng the tndtr emotions of love. In practical life, however, one is lod to suspect that theio harmonious strains aro only the eruptions of a feverish imagination, and lack endurance. This indeed is not improbable; for imagination is ever more active, and its expressions more extravagant regarding the unknown and mysterious. The lonely captive is for more likely to bo gushing and extreme in the expression of his passion, than he who daily sera and communicates with his lady love. As in other thing?, obitacles aro the incentives to stronger etlorts. THE SUPEBVLD1TY OF WOMKN' in Germany cause men to bo at a premium, and consequently they are the fought, rather thsn the seokors. Fathers are always on the qui vivo to dispose of their daughter, and the attractions of youDi; giriä are ranked according to their dowries. Before marriage this dowery is talked over and settled in an unblushing, practical, buiin3 manner; tho proporty being then invariably consigned to tho husband to tx disposed of according to his own sweet will. The greatest fortune of a woman's life is tho offor of a husband not necessarily a heart. I have been thoroughly amused on seeing a young lady congratulated oa her cnuacrement, ber manifest pleas

ure reminded me of nothing lees than the satisfaction of one who has drawn tho ten thousand dollar lottery prize. Iler lover is not so proud that he has won her, as that ho has been lucky in making a good invest ment, let Americans are reproached Dy Europeans as bting devoid oi sentiment with only an eye to the practical bubineas m l fTA .1 . A. siao oi me. xna marriage aaverusemem which one sees al infinitum in the newepsper, are quite enougb in themselves to conluto any such theory. Uf the many bunded which have come under my notice, I subjoin tho following as an exam ple: VOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. 'A young man, who has completed his University course' has been a year in pub lic ctace. tut has not served his time in tLo army, wishes !o enter into correspondence with a well-cred and wealthy lady with matrimonial infcnt. She must be willing, if necwary, to support him "in some degree during his service in the army, if his pay there i3 not deemed sufBci 'ut. Photograph with statement of circumst&nees required." Usually THE AMOUNT OF DOWRY is specified, and, if a woman is advertising for a husband, she invariably states the lucunt of her inheritance. This state of aö'airs has its inevitable result, and notwithstanding the old notion of the German home being the id?al one, unsuitable and unhappy marriage are distressingly numerous. The German may lovo his wife devotedly, but can not see tho necessity of her being hi3 equal. Tho very fact that she know as much as he, would at onco free her from his domineering rule, and therefore unfit her for a wife. A woman is not appreaiated for her intelligence, and if she wishes to put herself in the best possible light before men, she quenches all fire of genius and assumes tho role oi tho blushing, drooping-eyed maidon. A young man's re mark to me that nis laeai ot a wiio was a 'dummw one, was not without its signifi cance. The hu-band after marriage continues the process of espi '.nage exercised by tho parents, and in so far is consistent. IIo prevents the evils which too ofton befall the I rench wo ma;, where marriago gives her cmancipa tun without a previous preparation or knowledge of how to uso her freedom.- The German literally rule his household, and the subjection ot the wife is only second tothat of the children. To our independent high minded woman, this arbitrary sway of the scepter is galung, and breeds no amount cf discontent. I was not a little impressed one day when I heard a German married lady say to an American, openly end feel ingly, '-0, if, as I look at your husband, I could say my hnsbaril" The American husband, the world over is recognized as the b'a-i ideal of devotion and leniency, and an insight into t'-reign households would carry ccB.viclion to the most prejudiced minds. As to the German girl, with II her draw backs she ia a girl aH the same, and sweet and lovable. Iler shyness and modesty lend h?r an attraction, which is not without its charm, and we are forced to acknowledge, "with all thy faults wo love theo still. ' L, It. Yxtremee Meet. ITexas Biftlngs.! "What's the matter. Uncle Mose? What makes you look so down in the mouth.' "l'se got aickneß in my family. My boy Sam, and my ole fodder am bo fa down wid de fever. "Have you got a doctor?" 'Don't need no doctur fur de boy. He am young and bound to pull fru, anyhow. Don't ketch me wasting no money dat way." 'Well, you ought to have medical atton tion for your aged father." "lie con t neod no medical tentions no moar den de boy do. lie am so ole he can't get well nohow. lie am too ole to lib an de boy am too young ter die, but of I kin hire a preacher fur nuffin to tell dorn 'bout de nex world, I'se gwine tor do it." Christianity is tremendously aggressive in this age. Never has the world seen such missionary activity and enterprise. This argues a tremendous force of positive con viction and faith. In 6hcdding many old crude opinions, tho Christian Church has not relaxed its vital energies. In broaden ing the channels it has not dimenished its propagating powers, E. P. l'arker.

THE HOME.

II U cot doubted that ibb have a kom In that Im when each oae hu MtablUhed bl earth and lb inn of bla po tioa and fortno; whrao ba ill sat depart, If nothing calls aim wy; wbeno U t Im departed he Mm ta be a wanderer, and If he "tnrat be oeae to weadsr. Definition from Civil Lew. "Thea etey at horns, beert, and reei. The bird le aafeit In ita neat; O'er all that flatter their wing and fly A hawk U hoTwing In the y." Longfellow. OCR TOOTO FOLKS. Baby and I. (.Boston Transcrlptl Baby and I In the twilight sweet, lleaiing the weary birds repeat Cheery good night from tree to tree, . Dearest of all pays comfort see. For weary too, We kiss and coo. He gives up all the world for me. Baby and I in the twilight's glow, 'WatchiDg the branches to and fro Waving good-night to the golden West, Welcome the hour we love the best, We rock and sin; Till sleep we lirinir. Who folds him in her downy nest. Lingering still In the twilight gray, After the radiance fades away, I watch my darling, so still, so fair. With thankful neart that to my care, For happiness No words express. Awhile God trusts a gift so dear. As In bis little bed I place My babe in all his slumbering grace, Heaveu's stany lamps are lit on high. One, angel-boru. now Hashes by, And by their liht. Through all the niht. Celestial watchers will be nigh. The Return. MRS. Im C. WHITON. Spring has come beck again, divinely fair. And trees are buddinfc 'neatn the violet skies. And faint, sweet odors through the sunny air, And yellow-winged, elusive butterflies Flit here and there: And bark! the blue-birds, climbing heavenward, lug. And It is spring! spring! spring! Watching the grass grow green, that snowdrops grew And died in other springs I half forget; The skies intoxicate; I live anew; And from my beating heart drops all regret, While life iour through; For hark! the blue-bird , climbing heavenward, siug. And it Is spring! spring! spring! With every frazTant violet that I see I am a little child again, pierced through With the ame throbbing, golden ecstasy As when I khw therein no myhtery, Only the blue! Oh, bark! the blue-birds, dim Msg heavenward, sing, And it is spring! spring! spring! May Wide Awake. Chips. Work for some good, be it ever so slowly; Cherish some flower, be it everso lowly; Ijiborj all labor is noble and holy; Let thy great deeds be thy prayer to thy God. Keep your ears open to all that is worth hearing, and closed to ail that is not. Some Lov9 inherit good ' fortunes, but no boy ever inherited a scholarship, a good character or a useful life. Remember ona thing when you are flying your kite, or engaged in any other out-of-door or in-door e'xercisc keep your mouth shut.. You will not get half so tired, you will hold out much longer, and your throat and lungs will bo stronger. That was a clover boy who, when he was given five shillings to dig up his aunt's garden, hid a two-shilling piece in it and to?d all the bdys in the neighborhood. The next morning the ground was pulverised two feH deep. Many of our readers have heard of the Suez Canal, cut through the isthmus from the Mediterranean to the Ked Sea. Yet they may not know that many hundred years before Christ a canal was cut through from the Nile to the Ked Sea wide enough for two ship3 to pass. This was called tho Canal ot ltamesc3, because it wa3 dug during his reign. It cost 120,000 lives and Cjuntles3 treasures of money. There are three Indian girls at the Gov ernment school for Indian children in Virsinia who were given a doll each for Christ mas presents. Uefore the girb went to bed that tight they were seen conversing in a serious manner, aj it determining some very important question. After t.e talk, each procured a piece of board, and, placing a doll on it, snugly tucked a hand kerchief, as a blanket, around its feet. They were put ting the dolls to bed, just as in the wild country from which they came, their moth ers tuck up papooses for the eight. Ihere is a species of monkey that can fiv even better than tho fiv ing squirrel. This monkey is the colugo, or lemur, and is found in the Islands of the Indian Archipelago. The limbs are connected by a wide mem brane that looks like a great hairy cloak. When the monkev 13 crawling along the limb of a tree, it doesn't look & though it could fly, but everything changes if the am mal is disturbed. Then it darts to the top of the tree, out on the end of a branch, and dashes off into the air. The four legs arc stretched eut at full length, and the mem brane between them serves as a parachute. These monkevs can fly about as fast as a man can run, even with two or three little monkeys on their backs. In Van Dieman's Land, there 13 a flying mouse; and in rsew Holland, a frog of a po:uliar kind can fly several hundred leet. Among the curiosities of Virginia City, Nevada, are teams of dogs and goats. These are attached to small wagons and are unv en by boys, who make daily rounds in some of the streets for the purpose of collecting ashes and so on. lioth goats and dogs soon become so well trained that they know all the. stopping places and almost as much about the business as the boys themselves. Sometimes two goats or two dogs are driven tandem, or one ahead of the other, but gen orally there is only one animal to the carL Sometimes the natural disposition of the dogs to join in a fight causes amusing scenes. Hearing the sound 01 a battle, the dog for gets all aoout ma cart ana runs away, up setting the vehicle, spilling the load and throwing the driver into the street. Learn a Trade. I Providence Journal. A few years ago a young man of promise was graduated at Ilarvard University. lie determined to become a cotton, manufac turer. Instead of relying upon his general education, and waiting for an opening, as many of his classmates did, he began at once to prepare specially for the business he had chosen, by. entering a machine-shop as a workman, acquainting himself with every part of the machinery of a cotton-mill. From the machine-shep he went into tho cotton-mill, and there acquired a thorough knowledge of all the processes of cotton manufacture. ' While some cf his classmates were waiting and looking for an opening in business, and others were with difficulty nilmg sue ordinate positions, he was rapidly rising. step by step, uitil he is to-day, in charge of one 01 the largest cotton-mius in lew England, with ample salary, and what is better, is discharging the duties of his position with ereat satisfaction to the company he serves. The Horse and Cat. I Western Chnstlaa Advocate. A gentleman owned a . fine horse which was very fond of him, and would come from the ptsture at the sound of his voice and follow him about like a dog. At one time, the horse become lame, and was obliged to stay in his stable and not bo tutd for many

weeks. During this time, an old cat made her nest on the scaffold just above the horse's manger, and placed there her little family of five kittens. She and the horse fot on nicely for some days. She jumped own into his rhaager and went off for food, and then came back and leaped up to her kittens acain. But one morning she rolled off into the manger with her foot bleeding and badly hurt, so that she could scarcely orawl; but she managed to leap away on three feet and get her breakfast. But when she came back, she was entirely unable to get to her kittens; and what do you think she did? She lay down at the horse's feet, and mewed and looked up seVeral times, till, at last, pony, seeming to understand her wants, reached down, took the cat in his teeth, and tossed her up on the scaffold to her kittens, who, I doubt not, were glad enough to see her. This was repotted morning after morning. Kit would roll off into the manger, go out and get her breakfast, come back, and be tossed up to her family by the kind horse, who mut have understood cat language and been willing to listen to it. Written for the Sunday Sentinel. ttome Lecal Folnte In Marriage. Marriago is an inetitution,also a civil contract, into which males of the age of seventeen and females of the age of fourteen not within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity are capablo ot entering in this state No form, ceremony, license, pri'st, or official is absolutely necessary. If competent candidates agree to take each other a) husband and wile, and carry out the tame by living and cohabiting together, their union is a legal marriage. They crt write their own comrsct, or make it verbal and so announce the same and carry it oat, and it is

just as legal and binding as if all the formantles of law and society are observed. The statutes on the subject of marriage ceremonies are easy te follow, but people may disregard the whole of them. Marriage may be solemnized by ministers and priests of every Church, Judges, Justices of the Peace, and by other societies in the fornos they adopt, ßut if a marriage ia legal in other respects, it will not be made void on account of the incapacity of the person solemnizing the same. A man placed a ring on tho finger of a lady and" said, "We are man and wife." She consented and the v lived toother, as married persons and the marriage was held valid. All marriages are void where either party had a husband or wife living at the time of the marriage; when one of the persons is while and the other po?sessed of one eighth or more of negro blood; when either party is insanse or idiotic at tho time of such marriige. Marriage into which a person ha? been lLduced to enter by fraud or forced by duress may be avoided and the innocent party may make application to a court on a petition &3 in tue practice for divorce and have a decree dWlaring the contract void. Where either party shall be incapable, from want of a?e or understanding, to contract such marriage may be declared void on aplication of such party; and the same pro ceedings as in divorce can be followed, the ohildren are legitimate) Children of marriages void on account cf consanguinity, affinity, or diilorence of color are legitimate. V here either of the parties to a mairiage which is void on account of former marriago existing, enters on said marriage in good ,a, believing that the disability did not exist, all children of said marriago before the discovery of such disability by such innocent party are legitimate. hero one of the parties to a marriage acted in good faith and the marriage is void on account of th other party being married at the time, it makes it verv hard for the innocent party; and while the children are legitimate, there 6eems to be no adequate redress for the injured party. Hero is room for needed legislation. Mock marriages are not local, for the con tract to be binding both minds must agree on tho gamo proposition and intend to enter into. Wh r a marriage s void nodiv rc can be granted, but it may be dclared void in a proceedings similar to divorce practice. There have been many forms of fraud practiced to get people into marriaee, in order to secure benefit, as by way of property and for other reasons, yet all void marriages are illegal and may be wholly disregarded, or they may be 'declared void by Court. The tendency of legislation for many years is to hold all marriages legal whe:ever it can be done by any means and to make children legitimate heirs of property, yet there are many defects which should be remedied by the Legislature. Yv hen the laws ot marrigo are made easy to follow and divorces are made harder to got, then happy will it bo for all, but we need not expect perfection in these mattters in a Government that allows whole States and Territories to do as they please, and to have one husband or a hundred, one wife or a thousand, and prove it by their Bible and call it conscience and inspiration. William 1". Adkinsox. Indianapolis, Ind., April 27. What Can be Bought for a l'enny. London Standard. Tho lessees of the Alexandra Palace have provided an exhibition of the multitudinous articles which are sold for a penny, x ew E-eople aro aware of tho variety and excel ence of the productions that can be sold for a penny. Perhaps the most marvelous is that which nowadays excites the least attention namely, a penny newspaper. One of tho stands contains a plentifully varied ex ample of the penny periodical literature of the age, daily, weekly and monthly. In the literary way, perhaps the most remarka ble pennyworth is an illustrated .Uevescd New Testament. The fine art3 are repre sented by prints, colored and p'ain, some of them mounted in molded carbon mounts, forming a tasteful frame. A considerable proportion of the exhibits are ordinary pen ny packages of things in general use, such es soap, pint, seeds, starch, cosmetics, dye in powder or liquids, and toys in endless pro fusion. Fancy stationery is in great force, and specialties for the season, like Easter card--, form a principal feature. One of the wonders of the show aro the cuttlery exhib its, which demonstrates the possibility of furnishing very respectable knives and scis sors, with sundry useful tools, all for one penny. Oneofthemott charming departments of the show is what may be termed the floriculturab stand, where button-hole boquets and bouquet-holders are dispensed. Pipes, walking sticks, kites, fans, jewelry, iusrs. microscopes, sweets, sauce, photographs and a long list 01 things crowa tne stands on every hand. Mr. Muvbridge, otSan Francisco, having shown photographers how to take pictures of a hor30 at full gallop, M. Marey, a French savant, has extended the process to the flizht of birds, lie has ueeeoded m ana lyzing the flight of a bird by the method emüloved by M. Janssen in- observing the relative movement of two stars, that is, by a rhotoeraohic revolver. This was in the form of a fowling piece aimed at the bird, and twelve pictures were taken successively in 1-700 of a second each. i.ne plates were gei atatino bromide of silver, which could, if need, take an impression in 1-1500 af a second. Bv rdacinff the set of pictures in 1 phenaki3liscope of Plateau, 'che flying of the bird was easily reproduced.

KX0TTT PU0BLE1W.

All readers are invited to funiUa original enigmas, charades, riddles, rebuses surd other "knotty problems," addressing all oomnnnictions relative to this department U E. K. Chadbourn, Lewiston, Maine. Ho. 1 2 O Numerical Enigma. I am composed of thirty letters: My 4, 26, 21, 14, 16, 30 is a lady writer; My 18, 15, 1, 20, C, 11. 19. 19. names a renowned battlefield; My 26, 17, 4. 28, 23, names a Territory; Mv 5. 12, 3, 14, names a city in Europe; My 29, 10, 20, 2, 24, is a mistake; My 1. 15. 23, 20, 22, 8, names a tax; My 13, 2G, 27, 14, is used by blacksmiths; My whole is one of 3Iacbeth's saying. II. M.T. No. 121 Riddle. What is this old. old demon, With Its mouth a gaping wide? The crimson blood has ebbed away And left its crystal side. And the wind went humming, drumming Up and down its throat it Hew; And through its reed-like, hollow neck. The wildest notes it blew. I placed this demon on the door-step. Where the blast was blowing free. And fancied that its pale mouth sang The queerest strains to me. They tell me, puny conquerors! The Plsgue ha slain his ten. And War his hundred thousand), t)f the very best of men ; "nnt." 'twas thus this demon spoke "But I have conquered more Than all your famous conquerors, 60 feared and famed of yore. "The cholera, the sword. Such ruin never wrought. As I, in mirth and malice. Ou the innocent have brought. "Aad still I breathe upon them. And they shrink before my breath; And year by year my thousands Tread the dismal road to death." 'o, 123 Concealed Square That a gate is very" fii:e. What an idea, Betsey! The fruit she ato stained her dre?f. You can yet take your leave. Naka. 1. o 3. 4. No. 123 Problem. American troops planted a battery near the bank of a river to shell a fort upon the opposite side. To ascertain the distance of the fort the engineer noted the direction ot the fort from tho mortar; then placing himself at a point eight rods higher up tho river, ha caused a line to be drawn from a point six fwet distant from himself, in range with the mortar, to be extended parallel with Ihe line first noted until it ranged between himself and tho fort. This line he found to be 480 feet. a .. What was the distance of the fort from the mortar? 124 Concealments. "' IIa the first sUuza . four hidden trees: In the second, four hidden fruits: In the third, four hidden vegetables. .1 Eeneath the trees I sleep in ease, And dream a pleasant dream: I see a knight wilh helmet bright. Beeide a dashing stream; And through the glade appears a maid A figure bright and unail ; "Art thou a fay or augel? fcay!" Exclaimed the plumed knight ' "I am no fay. but peasant gay," She scornfully replied; "0 tuni, I pray," the knight did say, "And be a noble's bride." Clara Heitkam. Xo. 125 A. ISouqnet, A weapon and to coin. A cylinder and a girl's name. A maiden and a shady recess. An unmarried man and a fastening. 1. 2. i". 4. 5. A small animal and a covering for the hand. 6. A kind of fruit and to bloom. 7. An article of food and a drinking utensil. 8. A half-picked bird. 9. An animal and a girl's name. 10. An interjection and a boy's name. Nana. o. 1 2 O Charade. "We were crowded in the eabin," With my first on every side; "It was midnight on the waters," And my second loudly cried, We will save my third or perish," While the billows wildly roll; "And we safe artived in harbor" By practicing my whole. No. 127 Initial Changes. Fi t, I am a sharp sound; change my head I am a circle; again, I am to chant; again, I am to hurl; again, I am a ruler; again, 1 am a kind of sea-nsn; again, 1 am part of a bird. J ana. Vo. 128 Charade. My first's from second pressed and trod; My-second is a children's rod; My whole doth raise its stately head Where Ganges flows on sandy bed. Clara Heitkmax. Price Offer. ' For the best original puzzle for "Knotty Problems," mailed us before January 1, 1883, a cash prize of five dollars will be awarded. AH contributions must be written on only one side of the paper, and must be accom panied by solutions. Competitors may send articles at any time before the date speci fied, and may enter as .many as desired. The competition is open to all. The articles received will be published from time to time, as found desirable, and the prize will be awarded as soon as possiblo after the 1st of January. Answers. 102. 1. Salve, slave, vales, laves; 2. More, Itome; 3. Tables, stables; 4. Livers, silver; 5. Kobes. bores; 6. Apt, tap, pat.J 103. A man above advice is beneath no tice. 104. 1. Meat, me; 2. One, on; 3. Seal, sea. 105. vVfdding ring. 106. 1. Madrid; 2. Havana; 3, Chicago; 4. Mobile; 16. Liverpool; G.Bagdad; .Kich mond; 8. Sacramento; 9. Oporto; 10. Port land; 11. Cincinnati; 12. St. Louis. 107. 42 and 12. 108. 1. Short; 2. What doe3 y.-e-s spVl? 109. An egg. For want of a nail the shoe was lost; For want of a shoe the horse was lost: For want of a horse the rider was lost. A Losing; Joke. Harrisburg Fatrlot . A TMwminpnt nhvsician of Pittsburtr said jokingly to a lady patient who was complaining of her continued ill-health and his inability to cure her: "Try llop Bitters!" The lady took it in earnest, and used the Bitters, from which she obtained permanent health. ShA iir.nr Irnich. at th Doctor for his ioke. but he is not so well pleased with it, as it a 1 j : cos i mm a gouu paueuw Ayer's Tills contain no croton oil, calomel or mineral. They are compounded of pure vegetable extracts, which have positive virtnes, and always cure where cures are pos1 1 si Die. . Allen' Urain Pnrtfi nomtivelv cures nerv onsneas, nervous debility and all weakness of generative organs; l; six for $5. All druggists. Bend for circular to Allen's Pharmacy. 315 First avenue. New York. 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I!spep9ln,Livei lt teases. Fever J. Ague, Jtheuma,' tisin. Dronatt .1 W ITnnvt. Tti TiilioiisncsSf Xervous Debility, etc Th.o Scst ZNOWN to Uaa ! 12,000.000 Bottles SOLS SIXCE 18 70. This Syrup jwssesscs Varied Properties. It SdmnlatM (he Itya1!ne In the Snllve which - vm t be Ht m r- fa uHfi Nufarftk (i.l tat tluiow .V flrHclnf y In ltyall iiiiim1 AVli:l nnd Surlnc of Ike food tu th storr.aoh. IT the tnrdK-lue Is tiikru liimMl titelv niter cui'jx the icrmeutiulon t( lvw la ii-eventrt. It uc-l iima the I.lTfr. It isi-t Moon the Kldnryt. It Itca-ilitte the liowela. It 1'urWiCH the Jtlood. It tin Jet the trtana System. It I'mnotn lMiirMlnn. 2t iiriih, N rr not H en nnd InTlaror i t carries a!T the Old Itiood nnd nnkn It peil the port- of tho k.lu und lue1 Healthy Perspiration. Tt neutralizes th her-ditarr taint, or pni4oo Mxxl. which generates Scrofn!a, irympvlaa, am Ui-"inorof skin disease and internal humeri. Therare 110 spirit employed in ium"nfa;tor,an. it c&n be taken by the uiit delicate baue, or bjr to aad iuelile, cor opjt ieij required t.. mutenUom t Hakwa station, Laporte County, Ind.Q I tried Dr. Clark Johnson's Indian Blood Fttut for Pain In the Back, and Neuralgia, and it afforded me instant relief. I regard It as a valasblt remedy. JOSEPH FICK. Einham Stork, Adams County, Ind. I was troubled a great deal with Dyspepsia onti I used Dr, Clark Johnson s Indian Blood Pyrup. which reUeved ma. JOHN BUN HAM. Fobt Watxi, Allen County, Ind. A fair trial of Dr. Clark Johnson's Indian Blood Syrup cured me of Scrofula, when all other medicines failed. I have also foun it a valuable remedy for Kldnöj difea. ii.xn.x vajujx -ana, r. k, Haitita Station, Laporte County, lad. I need Br. Clark Johnson's Indian Blood Eyrui for Dropsical Affection, and it effectually relievo! me, S. T "UKTCH - eq Watbbtillk, Le Sueur County, Mlau. My wife was troubled with Impcpsla and otnei Irregularities for some time, hut the nse of Dr Clark Johnson's Indian Blood Byrup reUeyed hat Agents wioieu xur wie rate oi ao iaiiimjx suw C 1 -tn fii.urir 1 mw n - 411,.. in r4H T t a c no Agent. Particulars given on application. DRUGGISTS SELI 13 Laboratory 77 West 3d St. 5ew York Acts by absorption through the nerve forces an i the circulation. The ORly True Malarial Antidote. It Is the only known remedy that positively expels every vestige of Malarial taint from the blood. It Is a Positive Preventive and Care. Dr. ITolman's Stomach and Liver Pad is a sovereign remedy for Chills and Ffver, and every other form of Malaria. All Stomach and Liver Troubles, Ncrroiu nnd Stick Headachci, Chronic Diarrhea, Children's Diseases, and many of the Complaints Peculiar to Females If you wish special instructions and advice, you can receive same free of charge by addressing G. W. Holman, M. D. Full treatise sent free on application. For 6ale by first-class druggists, or sent by mall, postpaid, on receipt of price. " Regular" Pad, 12; Kidney Pad, S ; Lim Pad, f3. Kewar of ltogus ar.d Imitation Pads. Ask for Dr. Holmau's Take no other. HOLMAN PAD CO., Box 2.112. 711 Broalway, New York. -AWARDEDtine MEDALS. The Best Known Remedy for Backache or Lame Back. Rheumatism or Lame Joints. Cramps or Sprains. Neuralgia or Kidney Diseases. Lumbago, Severe Achesor Pains Female Weaknoss. Are Superior to all other Plasters. Are Superior Co Pads. Are Superior to liniments. - Are Superior to Ointments or Salves. Are superior toElectricity orcalvaaUns . They Act Immediately. They Strengthen. They Soothe. They RelieTO Pain at Onee. They Positively Cure. IHIITIAU Benson's Capcine Porons PIrsPfl 1 11 I III J Urs bBTe been imitated. Do VI H U I I vi I not allow your drogist to palm off soma other plaster having a similar sounding name. See that the word is spelled C-A-P-C-I-N K. Price 55 cts. SEABURY II JOHNSON. Manofactaring Chemists. New York. tURK KE.MEDV AT LAST. Price S5c. XEAD'S Medicated CORN and BUNION PLASTER. THE DE HAAN fc CO' PATENT ALÜ3IMJM PMS, 13 DIFFERENT STYLES. For8aleb7 INEL COJirANl

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ItUtheCreatcstPJoodPuriSer f Aad the Cest zni Surest Cation Cure Ever Used. h " Jou ar wastmff aw.iy renn ge, dl iipation or I sny disease or wcaki-cs and revrcire a sti Salant take Ginger Tonic at rmx ; it will mvigroat and buiid ' you up from the first close kit T.iU c-ver intoxicate, t. It has saved hundreds ci" Eves; it may save yours. compoted cf th bet imHol srvntj fa tLr orid, ud llcr.tm L d:flrrrot fmra prrj.iral.or. of c::,fr tlnnr. &a4 for circular .5 Vitcox & Co., N. Y. frx. $1 iu,it4rliritodnij.. erx.iT savins tmxs dollar sizz. Its rich and !as;ir.g fr.Trsnce Ivn maile this delightful perfume exceedingly popeiar. There i is noinin u&e U. insist upon tiirai t lok&$ .r TON Couxm it and ) oik jt siraatnr- of en mj lottls. Any i'm.-vM r i-aVr fc r rfutL tt. LARi.E SAY! ft. ma tm 1,4 THE IiIILD POWER CURZS. RJl UM PH KEYS' OSPEOIFiCS. In UM 3D years. Y-ach number th peclal prescription of an e nliifnt j'liyscLAn. Tho onlv Simple, r?afe and teure Jlü clues for the p -oio urr rorsciPAL ios. cctrs. thick. , l (3 FWers, Conestton. Icflmatlon Worm. Voru f ever, Wurm Colic... i ryin Colio, or Tc-tbinff of Int'aut Diarrhea of . lii)!rt'n or Adults hysenlsrv. Clrlplng. Lllllouj Colk,.. t'holr-ca .Irbii, oniltlug,. .? . .2 .2t ?5. .2 'asli. CkjM. i'-ronehitis. ruralci. Toothache, tacewbf llßadafiics. i-t iieadache. VertlKO 10. Iiyopensia. 1'lLlom Momach 2H 11. Kiip-iresd or I'alnful IVrUi.i. .V.I 1Z. hue, too Profil iVrlodä, . .2S l.t. Cronn. Coutrh. ii;ncult Urenthlnir 2 14. Halt Khrnm, Jrvslpnlns, Krui-tioua, . 15. Ihrumafln,.ltlit'i:mat1el'alns ?5 1 . Frvrr and Anf, t hill. Fever, Ajrues .50 17. Pile. IiUnl or i loelinr SO 19. 4 'ntarrh. acute or ctaronk-; Influenza &0 3'. Whooping ih. violt-nt coughs .A 2 I. (iencral IJrhility, Ilijblcal Vfakiie.iO 27. Kidney Pi-"!- Art 2S. -rviHi l-bitity - l.OO SO. (Irinary Wrl.nrw, AVettlnit tb bed 3i. l)i;eeortho itenrr. Palpitation. 1 OP JSol'l by druztri-a. or s-'ut by the Ca, or fla p-la Viaf, fron of oharyo, oa recc!pt of prioo. rna ror llr.llnmnhrev. ilnK on (inoe (144 rmrssi. also I il'ixtrntrri rmilnmir ill Addrss. llnmhrrv' liomnnsih'r l lolne Co., 109Folt n Siri'ct. .rw York. GRAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINE. TRADZ MARK The Great Km TRADE MARX GLIhH KrMEDY. An uniailinjr enrefor Seminal WealiDfSS, Sper matorrhea. Im poteiic-. and all Iifaes that fol low as a se quence of self BEFORE TAKIXO.Memory. Uriver- AFTER TAIIXO. pal Lassitude, Pain in the hack.Mmfew of Visiou, Premature Old Age, and many other Disease tnat lead to Insanity or Consumption and a Premature Grave. "lull particulars in our pamphlet, which we desire to send tree ty ir.au 10 every one. SäO Specific Medicine is sold by all drtjpcist for Vi packace, or six packages for S5. or will be sent A by mail on the receipt oi the mouey by add rest-A XUK UKAI MhUiClMS txj., uunaio. On account of counterfeits, we have sdoptctk Gnrn-V the yellow Wrapper, the only genuine. Guaran tees oi cures Uhuea. 8old in Indianapolis byWAKD BROS. IEtJIAMOND 5-?L. The Elmjlewt, Cheapest. AO?rO Xy es ever tn sda. One 10 ccnS j w pacfcasawiii color mors poods than ajy IS or 25 ct. dye ever sold. 84 popular colors. Any one can color any fabno or fancy article. Send for color wanted and beconvinoed. Fcr.cy cards, aaciTJlesof in. andp'W. dve, a1! mailed fcr 10 eta. Wl.LLN KICIIC:)SOX A COL,i:arllac1a,VU FCR THE PERMÄNEN7 CURE OF CON3T.PATION. No other disease is so prevalent in this oonn try aa Constipation, end no remedy has aver equalled the celebrated Kidney-Wort as a wore. Whatever the cause, however cbstise -he ease, proper use oX this remedy wiU overcome it. 1311 PQ W.'.H ditrvssintr eom-a-a plrint ia very apt to be oompUcated with constipation. Kidney-Wort strengthens the wcateaod parts and quickly cures all kinds cf Pilos even when physician and medicines have before failed. tWIt you have either of these troubles V PRICE SI. issr ssswöafjr. Drurr'sts Soli VOLUMES 2 AND 3 NOW IN PRESS. SECOND WM WITH AMOTAMS. Volumes 8 and 3 of the IXD1AXA EEPCBT&Uive been out of print for many years, and many lawyers have been deprived of the benefit. In a largo measure, of cases reported therein, on account of the scarcity and high price of the books, second hand. Xo apology, therefore, is deemed necessary for the appearance of a second edition f these volumes. This edition contains not onl all the matter of the original official edition, also many additional features and improvement sanctioned by the present method aed styl reporting, such as catch words, or running hjsadt Indicating the character of the holdings whid they are prefixed: additions to the sylKhus when the opinions seemed to Justify them ; te a.1 c&Mt without a syllabus one has been prepared sa bodying the hoidlng; and where any cam reported' In said Second and Third IndiaDa h been t-rd j followed, explained, dibtingnished, critkised.j modified, or overruled, in sabt-eueut vo'.nmes' of the Indiana Re ports, np to ad lnclnArtiR H Indiana, that fact has been notW at the clone of. the paragrsph of sj llabus embocyhig the aoldinfr so cited, followed, etc These ars soma of thti new featares Introduced. Tbabor oi preparing; the books for press, revising annotating, etc J was performed by a tboronxbly ccmpetent per son. VV. v. 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