Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 51, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1883 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 24, 1883-

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It Is not doubted that me a hT hsre a home In that place where eacn one bu established nla hearth and the mm of his possessions and fortunes; whence he wM notdepart. If nothing calls him away: waence If be has departed be seems to be a wanderer, and If be returns be ceases to wander. Definition from CiTll Law. "Thea sty at home, my heartjsnd rest. The bird is safest In the nest; O'er all that flutter their wieg and Ey hawk la hoTerlng In the sky." Longfellow. OUR YOUNG FOLKS. The Trustful Sparrow. Hiiabeth A. Dsns. In Harper's Yonng People -This eramb la mine," said Sparrow Gray, The only one I've had to-day. And I should be a silly bird To glre you half, or even third ; Jot seel the ground is white with now, And mar be weeks, for aught I know." HI "tta." replied the young er bird, 1 11 tell you what I overheard: I beard some little children say. Ja that great house across the way. Bow they should scatter crumbs of bread, hat every bird might be well fed, Till all the ice and suow were gone: 8 eheer a p. Pray don't look forlorn; I'd rather gaze on miles of snow Than see a bird with looks of woe." "Yon sTBle!" twittered Sparrow Gray, That's always Just your heedless way. Vo matter whether foul or fair. It's "chirp, chiro. chirp, without a rare. And now yon think you'll be well fed; I hope yon haven't been misled ; But time will tell. Good-day, good-day." And greedy Sparrow flew away. The little bird was alonePoor wee, wee Sparrow, scarce half grown! The eold winds soon begin to blow; Ho shelter offered, high or low; Bat mindful of the promised crumbs. To the great house at length he comes, A lltUe shivering hunery bird. Them to the window where he heard The children's voices straight he Hies, And with bis chirping Sparrow cries Beon brought them thronging to his side. Then a nick the sash the? opened wide. Ptrewed quick with crambs the sheltered sill. Till wee, wee sparrow naa nis nil, And chirping soft as if to sar, J thank you. thank you," flew away. Dear little children! dear wee bird! OoaM we but heed the promised Word Of One who keeps both great and small. And notes a single Sparrow's falll Those Squirrels. Allan Forman, in Harper's Young People. J "Sat, Tom, the kittens are gone," an nounced my brother Charlie, peering into the manger where we had a few days be fore discovered Madame Puss and her family snugly installed. "Is Fuss there?" I asked. "Yes, and she teems awful lonesome," was the reply. After a few moments' consultation we decided to ask Pat if he had seen anything of the kittens. "Sure they may have strayed away in the night." 'But they couldn't walk. They were only three days old," I objected. "That s thrue, JliBter lorn; but thin a cat's a cunnin' cratur. To see wan of thim blinkin' by the fire all day ye'd niver think they could make the noise they do at night: and they'd be concealin' their strength in the daytime to use it at night, answered Pat. Plainly there was nothing to be learned from Pat. After thinking it over for a while, Char, lie suggested that we hunt up the young ones. We started toward the grove behind the barn with a vague idea that people got lost in forest, and that it would be quite possible f r the kittens to have lost themselves in the grove. "Maybe they have hid in the tree,'' suggested Charlie. "They conldn't get there," I answered. "But Put said thtt they could do more in the night," urgl Charlie. I was eleven years old, and was half inclined to doubt Pat's reasoning, the more that I remembered hearing my father exclaim when he announced the discovery of the kittens: "Goodness! we cant have four more cats. I don't get any too much sleep as it is, and an addition of a quartette to our nightly concert is not to be thought of." Charlie was my junior by two yean, and his faith in Patrick was unshaken, so he aid, I'm ging up to see, anyhow." He thruet his hand into the hole, and pulled it cut again, triumphantly shouting, What did I tell you? Here is the" he paused to examine hie prize, and continued In a crestfallen tone "a young squirrel." "Give it to me, and get the rest," I directed. They were very young, and were queer fuzzy-looking animals. ' Charlie and I examined them, and then the thought struck me that we might give them to the cat in place of her lost kittens. We ran back to the barn and placed them in the manger. Madame Puss looked puzzled for a moment, first gazing at the squirrels, then at us, as if hardly knowing what to do. But she soon decided, and with a comical purr, as if to say, "I suppose it is all right, but those children have certainly changed," she drew the squirrels toward her, and washed first one, then another, and finally went to sleep with her strange family cuddled close to her. After that she took the best care of her adopted children. The squirrels grew, and began to climb out ot the manger and run arouLd the barn. Madame Puss was at first distressed by this, but she soon got used to it, and seemed ' rather to take delight in her precocious children who could climb so much better than she could herself. Iler first real trouble came when, after patient waiting, she caught a mouse and carried it to the barn in triumph. The iq iirreli looked on in perfect indifference, and absolutely refused to touch the dainty morsel. Puss was surprised, but a few days later she brought in a bird; but when they paid not the slightest attention to it, she was in despair. Ilad she, then, brought up a family which was to be of no use to the world? For a day or two she tried everything meat, bits of fish, pieces of cold potato, until some happy inspiration led her to take them an almend which had fallen from the dinner table. After that she carried them bits of bread, corn, and nuts, until they grew large enough to come to the house themselves. Then they ranged the p'ace from cellar to garret, dropping asleep In mother's work-basket, in father's peckets, and in bureau drawer, ununtil they became a perfect nuisance. At last the crUia came: one of them went to sleep in father's boot, and bit his toe severely when he went to pat it on ; the squirrels were lent to New York to be sold, and Charlie and I each had a pair of skates from the proceeds of the sale. How Children Play la Japan. Golden Days. The Japvipsa believe in enjoying themel rea, and the ytmosr folks are as bright and merry a the children ot other climo-i. Thegirhp'aj battledore and shuttlecock, and th boys A ki'.e and spin tops. The The girU onj j their games very much, and are usunlly rfrwd in their pettiest robos and bright colored girdles; their faces are powilerl wi'.h a little rice flour, their lips are iiut?1 cri.Tion, arid their hair is done up in aix't extrac Jin ary fa'hion. Ti.;y piav in the open street, sometimes forming a drei -f half a doz m tr more, and feeding tbtfljing shuttlecock from one

to the other. They are very skillful, and rarely misa a stroke. The boys like a strong wind, that their kites may soar high; but the girls sing a song that it may be calm, so that their shuttlecocks may go right. The boys have wonderful kites, decorated with dragons, warriors and storm-hobgon-lins. Across the top of the kites is stretched a thin ribbon of whalebone, which vibrates in the wind, making a peculiar humming sound. "When I first walked the streets of Tokio, I could not imagine what thestraage noises

meant that seemed to proceed from the sky above me; the sound, at times, was shrill and (harp, and then low and musical. At last I discovered several kites in the air, and when the breeze freshened the sounds increased. Sometimes the boys put glue on their kite strings, near the top. and dip the strings into pounded glass. 'Then they fight with their kites, which they pitce in pro per positions, and attempt to saw each other's striners with the pounded glass. When a string is severed, a kite falls, and ifl claim ed by the victor. The boys also have play fights with their tops. sometimes 1 met boys running a race on long stilts; at other times they would have wrestling matches, in which little six-year-old youngsters would toss and tumble one another to the ground. Their bodies were stout and chubby, and their rosy cheeks showed signs of heaHh and happines. They were always good-natured, and never al lowed themselves to get angry. On the fifth day of the filth month the boys have their Fourth of July, which they call the ''Feast of Flaes." They celebrate the day very peaceably with games and toys. They have seti of soldiers, heroes and celebrated warriors, with flags, processions and tournaments. Outside the home a bamboo pole is erect ed by the gate, from the top of which laree paper fish is suspended. This fish is sometimes six feet long, and i) hollow. When there is a breeze it fills with wind, and its tail and fins flap in the air as thoug h it were trying to swim away. The fish is intended to show that there are boys in the family. It is the carp, which is found in Japanese waters, and swims aeainst the stream and leaps over waterfalls. The bovs must, therefore, learn from the fish to persevere against difficulties, and surmount every obstacle in life. When hundreds of these huge fishes are seen swimming in the breeze, they present a very curious appearance. The girls have their "Feasts of Dolls" on the third day of the month. During the week praoedioc; this holiday, the shops of Tokio are filled with dolls and richly-drrsi-ed figures. This 'Feast of Dolls" is a great gala day for the rirla. They bring out all their dolls and gorgeously-dressed images, which are quite numerous in respectable families, having been kept from one generation to another. The images range from a few inches to a foot in height, and represent court nobles and ladies, with the Mikado and his household, in full costume. They are all arranged on shelves, with many oth er beautiful toys, and the girls present of ferings or rice, fruit and "saki ' wine, and mimic all the routine of court-life. The shops display large numbers of these images at this special season. Aftur the holidays they suddenly disappear. I once bought a large doll-baby at one of the shops to send home to my little sister. The doll w&3 dressed in the ordinary way, having its head shaved in the style of most Japanese babies. It was so life-like that when propped up in a chair a person would easily suppose it to be a live baby. A Hero of the Floods. Franklin Calkins in the Youth's Companion. Nowhere throughout the overflowed river bottoms of the West did the de vastatirj g flood s of 1881 come upon the people with such calamitous swiftness, or cover the country to such depths, as in the valley of the farcaching and snow fed Missouri. Long and bitterly remembered by hundreds, whose homes were swept away with scarce a moment's warning, will be the icy overflow of that ca'mit u teaeon. From all iu numerous tributaries, from the trickling rills of the snow-capped mountains to the broad and sluggish river Platte, the bands of ice, suddenly loosed, let forth watery torrents to swell the mightier river. till it poured down to the Mississippi with a destructive haata that had nevr rxm wit. n eased before. i Many a tired farmer who went to his rest after a hard day's work, and dreamed for a time, perchance, of growing crops and abundant harvests as the result of his labors. arose to find his farm a watery waste, the angry river already at his very door, and his live stock wading and swimming disr acted iv about amid noatlne masses of ice. brushwood and the debris of other inundat ed farms above. In vain he sought to save his horses, eis cattle, or his household goods; it was often all he could do to save even his wife and little ones. Upon a broad and well-cultivated farm cn the .Nebraska side of the Missouri, there ived a family named Wilson, in a frame house that stood in a grove of large bat scattered trees near the bank of the stream. Cultivate! fields and well-fenced stock pastures extended back across the intervales, The soil was dark and extremely fertile, the and lying but little above high water mark. on which account the spring freshets always caused Mr. Wilson considerable uneasiness. The oldest settlers thereabouts, however, had never known this tract to be entirely covered; and this, with Mr. "Wilson's own experisnoe, had, in years went by, consider ably lessened his first misgivings. X herefore, the great flood of 1881 found Mr. Wilson wholly unprepared, and at the time of its coming both he and his wife were absent from home. They had felt a little reluctant about leaving home, as the river was swollen nearly to the highwater mark, but urgent business compelled them to ride to the nearest railroad town, some thirty miles away, from which they intended to return the day following. Mrs, Wilson carried her youngest child, and there remained at home Ilenry, a lad of fifteen, and two little daughters aged ten and six years, with the hired man, Ru dolph. Rudolph had relatives living two or three miles back from the river, and when the chores were done at night he left the house, telling Henry that he was going over to see "his folk," ani would ba back at 10 o'clock. The boy and sUters had been left alone of &n evening before. They wera not afraid, and went to Ded by 9 o'clock, to sleep soundly, as such children will. When the boy awoke the next morning, ha found the sun peeping in at his window, and leaping out of bed, he called to Rudolph, as hia father was in the habit of doing. But Rudolph did not answer. "Rude must be up and doing the chore," thought IInry; and then speaking aloud, he said, "What a tremendous roaring the river makes this morning. It sounds as if it was all around us. "Goodness 1 1 blieve it is," he aided, after listening a moment; and then he ran to his window to look. Stouter hearts than his might have quailed at the scene which met hi eyes. Everywhere was water, a turbid, black tumultuous fljod d&ehing up against the trunks

of the treat trees, flooding the stock -yard fences completely out of sight. Logs, boards and great cold-looking cakes of ice, even the bodies of dead cattle, were swept furiously on. The heads only the heads and horns of some of their own cattle could be seen here and there, as the poor creatures swam feebly to and fro. Looking down in frightened awe from the open window, the lad saw that the delving, guttering current had already attacked the foundation of the house, which stood considerably higher than the cattle yards, and that the doorsteps below were under water. As the danger ef the situation dawned

upon him, the lad's terror grew. Again and again he shouted to Rudolph; but there was no response save the rush and the roar of the river. Then he ran to the room of little Jennie and Izah, who had already been awakened by his shouts. With frightened sobs the children clung to their brother, scarcely daring to look out upon the frightful scene about them. ''Where is Rudolph? Where is Rudolph?" they sobbed. Henry soothed them as best he could, and leaving them at the head of the stairway, he went -below to see how high the water had risen. To his increased alarm he found that the kitchen floor was already covered, and that the muddy water was pouting in through the cracks about the door. It was rising fast had risen ever since he first looked out upon it. Then tor a few momenta the boy's cour age almost deserted him; he trembled vio lently and the tears came into hU eyes. "O father! mother 1 why ain't you here?" he cried out. Then the crash of a huge ice-cake against the door aroused him. Foung as he was he realized that the houf e must soon be swept sway if the water continued to rise, and almost fiercely wiping away his tears, he tried to think of some means by which he might save his little sis ters and himself. Through the kithen window he saw the trunk of the great "lm beneath which stood the grindstone, only a few feet from the broad doorstep a huge tree, four or five leet in diameter. The waters were dashing against its massive trunk. That, at least, seemed proof against their utmost strength. "The old elm! The old elm I" he cried. ''If we could only get up among the big limbs I" And then he formed his heroic plan and proceeded to put it into execution. The elm had great outstretching branches, one of the largest of which extended across a corner of the kitchen roof, which was nearly flat and ea3y of access from a window in the second itorv of the house. Henry had often climbed .nt there and mounted the branch, from which he could arcend nearly to the top of the tree a dizzy height however, which he seldom attempted. 'The flood cant dig the old elm out." he thought. "It's stood there too long." But little Izah and Jennie! he feared for them. It was as much as he himself dared do to climb the tree, and he feared the lit tle girls would grow dizzy and fall into the rushing waters beneath. The brave lern in a manner that sneaks well hnth for I his courage and his invention. Wading through the water on the kitchen floor, he reached the woodshed and there procured his mother's clothes line, also a coil of larger rope and an old door, besides a number of loose boards which stood in a corner. Carrying tuese up stairs, where the little girls stood crying and calling for papa and mamma, ' he put them out on the kitchen roof. "Stop crying, girls," he exclaimed, cheer ily; ''stop your crying. Pa and ma will be here soon as they can get a boat, and I'll take care or you till they come. We're going to get up in the big elm and build us a house up there and take up victuals. The water never will take that old tree away. and we can live up there like squirrels." xne energetio lad now sped about the house to complete his preparation for their strange change of abode. Even little Jennie, the mounger sister, caught something of his courage; and both the girls ran about helping in whatever way they could. borne loaves of bread, a bocket of dough nuts, together with dried beef, a smoked ham, and several woolen blankets were laid out on the kitchen roof. Then Henry bound the clothes-line about his waist and climbed on the great branch, and thence up to the large limbs above, to a height of some twenty feet above the rushing waters. Selecting a spot where two limbs branched off parallel with each other, he now lowered one end of his rope to his sisters, for the old door and boards. Before climbing up he had instructed them what to do and how to do it; and in a very short time the boards, the door and the other coils of rope were hauled up one after another, and securely fastened. The door and boards were then placed on the parallel branches and tied with a rope; and in this manner a small floor, or latform, six or eight feet square, was laid, arge enough for all three to sit or lie on. It did not take long now to draw up the food and blankets; but there still remained for the lad the .harder and more perilous task of hoisting up the little girls to his airy platform. Ha had reserved the longest and strongest rope for this purpose, and looping it in the middle over a limb and letting the two ends fall to the roof, he descended and tied an end firmly baneath the arms of both Izah and Jennie in turn. To climb back t his old position was but the work of a moment. Then came the real work. Izah was a plump little girl, and Jennie was still heavier, though not as old. They were frightened and screamed considerably, but he hauled them up, one after the other, safely on to the platform. Meanwhile the wild rushing waters were steadily rising, and had now nearly reached the kitchen window-sills. Still larger cakes of ice were driving ponderously along among the trees; occasionally one ground against the elm, giving it a heavy, jarring bump, or struck the walls of the house with a force that made the timbers crack. The little girls trembled with fear; and now that the excitement of climbing into the tree was over, despair again seized upon them. In vain Henry tried to quiet their faara Great sobs would swell up in spite of their childish efforts to be brave. It was in truth an appalling situation. Faster poured the ever-rising flood; and now the ice-cakes and great drift-logs were smashing in the lower windows. .Nothing was left of the stock yards, sheds and barn, but here and there some of the wretched cattle still kept their heads above Water; and more disheartening than anything else were the poor creatures' mournful lo wings. There was no help for them. Their drowning was but the question of an hour or two; everything was going down beneath the bl&ck rolling: torrent. And veil might the children feel thankful if even the great elm withstood the battering of the ponderous ice-cakes which came grinding in among the scattered trees of the grove. il.nry'i heart almost failed him. It required his beet efforts to keep from breaking completely down and giving way to his fright and grief. But mastering these terrors at length, he earnestly set to work to make everything upon the platform secure. He felt, too, that he ought to save

the bedding and the most valuable of the household furniture; for he saw that the most of It might be hung upon the limbs of the elm, if only he had dared to descend after it into the shattered and rocking building. lint the creaking and groaning of the timbers, commingling with the hoarse gurglings of the water, appalled him. The house seemed on the point cf being swept away; and sadly he watched it heave and sway as each fresh mass of ice came plunging against it. Fearing to trust the little sisters upon the frail platform' unsupported, he tied them securely to limbs above, leaving the ropes slack enongh to allow of their moving about. Ünce, lor a moment, he almost made them smile by calling them his "little ponies picketed out to grass." He even tried to tell them stories, and kept courage in their little hearts by the assurance that "pa and ma" would soon come and take them away in a big boat. Thus the hours wore on. The house still stood, but the waters crept higher and higher, till at noon the river ran nearly even with the tops of the windows. Still

the od tree gave no evidence of yielding; and at lergth the pangs of hunger making themselves felt, they ate a hearty meal in spite of their strange and almost desperate situation. The afternoon passed. Once they thought they heard distant shouts; but the tops of the trees prevented them from looking off clearly, a tght drew on ; and still the house stood, wonderfully, as it seemed to Henry As night closed darkly in, the little girls cried themselves to sleep, pillowing their herds in the lad's lap; and thus through all that long and tedious night, never once closing his own eyes in sleep, he sat and held them. Not long after dark Henry heard a terrific crash, and indistinctly saw the house inelt away amidst the mad waters beneath him. When at last day dawned there was not a familiar landmark to be seen save the trees; and many of the smallest of these had been broken down by the masses of ice. It was a bitter awakening for little Izah and Jennie; and it was long before Henry could again accustom them to the terrible dreariness of their situation. But help came shortly after daybreak. Even before the pangs of hunger had brought them to think of breakfast, cheery voices were heard shouting from the river above. The neighbors had espied them on their platform, through the leafless branches. It was a strange sight, and one that would have inspired lest resolute hearts to attempt their rescue. The young, anxious faces expectantly looked out over the dreary waters, and watched with hope and delight the efforts making to save them. It was an hour that they never would forget. Cold and hungry, but safe and happv, the gallant boy and Lis little charges were taken aboard a boat manned by the faith ful Rudolph and several other young men, who had worked with energy, but in vain, on account of the floating ice, to reach them the day before. Mr. and Mrs. Wüson were delayed longer than they had expected; and not returning till evening of that day, they learned noth ing of the danger to which the children had been exposed till after they had seen them safe at the house of a kind neighbor. KNOTTY PROBLEMS. (All readers are invited to furnish original enigmas, charades, riddles, rebuses and other "knotty problems," addressing all communications relative to this department to . K. Chadbourn, Lewis ton, Maine. No. 387 Numerical Enigmas. I am composed f 45 letters. My 17, 18, 41, 36, 28, 21, 6 is a war steed. My 31, 4. 13, 42, 15 is an untrue story. My 37, 39, 32, 24 is an animal. My 44, 8. 3 1, 23 was a great tyTant. My 24, 45, 22, 7, 14, 30, 35, 27 is a noted poet. My 9, 2, 10, 6, 34 is an officer cf the Church. My 43, 25, 20, 19 is one of the States. My 13, 3, 1, 33, 20, 11 was a member of the Garfield Cabinet. My 12, 16, 26. 30 is a raised platform. My 38, 80, 40 is custom. My whole is a quotation from one of Emerson's poemg. Ho. 388 Numerical Charade. Grows 4 to 7 in total bower, A common, bnt a regal flower. Where bees delight to 3, 1. 2. As they suck In iu honeydew. A. Vo, 38S Progressive Half Square. 1. A letter. 2. Mother. 3. To impair looks of. 4. A money of account equal in Hamburg to 14 pounds sterling. 5. Advance of troops. 6. A postofGce of Pulaski County, Arkansas. 7. A border. Columbus, Ind. Blockhead. No. 380 Hidden Poet. The name-1 of fourteen poets are hidden in the following sentences: 1. Auntie says Lester Tenny's only twenty-one, but I think she doesn't know Lester's age. 2. Freddie, it is time to go and rake the hay. Never mind reciting that poetry to me now. 3. Mr. Bethol Messenger sang his solo well, but I think his brother Will is a much better singer. 4 Professor Aubry anticipates giving a entertainment in select reading this evening, but I shall be obliged to give up attendding it. 5. In company with Mrs. Rapp I attended the concert last evening. We were greatly annoyed by two roughs, under the influence of alcohol Lan Dow and Harry Long, fellows like these should keep away from such places. No. 390 A Literary Execution. Entire, I am royal hunting ground; behead and transpose me, and I become provision; now if you behead me, you make raved; behead again, I am earth's most precious yield unto man. Maggie Fox. No. 391 Charade. Ride on ! ride on! thou traveller bold And cast thy look on first. Bee bow the tempest clouds do lower That soon In storm snail barst. Ride on t ride on I thy second leads Across the loiy beath, Where gibbets tell of darksome deeds, And culprits swiiig beneaih. Ride on! ride on! my third thon art. Ad bonest one and true: But, ah! a third is lurking near Who'd deeds of dsikneui do. Ride on! ride on! 'tis for tny life! Spur on tny faithfu 1 steed ! For now my whole thy second bars, . Intent on lawless deed. B. N. i No. 393 Ah Abstraction. Abstract 1 and 2 and others remain. Abstract 5 and 6 aiid toward the front is left. Abstract 1 and G uid transpose, then the remainder is ea ily exed. ' Abstract 2 and 6 and the remainder re

versed is usual y one bound to work on a

certain estate. Abstract 4 and 5 and a small fortified place remains. Abstract 1 and 5 and transpose and rent appears. The whole consists of only six letters and is at this season of the year considered an abstraction. Magsik Fox. No. 393 A Problem for Young Readers. A merchant wished to purchase four bushels of corn from a farmer. He was told he might have the corn at a reduced price, provided he would measure it himself, using nothing to measure it in or with excepting the bins that were used for holding the corn. The farmer stated that there were three bins, each holding sixteen, ten and six bush els respectively. The bin holding sixteen bushels was at that time full, and the other two were empty. The merclant was told he might change the corn from one bin to another as much as he liked, but he must be certain to so arrange it that the four bushels ould be measured correctly. The mer chant succeeded in measuring the corn as required. How did he do H7 Prize Word Hunt. From the letters of "fearing" as many other words are to be made as possible, using no letter twice in any single word. Every word must be found defined in the body (including supplement of new words) of Webster s Unabridged D.ctionary. The words of each list must be arranged alpha betically and numbered, and all lists must be sent in before March 1. For the largest list of words received from any reader of the Sentinel, a fine gold pen with holder complete will be awarded. For the next largest list a fine pocket knife will be presented. Should a tie occur the prize will be awarded for that one of the list from which the few est words are ruled out. Prize Award. Of the contributions received in response to our recent prize oner, the two best are Nos. 341 and 320. These two are so utterly different in character that we have been on aMe to decide which is the more deserving We have concluded, therefore, that the fair est plan to divide the prize, and have award' edone-balf to Dr. Taylor, Indianapolis, and the other half to Miss Agnes Bosenkrans, Uconomowoc, Via. Answers. 377 A ztec S B agaze T K osebecqu E . A ntwer P U ezokia H A' chaean JLngu E M adame de Mainteno N L eopol D I vanov () N ass a U C annin 6 O Donnel L L a Gravj A N abi S 378 Sand, ring, ham, (home of the Prince of Wales). 3 917.4 x inches. 3801. Benevolently. 2. Disloyalty. 3. Stubborness. 4. Institute. 3811. Adorable, Dora-abl?. 2. Preference, refer, pence. 3. Minute, in, mute. 4. Innkeeper, keep, inner. 5. Knowing, now, king. 6. Predict, red, pict. Plum Pudding a Wheleeome Article of Food. (London Lancet. Few people of middle age view with equanimity the festivites the present season brings with it. lhis often makes them un just to those who at the extremes of life are able to enjoy the good things if only indulged in' with moderation. Middle-aged prejudice is unusually severe againEt plum pudding, yet this article is a highly efficient food, yielding a force equivalent to 250 foot tons. It is also an admirable vehicle for the administration of fat, an article of diet as a rule usually objected to by children. Plum pudding, in reasonable quantity, is certainly to be preferred to the so-called "wholesome" cakes, which have little fat in thoir composition. A good wedge of cold plum pudding is not an unwholesome lunch for young and growing lads to put in their pockets when out for a day's skating or hunting. Elderly people, too are often able to compete with the younger members of the family in the enjoyment of Christmas cheer in a manner that amazes and discourages their middleaged relations. The fact is, as has been pointed out by Prof. Michael Foster, the digestive elements are long preserved, so that a man who in the prime of manhood was a martyr to dyspepsia by reason of the sensitiveness of his gastric nerves, in his later years, when his nerves are blunted, and when, therefore, his peptic cells are able to pursue their chemical work undis turbed by nervous worries, eats and drinks with the courage and success of a boy.' A correspondent of the Edinburgh Scots man says: "lne music in most oicur ttwn and country Churches is, as a rule, simply shameful. Many a time in listening to the extraordinary performances to m heard every day in our churches, I have recalled the remark of honest Davie Tait, when some of his aoquamtances were passing their opinion about his musical feats at famuv worship: 'Weel a weel,' said Davie, uusicrs a best in the distance, an' it's a lasg way op to heaven. I've great faith in that.' " No More Bard Times. If you will stop spending so much on fine clothes, rich food and style, buy good, healthy food, cheaper and be ter clothing, get more real and substantial things of life every way, and especially stop the foolish habit of employing expensive quack doctors or using bo much of the vile humbug medicine that does yon only harm, but put y mr trust in that simple, pure remedy. Hop Bitters, that cures always at a trifling cost, and you will see good times and have good health. Chronicle. Mrs. Mary Treat, of Vineland, N. J., who is a student of natural history, finds her greatest enjoyment in a colony of spiders she has collected. "A spider," she eays, "lives several years, and their domestic life is happy, except that the male is a henpecked fellow, and the female will eat him if she gets a chance." Moses J. Alonson, Spencer, Owen County, new knew what it was to be well until he used Brown's Iron Bitters. An order was recently given to a Boston dealer for fifty cans of' skim milk, to be used in the manufacture of a wash for the extermination of insects on the orange trees in Florida. Gray hairs are honorable, but few like them. Clothe them with the hues of youth by using Ayer's Hair Vigor. Allen's Brain Food positively cures nerroasness, nervous debility and all weakness cf generative organs; $1; six for $5. All druggist. Send tor circular to Allen's Pharmacy, 315 First avenue. New York. Bold in Indianapolis by Browning A Sloan. Jost Out, November 1 1883 Clark's Township Officers' Guide. Every County Superintendent, Road Saperintende..t and Township Trustee chould have one. Bud $1.50 and get one. Address Sentinel Company, Indianapolis, Ind.

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Ilostetter's Stcmach Bit em gives steadinefs to the nerves. Induces a hetliby, natuml How of bile, prevents constipation without unduly purging the bowels gently stimulates the circulation, and bv promoting a vigorous condition of the physical system promotes, also, that cheerfulness whica is the truest Indication of a well-balanced co-dition of 11 the ammsl powers. For sale all druggists snd dealers generally. BEFORE AND AFTER Electric Appliances are sent on 30 Days' Trial. TO MEN ONLY, YOUNG OR OLD, "TT THO ar rafferinir from Kssvors Pebilitt, Y Lost Vitalitt, Lacs or Nerv Force ad Vigor, Wasting Weaekkskim. and ail thoiw disease f a I'ersokai. Katt'ke iMiiltinir from Aarssa and Other Causes. hfMHtl.T rWirf and complete restoration of Health, Vigor and Max hood ucaraxte ed. The grandest discorery of tho Nineteenth Century. Send at once for Illustrated Pamphlet free. Addroas VOLTAIC BEIT CO., MARSHAll. MICH. AiiE 2IILD POWER CURES. pnilftfiPHREYS' SPECIFICS. la n5 3) yetr. Each number the pectal prescription of on eminent phys.clan. The only Simple. Safe and teure Wed eine tor the p-o.ie LIST raiHclPA.1. xoa. er es. puck. 1. FeTcrs, Congestion, Inflsmstlon ?.? 2. Worms. Worm Kever, Worm Colic... .25 3. Oyinj Colic, or Teething of Infants .2-1 4. Diarrhea of children cr Adults 2 ft. DynemarT. Griping. Elllious Colic,.. .25 6. Cholera Morbm, omiting 25 7. Coughs. CoM. Bronchitis. 25 H. ,rurtiii. Toothache, aceache 7i 9. Headaches, Mck Headache, Vertigo .2 10. ftypepsia. I'.ll.lous fctomsch 25 It. Hiippreaaei or I'alnfnl I'crioda..-. .25 12. Whites, too Profase Periods, 25 14. Croup. Cough. Dimcutt Breathing.... .25 14. Halt Rhenm, Krysipela. Eruptions, .25 1 5. KheumaiNm, Rheumatic Blns... . .25 1. Ferer and Acne. Chill. Ferer, Agues .ftO 17. Piles, Blind or Bleeding SO Catarrh, acute or chronic; Influenza, ftO 2. W hooping Conch, violent cough.. .50 21. General Oebility, Fhyslcal Weakness. ft 27. Hidner l'ei V 2 erTous PebilitV 1 SO. Oinary Weakness. Wetting tho bed .SO 32. niease of the Heart. Palpitation. l.OO bold by drusgln. or sent by the Case, or sinrl Vlai, fre of charge, on receipt of price. Send for Dr. Ilnmnhrey Rank on I)iseae itb (144 pages i, also 1 Ihmi rated Catalogue FR F.B. Address, ll ininhreys' Homeopiithie Medicine Co.. 109 Fulton Street, ftew York. MALAEIA A Germ Diseasa Malaria is caused by Germs of Disease arising from Bad Drainage, Decaying Vegetation, Sewer Gas, and other local sources. DR. HAMILTON'S R1ALAREAL SPECIFIC, A Strictlj Vegetable Preparation, Free from Oninlne, Arsenic and !1 other olieet:onablc Eu'ueiaLt-ui, U an uui..il rg cure for UiU trouble. Stevens Institute of Technology. Houoke. N. J., June 19th, 1S2. This is to Ckrtift. that I l ave made sa sn ilysis of tlie Anli-MaLuiiil Medicine, known as "Doctor Hamilton's Malarial Ppccilic." and find that it U a purely vegetable preparation. Is ioluiely tree from arsenic or any other like f ul!ance, does not contain any quinine or similar bm!y, or other objectionable material, and is undoubtedly harmless. IIEXRY MORTON, Fh. D. Testimony from Indianapolis, Dear Sir : Having sufi'ered from- Malaria, I w advixed to take your "Valar al SccitiV' which I h:ive done with the most satisfactory results, an I will clucrfully recommend it to all suiiering lru; that dUiabc, Very truly yours, CHAS. G. TOHX, Indianapolis, Ind. McKESSON k ROBBIXS, X. Y., Wholesale Agents. For Sale by Druggists Generally. THE DE HAAN & COJ PATENT AIMISM PMS, -e i - . v v, -.vv t -rtrv s i IS DIFFERENT STYLES. ror eile by HKXTTNEL COMPAN1 fi per day at home. Sample Worth $3 free. Aaoresa uuison A Co., roruaua, Me.

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It cures dandruff, Le als all humors, and keeps the scalp cool, clean and soft under which conditions diseases of the scalp are impossible. As a dressing for ladies' hair, the Vhror Ji praised for iu grateful and agreeable perfume, ana valued for the soft luster and richness o tone It Impart. -PREPARED BY DR. J. C. AYER & CO, Lowell. Km. Practical and Analytical Chemists. 8old by all Druggists and Dealers In Medicine. Jaass1 Hsliiil fclikb Chartered by the State of Illinois for the express purpose of etvinir immediate relief In all JfJ? , 'y chronic, urinary and private rriuisMse. vjonorrnoca, vjieec and Syphilis in all their complicated forms, also all dis eases of the Skin and Blood promptly relieved and permanently cured by remedies tested in a Forty Yrars Special Practice. Seminal Weakness, Night Losses by Dreams, Pimples on the Face, Lost Manhood positively cured. Ttrra i$ no experimenting. The appropriate remedy Is at once used in each case. Treatment by correspondence if a visit to the city is inconvenient. Medicines sent by Mail and Express. No marks on package to indicate its contents or sender. Send 10c for book: Lost Manhood Regained. Large revised work S.'ic. MiT All Consultations ant. Communications saredltf Confidential. ia JAMES' TO OF DASDELKHÄsr. for Diseases of the Kidneys, I requent Urination , Female Weakness, Leucorrhoea and Painful Menu struation. fj.00 per quart bottle; 6 bottles for $10 JAKES' WISE 0? HOFS, S WSCÄTS Nervous Debility, Lost Energy, Imprudences tt Youth or later Years, Wasting Diseases, and Dys pepsia. $1.00 per quart bottle; C bottles for $5.00, JAHES NEHTISS HLlia-STSÄÄ like a charm upon the debilitated Nervous System Invigorate the Generative Organs, and radicall and permanently remove all immediats and remote effects of exhausted vitality, caused by imprudences or excesses. $1.00 per box; 6 boxe $5.00. Sent by mail, sealed, on receipt of pric DU. JATVTK3, Ko. 204 Washington Street, Chleajro, II GRAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINE. TRADI MARK Th Omit Ew-TRAOI MAR 1 6LI8H KIM IDT. Anonfalltntr cure for 8emlnal Weakness, Spermatorrhea, Is. potecry. and all Diseases that fol low as a se-ariiM-aa Ivmanf ra IEF C R E TAKIK .Memory, Unlrer- AFTER TAtlXS. sal Lassitude. Fain In the Back, Dimness of Vision. Premature Old Aire, and many other Diseases that lead to Insanity or Consumption an 4 a Premature Grave. Full particulars in onr pamphlet, which wt desire to send free by mail to every one. Th Specific Medicine 1 sold by all drugrlsts for 41 p package, or six packages for to, or will be sent fr; by msil on the receipt of the money by address! , THE GRAY MEDICINE CO., Buffalo, N.I. On account of counterfeits, we have adoyyi the yellow W rapper, the only genuine. Goar tees of cures Issued. Sold In Indianapolis by WARD BROS. It i9 the resnlt of 20 veara experience an cspcrimentfl in Rcwinjr Machine. It eombinm A good point of altprfrnt mmd Jormar OMx&Mt, an 4 It not a one nan "or "one idea " machine, as others, am It nvoidstbe defect of other, and poa. ses-aes ne and valuabl feature and convenient It is larm, Htht-rvnninv, w Aamfrovui, rotMiiifli, durnble, and mimpla. Warranted and hcnrln wpnirfrceferSyearw. Circular'. f ull dsncription wmt free on miuert. It is surely ths liest. A trial will prove it Don't fail "e i Wot-ymi biv. MiKCFicrrEcD by 1 LORK"CH MA( IUI ' F, C'(".,Tlorncw, Maa. :hoi .leb 5TT KO V HF.NT.Mand W Jii3U fcU Chicago mm I baTe a i(Ivo rMiuly !r tio aVora t: ::: b, i na thonuMKi r( cum.' of th worrt kind asxl of kmr tandlnff have hvtin cnrwl. lnfiMl, rf :tmr s is tn fil In inminrr, tH.-it l wit eii two boxruE-s krLr. to-(-ethorwlth at ALl'ABLB TüEATiSKc-n vhU iU,h an j mxSonr. Olvo Ejrf ant 1'. O. ariiin". PS. r. i tllKTVI. I1 IVirl(it..XTrL CANCER ScientlUcally Treatf and Radically Com No Knife, no Canstial Pain, Book sent free, containing convincing tlmonials from responsible persons. Addreta Z3x-. 3T. 2&XoXj22XXX, X. 215 West Fourth Street. Clseisssti. Ohl. to Lowest prtrt know ; on Hmvh Uiadfri Kill, Kelvn OUR $15 SHOT-GUI ml pr-Uy rrdiirvd prices. end inip f,.r cor Vtw IlltH. fktaWn KviT P. POWELL & SON. SM Main Street, CINCINNATI. O MANHOOD B peed ily restored by the use of Tftaliw Treatment, which e fTec in ail t cures nrom lability, Lost Virility, Premature Decay, and all troubles atislnu from overwork and pxcpssos. Kamila of V i t ä1 1 ii mulled fr, xealed, by addresrfnr IXK. WUITTIEB, 174 Race itreet, Cincinnati 0. Manhood Restored. A victim of early impradenoe, eaamn- Krrroas Debility, Premature Decay, et.. hTin tried in two rery known remedy, has discovered a stmpJs means of lf-cnre, hieb he will send free to his fel'ow. sufferers. AddreMJ.ILXVL4,i3CUthaust..V

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