Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 32, Number 51, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 January 1887 — Page 3

THE INDIANA BTATE SENTINEL' WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1 9 1887.

THE YOUNG FOLKS.

An Eatcrtaiiirg Story Entitled "Ruty ILller'g Edons." -Outward Rerpect Room for Gratitnd Barclart and Parrot Awkward Jokla I Knotty Problems Kabj'i Melons. Sunshine. Euby Miller was the oldest of four children. She wtis a good girl for the eldest, too. Übe was quick and bright and sunny-tern pered, and yery fond of helping her mother, the had some faults, of course what little girl has not? Bet she was so pleasant and happy and industrious that we will not dwell upon her disagreeable traits which are, indeed, rot worth dwelling upon. Ruby's fatber was a teamster. He owned two large, black horses, and two or three big wagons, of different sizes and shapes. All the Miller children knew all these wagons, even to Laureta, the little Miller baby, and as soon as they saw one of them coming along the dusty Tillage street toward night they would run to meet it and cry, "Hollo, papa!" until the neighbors thought there had been about noise enough. But Mr. Miller was very proud of his four little children, and they could not be blamed for being glad to Eee him. Right next to the little patch of land which belonged to Mr. Miller was a long fandy strip of farm owned by 'Squire lillincon, or, as the neighbors called him, 'Square." He was the great man of the little straggling Tillage of Nestlin, and was very rich and very stinsy. You would lacgh yery bard if I could stop to tell you tail the funny stories they relate in Nestlin about "'Square" Billington'a little stingy ways. But this is a story about one of them. Young pear trees were planted thickly on the "'Square's" farm, or that part of it which lay along the Tillage street and next the Millers'. But there was a portion of it, c!ose to the Millers' yard, which had nothing within it at all excepting some straggling blades of grass. One day Mr. Miller and Huby were riding on the high s;at of one of Mr. Miller's wagons, when he said, pointing to the empty s j ace on the "'Square's"' grounds, "That would be a first-rate place to raise watermelons. I 'most wonder that the 'Square hasn't planted some there. 'Tisn't good land for anything else, but watermelons would grow there splendidly." "Ja it much work to raise watermelons, ptpa?" icquired Ruby. "Ob, no. The only trouble is that you want to he watching them when they are ripe, or else mischievous boys will come and steal them." "Aunt Mary has got some watermelon seeds," said Ituby. "I wonder if she wouldn't give me some, and then I might plant thena right by the fence there." "You would have to ask the 'Square," remarked her father. Squire Billington was what people call a "pleasant-spoken" man, and Ruby did not feel in the least afraid to ask him. The next day she met him on the street. He sid "Good morning" to her, and she hastened to return his greetings and tell him about her plan. "That's a good idea," said he. "I like to pee little girls at work. Oh, yes. you can raise watermelons on that sandy knoll all you want to." So Iiuby planted six hills of watermelon seeds, and watched them come up, and blossom, and form little melons. It was great Inn. Her brothers, Doms and Sylvester, helped her hoe and weed them, and little Laureta toddled over now and then to take a hand. She generally pulled up the melon plaDts, though, so they did not encourage her to "help" much. One day in September, when one melon was ripe and had been carefully cat off and carried home, and when twelve other splendid fellows were lying basking in th sunshine almost ready for eating, "'Square" Billington drove up beside the fence. Ruby wt Bittirg on the turf close by, keeping watch over her treasures. "You have some nice melons there," said the old gentleman. Ruby's face shone all over. "Father says they are pretty nice," she said, modestly. "There are a good ruanv little ones, but father don't think they will get ripe before frost." "Well, there are a good many larg? ones for a little girl to raise," said the " 'Square," with great apparent kindliness. "Let's see, hew rr any was I going to have to pay for the n?e of the land?" "What, sir?" asked Ruby, very much startled. "I said, how many are you going to pay me for the use of the land?" repeated the "'Square." "I I've promised every one of them to somebod v f or 25 cents apiece," stammered Iiuby. "Ob, well, the money will do just as well as the melons, of course," said the 'Squire, smilingly. "You can pay one-half you get for them. That's all I shall ask. I shouldn't think of charging you more than that. Some would, but I shan't. Good-by !" I'oorRuby! She sat down and cried as bard as Ehe could. She had planned just how to spend the money. She was going to have a nice pair of shoes, and maybe she could get a canary. There wast one for sale cheap up the street a little way. Ob, oh, oh! now she could not even pay for the ehces, she was afraid. She went home and told her mother, and there was a neighbor ia to call, and Ruby toM her. "It's a shame!" said the neighbor. "'Square Billington has more money than he can possibly spend cow. The idea of his takirg your melon money! The old tkeezux!" It did look rather mean. The neighbor rcust Lave pone out and told some otüers, for that night something happened. There had been some distinguished summer visitors in Nestlin, and that very evening one of them, a very famous man, of who- gcod opinion 'Squire Billington thought a good deal, bad promised to give a lecture at the town hall. It was on "Free Trade and the Tariff," and though a good many of the village people did not feel much interested in the subject, they all went because the speaker was such a great man, atd they could all go in for nothing. Mr. and Mrs. Miller went, and they took Ruby with them. Imagine their surprise when, r.ftf r the lecturer had been through a long and somewhat prosy talk on rents, he said: "Why. ladies and gentlemen, I have even heard of a roan so mean that he aked rent for about a sqnare rod of ground in a country villape. Not only that, but he exacted it of a little girl, not tea years old, who Lad already received bis permission, without his naming any conditions, to raise a few melons on it. Isn't that carrying the rent bu'nes a good way, ladies and gentlemen? Lid yon ever hear of anything much meaner than that in your lives?'' IVcpIe said that 'Squire Billington grew very red when this story was told. At any rate, he never said anything more to Haby about paying rent for her little melon patch, and E)i9 bought the shoes, and the canary, and by gr od management she saved 20 cents, with which she bought a little doll for Laureta, too. Katk ITpsos Clark. Oat ward Respect. Youth's Companion.) Rufas Choate was not only a man distingnished by intellectual brilliancy; he was a!so a model of high-bred courtesy. No one was too insigniücaot to receive his dignified consideration, and even the bore possessed no power to ruflle his demeanor. An incident la recorded of his suffering siege from ore such person, a man who had the misfortune to find originality In selfevident facts, and who insisted upon demonstrating inch worn truths to his neighbors. On the day ta question the thermometer was at ninety in the shade, and Mr. Choate was yery Ured. little cared the bore fox either

of these fact, ne droned on and on, tin til

a man of ordinary forbearance wonld hare given way to some outbreak; but Mr. Choate's patience proved to be an unfailing fount. He listened with the most exemplary patience, end when the man, after a weary and protracted discourse, at length departed, his auditor merely said to a by stander: '"What an excellent person Mr. A. Y. Z. is! But don't you think he would be much bet ter than he is if he wonld tell in a quarter of a uimuie wuat ue una tuusuuicu miccu minutes in telling?" The great lawer was also free from that great failing of learned men, the desire to instruct, no matter if the manner of doin so should smack of pedantry. There was a gracious courtesy in his style of introducing quotations into his speeches; it was, moreover, cne which cot only conciliated, but increased the self-respect of his audience. "You remember, he would say, "that fine passage in Southey" "I need not remind you that Burke on this point sajs" "Cicero, in that very familiar oration, has declared" "You have all, no doubt, appliedjto this subject the famous remark of Hooker" No audience desires that an orator should speak down to it, as no individual would choose to be patronized. True courtesy is largely mixed with deference, and it is a compound of which we all, as well as this great man, may learn the secret. Awkward Joking, Youth's Companion. It is better to be foolishly prudent than to run any risks through mere carelessness. No more innocent pastime than writing one's own name can well be conceived, and yet the man who leaves hi3 signature floating about on b!ank paper rr.ay come to grief. A gentleman of wealth, while practicing petmanship one day, wrote his name upon a blank slip cf paper and allowed it to lie on bis desk. It attracted the attention of a neighbor, who, for a joke, filled the space above the signature in the form of a promissory cote.and a few days afterward the joking neighbor presented the paper, with un offer to allow considerable discount if the apparent drawer would cash it at the time. The gentleman perceived the joke, and the holder of the document, placing it ia his pocket, departed, and nothing more was said about it. Subsequently the holder was 6tricken with paralysis and died, and his executors, finding the note, and having no knc.wlet'jreof the joke attached to it, brought suit, and recovered the sum for which it was drawn. The joker had meant no harm, but he, as well as his friend, had been careless, and some one had to pay the penalty. Hurglars and Parrot. Youth's Companion. Some time ago a story was translated from the French of a bank robbery ia which a cat was the means of tracing the crime and convicting the criminal. Cases are common enough cf dogs acting as monitors and alarm-clocks against house-breakers and night fires. Sometimes a pet bird has performed similar service. Charles Craig, of Mount Lookout, says a Cincinnati paper, has a parrot that receatly performed some excellent detective work. The parrot had been taught to say, when a person entered the Craig residence, "Come id and shut the door." The night mentioned, at a late hour, burglars, by means of a "jimmy," opened the front door of Mr. Craig's house. Jut as they entered, the parrot, which was in a cage hung on the wall, shouted, "Come ia and shut the door! ' This unexpected invitation frightened the burglars off. Mr. Craig was upstairs, and, hearing the words of the parrot, ran down, and could but observe the forms of the wouldbe burglars. KNOTTY PROBLEM. Our readers are Invite! to famish original enl? mas, charades, riddles, re bases and other "knotty problems." addressing ail communications relative to this department to K. B. CUadboora, Lewiston, Maine. No. 1,811. A Carious Attendant. I lollow you vita the morning sun, I creep away when the day is done. 1 spring upon you by candle-light. Grow larger, smaller, yet never right. I'm always, always right by yonrsids; Ko sound I mate as onward I glide. And tbo'jsh in the dark. I seem not thers; One ray of light, I jump from iny lair. Nothing I scorn from the tiny flower To the massive ta.1 catnedral tower. Now, who am I? What may I be? I'm with you now; those who look may LOB" UilX 1 . No. 1,812. Decapitations. My whole no mortal man should lack: Cut off my head-all men belong to me; Behead again, and greater than a King am I, Though o IT must come my bead to mulct me sae. No. 1,813, A Cros-"Word. My first's tn "woman's rI?M;" My next in "getting tight;" My third in "all mankind;" My fourth in "partly blind;' My fifth in "reformation;" My sixth in "every nation;" My seventh in "all angelic;" My eighth In "Tom sua Alex:" My ninth in "condescension;" " My tenth in "best attention. " My whole is in moderation, Ju spite of all temptation. Jok Amort. No. 1,814 A Keversa'.. Keverse me and I form two word. My being here the first asserts. And, as all grammars tell to me, some form ol the verb to Lp. My next one Is a term for whole, Of egotists the very soul When I and want this word precede. Bot unreversed my whole will real, A creature used lor bearing loads Far up and down steep mountain roa't; And whicn Its master love bo well. Although it will at times rebel. IWjiug him in balky haie Whene er iU burden seeins loo great ; Ken if it deems Injuntice nin. Throw fts ran spittle in his ere. Emu a I. gciutAXtf. No. 1,815. A Charade. I'd rather see an honest man. Though in coarse All he's dre 1, Than any curled and perfumed ap Ia silken-nowertd vtat. I'd rather see a gentleman. Although his Kirn' a shed. Than a vulgar-minded gybarit Upon a downy bed. IM rather a clever man. Of the philofcODhic scttool. Than a lot of garment! Last with gold That overlap a foo!, Joe Am-jri'. No. 1,810. An Anagram. I hail from a pretty village imall In the prand old Keystone Slate. Where peace and love reiga over all. And there are "kons fctAiN" m hate. Tilly Slowbot. No. 1,817. U'bat'a the Word? A stmp'e word, 'tis often heard, That tells how oft we blunder; Of half a score it tells and more, For that and more they number. S. No. 1,818. A Kiddle. I make black white; Day out of night; l air out of dark; Fi redout of park. I make brightness in the hail; ka'.nbowi on the wall; I paint rwti fair. And woman's bright hair. I am the sun's bride. And In the night I hide. JorAORY. Answer. 1,7V.. Court-thlp. 1.7V7. l'ain tcr tulner. 1,79. 11 uun B A vjnl A K llcke T K rnjat 1,790. Jnt-t-tce. l.HRO. Cm hlnnation. loi. Tha five boxicg wijardiJompqnTcaly. J.w.2. TheJetier V.

A LADY SERIOUSLY INJURED By the Explesloa of a Dynamit Cartridge Under a San Francisco Street-Car.

Sah Francisco, Jan. 14. The residents on Post street, between Larkln and Polk streets, were startled last evening by the sound of a tremendous explosion and by the shattering of glass about their ears. A dynamite cartridge had beed placed on the track of the Larkin street branch line of the Sutter street cable road, and exploded under dummy No. 34. The dummy was cjtnpletely wrecked, and the windows of the car and of the honses in the vicinity were demolished. A Mr. Hilderbrand and his wife and brother were sitting in the dummy on the side where the explosion took place. They were all thrown into the street, and Mrs. Uilderbrand, it ia feared, is seriously injured. She was taken into a neighboring home and medical assistance was summoned. Later in the evening ehe was conveyed to her home. It was a miracle that there were no others injured, as several persons were on the dummy. Feople in the vicinity rushed to the scene of the disaster, and soon a large crowd congregated. Engineer Conby, who was on the dumrry, describing his sensation, said that the explosion had the effect of momentarily stunnirg him, and it was folly half an hour before he recovered his hearingThe excitement caused by this explosion was intensified when it became known that another explosion had taken 'place on the Sutter street cable road, near Dapont street, about an honr later. The explosion is believed to have been caused by the dummy wheels running over a cartridge of giant powder. The dummy was disabled and had to be taken to the shops for repairs. It was replaced by a new one, and the road continued to operate its cars as usual during the remainder of the night. No one was injured by tbe last explosion, and the charge in the cartridge evidently was small. Ti e authorities are entirely at a loss a3 to the anthors of these outrage?, and have as yet not obtained the slightest clew to the perpetrators of any of these frequent attempts at the destruction of life and property on the Gary and Sutter street cable roads. Three men who were on the Post street dummy were bruised, but none of them seriously hurt. Two men have been arrested on suspicion cf being concerned in the outrage. Their names can not he ascertained. Later in the evening an nnexploded dynamite cartridge was found near öcott street, on the Gary street road. The cartridge had evidently been placed on the track, but had rolled otr. HOUNDING UP THE WEEK. Features of YosUrday's llrief Session of the General Assembly. The proceedings of both houses of the Legislature were of an uneventful nature yesterday, routine business occupying the attention of the statesmen. Tue re were a few little political thrusts made, but t'aey were mild as compared with the blows of the preceding days. In the Senate a move was made by 2dr. Davis to have the Door-keeper post a list of his employes and their residences as required by law. This was done in order to make capital out of the assertion that the Door-keeper had not complied with tbe law, aDd also to cast a reflection on him. Senator Fowler was ready, however, to pocket the slur, and at once began to gratify the enemy by apologizing, when no apoiogy was needed, and to plead for a withdrawal of the resolution. lie said, in efiect, that the Door-keeper had not yet completed his fo;ce, but would do so forthwith, and comply with the wishes of the other side. In view of this pitifnl plea from the spokesman of the majority, Senator Davis became magnanimous and withdrew the resolution. Senator Fowler will probably help Door-keeper Pritchett to prepare the list and present a copy to Senator Dav: in advance, in order to mollify and appease that gentleman. Senator Fowler may congratulate himself on having successfully conducted a retreat In the ffice of the enemy. The appropriation bill was returned from the House with Us concurrence in the amendments of tbe Senate, and after it had been found to be correctly enrolled wss signed by the President of the Senate. The remainder of the session was given up to the introduction of bills. One offered by Mr Urmston requires railway companies to so protect the heating apparatus of passenger cars as to prevent danger freni fire in esse of accident. Mr. McDonald presented a bill for establishing a school irr fieble minded children at or near Kniphtstown. It is to be under the control of three Trustees, one of each of the leading parties, and the third to he a woman. They are authorized to purchase what is Known as the Morrison residence property, nfar Knightstown, in fee simple. TLe Trustees shall be eligible to any other public position. Admission shall be given to all feeble-minded youths between eleven and eighteen year3 old who may be eatable of instruction, but who shall be uaable to inter any of the public schools The Trustees thail fix the charge for pupils who may have an estate or whose parents may be sble to ray in part for their tuition. The Trustees shall take cfcanre of the chiMren of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home. An adjournment was taken till Monday at II a. in. In the Honse Mr. Dames offered a bill to prohibit the circulation of papers of the Police Gazette class and fixing the penalty at from $10 to $1,000. Mr. Gardiner, despite the fact that the Senate had already invited the House to meet with it in joint convention for the election of a United States Senator on next Wednesday, offered a resolution extending a similar invitation to the Senate to meet with the House. It was adopted, notwithstanding the breach of courtesy in not responding to the Senate resolution. The House also" refused to grant Mr. Kellison's request to have the Mtckey contested election case reported for action before the time fixed for the joint convention. The Speaker promptly declared this out of order. Pepresentative Buskirk got in a neat little stroke on tbe Republicans by a revolution reciting that, as it had been expressed aa the sense of the House tnat none but ex-soldiers should be appointed as Assistant Doorktepcrs, and such expression had Deen ignored, the attention of the Doorkeeper be called to tbe matter, and the names of the following honorably discharged Union soldiers, all of whom are stalwart Republicans, are referred to him as suitable perpons for appointment: James C. Wheat, William C. Lester, Alfred C. Alberts, Dr. E. J. Hay, Benjamin Crain and K. P. Thompson. Mr. Jewett'a bill to authorize the order of Odd-fellowi to erect a bronze statue to Schoyler Colfax in. University Square, and Mr. Caven's bill authorizing the erection of a monument to Thomas A. Hendricks in Military, Circle or University Park or the State-house grounds.were withdrawn because tbe Honse refused to suspend the rales to consider them. Tbe Names of Women. New Orleans States. Give your daughter but one name in baptism. Bhe will be perfectly content with it. Her Jover never requires, never uses more than one of her names if she has half a dozen. In the height ot his tenderness he never exclaims: "Amelia Jane, come to my arms! ' He simply extends hi3 arms and cries: "Amelia!" When the girl marries let ter keep her surname. Then whenever we eee a woman's name we shall know whether she is married or single, and if she is married we shall know what her family name I. If sbe has earned a reputation as a writer or a doctor or a LUD. as Mary Brown, she will carry that with her as Mary Brown Johnsen ; and in all caea there will be spared an infinite amount of talk and inquiry as to who she was before she was married. The system is essential to the "cause" of woman. It may be said that it lacks perfection in two respects; we could not tell trora the three naraea whether the bearer of them xniht not be a widow, and it makes

no provision for a second marriage. These are delicate questions. In regard to the first. It is nobody's business to know whether the woman is or is not a widow, unless she chooses to make that fact prominent, and then bhe has ways enough to emphasize it. And in the second place, it does not at all matter what becomes of the name of the first husband. It ia the woman's Identity that is to be preserved. And she can not be required to set up milestones all along her life. HAPPY SUGGESTIONS.

Fisk tobogganing just now on Greenland's icy mountains. A stay of proceedings a horse-car brake. Cleveland Sun. Whin trying to catch the ear of a St. Louis girl you should use both hands. Life. Thk language the telephone sneaks is broken English. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Om head is better than two at theaters where heads wear high bonnets. New Orleans Picayune. Although very fashionable as an article of dress, the bastle is really a back: number. 1 I'hiladelpnia Herald. . Texas has a paper called the Bedbug. It has no wings; but it gets there all the same. New Orleans Picayune. What is the difference between a dude and his boots? One is calf skin and the other is calf's kin. Dansville Breeze. "Do You believe that chestnuts ke?p off rheumatism, Binks?" "Yes," replied Binks; "I always carry a comic paper in my pocket Boston Bulletin. "Is the head of the family in, bnb?" asked a washing-wringer peddler. "Yes; mother's in there," replied Johnny. Kentucky State Journal. "Have you any chestnuts?" "No; haven't received any yet. But there's to be a minstrel show in town to-night. Perhaps you can get some there." Pittsburg Dispatch. Wnts I courted, there was no one sweeter None to make the heart of man so glad. Then I tnld that I should like to eat her; And now, well I only wibh I had. TId-Blts. "Mips Toboggan, I congratulate you upon your success. It is largely essential to mine." "And, pray, who are you?" (haughtily1). "My name is Pneumonia" (suavely). Philadelphia Call. Totour.AKiKii is a good deal like the first attempt to dance in a crowded bll-room. All jou have to do is to spring your heels, close yonr eyes and trust to Providenc3. Omaha World. "Peat pardon me, madam!" exclaimed a man who had inadvertently sworn in the presence of a lady. "Don't mention it, sir," she replied, sweetly; "I am married. Pittsburg Dispatch. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good," and yet it can not be denied that it would take a pretty strong, healthy breeze to blow some people any better than they are. Somerville Journal. Yor needn't talk of the big hats The Jemals head adorning: For girls wear smaller hats at nights Than some men in the morning. Uolumbus Dispatch. The great question, "Was Hamlet mad?" is yet undecided. We are inclined to think, however, that he would be mad if he could hear and see himself on the stage sometimes. Boston Post. "What is the best way ' to manage a man?" asks a .'eminine correspondent The answer to this old conundrum is, "Don't let the man know you are trying to manag him." Lowell Citizen. "Oh! I've loved before!" said a six-weeks' bride to her fourth husband, as she took a handful cf hair from his head because he refused to hang out the week's washing. Hartford Sunday Journal. Cousin Ned Now, Edgardo, if you will give me a kiss I'll show you my watch. F.dgardo (who is blase) Huh! that's nothing new. Give the kiss to mamma; she don't get as many as I do. Tid-Bits. "So you are thirteen years old, are yon, Jennie?" "Yes, and I now realize that it is an unlucky number. It's too old for dolls, and pa says it's not ell enough for gentlemen's society. Texas Sittings. The firpt few months of happy honeymoon They bill and coo awhile; then coo and bill. A short time after that, but all too soon. The cocing disappears, 'Tig now all bill. Merchant Traveller. A Georgia man claims to have seen a snake six feet long, with its back covered with gray moss. Before the prohibition days down there a man could "see snakes" a great deal larger than that. St Taul Harald. "Do you object to smoking, Miss Flo?" asked young Dumley. "Not at all," replied Miss Flo. "But I don't want pa to see me. He's got old-fashioned notions about such th!Es you know." Pittsburg Dispatch. THE DAY-IN TOE HOUSE. A Falsification of the Journal Record The Downing-Ueaaley Contest. The House was not the anticipated scene of any startling developments yesterday. The session opened, however, with a fair sample of Republican falsifications. This was in the journal, which recited the details of the Robertson count on Monday, and that the count was made before the House and Jenate in joint convention, althcach it was a notorious fact that the Senate could not convene on that day, having adjourned until yesterday. The Democrats attempted to remonstrate, but were throttled by the previous question under the manipulation of Mr. Gardiner. The lie was indorsed by the full Republican vote approving the journal. The previous question of course disposed of all discussion, and the only method possible to the Democrats for condemning the outrage was to explain their votes, and in this they were held strictly to an explanation by the Speaker. During the reading, Mr. Harrell attempted to get in a resolution setting forth the true facts, but was promptly ruled out of order. The work went gayly on, and the Republicans were not oflended by hearing their actions characterized. As Mr. Cox. of Miami, put the matter, "The journal states the Senate was present whereas we know the Senate was not present" What Ailed Him. A gentleman, one ot whose friends had died suddenly in a small town in the far West, wrote to the Postmaster of the place fer particulars of his friend's death. In reply came the following explicit letter: DF.1.R era The perticklcrs of the deth of III B yarebereby inclosed. I hed only a breef puwonal aoquaintenee with the ded decease i and Oid not witness his final expiration. Bat from them that was thare I lern that he died of tue failure of the windpipe to supply breth. in konsekenre of which the action of tbe hart wasn't rite, and he wss soon no more. This is the perticklcrs up to date; 11 any more turn up I'll let von kno. WUXIAM II K. A Solid l'balaox of Loyal Consume, I Chicago Inter Ocean.l Twenty-one hundred employes of Philadelphia breweries have struck, but the telegraph doesn't Bpeak of any number of beerdriskers as having struck. Brewers will not scare until beer-drinkers begin to get mad. "One of my schoolmates," said an old man, "was a rich man's son. I was a poor boy. He had more pocket money in a week than I ever bandied in my life. He is now a conductor of a streetcar." "And you?" "I'm the driyer of the car." Harper j Bazar. Horsford's Acid Phosphat 15 VALUABLE. Dr. B. A. Cable, Dauphin, Tu., says: "I find it invaluable in all cases for which it is recommended, and I cheerfully attest my appreciation of its excellence." 'Nip the EtU In tae Bad.' Stop that cough in '.Its first stages I before seriona consequences ensue. Dr. J. IL McLean'a Tar Wine Lung Balm is an effectiye remedy. 25 cent a bottle.

THOUGHT OF THE HOUR.

riEsoLTB on certain fixed moral beliefs, adopt the ten commandments from God as absolutely and unchangeably true and the only trnth for conduct. Rev. Emory I. Haynes. It has long been evident that whatever lines in former years distinguished Universalists and Unitarians from each other hare been steadüy and jet fast and surely fading out The Watchman. Makx a fill surrender of your life to God, and do not hesitate because of any intellectual difficulty concerning points of doctrine. It is not a question of doctrine, but of life. Rev. R. R. Meredith. "Whilb it is unquestionably true that medical men are ordinarily too neglectful of their political duties, it seems to us that, when they do take action, they should base it on broader grounds than class pique. New York Medical Journal. Wk will always have more or lesa of the mushy and cayenne pepper fiction, because it has its constituency, but it will neverjagain dominate the great middle class of readers as it did many years ago. The taste for the good, if only slightly cultivated, destroys inai ior ine Daa, ana tue tendency ot the literary instinct when once aroused ia steadily upward. Omaha Repmblican. In regard to the chewing-gum, we do not feel so sure. Besides being a practice which is from an (esthetic point of view not to be encouraged, it is very doubtful whether, under the most favorable circumstances, it is really a benefit to digestion; and, until there is some guaranty as to the composition of what is called chewing-gum, we should hesitate before recommending it Science. It is not mere breath, but moral life, that isacrcd. We should be more than sorry to say anything loose or dangerous upon a question of ethics; but we can not help thinking that in the interest of suffering humanity it is time to examine the grounds for the belief that when all hope of recovery is gone morality or religion commands us to protract to tbe ntmcst the painB of death. Toronto Week. The Andover professors admit that the creed, as originally laid down, gave no sanction to the doctrines they teach and the teaching ot which has brought this accusation of heresy upon them. They admit that the framera of the creed did not contemplate the possibility of any salvation after death, acd that, if the creed as laid down by them is in truth the final thought of men in theology, there is no more to De said. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Wrrn till her liberality and tireless energy, Mrs. Thurber seems destined to see her efforts for the establishment of national opera amount to nothing. Certainly, the public spirit which she has shown in this work demands a better return, and had she placed the enterprise in the hands of more competent manngers she would have succeeded in ner ambition. The only thing from which American opera is suffering is too much Thomas. New York Graphic. Homf.b speaks of "winged words" '; ptroeiila which fly from mouth to mouth, as the gossip, and De Quincey considers that it would be better if nine of every ten of them had their pinions clipped. Just as patient, unresting labor acquires the gold and silver in commerce, so the same effort in a like degree is necessary to heap up a store of these measures of language. " But while the one wealth ?s sure to fade away and "leave not a wreck behind," the other is richness imperishable for all time, and perhaps for eternity. C. M. Harger in The Current Children should be taught at an early period of life to avoid the use of condiments. Their food should be plentiful bur simple. Many a mother will give her very young children rich food pastry, cake, and sauces, and condiments of the most indigestible or fiery kind and tell you her children are healthy, and nothing hurts them. Perhaps the injury is not apparent at first but it will not be long before headaches, indigestion of the most serious character, dyspepsia, fixed for life, uisproves the truth of her opinions. Hall's journal of Health. In these times there is a great deal of out cry against anything like serious and habit ual introspection. Not only is the fear ex pressed that self-examination will make one morbid, but it Is taken as an evidence that one is alreadv morbid if he confesses, or in any way shows, much anxiety about his own spiritual state. One is looked upon as a little "off" who isn't dead sure that he is God's child, and who wants to be certain that he is doiDg the best he can to train his own soul into harmony with God, and into fitness for the enjoyment of future blessed ness. Advance. Idncoln'a Humanity. Mr. Lincoln was never so well pleased as when fee could find tome cause, even the slightest, for exercising his authority to pardon. One day a man who had been a school fellow of John Hay, the President's private secretary, having committed a crime for which he was condemned to death, Hay ap pealed to Mr. Lincoln for a pardon, and told the President of his early associations with tee condemned man. Tbe President, without a word, seated himself at his desk and began writing. . "You say, Hay, that your friend was a good fellow i said he, looking up. "Xo, Mr. President," answered the secretary, "I must say, in all truth, that he was quite the contrary." "Well," answered Lincoln, resuming his writing of the parden, "then be is too b3d to die." lie Had Thought of IU New Tork Star.l Rev. T. De Witt Talmage tells a very good story of himself and adds to its humor by putting in those wild gestures for which he is lamuus: "There was a man in my parish," he ssys, "whom I was anxious to have join my church, and who had a habit of looking upon the wine when it was red. One day I happened to meet him just in front of the church and spoke to him. " 'Have you decided to join the church? " 'I've thought shome t 't but' u,Whv. what is the matter? " 'Weil, ur been thinkin 'bout joinin' yer church, n the longer ur sbink o v t the sicker 'r feel, b gosh !" Terr Sllebt Defect. Lawyer I wish I knew where I could get a good omce-boy. Janitor I've got a nice boy, sir; iust the kind of a boy you'd like, but he has one fault, and 1 m afraid it s one you can t put up with. "What is it?" "He chews terbaccer." "Much?" "Mouth so full he can't hardly talk, from the time he gets up till he goes ter bed." "Send him right along; just the sort of a boy I want; he can't whistle." Too Much to Kxpect. lOmaha World. First Ballet Girl Did you see Queen Victoria while in England? Second Ballet Girl No; I wanted to, but when it came time to enter the drawingroom I backed out "Wnat was the matter?" "I was ashamed." "Because you were a ballet-girl?'' "Oh, no; because the Court costumer insisted that I mustn't wear anything but a train." ;A Journalist's Presence of Mind. Buffalo Courier. They tell a story of a local newspaper man that Illustrates his presence of mind even under the most trying circumstances. He was awakened in a hotel one night by a cry of "fire," and in one spring and two movements was out of bed and in the hall, which was filled with smoke. Just ahead of him was a flying figure, clad in white like himself and running at a 2.10 clip. A turn in the ball and two steps leading to a higher level brought the figure up,or rather down, and the pame cause precipitated the newspaper

man egainst her. "Le t'a pray," cried the affrighted woman, as she clasped him by the arm. "Ko, let's run," was his reply, and putting her once more in the right direction the lady was soon far ahead, thongh her rescuer got out In plenty of time. The two never Baw each other again, but their first and only meeting must have vividly impressed itself upon the mind of each.

Feterby'a Objections t Carving. ITexas Eif tings "Mr. Peterby, will you please carve the turkey?" "No, thank you. The man who carves must either be a fool or a rascal, and I don't care to be either." "What do you mean?" "If he keeps the choicest portions for himself he is a scoundrel; if he does not keep them for himself he is a fool; and, as I said, I don't care to place myself in either cate gory. Why He Didn't See Two. ITexas Blltings.l A neighbor of eld Mr. An'erry had just returned from Austin. The old man asked him: "Did yon see my Eon Tom while you were in Austin? He is a student at the university." "No, I didn t get to see him, I didn t put my nose in a saloon while I was there." Very !t at oral. ILife. F.Ycited derinnifnr. with hearv r.hpp.k. stands astonished to see it promptly paid. "Tv bat's the matter" says the paying teller. Excited Cerxjsitor Oh! nothincr! Hem! I thought you'd broke. If you've got the money it's all right, but if you havn't got it i want it ngni away. The Largest Diamond. Teacher (in mineralogy class) Johnny, give me the name of the largest known diamond. Johnny The ace. Rev. Mr. Sfurgeon, writing from Mentone, says he is yet too lame to travel to England, but hopes to be home and to occupy his pulpit in the latter part of January. And Carbuncles result from a debilitated, impoverished, or impure condition of the blood. Ayer'a Siirsaparilla prevents and cures these eruptions and painful tumors, by removing their cause; the only effectual way of treating them. Ayer'a Sarsaparilla has prevented the usual course of Boils, which have pained and distressed me every season for several years. G. Scales, Plainville, Mich. I was badly troubled with Pimples on the face; also with a discoloration of tha skin, which showed itself in ugly dark patches. Ko external treatment did more than temporary good. Ayer'a Sarsaparilla effected A Perfect Cure, and I have not been troubled since. T. W. Boddy, River St., Lowell, Mass. I was troubled with Boils, and my health was much impaired. I began using Ayer'a Sarsaparilla, and, in due time, the eruptions all disappeared, and my health was completely restored. John R. Elkins, Editor Stanley Observer, Albemarle, N. C. I was troubled, for a long time, with a humor which appeared on my face in ugly Pimples and Blotches. Ayer'a Sarsaparilla cured me. I consider it the best blood purifier in the world. Charles 11. Smith, Korth Craftsbury, Vt. Ayer's Sarsaparilla Is sold by all druggists. Ask for Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and do not be persuaded to take any other. tt Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer Si Co., Lowell, Hut. Price 1; six bottles, S5. SALE OF STATE LANDS. STATE OF INDIANA, ) OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF STATE. Notice is hereby given ttat in pursuance to the proTirions of an set entitled "An Act authorizing the sale and conveyance of certain lands belonging to the state of' Indiana and disposing of the proceeds thereof, and providing for the recovery of the posFeFfrlou o' any lands of the State unlawfully occupied, tnd for the rent of any of the lan Js of the State natil 8oli," approved March 7, lv:?, I will offer for nie for cw-h, to the hiRhost didder, at the office of the Auditor of Stnte, in fie city of Indianspolis, Indiana, at from 10 a. m to 4 p. m., on tbe 'A'th day of January, 1SV7, the f"l lowing described tractsof land situated in Mattin Countv, State of Inqiaim, belonging to tho bUte, and authorized to be sold by said act, to-wit: AppraiseParts of Fection Bcc. Town. lUnge Acres ment. N. K. qr.of S.E.qr. 15 4 n. 3w. 40 N.W. or of S.Rqr. 15 4 n. 3 w. 4'V- l.0 8. K. qr. of a. Kqr. 15 4 n. 3 w. 4') fO S.W. or. ol S. E. qr. 15 4 n. 3 w. 40 110 No bid for less than the appraisement will be revived. Ihete lands were donated to the State of Indiana by an act of Congas, approved February 'H, 1S54, and aie known as University Inds. JA8. H. RICE, Auditor of Stats. Indianapolis, December 20, lEsti. W. Ioob, Attorney for Plaintiff. STATE OF INDIANA, MARION COUNTY, w: In tbe Superior Conrt of Marion County, in tbe 8taVe of Indiana. No. 36,173. John C. Ertel vs. Harry F. Coder et ah Complaint for foreclosure. Be it known, that on the 29th day of November, lSh6, the above named plaintiff by his attorneys, filed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Marion County, in the State of Indiana, his compls jit against the above named deferdant and others, and the said plaintiff having alo filed in said Clerk's office the affidavit of a competent person, showing that paid defendant, Harry F. Coder, so conceals himself that service of summons can not be had upon him, and that he is a necereary party to raid action, and that tue same is to foreclose a chattel mortgage. Now therefore, by order of said Court, said defendant last above named is hereby notified of tbe filing and pendency of said complaint against him, and that unless he appear and answer or demur thereto, at tbe caLling of said cause on the 7lh day of February, 1867, the same being the nr.t judicial day of the term of said Court, to tie becun and held iu tte Conrt-houfe in the City of Indianapolis, on the fir t Monday in February, lts7, s id complaint and the matters and things therein contained and alleged, will be heard and determined in his absence. JOHN E. SULLIVAN, Clerk. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned h been appointed executor of the will of Kate II. Root, late of Marion County, Indiana, deceased, baid estate is supposed to be solvent. DE LOSS ROOT. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice is hereby given that the nndersicned has teen appointed executor of the will of Jo&n Coen. late of Marion County, Indiana, deceased. aid eis täte Is supposed to be solvent. JOHN B. EL AM, Ewcutor. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice la hereby given that the undersigned hau been appointed administrator of tbe estate of Michael liickel, late of Marion County, Indiana, deceased. Bald estate is supposed to be solvent. JOSEra F. EICKEL. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Ltwis V. Hyes, late of Marion County, Indiana, deceased. Skid estate Is supposed to be solvent. W ILL B. KAED. Administrator. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice -S hereby given that the underslgnel has duly qua'fied as executor of the last will and testament of John B. Kenard, late of Marion County, Indiana, deceased. Baid estate is sup po&ed to te solvent. JVLIVS fclCJUT, Executor,

Pimples, Boils,

KCSHING TO DEATH

In the attempt to swim the Niagara TThii pool Ilapids is no miore reckless or dangero than to trifle with disease which each da secures a stronger hold and hastens the e of life. This is specially true of rheumalisn neuralgia, sciatica, and nervous headicl which, though, perhaps, slight at first, s! extremely dangerous, and steadily secure firmer gnp until at last the agony is uae durable and sudden death brings relief. These diseases can be cured by the usa Athlophoros, which, in connection wi Athlophoros Pills, never fails when proped used. Tiead the following from those w have tested it. Mrs. Francis Heath, No. 79 Ferry strei Lafayette, Ind., says: "I have had rhi matism pains in my feet for a number years, affecting me at times so that it t with much difficulty and pain that I coal walk, especially in going down stairs. T Athlophoros was first recommended to by Bishop Bowman. I did not get it at tl time, but kept trying other remedies. It vi again recommended to me by a lady. I th sent and bought a bottle; I took a dose seemed to me as if I could feel it go thro my system until it came directly to eore spot and drove it away. The re was a'mcst instant with rue. "While I Rettins: on in years and can not expect to entirely rid of these pains at once, ye small dose ol Atniopaoros, in a little crea which I find is the best to take it m, relic my pain at once. Mr. Baldridpe, one of neignoors, was very oaaiy crippiea rheumatism, and waa cured by At: phoros." Every druggist should keep Athloplio and Athlophoros nils, out where they cot be bought of the druckst tha At r.Loros Company, 112 a'.l street, icra, win send eitner icamaje naidl on ceipt of regular price, which is $1 per bo' lor Athlophoros and 50 cents for rills. For liver and kidney disease, drspepst, It pestion, wesKEeff, nervous debility, disease women, constipation, headache, impure bl etc., Athlophoros liils are unequaleo. D. M. Eraebcry, Attorney for rLalntiff. O HEEIFF'S SALE By virtue of a certified c J of a decree to me directed, from Clerk of the Superior Court of Ma: County, Indiana, in a cause (No. 36,164) wne Elizabeth Nicholson is plaintiff, and An Meimberg, Indiana W. Lewis et al. defenda requiring me to maxe tue euli oi one thoiu one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and nin lour cents (;i,it.i4), witn interest on said cree and costs, I will expose at public sale, to nignctt Diüüer, on SATURDAY, THI 5tk DAT OF TEBRUA A. D, 18S7, tetweea the hours of 13 o'clock a. ra. ao'clock p. m., of said day, at the door of the Co hOHse of Marion County, Indiana, the rents profits for a term not exceeding seven years, of following real estate, to wit: Lot thirteen (IS) In Kiuareone(l) 1 North I addition, ss subdivided by Oeorge Brace shonn in Plat Book three (3). page 193, in Records of Plats, in Marion County, situatH Aisnon county, Indiana. 11 km h rents and profits will not sell for a f Went sum tc satisfy said decree, Interest costs, I will, at the same time and place, expo public sale the fee simple of said real estate, mach thereof as may be sufficient todisch. said decree, interest and costs. aid sale wiL made without any relief whatever from valua or appraisement laws. ISAAC KIX3 Sheriff of Marion Coun . January 10, A. x. 1887. Bcuxvan & Joses, Attorneys tor rialntiq SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of a oertlfcvl of a decree to mo directed, from the Cler the Superior Court of Marion County, Indisn a cause wherein Hiram Stone is plaintiff, tbenezer Steele et al. are defendants, requi me to make the sum of two thousand s hundred and seventy-nine dollars and cents (S2.779 50). with interest on said decree costs. 1 will expose at public sal, to the bi: blrcer, on SATURDAY. THE 5th DAT OF FEERU A. U. 1S7, between the hours cf 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o' i. m. of said day. at the door of the Court-1 of Marlon County, Indiana, the rents and n for a term not exceeding seven years of the fo inc real estate, to wit: Lots number forty (101, forty-ore (41) and two (A2), in llanua't heirs' addition ia the C Indianapolis, Marion County, and State t glial: a. Ii sue h rents and profit will not sell for a cieiit sum to satisfy said decree, interest costs, 1 will, at the same time and place, expo public sale the fee 6impie ol sam real estate, much thereof as may be su-Scient to disc said decree, interest and costs, baid sale w. mp.de without any relief whatever from tlon or annraiscmcnt laws. ISAAC KIX PherliTof Marion Com January 10, A. D. 1SS7. Deny & Early, Attorneys for PlaintiC SHERIFF'S SALE By virtue of an exec ( Icrkof the Vigo circuit Court of Vipo Co ma .n a, l wm expose at public saie, vo tue est bidder, on SATURDAY, THE Mh DAY OF FEBRC A. D. 1&7, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o n. m. of said day. at the dor of the Court-ho Marion Countv. Indiana, the rents and profit term not exceeding seven years of the folic real estate, to wit: Lot number sixty-two (f.Ti in Alvord and fry's subdivision ot Fletcher and Butlers aa. to the City of Indianapolis, mnon county, as a. If snch rents and profits will net eel sufficient sum to satisfy said execution. interest and costs. I will at the same tim place expose at public sale the fee simple o real estate, or so xnucn tnereoi as may i. esarv to discharge said execution and all c Taken as the property of Laurence Q. II tbe suit of Firtt National Bsnk of Peni. Iu. Said sale to be made without rebel from atloa or appraisement laws. ISAAC KIN Sheriff of Marion (Joe January 10, A. D. 1SS7. A. F. Dekkv, Attorney for Assignee SHERIFF'S BALE. By virtue of an exec issued under the redemption laws of th of Indiana (Sect'on 773, revision ot lssi), r me oirected from the Clerk of the Superior of Marlon County, Indiana, in a cause wl Daniel Hoover (for the us of Elizabeth;!' ajslgneel, is piaintiff and DeloM Root et t defendants, being cause No. 18763, in said requiring me to niae the amount of pnu inttrcst and costs due on the judgment i; cause rendered, as shown by raid writ of tiOD, topetber with amount paid in redem as fhowu by said writ, and coktsof sucb re tion and all accruing eot, I will expo public sale, to the Highest Didder, on SATURDAY, THE 5th DAT OF FEBRUARY lt7, oetween the bonrs of 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 p. ti. of said day, at the door of the Court of Marion County, Indiana, the fee simple c following real estate, to wit: Block twelve (12) in Smith ana Foot's Rrr-i HtlRhts addition to the city of Iudiar. Maiion County, Indiana, or so much ther. rriHy be ulticient to disch&rxs said exec with interest and costs. Faid sale to be made without any relief valuation or appraisement laws. If? A AC KTXO. Pherl tf Manon Cou i Indianapolis, January 10, 1Ss7. Notice to Heirs, Creditors, Etc In the matter of the estate cf Horace IT deceased. In the Mariou Circuit Co ait, i ary term, lsvb7. Notice is hereby given t'aat Lucretla H administratrix of the estate of Horace Lioba ceased, has presented and fled her aocour. vouchers in final settlement of said estau that the same will come up for examinatioi action in said Circuit Court on the 17th i February, lf7, at which time all heirs, ere or legatees of said estate are required to arp-. said Court and show cause. If any there be said account and vouchers should not i proved. And the heirs ot said estate ar 3 hereby required at the time and place afü to arrear and make proof of their heirship. LUCRET1A UOBART-Adiuinisua; Austin f. Denny, AiwrBeT'ti-d