Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 44, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1887 — Page 7

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lais man believes in blanketing his horse. TI::; rerrr. dor.'i t':ir.k a Horse Blanket does r..'y good. Isn't it plain that $1.50 to $3.50 spent for one of the following 5 A Horse Blankets Vould have paid? y,A Five Mile. G X. s a Little Giant. S 5 a Boss Stato.--H " 5 a F. Kersey. . . . s a Electric. C L- V 3 A Mo. 303. - miry h?r syl-s. If thsss don't to sew thit.i. EU!. ' PtXWTV Of WW Thii&aos. They all have this 5 'a Trade Mark Label tewed ua the inside of each blanket. Copyrighted 1S37. ; GRIM COWBOY HUMOR. Stoiie of "Wild Jack" Booth, Wh .Was Fond of a Joke. Kansas Citr Times. "You fellows have all heard of 'Wild Jack' Itooth, one of the best cow-panchers that ever slept out doors. Jack has pe culiar ideas or Ian. Uae day down on the FryiE-ran ranch, he f pied the protruding feet ol an Indian corpse that had been buried on a hill side. Jack reasoned with a companion after this manner: "Biii, I think that Injan stiff he? been tinder kiver long enut. I just thins: I'll give him an atrinV 'Suiting his actions to the remark, Jack snared one of the protruding legs with a lariat, took a turn or two around the horn of the saddle, and turned the pony loose on the wild prairie. Out came the Indian, feathers, war-paint and all. When Jack; had be3n sutüciently amusedH the;corpss as two or three miles from its grave, and it never was returned. "On day Jack lassoed a big loayer wolf find started his pony on a dead run toward camp. One of the boys saw the procession approaching, and, thinking something WT?t)g. started out with a Winchester. Uli. reinforcement got a wrong lmpre33ion of the situation, and, casting his gun to the ground, staxtedtoward the camp with a wild yell of terror. He thought the wolf was chasing Jack, having overlooked the lariat. Jack caught onto the mistake at once and turned his pony toward the fleemg cow-boy. When the pony came up alongside Jack yelled: ' T.un, you son of a gun. Da wolf 's againinY' '"Then the pony darted ahead and Jack brought the dead wolf close to the scudding cow-iurjcher, who, by this time, had seen tie lariat, and dropped to the ground in sheer eihaus'.ion, too weak eyen to pull his six shcoter and get even with Jack, who was roiling over the prairie, a few j&rds away, convulsed with laughter." "One time, down in Texas, Jim Cashing and a companion threw a lasso around a wild-cat. took a turn around a wild plum tree and proceeded to make the animal a close captive. The two forced the cat into one of Jim's feather leggings and t:ed it sn-urely, fore and aft. Camp was twenty miles away, but the boys, confident of plenty of fun, lagged it clear in. After sapper every man in camp, about thirty in all, took bis sixshooter and formed a double line. The cat was released from his leather prison and started down the line. It struck a dogtrot and showed no inclination whatever to hurry. Three minutes later a more distrusted band of cowboys could not be found in all the Southwest, for the cat had not been hit. and before be disappeared in the under brash turned around and showed his teeth to the bad marksmen in a sarcastic BnarL" The Haddock Marder Cane. Sior;x City, la., December 3 The forenoon session of the court was occapied with the rebutting testimony ottered by the State. Two witnesses from Canton, Dak., testified that Hagenous, the alibi witness for the defense, has made exactly the oiTo&ite statements to those which he swore" to on the witness! stand. The surrebnttal testimony cf the defense was simply by witnesses to testify to the good charec ter of Gcs Schmidt, who is one of the principal witnesses for the defense, the defense using the right to call witnesses Monday to testify as to the character o! its witness, Mrs. Totter. Defense rested their case just before the adjournmint of sourt this eyening. Tob Bn$Rd With Lings' Kope. "Masox Citt, la., December 3 Sheriff "W. F. Clark, of Floyd county, will execute Chester Bellows December IG. The gallows is cow being built. It will be entirely inclosed, and no one will be allowed to witsees the execntion but those explicitly mentioned in the code of Iowa, it is the first tang-In? in two years and the only one under the present Jaw. Bellows will be brought from Anamosa penitentiary Borne day next week. He will be hanged with the same rope that was made for ILinpg, the Chicago Anarchist, the Sheriü faring secured it from Sheriff Matson. The profits of a small flock of sheep are Usually very large, and probably no InTestment the fanner can make pays so large a dividend. It may be claimed that a profit of 50 per c?st can be annually made, and exceptional Instances are recorded of the wool and lambs at the end of the year paying the first cost. Saeep are the greatest success upon cheap lands, as it would be difficult to haye an acre of $100 land aSord subsistence for sheep enough to make it pay, an argument that would apply as well to other stock, though no other stock pays so complete a diridend as dots a sheep with her fleece and

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larail Rprt of tu OIjjm af tas Molil hititatios it P;;näM. KsTiev sf tas Yflir'4 Wsrk, Wa:ca Wis Attend 4 07 Gntify.a j Kml's. How Yuaths Ira Ul lata 8:rühi Pitts ani Smi iwty G ioi A F.ricdof Uuprered tilted I'ronpf rlty ln the Hutory ot th Uoin Kcoiea d at Ion to the GtiTttunr. The Board of Control of the Indian Itsform School for boys yesterday filed with the Governor the annual report of the institution for the fiscal year ending Ojtober 31, 1SS7. The report of fhe Superintendent, Physician and Chaplain are transmitted with the rpport of the Bjard, and contain full details of the work and mash valuable statistical information. Tae fjllowin; is the report in full ot the Bjard of Control: Ismana Reform Schoo r, tor Boy?, Plainfield, Im. j Iaac P. Gray, Govarnor of Jadiana: The Board of Control of the Indian Itsform School for Boys submits this, the twenty-first annual report of the lustration för the fiscal year ending October 31, 1887. The House of Refuse was the name of the institution until 1331. when the name was changed by ths Legislature, at the suggestion of the present management, to the Indiana Reform School for B)ys, a more appropiiite designation. Since the opening, January 1, 13G8, now twanty years, lacking two months, 2,003 boys have been receivea. One member of the present Board was first appointed in January, 1377, but was not a member for two years, cjmmencing Jlsrch. 131. Another was appointed in 1S79, and the third member ia 133'.. This long continued service ha3 afforded an opportunity to study the causes which send boys to the school, and also tö closely objerve boy life. The experience bs oeen valuable, and has materially aided us m adopting such methods for conducting the institution as would accomplish the great wcik of reforming bad boys ad preparing thera for becoming good citizens. The reglect of ptrents tends many boys to the Reform School. The great defect of our preeent civilization is the failure of parents to give attention to heme government. The reformation of matjy American homes and the instruction of parents in the elementary principles cf good home government would do much, not only to reduce the number of boys and girls in reform schools, but would alec lessen materially the amount of crime, want and misery prevailing among children, especially in all large cities. The boys and girls are permitted too soon to escape from parental control and find congenial company on the streets or seek pUcea of amuReme.it away from thei; oines. This is largely the fault of the parents. They make little or noeüort to entertain the children at home, or rather at the place which should be a home. There are few fathers and mothers who become thoroughly , acouinted with their children, sturty their dispositions and m&ke ellorts to amuse and entertain them, that will ever be made to grieve over their commitment to reformatories. If parents would use judgment in the government of wayward loys, many conld be saved who finally go to the Keiorm School. It requires the exercise of much patienca, firmuees and k Id do ess to coDqier the refractory boy, but these are poweriul agencies and do the work in nine case3 out of teD, when skillfully and wisely employed. There is too little eßort made by many parents t direct the flow of exuberant spirits of their boys into harmless channels. Reform-school boys do not come exc'.nBiyely from the homes of the wretched poor and of the drunkard. Only a few are the sons of criminals. All classes of society are represented. iLis fact is very conclusive evidence that neglect of the children aBd the great laxity in many cases, and in others a total ceglect of family government, contribute very largely to the population of reform f( tools. Government in too many families is a lost art, and a school for the Instruction oi perec8 in this art would result in a bleating to many hemes. Many parents iff d to be taught that their first duty is to their ( hildren and that they should spend mere hoKrs at home in instructing and amcbinz them. Let them stop delegating ell tbe irstruction of their children, both on week days and Sunday to teachers, and cease farming out all their amusements, and manybojs will be saved from crime and prisons, CHANGE- IS THK LAW. The law prior to 1S33 permitted gross injustice and wrong to be done many boys who were co reunited under its loose and unguarded provisions. Divorced parents who bad re-married took advantage of it to get rid of boys by the first marriage. The recital of the facts in these cases would make very sensational reading and arouse the indignation ot the people of th State. Boys were punished for the sins of their unr atural parents, and the law that permitted this injustice too long disgraces our statute book. So far as the boys of the State were concerned, they had no garantee of liberty, but were liable to be incarcerated to satisfy the whim of anunnatu'al or weak parent. To prevent these oft recuring outrages, and also prevent the commitment of boys without a bearing in court, the present management deemed it their duty to prepare a bill closely guarded in all its provisions, so that only criminal and bad boys could be committed, and then enly after a trial in court in their prepense. The bill passed the Legislature of 1S83 jast as it was prepared ; was vetoed by the Governor, and promptly passed over his veto, and is the law governing the institution to-aay. CLASS OF BOYS ADMITTED. The law provides that a boy under sixteen and over eight jears of age, who has committed any felony denned in the statutes, and has been indicted and placed upon trial, may ask the Judge, at anv stage of the trial, to send him to the Reform School. The result is that boys who have committed all grades of crime, from murder down, are sent to oar institation. The EEF0EM SCHOOL THE HEAD OF EOfC ATIOSAL BYSTKM. The Board claim that in teaching btd boys those things which prepare thera for good citizenship, the results accomplished entitle the Reform 8chool to stand at the head of the Educational Institutions of the State. The band, the head, the heart of boys are educated and, co educational institution of the State attempts all this. The law requires this, and experience has demonstrated that there can be no reformation without a thorough education of the Jthysical, mental, moral and religious acuities of the boy. The boys come very largely from the cities where they have been schooled in vice and crime. Many of them, and this is especially true of the larger boys, cannot read. The street has been their favorite place of resort, and evil associations and neglect bare resulted in crime. To take boys of this character and educate hand, head and heart, and make good boys out of them, requires the most skillful teaching, and untiring application on the part of Superintendent and officers. An Institution that accomplishes this grand result may well be accorded a place at the head of the educational system of. the State. Taking this

view of the work assigned us, it has governed our action in the selection of. SELECTION OF OFFICERS. , The present Superintendent, Frof. T. J. Charlton, was selected seven and a half yeara ago, solely because the Board conlaw permits boys over ten and under seventeen years of age to be sent for iocorigibility, but a complaint under oath must be filed, and the evidence beard in the presence of the boy. The jadiciary of the State very properly construe this clause, and only commit boys who are absolutely bejond the control" of their parents or enerdians. The institution is for boys who Lave commixed crime and, the very erst class of incorrigib'es, and tt is only lhfe cJafses that are sent us. Under the law ro other class, except commuted bovs, can be committed, and are not unless sooie person commits perjury. COMMOTED BOYS. The members of the board are particularly gratified with the workings of that clause of the law which permits the Governor to commute to the school the sentences of boys and young men over sixteen and under twenty-one years of age, who have been convicted and sentenced to the State prison. Since your Excellency has been Governor, cow two years and eight months, you have commuted the sentences of twenty-nine young men, as your records will show. Some of these are now in the Institution and are proving, by good conduct and constant improvement, that they were worthy of your clemency. Some have graduated, gone home and are no w good citizens. It has been our pleasure to see thtse young men lea va the institution with reformed character?, grateful and cheerfal hearts, and return to homes and friends, saved. Only two, an far, have ehown themselves unworthy of the kindness shown them. How many voung men under twenty-live years of age who dow go to the State prison, could be saved by the same methods ot treatment accorded the boys at the Reform School is a problem which should soon be solved by the establishment of a Reformatory for Men after the model of the one at Elmira, N. Y. sidered him peculiarly adapted by nature, education and experience for the position. A teacher or ofheer in a Reform School must have received much the largest part of his qualifications from nature. These are necessary qualifications which no amount of education can give him. The faculty ot controling boys without force is born in the man, ana it frequently happens that those with limited education make the best officers. Officers are always appointed

on trial, and should they fail, no amount of political .influence can keep them in their places. It is only the test of actual work that can determine the fitness of an efficer for reform school duties, hence an examination of an applicant for a position in a reform school, as public school teachers are examined, would be a mere farce. Should he answer all the questions and have a good moral and reiigiuas character in addition, but lack the born gift ot a kind and cheerful nature, he will prove a failure and be unfitted for the work. When the reform school shall be compelled to take its officers from a civil service commission, the present members of the Board will be happy to relinquish their trust. Reform school work is a profession and much of the success of on school is due to the employment of o Ulcers who are devoted to, and are in love with the work, and are adapted by nature to till their positions. Conducting our scnool as an educational institution takes it very largely out of the domain of partisan politics, and we hope, makes it a credit to the State. METHODS OF BEFORM ISO BAD HOYS. The Board has felt warranted in expending considerable money for repairing and keeping in first-class condition all the buildii'gs and in beautifying the grounds. Every part of the institution is in good repair and clean, bright and cheerjal. Every object is calculated to inspire admiration in the mind of the new boy. He see3 nothing to indicate that he hs.s come to a prison. The building of a new greenhouse and the repair of the old one have been the principal improvements made during the year J These are almost the first objects that greet the eye of the new boy, and he must be very stolid or have had all his better instincts blunted or crushed out of him by a long course of crime, if his heart does not respond to the beauty and cheerfulness of the surroundings of hia new home. From the first he is susceptible of receiving new and better instruction. The rags in which many come give place to a suit of blue jeans; the boy is assigned to a family, joins in the (ports and sones of the boys who have preceded him, and enters upon a new life. For the first time, perhaps, he is a member of a cheerful and well-rpgulated home, and naturally drops into the ways of the other members of the family and is contented and happy. Trie boys, themselves, thus become e indent helps in the work of reformation. CHEEErrLMPS AKD FUN KECESSARY IN REFORM FCHOOL WORK. A boy cannot be reformed in a straight jacket. There is much philosophy and truth in the question propounded by Thackeray in Fendennis, wherein he asks, "Are cot even bad people won by a constant cheerfulnees and a pure and affectionate heart?" The roads to a boy'a heart may very properly be named "Cheerfulness" and "Love." Recognizing the importance of constant cheerfulness, the Superintendent and officers enter into the sports and amusements with aa much spirit as the boys themselves Indeed, this cheerf il feature of our institution is contagious, and the members of the board plead guilty to hilarious condact frequently that may not be very becoming to gray hairs. The fan culminates at the Saturday evening meetings, which are held in the chapel in cold weather, and on the lawn in summer. The boys sing all the popular songs of the day, give amusing recitations, and frequently the colored boys c'ore the evening entertaioment with a plantation or clog dance, and at the conclusion of those pleasant meetings the boys march back to their family buiidiags with cbeerfal and happy bearU. The sight of 500 boys seated on the grass, enjoying themselves with innocent amusements, is inspiring and never fails to elicit praise from visitors. They only wonder that some of the boys do not eseape, as the meetings continue long after dark. That they do cot try only proves that kind treatment is never lost, even on the worst boys. Tcey appreciate the efforts made to amuse and entertain them, and their hearts are too full ot enjoyment to allow thoughts of desertion to enter tbem. The Board is especially proud of this record made by the boys of our school, and think it the best evidence of the effi ciency of oar officers and the success of the work done by tbem. HOW SCIfDAY 13 OBSERVED. f Every boy must take a bath Saturday af ternoon and put on a clean shirt. After breakfast Sunday morning the boys dress in their Sunday suits of blue jans. Sb.oes are polished, white collar and a cer.ttie adjusted, and military cap donned. They then march by families to the parade grounds and are inspected by the Superintendent, who pisses along the line and notes the condition of every boy as to cleanliness of person and conditiou of his clothes. This done, the whole line is taken through a short mill tary drill, after which the boys march with military accuracy to the music of a martial batd, composed of boys, to the cpipel. For seven and a half years John G. Blake baa been our chaplain. His talks to the boys bave been plain, practical and very instructive. He wins the hearts cf the boys on the play grounds and in their family hemes before they enter the chapel. and the result is that Brother Blake, as they call him, has the undivided atten tion of every boy at the moraine service. Aa be has been elected superintendent of the Feeble Minded Institation. and will bocu leave uatthe.board embraces this op-

portunity of returning thanks to him for the great assistance rendered in the work of reforming the boys and far his unselfish aid and constant friendship to hundreds of ourclischarged boys who have returned to the city of Indianapolis. His loss to the Reform School is great, and we part with him with regret. After dinner the boys again met in the chapel, and recite to the Superintendent the Fabbath school lesson whieh thev bad k. jned daring the week ia their families. At both the services the boys sing a number of gospel songs with spirit, accuracy and beauty. A constant eflort is made to make Sanday a bright, cheerfall day, fo that its coming is hailed with delight by the boys. The blinds are not drawn down and long faces commanded, but the spirit of religious cheeif allaess is invoked. Every other Sunday the boys write home to tteir parents and friend3, and the letters are sent at the expense of the institution. Nearly all the boyä gladly embrace this opportunity, and those who do not willingly writ? are required to do so. The odd hours are railed up with reading papers and books, and, in good weather, the House Fathers take their families out walkingio the woods or the village. GOVERNMENT. Visitors are at a loss to understand how the officers keep track of the boys, as daring working hours they are scattered all over the farm and grounds. The boys stand in family line according to their size, and every boy is responsible for the boy in front of him, and reports when he is out of the line. The House Father knows where all the boys are who haye baen detailed for work, and should the nam? of a boy be reported who has not been detailed, he is immediately looked up. The bovs thus become keepers of each other. Very bad boys always work under the eye of an officer, but a lare number of the boys are trusted. Occasionally the confidence of the detailing officer i3 misplaced, and the trusted boy escapes, but never in the b'story of th9 institution has this occurred so seldom as daring the past year, and this is very conclasive evidence to the Board that the year has been the most successful in the history of

the institution. RECORD OF CONDfCT. When a boy enters the school he is given a number to indicate the grade ot crima for which he is committed. Murder be- i ing the highest, the boy takes No. 24. If his conduct is good for a month he is given 2;., and if bad condnct alone ;determinlng the length ot tima the boy remains in the institution. All are committed until they are 21 years of aee, unle9s sooner discharged by the Board for good conduct. A daily record is kept of all reports by the House rather. These the boys receive from any officer under whose charge they may be during the day, and they mut give them in at night to the Eoa3e Father. At the close of the month the Superintendent meets the House Father in council and the record of the boys for the month is made up. At these meetings the character of eyery boy is discussed. After a boy obtains his honor ths Board discharges him. The average time of the boys at the in stitute is about two years. Aftar they go out they are still subject to be called back it their conduct is not good, and a constant oversight of all discharged boys is kept up until they are of age. The superintendent sees all reported boys at his office on Saturday afternoons, and thus becomes acquainted with the character of every boy. This practice, introduced by the present superintendent, is one of the distinguished features of our institation. A superintendent who does not know the faults and weaknesses of every boy under his charge is unfit for the poaition at the head of a reform school. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. Although every eflort is made to stimu late good conduct, there are some cases where kind treatment and advice will not work a reformation or good conduct. A last resort must then be had to corporal punishment. This is innictel by the House Father after a written permission from the superintendent, who is informed '.in writing ot the offense and the suggestion made as to the number of strokes which should be inflicted with a leather strap. Slapping, or punishing a boy in any other than the prescribed mode, or with the strap and without the consent of the Su perintendent, will bring instant discharge to the guilty officer. These punishments are all reported to the board at the regular monthly meetings, and also a list of all reported boys, and the board kept advised of all that has been done during the month. Minor ofl'enses are punished by taking away some of the privileges of the boy. but the bread and water line was abolished nine years ago, and no such punishment allowed. THE SCHOOLS. Education is an Important factor in Re form School work, but this is confined to the elementary branches. In the fall and winter months every boy goes to school half a day, those in the school in the morning changing places in the afternoon with the boys who worked in the morning. In a reform school there are many boys who have been truants, and thus many of the largest boys are found in the primary grades. Special attention is given to instruction in penmanship, and many boys who could not write when they left home, after a few months astonish their friends with a letter. Daring the winter the boys study United States history and recite Saturday evening in the chapel to the Superintendent. But it is not alone in the school room that the educational woric is done. The instruction of the House Fathers in the famlies, and of the officer under whom the boys work during the day, is a; improving as that given in the school room. The education ot the bov in the fullest acceptation ot the word is gi-Lig on all the time, and improves the boy's character and enlarges his knowledge. TABLE MANNERS. The boys march from the family buildings to the dining hall to the music of the martial band. There are ten famlies, and each has a separate table. Before eating, a verte of some favorite gospel song is sung, and all the boys join in asking a blessing. During the week they are taken through a drill in the proper use of the knife aad fork, and are given a short talk on table manners. EM I'LOY VENTS MORE I AND REl'IRED. A Reform School cannot be made selfsustaining and do the work assigned it The Board has always rejected propositions to hire the boys to contractors. It does not think it best to introduce steam power to run machinery. A reform school boy should cot learn a trade that must be followed in a shop where a large number of hands are employed. He should be taught such employment as will ia a measure insolate him when at work on tbe outside. An effort is made to inculcate a love for farm labor and nearly all the boys enjoy working on the farm, in the garden and with the teams. To carry out the views ot the Board, and give the boys a chance to become farmers, more land honld be purchased and added to the 223 acres which now compose the farm. An earnest appeal will be made to the next Legislature to do this. Tbe discharged boys who have gone out to work upon farms have nearly all done well, while many who have gone to the cities and larger towns have failed, and been ordered back. Returning boys usually has a most salutary effe:t upon them. Tbe second trial usually results in better conduct on the outside when again released. The country is not so full of temptations as the city, and the boy who goes out upon a farm continues to improve in character, and in time becomes a good citizen, and does not become a burthen upon society and the State. To parchase more land, so that more boys could be Instructed in farming, would be a measure of economy for the State. Although the boys make all tbe clothing, mend the shoes, bake the bread, drive the teams, attead to the stock, do all the washing and Ironing, run the gas werks, and perform U ths

labor of the dining rooms, kitchens and family buildings, etc, under the supervision of officers, and all go to school a half day in the cold months, theie would still be many idle bands had not work been resumed in the chair shop3 in Ciningseat3. It is cot proposed to carry on this work so extensively as was done in the former history of the institution. It is Dot allowed to encroach upon the half day allotied every boy in the schools. The werk i done upon the piece-price plan, under the supervision of one of our officers, and care is taken to demand and receive the same price that is paid for similar work on the outside. This business is only carried ou after the work on the farm and garden is through. During the growing months ail tbe good boys have a chance to .wor in the open air, and the bad boys are assigned to the wash-house and laundry, which are places of punishment. AN OPEN REFORMATORY. The institution, although in one sense a prison, is open at all hours of the day to visitors, and the Board and Superintendent invites and desires that all interested in this great work shall come and see the institution. The Bigu that said: "Visitors can converse with inmates in the presence of an officer" was taken down long since. Boys are restrained of their liberty and must obey the rules. When they are in line, in the dining hail and dormatories or on punishment they are cot allowed to talk to each other. Good order can cot be maintained without tula rule. There are abundant opportunities given tbem to work off their exuberent spirits and exercise their voices as only boys can. COPT OF KKEl'INfi I!OY. In compliance with the law ths Bond has fixed the cost of keeping boys for the next year at $120. Half of this amount is paid into the State Treasury by the county from which the boy is sent." rONCLfFTIN. There are many other features of the institution that deserve mention, but this report is already too long. The B?nrd refers to the report of the SapRriatendent herewith submitted, for full statistical information. At the monthly meetings of the Board, full reports are furnished from

every department, and the Superintendent keeps the members of the Board f ally advised of all that has been done during the month. The Board is responsiba to the people and the Saperintendent to the Board. Each have their duties. The Board must not interfere with the details of the work that beloDg to the Superintendent. Equally fatal will be the result if the Saperintendent ignores the Board. The harmony of the management is due to the full and free consultation of the Superintendent with th; Board, and the support of the Superintendent by the Board. There cannot be two heads to an institution and success crown the work. Tfee institution is conducted on business principles and solely for the reformation of bad boys. Lewis Jordan, President. L. A. Barnet, ) n H. N. Helms Ringing .votes In the ears, sometimes a roaring, buzzing round, are caused by catarrh, that exceedingly disagreeable and very common disease. Loss of smell or hearing also result frcm catarrh. Hood's Earsaparilla, the great blood purifier, is a peculiarly suc3Dssf ul remedy for this disease, which it cures by purifying the blood, If you suffer from catarrh, try Hood's Sarsaparilla, the peculiar medicine. Never Fails to Amuse. Chicago Tribune. "Anything going on?" asked the City Treaturerof a Dakota town of the Mayor. "No; dull," replied the Mayor. "No excitement for a month, I guess?" "None that I remember of." "Well, I'd like to have some amusement of some kind, but I don't know what we can do." "Hane it all," relumed the iayor ; "I've got it I know what we can do to pass away the time." "What is it?" inquired the breathless Treasurer. "Why," replied the Mayor, with visible emotion, as begot up and put on his hat, "get the boys together ard let's go and move the county seat! The blas.ed old thing hasn't been Enafced across ths prairie for over three months." I have not used all of one bottle yet. I suffered from catarrh twelve years, experiencing the nauseating dropping in the throat, and nose bleed almost daily, I procured Ely's Cream Balm and since the first day's uae haye had no more bleeding the eoreness is entirely gone. 1. U. Davidson, with the Boston Budget. An 01ject ioiiable Process; Our Dumb Animals. A city girl recently went to visit her grandfather in the country. She is ford of milk, but refused to drink any while there. Her mother eeked why she would cc-t drink the milk. She answered: "I know where grandpa gets it. I saw him getting it." Angostura Bitters are indorsed by all the leading physicians and chemists for their purity and wholesomeness. Baware of counterfeits and ask your grocer and (irueeist for the genuine article, prepared by Dr. J. G. B. Siegert A Sons. I;8t-Xlortin Inquiry. Athens (Ga.) Woman's Work. Scene Thanksgiving dinner, every body commenting on tbe immense e:z3 of the turkey. An appalling silence fell upon tbe crowd when Tommy cried out: "Mamma, is that the old sore-headed turkey?" Advice to Mothers. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup stiould always be used when children are cutting teeth. It rohere the little satterer at once: it produces catural, quiet sleep by relieving the chiid from pain, and tue little cherub awakes as "bright as a button." It is very pleasant to taste. It 60O'iies the child, softens tue eum, allies all pain, relieves wind, reulatjs tha bowels, aad la the best known remedy for diarrhea, waetner arising from teething or other causes. Twentyfive cents a bottle IT ISAPUBEUrVE6ETABLlfKCr-AAAliO in""1-- rnllintl r - 5ENNA-MAKDRAKC-BUCHU AK0 OTHEH C0JJAUT DTICiaT REVHIES It has stood the Test ex Yean, in Curing all Diseases ox the v BLOOD. LIVEa, BTÜKACH, KIDNEYS.EOWELS. &c. It Purifies the Blood, Invigorates and Cleanses tae system. DYSPEPSIA,C0N3TIPATI0JT, JAUNDICE, SICKHEADACHE.BILI0TSC0?FLAINTS,:c disappear at once imd&r its beneficial inflüeaee. It la purely a Xedicise as its cathartic properties forbids its use as a beverage. It ia pleasant to the taste, and as easily taken by child BITTEnS I CURE3 fuj-uij-wLaur int., LIVER KIDNEYS STOMACH AND BOWELS. ren as adults. "TILDRUOGISTSi PRICKLY ASH BITTERS C3 .PRICElDailAR ' I St.Lotjti und Kaybaj Oitt

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tiot rcuel against tatlng it. it foes not coapel them to remain indoors or require anv chance of diet. Kep it aiwRTs neHr at ha i and vou will liava a fmily physician which will saye jou many doctor's bills an i much anxiety. "I have csed Eimmoas Liver Regulator for many years, bavins made it iuy cnlr Family Medicine. I!y mother lefore me was v,ry partial to it It is a eafe. good anl reliable me3icine for any distrder of the sysitm, and if used In time in a gret prev. ntive cf sickuess." Kev. Jas. Ro'ilms, Factor M. K. Church, South, Fairfield, Vt.. ExaiiMii to t ee that you get the Genuiue, OisUaeuisned from all frauds and imiUt:o:s t; our ri Z trade mark o;i front of Wrupi'tr. anl ou the f-ide the seal ani sijuature cf J. II ZMiin v. Co. i-s V,-- . : I ' :--. rrae - fc- v." ' This is the Top of the Genuine Pearl Top Lamp Chimney. AUothers, similararc imitation. lis exact Label isoii each Pearl Top Chimney. A dealer rr.zy say and t'uir.k he has others as good. ut he ma? o r. 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Merchants handling it are our agents and authorized by us. in writing, to warrant It to wear laUKS wiik COiTS ar VK1K8 with 9 (01T3. Our Shades are the Latest Styles used ia the East now becoming so popular in the .V'rst. and up wirh the times Try this brand of HOXKST PAINT and you will Qsver regret it, Itii to the wise is suAcicst HOUSE PAINT ?3, o a 213 s3 ü 5 es COIT'S FL03R PAINTS Paint that never dried beyond the sticky point, waste week, potl te job. and then swear t Next time call for fOlT 10! ftüOR PAIST 4 popular and suitable shades, warraatr-4 te dry GS Si KS ard aa roch arar algal. No trouble, ho SSsWONT DRY STICKT PARTLESSCHllDBraTH JTOW AOKJMl'i-IMiKn. EvcryLadyBhould know, rrjii stump, 1 r. H.H. HAK KK. Bos 104. btrryI.o. NJg GAR9S Bock of HIDDEN NAME Cards, 1 , lY'afi tjrh, Vw 'rr. Sonra. fc-illrt. pjper.a:Ua amp. 1 HOI 11 AM) Ot TH. I iH, Oh, $230 j imvTrr v'jTT vi Km rTU ing articles in the world. 1 sample Prrr. Address JA 1" JSUUXSuX. lt rutt, Midi. $651 MONTH nnd lJORI for irht loune Men or Lndi in eh county, P.W.ZIEGLEB i CO., Adams bt., Chicago, ill. TITKr-3 RltC milk r r-adtk). fc."- avuacl. to J I-.-. b.tr t b J a . dk-p. f i Ua vta l .... t U 4. cUt Mr hi- ju. f.iL.Oiih, IDA Pl'a-r.t -' tA NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Kotiro is hereby given that the utiders'.frned bave di'ly qualified as Executors of the et-Ute of IU '.iard J. Wells, late of Marion County, India: . deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solt.ut. Dakiei, Moor.E, Executor. J. P. BaVcr, Attorney. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice ia hereby griven that the nnaersinod h m diilv nimlifted as administrator of the es tat of Ilmflv 1). Wannenhans, late ot Marion Count Indiana, deceased. Said estate is suprosed to be solvent. Chabi.e F. R. Waip;.xhan-. Administrator. Administratar's Notice. Noti'c Isherebv gtvrn tht the nn lirsi?n?d has been appointed Administrator of the estate ofElizi'eth Johnson, absentee, former resident jt Vermillion County. State of Iniisna. ISAAC H STR UX. NOTICE OP 'APPOINTMENT. Notice Is hereby given that the nnderslcned ba del v qualified as administrator of the eUte of Jobu"Dodou. late of Marion Coun'y, Indiana deceased. Said estate is supposed to e solvent. WILLIAM H. AD.VMi. Administrator. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned ha dulv qualified a-s administrator with toe will annexed of the estate of Henry J. Riederram, late of Marion County. ludiina. deceas ed. Said estate is supposed to he solvent. ueorcje alig. Dennv & Toblu, ASmiaistrator. Attorrtys. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notfee Is hereby given that the nnlerslned haatJ-'lv qualified aa administrator of trie ate oi "Jesse K. Johnson, late of Marion County. Indiana, defeased, baid estate is supposed to bo solvent. CHAULF3 H. .TCTTNON". Een L. Fmith,. Knsaville, lud t A.ttorLey. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice Is hereby given, that the nndersigntd has tfuly qualified as executor of te fststof ceorge W. Tyer, late of Marion Coupty, Indiana, deceased. Said estate ia supposed to be solvent. TEOMA3 A. TYER. Execnwr, Geo. W. Snaha Attorney. C c A WLKK and upwards positively se''23 cured by men apenta Belling Dr. SCOTT'S Unnnlne Kleetrio licit, huapeasory etc, and by ladies aclUng Dr. Scott' i'.iwctrie Corsets. Fample free, biUe sex Pr.yvOTfi SUrotlwa74N.V

Coaplamtto Foreclose a Mortgag;. State of Indiana, Marion Cosaty. s: lata Circuit Court of Marion County, ia the 3tate of Indiana. No. (155. First National Bank o! Indian. polls. No. rv6 vs. John J. Cartiger, fcarah . carriger, et ai. Be it known, that oa the day of October, 17. the above raired pUintfrl. ry its sttortteys. fiitd in the.irticeol the Clerk ofthecircuit Court of Marion County, in the State of Ind fdua, its c ompiaint Pgiutt t!:e anove named defendants, and the r-aia p'.aiatifT hartox also filed in said CIcrt s o::. je the affidavit of competent person, showing that raid defendant, Oeorge D. Neal, is not a resident of the .State of Indiana (aud that tbe raid action is to foreclose a mortgage in real tstate) and wbera8&aid piaiatifT bavine by tndorsoxn eatoa sai l couit'Ialot required said defendant to appear in laid court and answer or demur t hereto, oi

tne 13th day of ebruary, lsSs. .Now therefore, by order oi said court, sail defendant, last above named. is heret7 no;laed cf the tiling and peudenircf ssid coapiaint araiust mm, ana inat uaiest; ne appears aai answers or demurs thereto. ; t the ca'liaeot raid c ause on the l'St'a day Februsry. the same Lei Dg the iirstjuuK- . day of a term of taid court, to be begun ui hell at the Court House In the City of Ia : .un&poiis. oa tae second Monday in February. l-v8. said cnipiaint and the natters and things taareia con tained and alleged, will bs heard anl dcVeruimel ia his absenre. JOHN E. SULLIVAN. C era, HILL.t LAM B, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Probate Cause No. 1,47. In the Circuit Court of Marion County, Ia liana. February Term, Ks?. Patsey Patterson, administratrix of Ktate o Samuel J. Pattersou. dtceased, vs. Rotiert H. Patterson, Samuel W. Patterson, Caariea W. 1'attersoa, et al. To Robert H. Patterson. Samuel W Tatterma, Charles W. Patlers -u, Li: a both J.P.iiey. Fanui . A. Van Camp, i'att-ey Patterson, widow Tn Scott sh Ameneau Mortage Comymy limitei Atge'.ine Uay, Mosci O. McLsm, CitrtManoa Ctjunty, Indiana, City of Indiaua;-li. II tu a. Krittler and Uerry Hill, frank MctV limner, Jcs hua Zinirnerrnaa. Hamilton Btilei. N illiata H. KneUsh. John M. Oastou, Wi;Ham W. Baxer. William L. Long. John I. Prfssier- Aiam Il?tIrick, O-eoie A. Daciey aad W. W. Woollen: You are severally hereby notified tbat th above-named petitioner, a alnii-jistratrix ot the estate aforesaid, has filed ia-tae Circuit Court of Marion County, Indiana, a petition, mskmg you defendants thereto, and prayiut; therein for aa order and decree of said Court anthorizins' the sale of w rtain real es'ate belonging to the estate of said decedent, and in sail petition described to make assets for the payment of tLe debts and liabilities 01 said estate; anl that said petition, so filed and pending, is set for hearing in said Circuit Court, at the Courthouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, oa the 1st Judicial day of the Februar? term, Hv of eatl Court, the same being the LUu day of Februar?, Witness: th? clerk and seal of sai l Court thla Iseal. J lih dtivof November 1837. JNO. E. SCLLIVAN. Clark,, I: A. Parker. Att'y for Estate. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice Is hereby given that the nalersignM has duly Qualified m executor of the lat wttl and testament of Joseph Fuerst. late ot Marion County, Indiana. Gcceaseo. Said estate is supposed to be solvent this November H. 1W. CHARLES J. FUERST, 479 S. New Jersey BL, Indianapolis. Bernb&mer & Halls, Attorneys.lO, 11, 12 anl IS Thorpe Block. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice Is hereby given that the uaderslirnel has duly qualified as assignee of all the rUiita, credits and effects of Wm B Barry, of Marion County, Indiana, lor the benefit of the crelitors of said assignor, by virtue of the Voluntary Assignment Act. J3HN E. CI.EI.iND. Etacton & Scott. Assignee. Attorneys. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice la hereby giTen that the nalrs!jral hus duly oualiäed as administrator of thai ertate of Allred D. Davis, lt of Martoa County, Indiana, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. WILLIAM NICHOL3. W. T. Brown, Attorney. Administrator. Notice to Heirs, Creditors, Etc. In the matter of the estate of Johanna Hoffman, deceased. Ia the Marioa Circuit Court, 1ccmber Term.lSoT. Notice isherebv given that Christian Benaer, as executor of the estate of Johanna Hort nan. defeased, haa presented and filed his account, and vouchers in Heal settlement of sail estate, and that the same will come cp for examination and action of said Circuit Court on thie JOth day of lec., 1&S7, at which time all heira, crtclitors or legatees of Kail estate are required to aprear in said court and show cause, if anj there be, why said account and vouchers shouU. not be approved. And the heira of said estau are alEO hereby required at the time anl plaw aforesaid, to appear and make proof of their heirship. CHRISTIAN RENNKK. Executor. Eernhamer & Wall, Attorney. Notice to Heirs, Creditors, Etc. In the natter of the estate of John Connor, deceased. In tbe KLarioa Circuit Court. December Term, 1SS7. Notice is hereby given that Ross Clarke 1 administrator ol the estate of John Connor, dec-eased, haa presented anl filed his account and vouchers in final settlement of said estate, and that the aame will ' come up for examination and action of sail Circuit Court on the 19th day ol December, 1SH7, at which time all nelra, creditors or legatees ol estate ere required to appear in said Conrt and show cause, il any there be, why sail account and vouchers should not be approved. And the heirs of said estate are also hereby required, at the time and place aforesaid, to appear and make proof of their heirship. KOSS CLARKE, R aS CLARKE. Attorney. Administrator. Notice to Heirs, Creditors, Etc. In iheoatterof the estate of Nancy n. Rulle'.l deer ar ed. In the ilanoa Circuit Court, December term, 1M7, Notice is hereby given thet Mary T. Rad Jeil.M executrix ot the estate of Nancy T. Ruddell.deceased, has presented and filed her account and voufhers in final settlement of said eatate. and that the samewiH come up for examination and action of ssid Circuit Court on the 21st day of Dec., 1S87, at which time all heirs, creditors or legatees of said estate are required to appear in said Court and show cause, if anv there be, why raid account and vouchers should not be approved. And the hefrs ot 6ald estate are also Lerby required at the time and ptooe aforesaid to appear and make proof of their heirship. MARY IL EI DDELL. Executrix. Stanton .V Scott, At'ornevs. Notice to Heirs, Creditors, Etc. In the matter of the estate of Nancy J. McCorkle. deceased. In the Marioa Circuit Court. Dmmber term, 187. Notice is hereby given that Elward P. Mc Corkle. a administrator of tliee.-Ute of Nancy J. Mct'orkle, deceased, has presented and hlea his account and vouchers in final settlement of said estate, aud that the same will come u for examination and action of said Circuit . Court en the 13th day of December, 1SS7, at which time all heirs, creditors or legatees ot said estate are required to appear in sid court and show cause. if an? there le, why said account and voucaers should not be approved. Anl the heirs of said estate are also hereby required at the time and place aforesaid to appear and make proof of their heirship. HDWARD r. M -CORKLE. Administrator. Vpti Vothi & Fpcncer, attorneys-

Probate Cause No. 1,243. In tbe Circuit Court of JIarioa Conuty, Ia liana. February Term, lvvv Jacob S. urbey. Administrator witb ths will annexed of estate cf liii-'.aeth Ann Gtno, vs. David Wilard Greece, Parmelia Deli Clreae, ct al. To David Wlllard Greene. Partne'U !?'.; Greene, Mary Rebetca sitpard and the I I -t at r Place Mttcodist MpIs"opal Church, of ;na City of Indianapolis, Ind isnai .Yon are sev-T.Iy hereby notified that the above named pet.iioaer, as administrator wi'h the will annexe 1 of tle estate aforesaid, has filed lu the Circuit court of Marion County. Indiana, a petition making ,iu delendauts thereto, anl prayit therein 10. aa order and decree of sail court authomicg .he tale of certain real estate belonging to the estate of said decedent, aul in saiu petition described, to make assets for toe payment ol the debts and liabilities ot sail estate: and that said petition, so filed and pem'.ing. is set for hearing ia sail Circuit Court at t'i Court-house in Inalanapolis, Indiana, on thfirst judicial day ot tne February tarn, 1S, of said court, the same being the loth day ot Febauary, 1S&1. Witness the Clerk and seal of sail court this 2:sd day of November, lv7. isEAul John E. BULLIYAK, Clerk, ,. Wtfrirn&rons, Ammert,

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