Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 35, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1889 — Page 6

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THE INDIANA STATE SLNTINEL. WEDNESDAY. FEBRÜAKY 13. lSSU.

THE CLUBS FOR W03IEN.

MARION HARLAN D GIVES HER OPINION Wh CI iibs For Women Arm Iteneflelad What They Should Ba and Consist Ot How To Bo Conducted They BeneCt Women. Copyrighted, lsd The pecitjc erl'cctof two-thirJs of the education acquired from school-books and tuition is to form the texture of the mind. That sentence is sufficiently important to etand as a paragraph. The professional scholar ?rho?e erudition is the pride of hia generation will tell you that in college he learned nothing of positive value except how to study. The eoil was broken op, cleared of noxious growth and barren lumps, and made arable. "What may bo technically classified as "paying cropa" were put in by himself at a later date. "Were not this rale almost universal in application "highor education" would, for a vast majority of women, bo time, labor and money thrown away. The piri graduate who does not propose to become teacher, author or editor, or to bean'thing but the petted resident of her father s bouse for the remainder of her celibate life, finds herself with enou-h crude intellectual material on hand to plunge an Economic manufacturer into despair. If ihe has no specialty, euch as music, or drawing, or botany to en-,'ae her enrrpies, and is yet of a strain too noble to te content with the pmpty round of frivo'onn amusements that mate the society pirl's heaven, the is a pitiable rpe imen of iinremunerntive investment. The emptiness of her life; the varue ve.irnintr tor he knows not what the pclf-diisat:sfaction. which is measurably the result of the abrupt remission cf pchool t;iok.j and routine, i3 mi.-taken by her for a lonjrinsr for kinship of soul and responsive affection. More women in her class fall in love, like Molly Jinirn suitor, 4 because they have nothing else to do," and marry for no better reaFon than we are wiU'incr, for the honor of the sex, to admit. To a dispassionate fnectator, it wonld seern that all the imrhinorr of domestic and fcial life is ar-ransr.'-d with the express de.a of forcing wo'm-n into matrimony. When once the.se agencies have accomplished their end, they leave Our Girl to work ont her own satisfaction (or the reverse) as best she may. ?efore coin? further, I would guard one point jealously, liijrhtly lillol, there is enough in the'sphcreof wife, housekeeper and "mother to satisfy any woman, whatever may tm her aspirations. Of all forms of whining sentimentality, I have least patience with the cry of a hierher mission than that ot home-making und child-rcarinir. As the sum of ovr thirty years' observation of this form of intellectual unrest, ami the perusal of hundreds of letters from the malcontents, I assert, without the fear of contradiction, that the unfortunates who raise- the lament are, in the proportion of a thousand to one, those who are the least lit to take the lowest seat in the Woman's Kingdom. Somebody onco said a funny thin to me, apropos of this Fame ritieendorn of woman. "You would make of us pafml ehralors from the cra.lle to tho grave! It makes rue feel like a derrick, from which pulley and ropes are never t;ike:x down !" The similes are apt, but tae elevator must have power, and the toughest ropes chafe into weakness, then part. To the mother who keeps Ik r mind awake and busy; who hart the spiritual perception to Fee that 'abor is never ignoble when done for worthy ends ; M ho has the will force to bring her work up to herself instead of Ftoop ng to the drudge's level her rnisFicn is divine. Puch women do. now and then, live to be grandmothers, without other intolluctual supplies than tho.e furnished from within ; "spend long, useful lives that are all outro and little income. Vsnally thov die cariy, and stepmothers enter into their labors. .Mind needa foods. Intellectual muscle, unused to exercise, becomes flaccid. The genuine book-lover will road if she mint f-teal time from sleep to do it, and what hhe gains from the printed page can be as well digested over needif, and ironingboard, and kneadin-tray as anywhero d.e. Still, books are but silent comforters at the best, and thought dulls for want of friction apainst our mind". Language gets ru-ty in tho joints, & it were, through lack of practice in 4,the best lines." Mie who establishes a Woman's Heading club in an agricultural district docs more to check the deadly progress of farmers' wives to the itisane asylum than all the doctors and medical journals in the land. The book selected for social readine and di.-cu.-ion may le nothing more lizniried than a popular novel of healthy tone such, for example, as "John Halifax," or "A Noble Life," or any other work from the pen that, in Iinah MulockOaik's hand, was strength out of which rame sweetness and balm ior hr age and ex, or our own Whitnev'a "The Gavworthys" or "Hitherto."" It will hit the toiling creature's thoughts out f'i the straight deep rut worn y plodding feet, glorify "the level etretches, white with dust," of the "common" days which heaven help them ! are every day with this class. The changed, current of thought end interest ill blow over tho coi.k stove, und dishpan, and wash-tub like cool airs fro;n bights she has no time to climb. It gives l.er something to talk of, too boon of boons in a circle where gossip is the pabulum of toa-party conversation and raro 'evening out:" where the men's "talk is of oxen" and the women's of butter-making in holy Sabbnth tw ilights, with, the harvest moon looking clown ujkiU them ocr the tree-tops. Iiisiri in the sca of these beneficent institutions is tho "Literary club," whoro thought evoked by what is read take, the form of intellige nt utterance, and the play cf cultivated minds, the one upon the other, in like the ring of silver wings rather than the clash of etecl. The prejudice against mich gallant pioneers as "Sorosis" and "The New Kn viand lub," muttered itself into admiringsilcncc tuch a little while r.iro that wo still etrain our ears apprehensively for the recurrent cho. All over our country educated, thoughtful women are modestly averting their right to meet together at stated times to learn how to think, and how to express, in facile, phrase, what they think. iJo men reihet those who decry as Ftrong-rninded and nnfeminino these organizations for mutual improvement how narrow is the raugo of the average woman's conversation, and how sparse are the ideas that grow in the trodden ftoil? White clover insipid sweet of craofcful email-talk and tho rank plantain of gossip represents the flora of drawing-room chat. It was voted in the firuudyan congress acres asro that to talk above your interlocutor's head is 'bad form," and, moreover, unkind. If your eilly companion erovels, you must down in the dust, and, as far as general society goes, stav there, until when, in an oeeasional "ofl-bour," you would ftand upright, the mental epine and limbs are MI cannot live without my club!" said n up-nver clergyman. "It is like iron

sharpening iron for me to hear other men think. I go down to the city everv Monday morning empty, and come back full." i invited his wife last winter to attend the monthly meeting of a certain literary club. The very name of "Sorosis" would have alarmed her conservative epouse, but this select gathering of refined women, where reporters are tabooed, was so mildmannered that he graciously assented to her proposed "outing," taking my personal bond that he should "imbibe no unwomanly notions while there." The gentle pustoress carried ofF the honor3 of her seminary at graduation, and "kept up her reading for two years thereafter. Then she married and went to feed two flocks the one of lambs in the home-fold, the other, her husband's promiuou9"chara:e what Young America would style "a job lot" of sheep of all aL'es. She has, at the present date fifteen vears after marriage six children, and has buried three. ' One pervant is kept in the parsonage to do what the mistress cannot perform for want of two heads, futir hands and eeven days, for forty-oight hours loner, per week. She visits nowhere except in "the congregation" of a hill-town parish, is president of the sewing society, leads tho women's prayer meeting, "has" tho infant class in Bunday-school, and takes tea out, once a week, on an average always in the house of a "member." She is an" unofficial, unaccredited, unsalaried general utility article; a public pump, with heart and nerves, the latter worn fine and sore by years of wear and jar. The courteous interchange of creetings in tho "upper chamber" graced by the meetings oi "The High Noon club," and the gentle cordiality of welcome extended to her by those to whom she was introduced brought a girlish Hush to the faded cheeks, a sparkle that was the light of erher days to the eyes of the shy little lady; her well-saved black silk was ut shamed by the quiet costumes of tho linhUnL s. She took her part well in the pleasant chat that went on over the informal lunch, and looked five years younger by the time the small tables were removed, "and those who had grouped themselves about them set their chairs back into rows facing the presiding officer's table at the tap ot the gavel. The esay was spicy, susceptive, stimulating; the debate that succeeded it was lively, pertinent, and sometimes brilliant, and characterized, a.s always, by perfect temper and breeding. Nobody" "made a speech;" at least a dozen women talked naturally and easily of the matter in hand. My guest thrilled and glowed ss the minutes went on, as a frosttouched rose owns to the May sunshine. Her eager glance, passing irom Bpcaker to speaker. wa3 unwittingly inspiration to the debaters. "I shall go in the strength of this meat three times forty days and forty nights!" she said at our parting, the dew of feeling in her eyes, the delicate Hush still on her worn face. "It helps one to live to know that other women can think and say 6uch thincrs." On behalf oi such starvelings as 6he dumbly patient and meekly resolute to stand in their lot I plead for the maintenance of woman's clubs. In behalf of tho great multitude of wives and mothers who do not grow intellectually from eighteen to eighty; who, when their children are to be educated, are le;s fit to undertake the work than when they were themselves at school; who are no mates for their husbands in general intelligence, yet whose voiceless cry is "I feel like a seed in the coll earth, (lau Leüin at heart and longing for tl5 air!" Of the cheer and help these meetings with kindred spirits afford to professional brain-workers; of tho friendships cemented there; cf the hopes and designs for the good of our sex ar.d Und born and nourished by them, I say little, for lack of space, nnt from scarcity of material. They are landmarks in the propre.? of our best civilization, as well p.s resting-places for the climLer. Makios Haslakd.

ABOUT SCHOOL BOOKS. The Incorruptible Frei of th State Oppoint the Traut. UushTillc Jaekionian. It U apparent to all that the state superintendent ot Kchoo!., county superintendents and most of t!i great men who pet money from the school fund look on the proposition to legislate on school Looks as a dangerous thinir. Now, we don't see why it sho.dd endunirer the cause of education to authorize a few sensible men to prepnrc school-books for th.? children of our schools. A half dozen men can he found in liushvillve who could readily prepare the neec.iry books. It is all folly to talk about the dillieulty or dauber of nttiinptinif to prepare suitable school books, liut it a coiandttte composed of sensible and conscientious men were authorized to do this work, tl.ey would only prepare five readers, one pclliiir book, two geographies, one eraniiTiararid one nrithmetie. Tue arithmetic and the irramiuar would not be larger than tho third jart of these books now are, and they would be jjttt as plain and simple for the beginner a the first parts of these books now are, and the' would be just as thorough as the third part now in use. Then why do school men object? We do not venture opinion. MadUon Herald. The school book trust will not be broken up by this lejri.-dr.ture. VanAntwerp, Tlrac;? & Co. have too much boodle to lobby with to prevent injury to their monopoly. When such a paper a the t.'ominrrciul (!a:tte will sell itself to the trmt po far a to sny that the present warfare being made acainst the school book monopoly would cost the people of Indiana millions of dollars, some idea of the magnitude of this monopoly uiny be had. They have emissaries at the capital and in every hamlet in the state working with might and main to sustain this K'hool book monopoly. LiiKTariK' lrinoort. Our legislature is after the school book trust, syndicate, thieve, or whatever you call it, that lias made and is making the western states a bowliiijj sorrow to parents, with sharp stick. The school hook ring is one of the n'ronrejt in the country and nothing on earth but state legislation enn throttle the robbery, and evea this ii doubtful. Wl.y She Lovcl Ills Preaching. Tb IU'r.l One Sunday, as a certain fccottiih minister was returning homewnrl, he was accosted by tin r( woman. w liot:iil: "Oh, Mr, well do 1 like the day that you preach." The minister was aware that he was not very popular, cud he answered: "My good woma:i I am clad to hear it. There tr? too few like you. And why do you like the tiny when i preach?" "Oh, sir," he replied. "wha you preach, I always a good 6eat." He Fouftrl It Sympathetic. Men-bant TrsTrler.l ''There i at least, one thin;? that I can say in your favor," said his wife's mother, "und that is you're t nr'a: deal more attentive to the scripture than you used to be. But I suppose that really J deserve most of the ere Jit lor that; I knew that yon neverpaid much attention to the good book till aft'T you married my daughter." "Yes; J pay more attention to such matters now." '".'.'hat portion are you reading?" " 'J-tmntation.' I conune myself exclusively to that book." The Problem Solved. rrhilaiMj.hla Call. J We have received the following in a perfumed, square envelope. If the author will acknowledv'" it we'll sympathize with her: Sally "Why b marriage a failure, George?" Gorze "Itecause the bride never marries the best man." Threw Himself From a Third-Story Window. CimywATi. Feb. 7. Mr. Willtam J. Martin, of the ßrm of Martin A. JI'dter, drugciats at Serenth find Llm-'ts., committed gulride at bis residence I t throwing kin: If fioiu a tliirdnitorr window during th t-Tn p-'rarr ilwtice of hin nur. ir. .Murlia ha t Nfn 111 for some time aod was in a Ute of delirinni when be demoted bluiself. 11 Wis forty'lit rear old, on uarri.-d a&d possessed of considerable propcrt.

STRAWBERRY BED WORK.

OTHER MATTERS FOR FARM FRIENDS. That Honest Man Who Packed a Barret of Apples Some February Faria Topics and Seasonable Housebold Hints. Work on the strawberry bed 6hould commence before the plants begin to grow. The sooner the manure is spread over the planta the quicker will bo its effects after f pring seta in. There are several reasons for giving a good coating of manure, one being to ßupply plant-food and the other to protect the vines. If this is dono early, no damage will be caused to the plants, but if it is delayed until tho plants begin to grow, it ia often the cane that where the manure ia very concentrated, such as the droppings from poultry, the plants will be killed. A mulch or covering should consist of manure, as it will be a paving of labor, and the plants will get the beneGt of the matter dissolved by the rains. The covering is not intended to keep the plants warm, as that is impossible, but to prevent the ground from warming too early or too suddenly. It is just as important to mulch in tho?e sections where the climate is mild as it is to do 60 where the winters are severe, owing to tho alternate freezing and thawing of the ground. If the ground is frozen, it can be partially kept in that condition by the mulch, which prevents the plants from being thrown up out of the soil, and also from beginning growth too early in the seaon. In this section the winter is seldom very cold previous to January, and the necessity for a mulch ia greater in a mild winter 'than at any other time, owing to the liability of the plants to begin to grow too early. Except in the middlo of the row, the Ftrawherry bed needs no cultivation, unless the plants are crown in single stools, but to facilitate picking the crop, all weeds that may appear should be pulled out by hand as soon as possible. Every weed that is allowed to remain robs the plants and lessens the crop. "Wood ashes are excellent for strawberries, but if commercial fertilizers are ned, high grade salts of potash, and at least two bags of superphosphate per acre, will be the best form, and it should bo applied early in the season, first raking od" the mulch and breaking all lumps of manure, so as to havo all the substances as fine as rnssible. If there is liability of dry weather, which ia injurious to strawberries, the use of chopped salt hay around the single stool plants will be of advantage. All fertilizers should be evenly distributed, and may be used hlerally. THAT HONEST FARMER. BT P. C, DO DGB. riVdIrated to the farmer who pacltpd my last barrel of apple in hopes to get even with hita. Who, when Le packs his apple crop. The bifst fruit puts on the top? That honest farmer. Who, when he makes a bale of har. Hides ri'fes inswie to make it weigh? That hone.tt farmer. WL$, when we for puM butter 7srn, I'uts oil of flv in th e'nnru? That honest firmer. Who eVims the ml'k nntil it's blue, And aJ'l oine ch.iik an i water, too? That honest farmer. Who utnffi the turter's crop before It's kiil-'1 to niako it woü'h some moref That henf at farmer. Who rat th onurs from roosters old. And lb-l thorn spring chickeus, bold? 1 hat liucf st farmer. Who en Vrl rr-M to market so Health t-rticf-rs wiil never know? That honest farmer. Wbo off-rs board with bonnteons far "t reh from the farm" and free as air' That honest farmer. Who ferd eanne.T vezetables few To boan'T starved nd roasted, too ? That honest far met'. Whf want a dinner and some nnt Oi L'ncl Sain before he votes? That honest farmer. Who vom to town to lay a trap To catch tho biinco-sterin chap? That Loacst farmer. Who wbrn he's cr.neht himelf bewails The wicked woriil where fraud prevails? H.at hone:t farmor. Fehrnary Farm Notes. Add a little boiling water to the hog-swill so as to take the chill oil'. The corn plant is a cross feeder, and the land cannot be made too rich. The principal object now should be to prepare for a vegetable garden. Sow the lawn-grass eed early, so as to give the young prass a chance to become well rooted before summer. Many breeds of swine decenerate because the sows are nsed for breeding purposes before they are a year old. One or two days care of the early lamb will save it. The first forty-eis;ht hours is the most critical period with lamb-. The cow that gives ten quarts of rr. ilk per day requires no more care than one that produces only half that quantity. Clover hay chopped fine and scalded is an excellent food for noes. If cut as short as half an inch it is excellent also for poultry. The point where the dairymen lose is the bu yinjr of fresh cows instead of raising graded cows of their own. The breed is an important factor. Put your finest and best manure iu the parden. Use the coarse manuro on corn. Endeavor, however, to have the whole heap well rot'-ed before using. Don't be afrnid to cut out the canes from raspberries liberally, and cut them low down. Too many canes in a hill will not produce as well us a few strong and stocky ones. Now that the seed catalogues are out, many of them contain new specialties, all of which sIioulJ he given a trial.lut only to a limited extent. Never discard an old variety entirely for something new. A western breeder states that if farm its will devote their attention to the mutton breeds of heep they can clear larc;e profits, eren if the wool from such sheep is burued, than from theep that are kept principally for the profit exjected from wool. Kvery fanner is interested in pood roads. None bnt experienced roa 1 overseers tdiould he selected, and the tax required for read repair, if properly applied, is money well invested. iood roads save valuable horses and avoid luss of time by the farmer. Karly potatoes may k in the ground as soon ss spring begins to open. If the seed is well covered no danger need bo feared of fro.t, as the plant is quite hardy after it ects a start. l's plenty of fertilizer on potatoes and keep the ground well cultivated. It is too early yet for spring pi?s. The young fi?s are easily stunted by severe cold, and uness they have A very warm place, but few of them will survive. The brood bow must also he fed liberally while nourishing them. April ij soon enough for the spring pis. Aim to produce something of better quality than can he found in the market. (Quantity of produce does not always inurn profit. While the market may be wed supplied with all the products of the farm there ia always room for lomethinjj better, and at high prices. Feed the plants by feeding the ground. By robbing the soil you rob yourself. Nothing is gaintd hy attempting to grow a crop npoa land that cannot supply the necessary plant food. The labor and time will only be wasted. Tbo crop may thrive for awhile, tut it will fail at a cri'ieal period. The better the preparation of the soil the lsj seed will be required. .Many failures in the seednrc not due so ranch to lack of vitality in the seed as U the unfavorable condition of the Krouml. It is always a matter of chanc germination when seed is broadcasted and left to be recovered hy the wfuhincr of the rain, and the harder and firmer the seed-bed the greater

the difficulty in securing a crop for the seed. Pulverize the soil, harrow, it down as fine as possible and then brush the seed in. Wore meat, and better neat, and in a shorter space of time can be produced from poultry than from any other source, and the supply from poultry equals that cf any other class of live stock. It pives an opportunity to those of limited means, and the jron ts are always large in proportion to capital invested. Malchin? prevents the early flow of sap by preventing the cround fron warming too early. As the frost niay catch the trees and vines after they begin to sehd out shoots the importance of delaying the flow of aap should not be overlooked. Mulching ia more essential during an open winter than at any other time. Early plowing exposes the soil to the action of the rain, frost and sun, and the earlier the work is done the aner will be the particles of earth and the more available the plant food. Quite a number of insects will also be exposed to the surface, while the loosening of the soil also permits the ground to become warm early. A cheap remedy far grape rot is to begin early in the season, anJ scatter air-slaked lime freely over the vineyard, dusting not only th ground but the vines. It should be repeated at least once a month, or after each rain. The work is not as laborious as may be supposed, and will be more than regained in the crop. Such is the recommendation ot a New Jersey horticulturist. Household nint. Vinegar improves by keeping, flierefore it ia best to lay in a large supply. Itain-water and soap will remove machine grease from washable fabrics. To arrest hiccough Dresch directs that both ears be closed with the fingers, with pressure, while a few swallows of liquid are taken. Sauce for Fish Take the yelks of three eggs, one teaspoonfnl of vinegar, quarter of a pound of butter, a little salt. Stir over a .slow lire till it thickens. Broiled Kidneys Split the kidneys thrortH lengthwise and run an iron skewer throu,Tii them to keep them flat; pepper and broil over a slow fire. Sprinkle with salt, put a bit of butter on each and serve in a hot dish. Griddled Oysters Wash quart of oysters nud dry them by spreading on a towel. Have the griddle hot and put a bit of butter on it. Put the oysters on till the griddle is fulL Turn each oyster over as it browns and serve hot on buttered toast. To make a cherry-stain mix together by stirring one quart of spirits of turpentine, one pint of japan, one pound of Venetian red ground in oil and two ounces of dry burned umber. Apply with a brush and wipe oft' with a cloth. Finish with one coat oi ehellao and two coats of varnish. Berkshire Cookies One cupful of molasses, a teaspoonful of soda ; dissolve in a half cupful of cold water, a desertspoonfnl of ealt; a tablespoonful of melted butter, one dessertnnoniul of ginger, Hour enouch to roll ont to the thickness of an inch. Bake in a quick oven for about ten minutes. Blanc Manfire Put into a bowl about a pint of clear ealf's-foot jelly, warm; break six eggs, b;at the yolks, and pour them gradually into the jtlly, beating all the time; put on tho fire and whip till nearly boiiinsr: Bet it ou ice or in cold water, keep stirring till nearly cold and fill mold. Add whatever flavor liked. A Roily Poly Beat together two cnpfuls of surar, one cupful of butter, one egg, two cupfuls of cream, half a glass of wine, three cupfuls of flour, a heaping teaspoonful of baking powder, half a pound of seeded raisins. Pour into a pudding bag and oil for three hours. When done serve hot with a cream sauce. Graham Bread To a small bowl of bread sponcre put one quart of milk and water, half of each, one large spoonful of molasses and one of sugar, one small teapoon of sugar, and one tablespoon of salt. Mix this together and stillen with Graham flour, a little stiffer than, cake. Let rise like other loaves and bake. Chocolate Meringue Tudding Boil one pint of rich milk, add half a teacupful of butter, one teacupful of sugar and three ounces of grated chocolate; let it loil, and when cool add the whites of four eggs; pour this in a pudding dih lined with ßlicesof sponge cake and bake; cover with meringue and let it brown. Kat with lemon sauce. To Size a Floor The floor should be sized after it is stained, not before. After the stain is quite dry on the floor put a pound of size in basin with a pint of cold water, and melt it by a gentle heat apply it with a flat brush; if the size fro ill a ' while ' It is being put upon the floor, dilute it with a little warm water; let the size dry entirely before putting ou the varnNh. Baked potatoes must be eaten as soon as they are done. When they are taken from the oven they slioul l be put into a napkin or towel and the skin broken so as to allow the steam to escape; this will keep the potato mealy. If it cools without breaking the skin it will be watery aiid will have an aciid taste, which h caused by the retaining of .a kind of juice which lies ner.t the skin. Kfftst Calf's Liver Wash the liver thoroughly nnd wipe it dry. Cut a long, deep hole in tiie side and stuff this with a dressing made of bread crumbs, caeon, an onion chopped fine, s;dc and pepper to taste, one egg well beaten and a small piece of butter. Few the liver together, lard it over, and bake in a moderate oven, basting frequently and serve with gravy and currant jelly. Boiled or Steamed Puddings One cupful of beef suet chopped fine, or one-half cupful of butter; one cupful of molasses, two cupt'uU of sweet milk, some baking powder in the tlour; make it iust a little thicker than pound cüke; one cupful of nisins, one cupful of curranü or one cupful of blaekberry jam, one teaspoonful of allspice, cloves, cinnamon, one nutmeg; tio in a cloth and boil two or three hours or put in a pan and steam three hours. Tea, coffee or cocoa are three admissible drinks, but not in excess. For the voice the Atneriean Druigi recommends cocoa as the best. A cup of thin cocoa, just warm, is more to be recommended between the exertions of singing than any alcoholic beverage. Tea must not be taken too strong, nor when it has been drawn too long, for it then becomes acid and has a bad influence upon the mucous membranes of the throat, f hero is always a sensation of dryness after taking a cup of tea that has been allowed to draw too long.

A Justifiable Lynching. Philadelphia Record. Philadelphia Man (in Dakota) "What did that man do steal a horse?" I-eader Lynching Mob "Worse." "Kill somebody?" "Worse 'ner that, stranger. We don't lynch I fellers fer hoss stealin' and killin' no more, j We're a law abidin people w'en we ain't i pushed too hard. But you see there ain't no j law to reach that feller's case." "There isn't ?" "No, 6ir. He's oj e of these ere eastern coyotes wot comes tr'-jnd suggestin' iaw-breakin' Injun name for North and South Dakota." Not Up to the Technical Terms. fChicisro Tribune Lecturer on Art "Before I sit down I shall be happy to answer any question that any of i you may wish to ask. Oentiernan in audi- ' once (from St, Iouis) "I have enjoyed the j lecture much, sir, and have understood it all I exeepta few technical terms. Will you please . i . i i . i , tell me wnai you tnean iy me woras perspective, fresco and miekle-anjelo?'' Lecturer sits down discourajjed. Plenty of Experience, fMerchaut Trarcler. ".So you want a place in my company?" said the theatrical manager to the young maa who had applied to him. "What line of parts do you think you could fill?" "I am confident that I would do Cret-rate as ! walking gentleman." r.ver bad any experience? "Oh, yes; I'm a sprinter." . IJusiuess Matters. N. Y. Scin.l Mr. Wabash (to Miss Waldo of Boston suppose, Mis Waldo, that your father is in business in Boston?" . Miss Waldo "Oh, yes; he is one of the prominent shoe manufacturers there." Mr. Wabash "Ah, indeed. I never had much business experience myself. Now, about how Ion? does it take your father to make, say, a good eight-dollar shoe?" Proresstonnl Conrtesy, Terra flaute Express. J Fitst Stage Robber "What did yon cet yes terday, Jerryr' becond Mage Jlobber "Nothin'. There wasn't anybody in the stage 'ceptin' a lawyer, two plumbers and a prima donna, an' professional courtesy wouldn't allow me to ivuvu cui( vi ivuiac. lireeo In the Sanctum, Exchange. "How's this?" inquired the city editor, "I told you to make a 'stick' of this story, and Lere you bring me a report a yard long." "I'm sorry," returned the new reporter, "but you g( e I used to be a clerk ia a dry goods tore."

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HOW EDGAR POE DIED.

One of the Men Who Dr-jcjcetl Him Tells tli Story. No American poet has attracted more attention, living and dead, than Edgar A. Po. Nine liveFofhiru have been written, yet nbout no celebrated writer of modern times lias it been no dillicult to pet the real facti of his life and death, writes Lu5cne 1 Dialer in the New YorkÄir. According to some of hi3 biographers, he mingled among rneu like abewiluered anpol, while others describe him as a prying fiend, or an I5I1 naelite, with hi? hand against every one and every one's acainst hitn. The time and place of his birth were formany years uncertain ; even now some of his biographers still differ as to that matter. The Tihce of his lurinl was at one time undpcidod, but that was definitely Fettled in 1S75, when his remains were discovered in Westminiiter churchyard, Haitimore, and a monument seven feet Fix inches hij;h erected over his crave. The cnuse of his death and the circumstances attending it have not yet been definitely determined, and everything that throws any lijrht upon the subject will provrf interesting to his many admirers. A forrr erllaltinmrean, now living in San Francisco, pves what he claims to b a tmcaccouut of the poet's last days and death. This is his ttory: "I was intimately acquainted with EdEar Allen Poe for years. Much thr.t has beeu paid and written in regard to his death i false. His habitual resort in llaltimore was the Widow Meagher's place. This was an oysterstand and liquor bar on the city front, corresponding in Fome respects with the coiiee houses of .San Francisco. It was frequented much by printers, and ranked as a respectable place, where parties could enjoy a yauie of cards or engage m social conversation. lV.e was a jrreat lavorite with the old woman. The favorite Feat of the poet was just behind the stand, and be was nbout as quiet and sociable as an oyster himself. He went by the name of lard,and when parties came into the shop it was 'Hard, come up and take a nip,' or 'Hard, come and take a hand in the game.' Whenever Widow Meatrher met with any incident or idea that tickled her fancy, she would ask the Hard to ver?ity it. t'oe always complied, writing many a witty couplet, and at times poems ot some lencth. '1 liese verses, quite as meritorious as some by wLich his name was immortalized, were v'ms frittered into obscurity. It w as in this little shop that l'oe's attention was called to an ad vfcrtisemeut in a Philadelphia paper for a prize for ihe l-st Ftory. and it was there that he wrote his l anions tiofd Bug,' which carried ou the oue-hundred-dollar prize. Toe had been fliifting for many years between llaltimore, Philadelphia and New York. He had been away from Baltimore for thrte or four months, when he turned up one evening at tlie Widow Meagher's. I was there when he came in. lie privately told me that he had been to Richmond, and was on bis way north, to pet ready for his wedding. It was drink all around and repeat until the crowd was pretty full. It was the night before c-leciion, and four of us, including Poe, started up. We had not E;one half a dozen squares when we were nabbed y a gang of men who were on the lookout for voters to 'coop.' It was the practice in those days to seize people whether drunk or sober, lock them up until the polls were opened, and then march them around to every precinct, where they were made to vote the ticket of the party that controlled the 'coop.' Our coop was in the rear of an engine house on Calvert street. It was part of the game to stupefy the prisoners with drugged liquor. Well, the next day we were voted at thirty-one ditl'erent places, and over and over, it' being as much as a man's life was worth to rebel. I'oe was so badly druceed that, after he was carried on two or three diiierent rounds, the gang sai l it was no use to vote a dead men any longer, so they shoved him into a cab and sent him to a hospital to get him out of the way. "The commonly accepted story that Poe died from the etiects of dissipation in all bo?-h. It was nothing of the kind. He died from laudinum or Fome other poison that was forced upon him in the coop. lie was in a dying condition when he was beinc voted around the city. The ftory told by Griswold of Poe's having been on a week's spree, Hud being picked up on the street, is false. I saw him shoved into the cab myself, and he told we he had just arrived ia tho city." The above narrative will form an intereFting rhapter in the life and death of the poet, whose life was a romance ami whose death was a tnurcdy. The account of Poe's last days agrees in several respects with the account which the lata Children Cry for,

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it alnrist fres with the Stata Sentinel. ft r jChief Judge Neilson Poe of Baltimore gave to the undersigned. It is painful to think that a man of Poe' wonderful genius would, after a life of intolerable misery, die in the wretched manner above described. But it must be admitted that thß author of "The Kavcn" was cooped and drvfjTired to death by political toughs, who used the hanless poet as a repeater at a local election. Others have vaguely 6tated this before, and the detailed account now given by one who was with. Poe at the time conlirius the horrible ttory. THE DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION. Unwarranted Attacks Tpon Its Management lly an Kvening Paper. To the IIprrOR Sr: I a email space in your valuable paper that I may protest against the disreputablo methods beinir used by the Xeu-t to blacken the name of my a'tna mcUer the Indiana institution for the deaf and dumb. Through its pretended correspondents and by editorial allusions it ha eougot to make its readt rs believe that inoe this institution has been under democratic control it has been turned into a hot house of immorality, a retreat for political workers and a disgrace to the state. And while the institution has not lacked defenders who have sought redress through tho same columns which contained the charges, yet they were repeatedly refused space for explanation or denial. Whether they were republicans, democrats or what not, it was all' the same; and the only paper in the city wbich hus show u a disposition to do us or our Institution justice has been The Indianapolis Sextin ru I have only the liet Interests of the deaf people at heart, and "if I should even have a suspicion that a wrong was heinu done them I would te the first to call a halt. lint I hsve made h. personal Investigation and am satisfied that every charge ruado by tho A'i:ror its alleged correspondents is without foundation, and it is my opinion they were made for political purposes only. I venture the assertion that there is not a school in the land where the morals of the pupils are more carefully looked after than in this, or an institution where trades are taught by instructors of frreater skill. Tli? competency of the present Superintendent, Mr. ltker. has never been questioned by anybody save the .Vir and a ff w sore-head po'itlcians; and I, who f'jr fiftern years have been a close observer of aü.-drs at the instftntion, know hita to bo as well tilted for the position he holds as auy of his predecessors. Never has the institution had a better disciplined corps of instructors than now, and they sre not allowed to stroll about at will, smoking cigars, reading novel, etc., as I have sctn thetu doing in the days of Mar In tire. JJever in the history of the iniitntion has stich marled prp;rei been niadn as since Mr. b iker has been at its head. It has leen raised from the cesspool of republican corruption into which it had, fallen and Ix-ars di?nlty as becomes such an institution. The administration of Suut. U iWer has been a brilliant success, and if the state will only manifest its appreciation by a little substantial aid he wil! make the Ind. ana" int ittition the brightest star in Ihe deaf-tnut . constellation. A Graduate Indianapolis, Feb. 7. Wlio Knew Jamea? The following letter was received jtori&j ly Poi ttuaster Joms: Vai.pairi.so Chillio Dec 27th 18S To Tost Master at Indianapolis Desr ir WilP i'oti ins'-rt the following In Tour citv paprr lied OV Nov '"-d at sen. Int :tti S. Ions "l2sJ West L. K. J:na? a native of Indiana and buried at sea from Ship tmtly uecd age about A) years 6 D Sheldon Master Apents iatest rorterCeld New Yon,'-. City C'amn to Life Afaln. Mosticeixo, Hb. Teh. 7.-Fpeeial.-A very remarkable case of .coming back to life occurred in th death of William franc, who tried to commit suicide at his home io IHiopolis. He took two ounces of laudanum and l.t) H dr I stupor, and at 8:) p. m. be was pronou-n. ced dead. Some hours later friends went to lay btnv out. when they discovered sisnsof life. The physU'ans were summoned, and bv applving an electric battery ho was restored to life, lie Is one of the old settlers of central Illinois, and is eighty-six years o-iA- . A YouthCul llnrderer. New Vobk, Feb. 7. FrtU Kuehl, sixteen yeara old, was a prisoner charged wil h committing a burglary on a restaurant on Saturday night last. He confessed to bavin murdered a six-year-old boy at Laudsber, Urad.nbunr, tiermxiy. on the u. Wednesday in November, 1S aO that his uncle had provided him with toOey to escape to America. Frits said that the boy h i annoyed him and he seized him and beat out bis bf.ilns agninst a atone. The accused was held to await the action ef the German consul. Pitcher's Castojla.

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Not even the State Sentinel IT üühT FAY. rrr y a. 'JAKE" DUNN GETS THERE. Elected State Librarian Tor th Coming Two Yenr C Ii a he in a IlufT. At 11 o'clock in the forenoon the 6enate adjourned to tie honseto hold a joint convention for the purpose of electing a state librarian. After the senators had been seated Mr. Schmuck remarked that the lieutenant-governor had re mained in the senate chamber, and moved that a committee be appointed to wdt upon hira and invite him to take a seat beside the speaker. Mr. DeMotte moved that he be invited to preside in place of the sp?aker, that being the ancient custom, but the speaker ruled him out of order, es the joint rules provide that tha speaker bhall preside over all.. jwiut conventions, Mr. Schmuck' motion prevailed, however, and Mr. Schmuck and Mr. I.'ri'sscr were appointed to escort Lieiit.-(iov. ("base to tho house, but they returned immediately and reported that Mr. Cha.se declined to come, as he would be of no consequence in the joint convention. The lieutenant-governor of Kansas, Mr. A.J. Felts, and Speaker Dooth, who buppenei to be in tha house, upon motion, were escorted to the seats beside the speaker. Mr. Moon placed the next librarian in nomination in the following words: 'I nominate for the office of librarian that distinguished and echolarly tentlemen, Jacob P. Dunn, jr." The republican candidate was placed in nomination by Mr. Johnson as follows: "There dwells in the county of Wayne, in the oi 1 homcftetul of the Merediths, under the shade of its pines, and in full view of the marble slab that marks the resti:cr place of the old sol lier, (Jea. Meredith, a lady who is admired, respected and trusted, and w'-o posscss.es all requisite qualifications for the position of librarian. It is the pleasure of the minority to present her nrmie Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith. After Mr. Culien had sccorded her nomination Secretary Smith called the roll of senators. The democrats all enswered "Jacob P. Dunn, jr.," and the republicans Virginia C. Meredith, except Carpenter whose name Mr. Smith called by fn oversight. Theu Clerk Newkitk called the roll of representatives, who did not put on 60 ruich style as the senators, for they either answered "Dunn" or "Meredith," without referring to middle) names. The vote resulted in M votes for Düna and f.l for Mrs. Meredith and the former was declared elected state librarian for two year from April 1, 1?3. The t-peaker then introduced tho lieutenantpovertior of Kansas, who ma le a neat speech. He said that 1U0,'1 former Indianians now Jive in Kansas. "I have a ri'l.t to be in the best teelin? with the people of Indiana," said be, "for 1 am a Ron-in-la w of the state, and you know that that branch of the famiiy always reitrns Fiipruno." After thus referring to his lloosier mother-in-law, he itiviti J the If cislature to vNit the state of cyi-!ui?s. n.ortj;at;eJ farms and beastly republican majorities. Speaker Ilootli was then presented, but he bad just left tien. Harrison and he had the oCice itch so bad that ha could not say anything except that Kansas had civen Jh).0U0 majority for a distinguished Iloo.sicr. ".Now you know what we are here for." he concluded. Some one proposed that a resolution le adopted ' recommending the speaker of Kansas fcr good ofiice but pood taste prevented iL When the eyes become wetk or the lids ia flamed and sore, a disordered system orascrof ulous condition of the bloo l is indicated, for which Ayer's Sarsaparill-t is the best remedy. It invij,a'rates an J vitalizes the blood and expels all humors. All those sufTerin? from hoarseness, colds or cousin should try Dr. Cull's Cough Syrup. 25 ccnu. Consumption Cured. An old physician, retired from practice, psting had placed in his hands by an Last India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh. Asthma and all throat and Lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after having tested itt wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it bis duty to mnke it known to his f ul!erin fellows. Actuated by this motive. and a desire to relieve human tutoring, I will : send free of charce, to all who desire it, this ; receipe, in German, French or English, with ' full directions for preparine and using. Sent I by mail bv addressing with stamp, naming I thie paper, A. iOYiji 149 Tower's Uiock, Rochester, Y.

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