Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1891 — Page 12

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBllUAUY 25. 1891-TWELVE PAGES.

TliEPIlOIiLKMSOFTIlI-llOUR.

MATTERS BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE. Oplnlnni of n AIiIk nml Kiptiilrnrtd I)tni OC rat Touching rrrafttxi S tlarlea, nm! tb Reform of Our UrTrnno fiitam Lira ucstloii lMnruaaed. To the rniTOK Sir : Several measures, now pending in the lepi-daturo of this state, are of moment-jus importance to its taxpayers and citizens. Foremost amon these are the bill calculated to reform the present ny.tein of fees and perquisites in the payments! state and county officers, to change tho system of taxation, and to facilitate the linal disposition of caeses in tho court.''. Soruo of these measured were considered of po much importance that tho democratic party of Indiana, in it lat state convention, solemnly declared it.-o.i in favor of then and boldly pro( laiim-d it to tho people in its platform of principles. Every democratic member of the general assembly ia bound by every principle of party fealty and personal honor to labor earnestly nn.l untiringly to redeem the political pledge.- of his party, and the democratic masse? of this etato aro confidently e.xpeciinc to f-eo tliene promises fulfilled ia both the letter and spirit. It must not ho forgotten that the industrial classes of our people, the men who created the sentiment that forced tlii-a democratic convention to declare in favor of these reforms, are not in Indianapolis to encourao their representatives to redeem the promises of the democratic party. They aro toiling in the ! workshops, on the farm?:, in the forests and in their respective places of business, bnt they are eagerly scanning the legislative horizon and will r.ot fail to note tho l-ast s ij:n of flinching or faiterinyr on the part of their public rtrvanta. They aro the voters who have neither leisure or money to attend the sittinpj of the legislature, and if they were to do bo thev might not jmosscsjs Ihe address and speech to make a very powerful impression in the lobbies, but every one of these is the eovereign of a ballot, and he will strike that man or that party to the henrt that dares to trample upon these pledges or lonzer refuse to do him justice. And now a few words as to each of these important measures. Tho question of fee and ea'.ary reform baa been agitated In this state for a Ion;; lime, and in obedience to the popubir demand a number of lee and salary bids have been enacted, but in alnio-t every instance they have tittcrly failed, under the construction givti them by interest d parties, to accomplish the reform demanded by the peoide. As the question was better unoerstood the people beiran to pee that ! the only way that the taxation and collection cf constructive f-es can be avoided ia. to place every oMicial on a fixed and definite ei lary, and to turn all fees and perquisites into the ublie treasury. The committee Ml now under discusHion, in committee of the whole house1, with such amendments as tho discu-sions en the bid may prove to be needed, will in the writer's opinion, fairly and jusil' meet the demands of the public. should its practical working prove inequitable, either to the public or to the otticial, this can easily e remedied by a future legislature. Our law-making body w ill make no sen us mistake if it passes this measr.ro ciii.8tantialiy :is reported by the committee. Even ir it should prove to be grossly imperfect, it would b ' an improvement over Ike present law, arid will be an txctlient nucleus for futme lejri-daturcs to work Upon in the devvlopmentof fee and salary reform. The question of radically chanpin? our ystem of taxation, is, if any thin?, of s'iil greater importance to every honest taxpayer and property owner of the state. Bome system oujht to be devised by which Jion-resident inoney-loaners, capitalists and corporations can be compelled to make ft fairer return to tho common wealth than they now do for the privileges and protection they receive and enjoy within her limits and at her bands. In tact it would seem that our svsteni of taxation needs overhau.iny, and that a more rational and just plan of taxir.jjail coi poratior.s, both foreign and domestic, should be adopted. Particularly should wnm legislation be had to change the present method of latins property for taxation, so as to secure a complete and full assessment of a.l personal property of every kind and character. It is a notorious and lamentable fact thai a large amount 01 the best profit producing and interest-paying property in the state is bearing none of the burdens' of maintaining the state covernment. Millions of dollars of property, represented by bonds, notes, murtgages, and other securities and evidences of indebtedness are not returned or assessed for taxation, every year, and the owners of this property are r.ot paying a do!iar thereon to- : ward defraying the public burden. Assessing tiaio is a shocking carnival of perjury and corruption on the on hand, and official connivance on the other. The rascal makes no Fcruplc to conceal all of this kind of prope rty he can without incurring the risk of ' finding a home in the penitentiary. The semi honest man, weary of paying more than his jut proportion of taxes, conceals a part of this kind of property from the assessor. The honest man conceals nothing, but, conscious of the cruel wromxthat is beinp: done him, loses respect for tho law and looks upon government as an evil to be endured, rather than a blessing to be enjoyed. The result is that an assessment oath is regarded with suspicion, and the integrity of tho people is thus being swiftly and silently undermined and overthrown. The man who is accustomed to make a false oath once a year to the assessor is likely to be careless in giving testimony in a court of justice, and hence the rapidly crowing w ant of confidence in the etlicacy d an oatn as a means of eliciting the truth in letrul investigations. In the name of our Christian civilization let us abandon a system that oilers bo nany incentives to dishonesty and injustice. fr There is a bill pending; in the general assembly that, if enacted into law, would compel the listinsr of every account and written evidence of indebtedness. In order that nothing can bo concealed and that its identity may b preserved, it provides that ail notes, bonds, mortgages, and the like shall he designated by the assessor with an official stamp. In default of this, the owner of the claim on the first day of April, or his assignee afterward, is powerless to enforce the collection of bis claim in any court. This bill ought to have the support of everv member of the legislature. It is impossible to conceive of a sing e honest or' valid objection against it. It is not probable that any objection will be publicly urged against the mea-mre. If the bib fails it Will be assassinated in silence and without debate. The writer introduced a somewhat similar bid in the legislature of 137, and earnestly pressed it upon the consideration of the house until tha deadlock of that year paralyzed iU deliberations and

prevented ft;rt her action. The difficulties of putting imeh a system In practical operation ore as nothing compared with th" results that would follow fromeucha reform. Tin re would be no n-c 1 under tho pro-po-i'd system of the property owner swearing ti th correctness of bis assesslucnt Nlnt. On the tontrary lie would carefully s; ' to it that every ifoni of proprrty owned by him was diily list.'d f.r taxation. All book act unts of value existing on th 1st day of April of each year could b put by tin ir owner In tho form of itemized f-tatemenls against his debtors. When the otlirial -'tump is pl.iced upon tiiese they are then ia condition to be cnloreed, if necessary in a court of jus'iee. All written evidences of indebtedness would thus be stamped without the least inconvenience and without appreciable los of time. Oilier reforms in this regard should not be overlooked. No man should be compelled to pay taxes upon what he owes. In other words the bona lid? indebtedness of every tax-payer ought to be considered in valuing his property for taxation, ami he otiudit to bo taxed cn'y upon the difference between the car.li valuo of a"l his property and the amount of his valid iu-dehU-diio.. Airain, no Fcalinjr of values oiiKht to bo tolerated on the part of the assessor, but everything shoiil I be taken at its actual value. An animal or a piece of real estate actually worth $100, and a note or mortgage wortli alike amount, oueht to ba valued for taxation in exactly the same sum. What reason can be given why this should not be so? Men comtdain, and justly too. of the Inequalities and injustice of indirect taxation the method employed by our national government. Hut direct taxation is equally unjust and unequal, and a thousand timos more demoralizing, unless every individual and corporation is compelled to pay taxes on every dollar's worth of property owned by each, respectively. Enact some such law as this, democratic members of the general assembly, and you w ill see the revenues of the state increased hundreds of thousands of dollars the first year it is put in practice, and you w ill make the day of listing property for taxation in Indiana, one no longer to be dreaded by taxpayer or official. It is probable that most men who make false assessment shouts under our present system, do so, not from choice, but on account of a supposed necessity. They fear that others are not listing all their property, and in order to save themselves from paying more than their fair share of the public expense, they justify their own consciences in withy ding a part. All men of this class, as well as every honest man in the ttat w il. hail the passage of such a law as a public blessing. The over-burdened condition of the docket of the supreme court, also demands prompt and careful consideration. Courts of justice are tho only instrumentalities by w hichthe right of the citizen can be assured. If these agencies are insufficient in number to afford a remedy to the individual whose rights are invaded, the law is a d-.lusioii and a snare. The creation of an intermediate appellate court is probably, at this time, the best and sure6t way to ad'ord the relict" that is now impefativelv demanded. I trust I may bo pardoned for suggesting that there should be no sj stem of reporting or publishing the decisions of such court. Causes ought to bo decided by it on an examination of the original papers filed therein, together with copies of the order book entries from the records of the trial court, thereby limiting the transcript of appeal to su 1 matter only as is not conUined in the original paper.-'. In cone' u.-ion allow me to say that I have been a constant reader cf The Sentinel for ths pat tea j ears. At no time during these years has it been moro zealous in beha f of wholesome leg station than it is under tlia present management. I s editorial columns teem with unanswerable argument in favor of redeeming the pledges of the democratic party trade in its last platform of principles. It is to be hoped that its earnest appeals, in behalf ot all good legislation, will be heeded by otir law-makers, and that all of these great reforms will be accomplished before the prcst-nt session shall close. CltAKI.ES Keli.isox. Plymouth, Ind., Feb. 17. GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

Evan Lewis threw Mervine Thompson in nine minutes at Chicago. D.ctitor, now twenty-eight 3-ears old, has been retired from the public stud. II is fee was $."MiO. Harry Hamlin, son of the veteran J. C, is now driving to pole the pacers Johnston, 2:J, and Hal l'ointer, 2:0-.). Ives in two practice games at Chicago averaged 21 l-r. and 22 1-1). If his nerve holds out he will win the short stop prize. The loss of Ossi.in, the ten-thousand-dolltr staliion who died at sea, falls upon his former owner, who agreed to land him in New York. Secretary Tracy is reported to have said that he would sooner be tho breeder of a horse to lower the record of Maud S. than to be secretary of the navy. Speaking of Hall, the Australian Fitzsimmons says: "It is true that I permitted him to defeat me once. It was a job, and for a consideration I went down." Lambert's defeat presents a curious feature in boxing. Maher knocked him out in fifty seconds, and yet Peter Jackson failed to get a decision asrainst him in more than twelve times that length of time. Tne 10mile English road record mado by M. A. Holbein in 0' hours 20 minutes 'M seconds has been lowered by O. A. P.roadbent of Melbourne, Australia, he riding tho distance in 6' hours aud 20 minutes. Proctor Knott is entered in stakes at Memphis, Nashville. Islington, Louisville and other points in the West, and also in eabtern stakes. He will probably make his first appearance in a race at the Memphis meeting. Gwhnn's Turf Guiie. for ISM discloses tho immense strides in racing. There were pearly two thousand more races in tho United Statenand Canada in lS'JO than in 18). Nearly 500,000 more was given away in money. Harry "Wright will again manngo tho Philadelphia league club this season. Ilia eyesight has so tar improved that he now finds no difficulty in traveling about the city, and he has been assured by the oculist that ho wiil soon be able to wear glasses which will permit him to both read and write. The make-up of the St. Louis team for this season is still undecided. Comiskey has been authorizxd to get the best team he can. Comiskey will cover first base, Fuller will bo short, and bennv Lyons at third. "Tip" O'Neill and McCarthy will be in the outfield. A second baseman and renter fielder are piill wanted. W. C. Johnson, the champion amateur 100-vards swimmer of America, broke the world's record for 100 feet in New York Feb. 4. Heha i two trials. In the first trial he succeeded in covering the distance in 1.D 1-15 seconds, and the second trial in 20 seconds. The best on record heretofore was held by Taylor, the English champion. Time, 20$ seconds. San Francisco sports were greatly disgusted over tho defeat of Joo Cboynski ly (Joddard nt Sidney. Betting w'asn't lively, but several thousand had been waged, as Cboynski's stock advanced after his recent victory in Australia. This defeat f ettles Chovnski'8 chances as the coming heavy weight, but h gets rattled and can then bo whipped by a cool headed man as easily as Make Conley always is.

ClllLDKES'S ROUND TABLE.

THE SMALL BOY WHO MADE REMARKS. A Doll Ornate a SJniat!on on lTi Nlct.t i;pr .Y Cilorint IMth lining to th Hrail Jurr Lllla-IIabj LolcKuotly ProbUuii. A small boy (who it larger and w ier row) a few yearn ppo used to Le the terror of his family and all his friends, says the New York li rnhuj Sn, because of his passion for linking what they called "remarks." These remarks were wont to bo of the mo-t original and personal character, and one or two of them in an evening were sufficient to bring panic ir.to tho midst of the inos.t hilarious gathering. Ono day Ceorgie's mother was going to make a cell upon some friends, (ieorgio begged to bo allowed to go too. "No," said his mother, "you can't go; you '11 mako remarks." "No, I won't," pleaded ( Ieorgio. And his mother gave up and took Iiim alonar. after first telling hiid that there was a very queer oM gentleman in that house and that ho must promise not to say anything about the old gentleman's wi'. Georgie promised faithfully, of courso. , Now, this old man was remarkable for having a very long, w hite beard and a very glosy and very Hack wig, which gave him a rather unique, not to say startling, apjearance. (ieorgio kept his word during tho entire call. Not a word of comment or criticism about the wig was offered. Put just ss they rose to leave Oeorgie's mother saw with terror that tho youngster was sidling up to the old gentleman, with his eyes tixed intently on the top of his head. nnd before she could reach the child thev all heard him say in a hoarso an 1 confidential whisper: "Sec here, old man, if you'd put on striped clothes and go to a dime museum and be a show you coul I make loads of money." A GLORIFIED DEATH. IIow a XJttlA Girl MaU a Home For Ilcr IIuintle Couln. There ate lights that shino in the midst of the darkest gloom, and, w hen they fall upon the couch of the dying, death becomes a glorified scene anil a holy inspiration touch the Iv arts of the living. Not long ago a little girl in this city was taken sick with diphtheria, says the Council Plutrs XotipareJ: She had lost her mother, and the father, having no home, found a plaeo for his little daughter in a family which was in no way related by ties of blood. When the child was fir't taken sick the father was notified that he mist take her aivay. Put w here could ho lake l.er? Who would consent to receive htheria into their homes? l'he father had a brother living here who h3d an only daughter of the same age as the sick child, and he went to see him. The two little girls were much attached to each other, and when the fathers were discussing the situation the sympathy of the well child went out to her little; sneering and homeless cousin, and f ho looked up bes. e( hingly into her father's face und pleadingly asked to let little Pessie be brought to their home and care 1 for. It was a startling proposition. The father loved bis own and he had no thouzht of assenting to any act that would endanger his daughter's life, but there was something in the look and voice of the child neither ho ncr his wife could resist. They both requested that the little sutierer be brought to them, and sho was. Under their care she recovered. A few days elapsed and their own loved one, the little angel of their hearts, was stricken down. It was a malignant attack and from the very first seemed hopeless. Oh, tho agony of the mother, tho grief of the father! Their only child, their iiol. brought to the portal of death through tho consent they themselves had given to the child's request made in behalf her little cousin. What remorse, what regrets forced their way with dark despair into tho souls of each as they watched hour by hour over the couch of their darling and realized the steady and certain aproach of the messenger ot death. At last the moment came when hope stole out, and all was dark, so dark. The mother stood bending over the suffering form of her child ; the hot, scalding tears from a heart that was breaking dropped like a rivulet of anguish upon the cheeks of despairing sorrow. The child was passing into a state of unconsciousness, from whit h it could only awake with a farewell to its tenement of clay, when a light shone down upon the dying face, and the eyes opened and the lips moved. An expression of divinity crept over the traces of pain which themaladv had drawn over every feature of youthful beauty in the childish countenance. Tho mother bent down to hear the message. It came in looks as well as words, and was this: "lear mamma, don't cry forme. Pemember, little Pessie will be with to-u. We have made a home for her. You know she had none, mamim. By-bv, dear mamma, dear papa ; an nngel is waiting for me," and the little one forgot the world in a sleep that lasted till the ancel took her. What a message this was to the mother, tho father, and the world. It was God speaking through a child that all who heard it might understand that that life is tho happiest or that death the nir.st floriovs which is illumined by an unselfish desire to help others and iorget one's self. THE LOST WAIF. lran?e Midnight Experience of in Kxpreaa Mcaaenger nit Kentucky 1tod. The r.iglit express was thundering out of Hopkinsville, Ky., at 7 o'clock sharp, says the Detroit J-irc I'm. Tho passengers had made themselves comfortable and everything seemed auspicious for a quick ft:id safe run to .Nashville. Tenn. Tho exprcis messenger busied himself about his packages, petting his ear in order, after which, having nothing else to do, he sanntered to the open w indows and looked out at the rising moon. What a glorious night it was. The full moon came up from behind the trees and hung over the tops like a bad of fire. How sweet and peaceful everything looked. Tho thoughts of the young man went back to home and mother. Wrapped in a delightful dream bo sank down on the box nearest to him, hut mi Menly he jumped up in alarm, for he had heard a remarkable sound a poor, faint liitla voice crying "Papa!" Oh! what a cruel trick for the boys to play on him. Ho mast find the little one at once. He searched every nook and corner and looked behind every box, but no baby was to be found. What was he to do? He felt certain that he had beard tho voice, and something xmiitt he done. He had it at last. He rang the bell with all his might, and the conductor came hurriedly to know what had happened. Tho passengers were all excitement; windows went up, heads were poked on'., and every one had a surmise, fully half of them thiuking it must be robbers. When the conductor returned ho told them that the express messenger had heard the cry of a child in bis c&r, and then be inquired if any child was missing. This threw all the mothers present into a panic of fright. Cut they &ooa re-

covered when they saw that all their own darlings were safe, a:td every woman exprebf d the tre ctest svinpat'ny for the little stranger i.i the expr.'sscaf. They even volunteered to go and assist in the search for the little lost wait, but to this the conductor would not consent. Tho young man in the express car was mc.inw bile doubtins the evidences of bis own MT.s-es, for had lie not heard tho voice? He could swear to it. Slowly lj sinks down on the tamo box, wdicn, merciful heavens, there was the voice again crying ''.Matim a!" Ah, he had it no. Tho voice coms from the box. Some heartless mother, pet haps, sendhg Lor baby by express. li'iiekly h rut th cord and takes o!T the pa-tboard ltd. Yea, there it lies, the dear little soul, with its soft curls and snowy dress. He lifts it out tenderly, and then i ra-dne bis surprise it is a doll, one of Edison's speaking dolls. Every time hi? sat down on the box he pressed the spring, and then came tho fc?blo little wail of "papa!" "mamma!" which had caused so much sympathy and alarm. lUby l.og c. Shu w.n Ironlnjf her hillr't gown, Mat 1 Marian, lour yrr oi l, Willi her br. i r. J dou u a ' VDftUlkiiitf frown L'iid.r h.r tressaaof gold. Taa Snndar, an 1 nur cnmlnsr la lAi l.ilniv .i in t" if of JiiryrUe; 'btai't y.ii know it' a ?io Anr wrk lo t;n On tha dir iL.it this Lord aanellfiea?" Tlirn, li;lhu her hm like a rose, '1 leu uieiTL.l ttiU wi9 littld tot: 'Now, don't on fliip.tMt Tii- 'io1 l onl l:e tnon Tbij htt.e iron oo't Lot?" Wide-A watte. Gotnx to tli Mead. Swi'tlr p.At thn ruoful c'm itii rAli piiit; trraJ, l.lio .:ar I 1 on'a (i j.i:g to lb 3 head. R.iii(flilj7 utmyina yellow locks, It lihon lokt at I'lar, But fii i tli out lo ppelled l lie v a the jircpvr ay.

Quality M In ono'a ?lf, . fii-r all ij iialil ; I.Itt e M.ir i;:itu' (iuitig to the had. ?t. Nicholas. Jn vi iiUi:i. Little Nellie "Mar.. ma, I know what makes tho hail and snow." Mamma "What, darling?" Little Nellie "It's the people up in heaven sweeping oil" their sidewa'ks." Drule's Majazlm. "What in the world an? you doing?" veiled rum. so to his youngest when he caught him pounding his papa's watch with a hamm r. "ivil in time," replied the precocious infant. llarprr'$ fiiz'iar. "Father, what is a luxury?" asked little Johnny the other night." "A luxury? Why, It's something we don't really need, you know a thing we can do without." "Well, then," replied the logical youth, "what a luxury a mosquito net must be in w i n t c r. " ll -Iticr TaLfmrnt. Citv Snow (little city miss) "The stories in my Chri-tmas book isn't true. They is juft made up." Mamma "How do you know?" " 'Cause it says the children went out an' played in the soft white snow. Snow isn't white. lt'a brown." St red ct Smith's Good Xew. Sidney's nnnt found him in the pantry rating cake and lump sugar. "O Sidney," she said, reprovingly, "you know you have no right to come here and help yourself." "Auntie," he answered, gravely, "a man who gaxe a 'dress in our schoolmom the other day said : 'The Ix)rd helps those who help themselves,' and I'm just helpin' myself." A'rM Full's Washington. Little Imogen's father is a minister, known fir and wide for his goodness and benevolen e. When Imogen was three years old she ran out of doors one day where her father had been walking through the snow. Atoncethe little maid be-an trying to put her small feet in the InrgB footprints. Her mother went to the door and exe'aimed: "Why, Imogen, what are you trying to do?" "Oh." the little maid rep ied, "I'm walking in the steps of richtcousnes?." Jfoslon Gazelle. Fred's mamma had trained him by "example and precept" to be courteous and he seldom forgot the lesson, even under very trying circumstances. One alterternoon n maiden aunt, who was something of a trial to Fred, came to the house while his mammi was away and insisted on his rehearsing all the new verses and songs he had learned t kindergarten since her last visit. He went through his repertoire patiently until he was quite tired and still his aunt demanded another and another. At Inst Fred said politely, but w ith considerable firmness :"I 11 do justone more. Aunt Lucretia, and then," looking anxiously at the clok, "I am afraid you'll have to go if you don't want to lose your train." Youth's Companion. KNOTTY PROBLEMS. Out TMWsara tnTltil ti f jroUh orttatt tot ma,elira1(a. rll it. fbim, i I other "Knotty Problem V al.tr-uelaif all ojiutniuloationrBlatl to Ib.t i :j.artmeul lo U it. 0:ilUoarn, LawUloa, M. No. 3,497 Two Famous Storlea.1 ... D. M. II. No. 3,403 Anagram. As trhln ttfics itse'f, dinccrn This answer: "lam out return;" That is to say, sh'.uld j oa roitor Ail that is ilue, or ao:n-thlng more, Tli at wou'd bo ', ami you would do T)if 1 1. in that's rlglit nod hcurst, too. 'Tij what is clatiurd by thosa who iy Tl ey'ro worked Tor you aad want their pay ; 'Tl what you'll give them if yoa cn, VoIms you're a dishonest maa. Melsosus. No. 3,1)-Charade. FIRST. I am (Sod's rhoscn peoplo, ho Hi will und purpof always do, And who ohtain lmn:ortsi b'At In a ruiicti better worid thaa this. Again, I'm but a silly fool Whom ail do Ue and ridicule-; I iujy b either, or niy be Au animal you o.'tco s. fci.cosn. I am the bottom an j tin t idea Of liis that hare the utsta'i tl los ; Or I lua'y be a kind ot cne To hold furled sales in ni" enibraeo. On every nniml I'm shown, Thouirli I am asitber fl.?h uor bone, Id a colloquial way I sHnw What scholar do who littlo know. VrilQLR. While eolWeituionti dle and grope Ia learning's ha'.!, I am their hope, And all their atudiom efforts tend To get me wbea Hie r e-urae shall end. I'm their reward, and the degree Conferred n tlitnj ltut-t come through me, And y t fir it, eroi hows the name Of what a fini Liar rightly eialiu. J. McE. n, 3.KOO Ilf.Kt Jlemowala. 1. Take olTa t ollte rentlemao'i Bead aod what ia left will be nnthine but aa loeet. 2. 'late oa a lady's bead aad aa obstruction will

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X Takeoff relative's bead and all that is left will be rery nry nboul it. 1. Tk oft am: hi r ruiatire's bead ao! bo will Imtumtiately oommand you to return (i tj t place. 5. l ake off a friend's bead aad wnat n-uialaa of him will tiug. 6. Taae o tho htaJ of a r iu and It 111 U f Ick. Ethtu 'o. 3, "01 Trunspoa'tloo. Weary of toe care and sorrow,

Weary uf thecomiait pain; I would pas away tomorrow. With tli? cbsriK I ru'jilit gala. 8'iort, at best, the life before us. We luuit live it to the rnd IVInul lhouchti that h.iver o'er u Whkh like lightning strokes duseeud. Trin, there eoiues a strong temptation; 'Tii lo end this ceasdens strife; Whether rich or gr-at cur station, WU'jtocr o d or young iu Ufn. Yen cannot our hope once brigUteo When tha joys of life hive lld; Naught can then our hardens ligbtea Till we're numberrd with the dead. Vet thrre l a slWer lialnit, Yet there comes quiet worn; Why tui ceaseless, sad rep ning? Time will heal the heart f-ttltgi torn. And our spirit, fina', soaring To the nalni of brightest day, Shall, in measure sweet adoring, I 'ail the cycling years away. II. C ltCKUKB. No. 3.S03 Double I.rtter Kalfiue.. "Each man's chimney is bis golden milestone." iAnytlwr, The "crack'tnj" Iocs are all aglow; The "''" 'i,bt shinea arros tliesun. The "frttiii" seems thf fairest spot; That ' man" my know, what'er lilt lot, riiare "rust e" denrcst Joys and boat; There "nwy" mlnl and boiy reot; W. "joun and mine such r?st, roy friend. Till wiMer en niu have au eud. 1. C. 8. No. 3,.ri03-H?f fqnnre. I. To harass. 1 A balance of money ud to meft looses'. :. Iterepllon. 4. Short l.oi-s of liorse bair for faMeiing tsli-lioks to the line. 3. A U--uisn n.aiotrate. '. Corerlns for ths Ltt.id. 7. Last iiiiinth taobr ) S, C.nain baiua s. it. In TUK SS.NTIMKI.. 1JS Mt;K. No. 3.50 -Syncopation. "Relating t the chin," I'd ay, De Suing irAo.'e In a blind way, "Tocoeer mads wl:h broien stone" Is Ji st aa blind .or last, I own. But vho Is Intellectua', too, Aod nouruge for the la-'t will do, So iote'.lectuai courage might Disclof u ho a ml lo plalu -r sight. A uitQ of ia,t you wi!( admit Is one who is a ran uf grit. (I must npoloUe, I fear, For om pbonetio license here; It brlpsto make tho weaning clear.) A man ot uttnie caracite An intellt-ctual man mut be. Such ciewj as these may well suSke To c far the moras of a.l diegui'6. Nrxsojiaw. Mo. 3,505 l't-ap'.t-tlon. Some pride themselves upon the ft.' I That thoy can tuo a monstrm-) meal; But If th -ir etomachsare not small. Their beads enential lacks re real. To swallow ess, a score or more; Oroysttrs, by the d ;r-n,raw. Put provra the bostin one a bore Who caies for bis capacious maw? The only roo mpt nse, for us. In the recurring iisas lies, That he who aunts his courge thus, iwuetinies, through his iin;' dence, dies. UiTTtn ctvtr.T. Answers. J4C,!) r.honch ison in t. 54.H Wood -sucker. 3I.U- C CAB C A !ii: C A s T L HE LA b K T S b D R E TCP TbES i; i iiE i DiiuH r s SERIALS to T A ti Y S I. Y S S Strand, mod. 8in.1 Caper, t ae, i ep. 8194 J I) O PKB J O K S S K M I T WATE L K A V K St!V Drop, prod. 3K6 Chaud, med'.cy. 8 E W M A L i x e r TEA 1(8 E It T I A X R II E D T II E K I E U A U N FOUR PAIR OF ACES. A Itemrkl!e Poker (isms Betfreen Tweed nml lllnck Jo O wens. Albany Exrf$s. There recently died in Chicago an old negro named Joe Owens. At the time of his death ho 'was head bellman at the Leland hotel iu that city. Years asro, when Tweed was in his dory, Joe was employed in the Delavan in this city. There used to be soma heavy poker play in in that hotel during those lively times, and Tweed's room was generally the headquarters of the game. Joe was a great favorite with Tweed, as indeed he was with most of the '"high rollers" at the capital. Tweed had Joe made the Kpeciul guardian of his room and no one could ever get in there if Joe said no. The o!d darky happened to step iuto the apartment one evening when a more thau ordinary big game was in progress. In front of a man named Shc-pard was a stack of chips representing $-3,000. Joe was an inveterate poker p ayer himself in those days, he cnu the other colored boys having a game goin; on most of the time in their quarters, and when he saw that great heap of money his eyes fairly bulged out of his head. "Foh de Lawd, hut I wish I was in dat ar game." said Joe, with a nasp. A thought came to Mr. Shepard. He sent Joe down stairs on some errand, and during his absenco a "cold deck" was run iu and fixed for the darky's special benefit. When Joe came back Mr. Shepard arked him to p'ay a hand or two for him while he went out. Jos, with his heart beating hih, took tho seat and began to play. When two or three hands bail been passed Joa was startled at getting fuur uces. lie trembled all over; but jest then Mr. Shepard returned, and, looking over his shoulder, said: ''Go for them, Joe ; go for them." Joe did go for them. Everybody but Tweed dropped out of the game. He kept on raising, w hile Joe, encouraared by Mr. Shepard, raised him every time until the darky had piled the $C,Q0") in the center of the table. Then Tweed c.t'led him, and Joe, his eyes fairly gleaming with wild excitement, threw down his four aces, while be reached for the money, saying, "What you got dah, Massa Tweed?" "Four aces," said the boss coolly laying them. down. 4,Fo' aces!" cried Joe. 'Fo' aces!" 'Fore de Lawd, Masea Tweed, how can you habfo' aces?" The gamblers had had their fun and had 6een Joe excited. They were ready to go on with their own game, so Shepard ulioved a $100 bill into Joe's ban and thrust him out into the hall, eaying: "Get out of here, you b ack ecarap; you talk about playing poker, and you don't know there are eight aces in a poker deck; get out." A hundred dollars at any other time would have made Joe happy, but, dazed with the big play ho had just been havingand knocked out by the result, bo forgot bin wealth in his abject misery and mortidcation. A Word In Season, truck. Mr. Cutter -"Have you been sleigh-riding yet?" .Miss Effie Waito M0h, yes, ever eo many times I" t Mr. Cutter "Ah, then, I euppose you are wearv of it. I was about to ask yu ' Her younger brother "Hetter not. frdie's awful heavy. I could hardly pull her.".

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Castoria. Cartorl Is aa excellent medicine for children. Mothers fa'ivo repeateJl. told mo ol its good eUxt upon tlieir ck!ldren." Da. Q. C. Orooo;, Ca.oria Is the het iemely for chil Jr-sa cf whicll I am ecq-:a:nt.el. I hopo t!:o Czy ii rot far distant when siothers will coasi lor the real Jtiten-st of thir cuil Jren, and use Castoria in:oo4 of the variousquaok nostrums which ar destroying their loved onee, ly forclacrcri'-mi, tnnrpLine, Booth'up syrup and other hurtful e.grnw down tlu-ir throats, thereby eeudki them Vt preiaature grartis." Pu. J. F. Kiscjtelck, Conwaj, Ark. Tuo Coataur Company, TI M.1TJI"

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The INDIANA STATE SENTINEL $1 per year. And the AMERICAN FARMER $1 per yea Both Papers One Year For $1.25. We have made arrangements with the publishers of tha "AMERICAN" FARMER1 to budpIv our readers with that excellent Farm Journal in connection with the STATfi fcE.NTI.N'EL. We will furnish to any person who will end us 51.2 both papera foi one vear, to any address. We think this is the beat otter ever nude by any paper. W4 must have UXC HUNDRED THOUSAND 11EADEUS for TIIK STATE SENTINEL, and we believe this ofler will brine that number. Just think of it! Two papers foi only $-1. 25! Sm.l in vour monev at oni'e. We neel not fcav anything about tho merit! of THE INDIAN STATE SENTINEL. Everybody knows it is the Best Weekly Newspaper in the state. THE AMERICAN FARMER Is a sixteen-page Agricultural Magazine, published monthly, at Fort Wayne, Ind and ia one of the leadinz agricultural publications of the country. It is devoted exclusively to the interests of tho Farmer, fc-'toclc-Breeiler, Dairyman, Gardener, ani thsir household, and every epeciea of industry connected with that treat portion of the people of the world the Farmer. The sulwcription price ii ONE DOLLAR FEU YE Alt. Farmers cannot well pat alonjf without it It put new idoas into their minds. It teaches them how to farm with profit to themilvos. It make the home happy, the younK folks cheerful, the prowler contented, the downcast happy and the deinagoua honest. Call at thU office and eee a sample copy. Xo farmer can keep house well without it.

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Wfi are ensMed to ofrr ovr reern mot trct!T'cntn. I'in ition. I')- which li h) taiu a c r f ll " Mnnirn t cxik l:Mi'k" alrevlutely l:-t. H:i Latueoue ml nltt; C'oolt Buolc L.i

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