Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 March 1891 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MOltNINO. M.VRCII 4. 1891-TNVELYE TAGES.

FARM AND RESIDE

THE HOWARD LITERARY. ANSWtniNQ IOA S. LlteU Qnnr Mora to fay tha My II. L. C. ruiCMH i;.xruo my comin? again so soon: fl Ke "Ma S." ha attatkt-d my pet Lobby npain, and I wott't staii J H'eitig my favorite jut manned and mutilated in that ruthL-s manner. "Ma S.," I did not fay that children would u vvayn elect tho person root to bo trusted ; but I do nay that Urn averago thild will stlect tne person villi the love ofchildien most prominently develops end tho p rson whod sympathies: for thu young rru strongly in the nacndency. And let m flay that tho lovo for children does not always makj a man trustworthy. S orne nature may be highly social, and yet very deceptive. In referring to children I did nut mean to intimate that they could diviuo or classify tlvj different traits ci chnracter belonging to an individual, but that they enn eeo and read the expression of tvinpithy and pood Mlow-hhi,-; that the love of children is in their favs. 1 know a crusty bachelor that is i-shamed of his love for children, lie .lon't know he po-.-sese Mich a trut cf character. Hut lie hadn't the dicirt to turn them away without n-une liitlu act of sympathy or kinunres. lie says that bo rtoeun't like children, and they are a pesky nui-ance ind worry tbo lim out of hi:n. 1 o tell th j truth, 1 lu vr saw liim endeavor to pain a child's atlection, yet children run to him for amusement and sympathy juat as natural as a pig squeals fi.r H'viil. He said to me ono day, "Why l it tuat aJl th dirty little kids run to me".'" "Whv, do they?" 1 asked. "Yes!" ho said. "Now juat watch them fcnd sec." And 1 did. There w fix of us in comprnv. Ti e first railroad crofin we came to ve were sitting on the Mep waiting for a train, w hen a until child about-three yenm cM enme toOdlinsr nronnd. "Now watch that kid," tai l tiie bachelor, "and see if it don't come up to me." We all watched, and, 6ure enough, after toddeling around and lookinsr at all of us, it came up to bim and commenced to tug at his clothe. "It's your treat. Jchn," I sahi. He grave it a nickel, but it drng riprlit to him And we all took a hearty laucjli at his exJense till the mother came half an hour ater and found the child sitfnv: contentedly on tha floor, between his lew, rating candy, and lookin? up in his face. We were in a show pome hour after, -when a small, dirty Indian papoose came nd aquatted in front oi him. and gradually edg-d up to him and commenced to tday with his clothing. Time alter time A. J .. . .

1 rave noticed th same ming mnre. inrariah!7 the children will goto him in any crod or any place, yet I never k;iv him endeavor by" any way toattract their attention. And as tor looks, ho h no better looking t!ion many oilier men. Hut the love for the young is shown in h : largj, mcUt eyen. rcind, red lip", miidnes of speeeh and rjtiick sympathy for the youug of v.vn or ani-rai. "Ida .,"y-jtir unbelief in phy.-iognomy remind mo of a youmr man who wa workin? vriih cio when 1 Ilrst commenced the -t'Hy: He or nroiVKM.-d to be, a nkeptic. Thre vt- hi If a dozen of x:a. At noon thev wo'ild have nio p t lxok and chart en together v.e wot. id ptudy the different traitrt i t rhcr -tor peculiar to each of u. 1 " vour!' man had a very narrow fw e, a iJvid-mouth, u little short puj noe, ru'r- hair that -:rew c'.'-e !ow n on his fihad, and a lonif crooned thk. lie v,i-i, in fhort, a weak, tit kle anima', po-ee:'--d of e2iJ6 pood junlities withont ffrenth or purpose enouph to develop thc-n. I took the book am1, commenced cv t llinr bim he cotdd imit.vo hird and onimals, that he cc:dd crow like a ro.ter or hueal liiie a pier, that he could imitate trie walk, t&lk, manner or cctiora of others. b"it tbat he never cou d forma plan of hi.s own and carry it vut, but he conl'l mimmie or do anything lie had Been another do; that toniawk or minunic Tra? his delight. lie went luto raptures and said "thnt'e me. "Now," paid I, "let ice show you a man that looks like you, and takes delipht in t'irh thinps." I opened the chart to a lave chipanzeo, thereupon l.e flew into a rape and declared it was all a fraud, a lio and a pcbcmo made up by tho rest of us to rrihke him, out an ape. lie was silent and moroe nil afternoon. At hipjit we mifiH -i Will, and slipping around, o looked in at the window. Ho bad the chart open at the ane, fctanding before the glass, twisting and distorting hid face and pom, IhrcuL'h as many antics as a monkey ith his mouth full of water, I opened the door and said mildly: "Yon ee the resemblance now, don't you. Will?" "Yep," he said : "but you will have to acknowledge one thin." "What is that?" "That I can tacklo like a gooso, and tbat'e more than you can do." I acknowledged my inability, and Will became a convert, and ever since then, to use hi3 expression, "he ia going according to the bock." "Hamlet," pardon my ncflipence; I have been trying to cc nbine novel writing with 6tove-woo4 splitting. They wouldn't hitch. I got a man to pplit the wood but have fallen behind on the novels; hnven't found any help at that point yet. "Welcome. "Trisie," welcome. Let ui have more pood letters and keep the II. L. C. what it aiready is. the bett part of the whole paper. "Little Quaker." "JESSIE CLYDi" AGAIN. fh Talks Fleaaantly in Seteral InteretttoK Kixd Feiexds Beliavinjr that with tho will to do a way ia provided. I have eeaUd myself with tho intent. on of writing, yet without having chosen any partitular subject upon which to ejeak. How much I envy our talented members the power they poses of expressing their thoughts in poetry. However I enjoy the reading cf it very much, and two ci the gein3 in the usue of the 4th inst. will find their way to ray treasure box, and from thence, some day in the near future into a uice large book mado for that purposo. I presume some of the gentlemen cf the II. L. C. are wondering bow many fault their lady friends have discovered in them to excuse, thtt w if they acknowledge the popsesion 3f any, (any faults I mean). "Hamlet" is responsible for the Question but not the replies. "Solicitor you are right. We are to a very great extent the "chi drcn of our own- deeds," as well as the children of circumstances, the former of which facts ebould render ua more thoughtful of the seemingiy unimportant matter of life. In several of the recent i-'sue of The e"TISEI I have roiled the "Sunday Children Cry for

Thought on Morals and Manner" by a (. lervmun. That column ban always hern read by me with an Interot pecond only to tliut f It in the letters on our page. Jlul if I tm.y veiitnrn nit opinion on tho Piihject I think Mr. Clt-rtf) man' criticism upon the "four hundred" a littlo too vre. snd at the time of the apparently unpiovoked attack upon their Iniellipt nco and moral I wn t' ipted to retaliute, but decided that in thin instance, as neil us matiy other-', Mlei.ru would by golden, NIK 1 I de pared tho inevitable repentance follow ing a bnrtty retort. "('hatterhf),,f I am ptkntlj waiting for vot.r iiext lively litter. "i'ewilrop," your letter wns received and u n auto-card wnl imtncdlntely vhicli 1 tru:it ha eri this reached you. "Ltila ('ornehi," I watit tit ak you conlidi-ntially whid ii.feretice yoi'. would draw from a remark to thcctlcctthat you Lnd a "powerful imaginalion." I have always been given credit for lelri strictly truthful and in justice, to m If will pay that Mwh i my due, I pen aomo one Mailing, but in a hhort time imw we may all Miulo unobp rved behind our broal palm leaves. If the fans in the Howard par ors were all mad. of gnuzo that would moI1 the trick; but then th"y would not lo lialf an sen.ihf. 1'or fear you may all think that I lack that most important posM-mion and being now in ono of my frivolous mood, I (-hall bid the new members welcome and tho older ones adieu until they hear again from 'Mj.je Ci.v ik." tw York, Feb. IS, ltfd.

THE DnWDSOP" R ITURN. MThat PTaU n lUppr MrrlKe" II. Ii. C Fiulsph I have been asked to write upon the eubjtct, "What Makes a Happy Marriage?" I will now try a few word upon the question. Some have already written upon it and they, a all others must, admit that truo love forms one of the most important parts. Were wo to judv'6 from the great number of unhappy marriages 1 am afraid though, we would ask, what is love? ordorsaach a thing as true love really exist? I bcliovo though that it does exist and the caua of unhappines.? is ia some other direction. If our young meu and women would l3 I'incere and honest with each other during their acquaintance before marriage, not tryinar to appear bettor than they really are and as sooa as tho honeymoon is over appearing iu their truo character, I think one cause for unhappinena would bo removed, for it is deceit that causes much unhappinoMi. Thon again, if husband and wife would each save some of the affection with which they aro to liberal before marriage for the weary days afterward, when n kind and cheerful word or pleasant pmile is so much needed .tvl appreciated, it would add greatly to their lmppines.5. (i'rls should know how to do all kinds of housework, c?p?cialiy rooking. No diligence, how well educated you may be j or. arc not aecoinp i.hed until you bavv thoroughly mastered the art of god housekeeping. 11 m lea, this goes a long, long ways' in m k eg a happv home, for with tl.H knowled.' you i an &dJ bomueli to tl.eeot fort unii pleasure of home life. 1 he young men chould be capable of making n living. Tiu young man who dos not nrtke a living for himself before marriage is iet likely to make one for a family afterward. N) girls, bo careful of Mich. There are tunny other things that might be addi'tl which to to make married life loipj.y, but I wnl leave them f ar some ono el-o to li'vo; perhaps pome of thoe menibt rs wlio are nurrieil and who could speak from experience miht give souio good idens on lh5 Mil.ji-et. "(iano," you ask for my experience "on returning to tho fold." etc. 1 have no experience to give thut would be of interest to you, yet I will UW yon that I received a royal wvlr-ome and moro of love, honor and charity was t-hown me than was reprcseiited in those remark of yours toward iue. If you w ish to L ,e ut to vour mot o vou must clian-jv your heart. Icar"Klk," have )vu forgotten mo :r are you angrv? No, "lllue-L'yeil Charh-y," I cannot ir.agino bow you came to know mv initials u ulcus I. W. told you. 11a! haf Won't you pVaue tell mc? I gaej-s I was mistaken iu you as I ilo not recognize you from your initials. 1 havo a few auto cards left yet. Will yen exchange with me? I behove you said you had come to exchange. ".Nobody's "Parting." 1 Lad intended to reply tothoe r-marLs of yours to "Ilatubling Jtrrv." for they were unjust, but we mutt part friends, so I will not say anything. With kind wishes to all, good-by. Sprir.glicld, O., Feb. 2S. "Dewdrop." HOW TO COOK MANY THINGS. "Happy O il Malil"Kinlly Farnluhe Svrl VA'atbie t'-oiiklni 8uKKtlnna. Dear II. J. C. Friexus We butchered today and I sea?oned the sausage thus: Two and a half heaping tablesDoonsful of ealt and one and a haif tablespoonful of ground pepper to every two gallons of neat. Souie prefer a little tiage. I Etufled the sausage in mualin sacks, made out of strips nine or ten inches wide, and in two or throe days I sha'l put away two gallons ior summer use. .lico about three-fourth of an inch thick, fid the bottom of my bread pan and tkillets and fry on top tho stove and in the oven until it ia thoroughly cooked; then pack in a jar. When full place a small piate on top with a weight on and lid up with hot lard. When cool tho plato can bo removed aud melted lar I poured over until the lard covers the sausage one or more niches deep. Then eet away in a cool room ; but never in the cellar. When I take out a me, wdl just heat it through and pour the lard back in the jar and be sure they aro well under it to keep tho air out. I keep it thus until full, just using a mess of it occasionally. "Xani" wishes n to give our modes of cooking meat and vegetables. Thero is no better way of cooking either por, beti or chicken than to put it in the roaster with a little wattr, then lock tho top pan and place in the oven, and it requires no further attention until ready for the table, ur.les- one wishes to cook vegetables in tho broth. Totatoe are very good cooked either with pork or beef and should be put in a half hour before the dinner hour, bnt as all cooks are not the possessor of a roaster, or baker, some will boil their meat until cooked and if wished it can be browned in the oven in an opn I an. To cook turnips, cut in small pieces, place over the lire, season with lard or butter and halt end cook until soft, then if w desired they can be mashed with a spoon. As fruit is so scarce thia winter I often make a custard for dessert. I take a quart of sweet milk, beat three eggs, add sugar and spice to tastn, atir in the milk, pour in a tin pan and bake in the oven until it thickens. It is pood either warm or cold. For many, many weeks I have been expecting "Grandma Love" to make her appearance on Dobbin, and if she don't come soon I rdtall think it's all a myth about her riding horseback. "Ida 8," Pitcher's Castorla.

who told you I threw the flour around so? "Dvcrrein," lo you remember mo? "Aunt Kcberca" wishes to know how you recognized her after her long absence. "Trixie." if you were hero "(iertio" and "I' lhel ' would let you rida or, of the colts the ouo 'Viertio's" pa can't catch, I gUP-H. ".b ssirt Clyde," your Idea of a happy homo is also mine. "Littlo Quaker," ain't you Imposing on "Joab?" "Arantnoro," is it not a hull late to welcome such nn old member as I am? It's all right, however, but if yon don't quit making fun of the poor farmer I shall tako up my pen In tiieir defense. Who will send me tho Howard pat'o of Dec. "1? I would he no thankful for it. II. CM. "HOMii HAPPINESS."

OrumViIng an1 Fault Finding Faint to I n in I '.jr I'cnne. Deak II. U C. FiuEMH May I have a peat near "Jebsie Clyd" and "Camilla" that I may linten to them discnsMnjr home happincbs, for the subject is one that all Christian peoplo should Ptudy.? Home, where sunny face smilo, fair flowers bloom, Fwect voices sing, ia the Kden of tho fonl. In it pure lovo forms tho gulden chain w hich draws dear one around tho tircide, and he w ho neglects the endearments is a stranger to the purest of joy. Uut there aro certain rock on which homo happiness, if it strike, i very likely to pplit. Ono of thesa is fault finding. Tho habit of prumbling is fatal to family peace, and if indulged in habitually by any binclo member of a household is sure to disturb the harmony of all the rest. Like mot bad babiti this is formed Insensibly, and irany inveterate and fretful fault-finders are so unconscious of their besetting tin that in their o.vn eye they are models of amiability. Tho oil of civility is required to make the wheels of lifu run smoothly. 1 he habit of fault linding, so h:.ich indulged in by some, is exceeding')' provoking and will in time ruflle the calmest spirit and sweetest temper. It is tho litlle annoyances, perplexities and tniafortunes which often remler life a burden, the little omiiou ot minor duties and the committing liitle faults that perpetually s?otirgo us end keep tho heart sore. Constant fault finding, persistent miarepretentations of motives, suspicious of evil where no evil was intended, will complete the work in all but too ilne?t and most heroic natures. Children who habitually obey the commarulment, "Be kind to one another," will find in mature life that the bond of affection thus early planled ia a fortune far more valuable than gold. The man who has a sweet, amiable, kind disposition is ponght aiter in the ptreet, in the shop, Flore and home. Wherever he goes be carries an air of fragrance to all within his presence, brother and sisters, let us cultivate a kind disposition, a lovir.g nature, a' way have a gent e word for every one, and you will send a heaiing balm to nn army of discouraged, heart tickened fellow travelers. "Mrantro Marv," "Nobod-'s Darling," "Uora hickens." "Ma-v of O ampaipn," "Ma.lolin Kiveis," and "Hopeful Kate," why are you absent po long? "John's WitY," did yon receive our Inst letfer? I trut you ar j better en this. May the ilrar IorJ t nctil'y your nUlietions and draw you clo to him. Adieu. "Lak, tmi: Qf.iKFitrss. Montpctier, lnd., Feb. '2C. AN EARLY PEACH PLOSSOM. Many Mnttera R-f-rrcl to In a Vfcry Pleasant Krjr Way. In.ut IIowam Fkienus Please open the door quickly for the wind in blowing terribly, and I am not like some folks, for I do not like to hear the wind blow. I think today has been windy enough to euit even "Lilly Harlow" and "Jessie Clyde." What can I write that will be interesting? I could compliment a reat many but that is what I seldom do. I thiuk though thut all the members are good writers. 1 thought "Mary Bell's" ttory of a "young, lady' influence" was very good. Ah. if wo cou:d set so good an example. I have been very much interested in a tercperan' C ptory w hich I havo been reading called 'Millerton' People." It waa worth reading. I love to read a good .story. I have read a gr.-nt inany boots, anions them is one I thought tho bett I ever read. It is called "John Halifax, Gentleman." I suppose other liked it as well as I. Yes, 'Solicitor," 1 think a great deal of the thoughts andopiuions expressed on the page. They will have an inlluence on some one. and we should bo very cartful not to carelessly express ourselves of things thut ar ot such vast importance ch soroo of our subject are. One never know even by word, act'on or deed what hi or her influence is toing to be. Wo are burely setting a good or a bad example for tome om aud I would grieve to think that it was other than good. I believe bome one asked what waa needed most in the kitchen. I believe I would take tho broom this muddy weather, any way. I must speak a word to the invalids. Spring will boon roll around and I hopo that w ith it may come good health for you ail. How I wish I could gather you ad u nice bouquet of wild flowers; for they arc my favorites. I would wish to present it myself, for that would furnihh such a nice chance for becoming better acquainted, would it not? What good poets the page has. I think they are very pleacant writers. I Fpent Sunday afternoon, Feb. 15, at the home of "Invalid John." I was afforded the pleasure of aeeing the shadows o'i some of the member of the page and was favorably impressed with them all. lie is ns cheerful as a bird and is longing for the beautiful fpringtitne so that he can make me a visit. His mother, also an invalid, is not improving very much in Lealth. As I am somewhat of a stranger perhap I had better be looking for my "bunuit." Perhaps some of you will think me a little too early but nevertheless i am a Teach Blossom." man ever alert. Wbare it Will 11 Lncc Uli Rtitlfii DUpnuitlnn for Advsuiuro? To the Howard Club Man has had an uncontrollable curiosity, evor since the world began, to know all about it construction aud to explore it from end to end. For this purpose be builds great ships and sails in them to unknown seas, and perishes, or returns home crowned with roses. This curiosity is natural to him. It has always existed in him and I suppose always will. It now seems as if be will be compelled to pause for the ice-locked region of the north seem ab'e to successfully defy him. What he will now do, or where he will now go. for lands new or pastures green, is only a matter of conjecture. The U. 8. government will no longnr aid him in this particular field of enterprise. Too many bones of American heroe now cover those ice

fields, and too many have returned empty hand eil, for our government to longer tolf.rat it. Africa is oM. fctanlv, pek, Ihtker, (rant nmt Livingston barn won all tho Juurtlfl to ha found in that quarter. 'J'h Citrlch-plumsd chieftains of that benighted land are now believed by carothinking people to be as harmless a cooing doves. If they were ought rle, whnt would Mnnley ami 1'min llv hare done agairii-t them with their handful of men? Auntralia Ij no longer a land of hdcnture, except lor unarmed sheep-herder and straggling traders. reide, thero Is nothing to be gained by Hiking your life (n Stanley calb it) in that monkey, populated, or kangaroo-crowned country; the flrt or hict. We no longer have a gohKn West for the recreation and immortalization of heroes like l'.ootio and I 'rocket. China never was a good Held for such heroes; '.either was .India. Put man will go on. I lis genius will find some place for e!o Invent on of his own) to exercise his curosity in thi i mundano sphere. '.An airdiip, I understand, has been built ami successfully sailed. Why can't ho vihit tho north pole in that vehicle of aerial navigation? And white ho is preparing for that journey why can't some of our grat dignitaries kick up a war? That would interest him till everything is mado ready for his northern tnp. Put this is enough; man will go on, but I will censo, so i u revoir. "Mapolin Pivki;s." h'tockwell, lnd., Feb. 21. A MITE OK PKOSU AND POETRY.

"Hitler OTet" Comra with MMii to Svinlnn.'t a Toem for AH. Mv Peak Fpikniw There seems to bo a lull in tho convert ation just. now. 'Tw ill never do, and to help along a little I'il contribute my mite again. I wish so many of your faces were not strang-3 to me, but as they aro it is a pleasure to study them and determine your character. I am an awatvur "burnpologist," or rather, "physiognoiniVt," you see. When adversity conies, though, we usually learn who ere our friends, "bumps" or no "burupa," "faces" or no "faces.", don't we? "Later Ol.," I am sure I recognize your face ; w hy don't you w e'eotae an II. L, C. frien d to the rank and join in the con vereation again? Thank you, "Maud Maple," for your kind words. I should like to think we are congenial. Mr y I bring my chair over by you awhile, to we can become better ncquainted? And "Kdith Hell," you encouraged me so much, that I venture with another contribution. You ere certainly excusable if you read my name wronj, receiving it at tho time you did. On, I have been so busy, so busy this v.intefani last autumn l" imagined the '-. Liter would lo very long. There is so much I wanted to do that mut bo left undone for spring will soon bo here, for didn't I see nemo robins bopping around the other morn. M ivbe the "groundhog" was asleep and didn't peo his "shrtdder" Ya'ertlne day. I hopo ho. There were some mistake noticeable in my other letter, but. lain not a going to blamo the editor for four thero wdl Mill bo more iu this, and I know it won't be his fault. We Jnvo been having wmo very good poetry here lat-ly, so good that I am in aquandery whet her it would ruin my reputation forever as a poet if I gave you the melancholy little poem I composed one lonesome rainy day "once upoi a time." If I cannot cotnpoee poetry L can wash dishes, but. here it is: WIUKY. I ia lonely, I em vtry, Vry ot btb toil and strife. And tho war em lung a: d l retry, As I journey thro f-h this life. Why to too wero longing fflvea, Tfial I so hard coQirxi!, Oh why will cot mrr existing Satisfy tuy rostlns rul. Lord I'm (tarrlnr, I bar etUa Only lastolss Luekt of bread, Gra-.t thy lore with which to wotn. Ail tbs Ro t I waldt tx fo'l. Manna for thy hungry ctiUJrcu, Thou dldt't furnl.'U long 0, K jiirbbed by aa wct a portico, I will purely trocgor gnw. m tired, weak, dmpalrtn Tatty trial f;t od near, And like A tbo I ilc luriojr On my bark a woiM ef tare. L.trtMy hope, and earthly pi. aiurf t-tem but budt to ( I and llo, Ai J all cn.ie of ray buil ling, Falleu at tnj fect no lio. I am weary, weary, weary, 6nd and ilek, lonvsome, f lrlom, And my thoughts aro very dreary Ou tUli Fetruary morn. Soft! metblnka the elouJs are lifting, And t.-u lty !iinei falutly through. While a winsome Iittl aunbeata V'.ct'jras iljlj iato viw. I?ow I'm bojiln. truly hollos. That the cioudi wl'.l scatu r 't la tbt i1rk I bars heea grouping, l'ut daylight Uaa come at last, Aiid a band ia gently beckoning. Guiding ma lo loe a d rut, W bile a lci Is sweetly taring, 'Teace, bo ttlll. Gad knoweth 1 rit," AtUoine, Feb. Z "BITTKH-S'wtT.,, AN INtXP-NSIVE THROE. 'Hopeful Kate" CiUra Directions How to !I1mI: One. Dear II. L. C. Friends May I come in this evening and have a friendly chat? I have been absent for eome time and fear I have been forgotten. I shall call and try and remind others of their duty. Now w by don't you all write at least four times a year, and all who have moro epare moment write oftener, thtja I am sure the page would bo well filled, "lister Agnes," I am glad you believe a I do about farm life, but I will not argue with "Aranmore" or ho will think I am determined to have the last word. Hi letters show be is one of the country cousins and ha had experience in farming, bat will say he had better eet a different cowboy, lor the one he told about is surely deaf and blind, or he would not have driven the Jeraey cow in front of an approaching tram. Thanks, "Jessie Clyde," for your description of the scarf. It isdelicate, but certa nly beautiful. I will try and give direction for an" inexpensive throe. Take one yard of bobbinet and hem with old gold Hops in brier stitch ; then make star of gold tinsel about six inches apart over the body ; make forty rosette of bobbinet with tinsel star in center of each twenty for each end; make four scallop by joining four together, then three, two and one; now join two F.allops at each end of the throe and it ia finished. I should like to exchange auto cards, but do not know the address of the various member. Any one desiring to exchange please visit the page with a good letter and give the address. I shall send at once. "Little Quaker," I hear you have learned my name, as I have your also. I should like to meat and get acquainted. 'Camilla," your letter I splendid; come again soon. "IJoosicr Boy' I have ceased

to look for that proponed vbit. I fjuppni you havo been busy baking biscuit for )our shier' wedding. "Nster Minnl," may your sorrow b bnt hw i Ihj wUhof "JIojti'cl Kate." Central Indiana, Feb. !". GITTINO Kf5L'!.T9.

T. It. Mill" lUfuaoa ( ftltl Any Longnr. DkakH. I O. rirM I wonder If thero ia any ono hfro wlio tver hear J of "U. 11. Mill V" and I ho echo answera-po, it don't answer; even the cehoes have forgotten mo and pay no attention to my question. I uwed tooive iu it while (and sometime twice in a while) writ omethlng about tho farm, but now the farm is frozen, that when it isn't all over mud, and so I am without n uupject. I have been reading Fmerson'a essays, also a part of "Krbert Flsmere." Tho former is a splendid book, w hile the latter I'll not say anything about The next time I come I'll May at homo and send Mra. ftill in my place. I know she will interest you better than I can. "Sapoho." did you receive our letter? It seems that every one of you always ha something to talk febeut wheu yuu come, while I can only utter incoherent sentence. Isn't it cjueer how choap u fellow feels wheu he is trying to say homcthr.iu shurp and i.tils. I usuaby havo the pleasure of holding that portion. Hut eome kind heart-d, charital la friotid will oae to tho rescue und eay "Oh, you did line." He says it through pity, but no Inwardiy bless him for it. That reniuds mo cf tsocidled friends who inwardly are a ravening wolves. They am so very good to one's face. I'.nt, oh, they only do it for sehibh motives, thinking they can. by playing on our creduiity, find ou? thing" to belittle us with jiftrwferd, bi.t the dart they hurl nt us will, like a boomerang, return with double force to the sender. Onrity cv. crj up a roult'tude of sin-, eo let them hide under that, for wo dare not rebuke them, for it might perchance bo that there was a lunatic among them, and of course it would be wrong to rctukc euch a one. A ever, U. B. Stim..'' Gravclton, lnd., Feb. 23. ANOTHER WEDDING. Two Slembert of th Msaioa Urate) Clob MarrlcA. EgTF.EMKD FltlKVIV ThtS frpr.'.llg I venture forth from my new quarter to greet you, although I have lately penned a letter to the pae. hat prompts mc- to venture this time i to announce a happy mariiage which took place in the quiet ranks cf our branch club. Perhaps the members will d pleased to know that 'Cornet" and "Cousin Mary" were quietly united in tho sacred bonds of Hymen. This b?.ppy union took place on the morning of the 11th of the present month. It was an enjoyable occasion to all who wero permitted to be pro.-eiit. It was a bright dpy, suitable for this happy event. The contracting parties were the favorite of orir brunch, of which they wer members. Among eighty seven persons who were pres :it wtrw Jupiter,"" "Vernon Star," Laclede," "Toinafte," "Enrcka," "1'eggy Short'".md "Comet," who conferred upou them their heart-feU rongratulation. Afier they weie united by the motcacred bond of (.iod. nil partook of a delicious repast, suitable for a king. Mo.u of the latter part of tho day was spent in feasting, which was mucL enjoyed. All present, perhaps, left that tmiot home with a feeling of satisfacti' :i that they we o favored with a permit to be present. This is uti exponent of tho union of "Solicitor"' and "Kve tho Quaker. ss." The writer of this wit-hes tho happy couple an enjoyable and prosperous voyage oa tho sea of matrimonv. "Comict." Dayton, Mo., Feb. 2". Llt:i True IWuo'a" Ittar, Dear II. L. C. Friknos If you will permit mo to call you such. I shall, for I am one of your many friends. I did nat intend to vioit your page so soon, as I am not a member. Rut many thanks, 'Touipadour," for so kindly inviting rue back. "May J.'.olie," I hope you received my letter from a little stranger iu the West. I wanted to tcb you all that I have attempted to join your happy circle. I have written to Mrs. I.owery for information and receivd encouragement. I treet i will not bo long until I am one of your many happy members. I am sixteen year- of age, "my nauvo home i Indiana and my parents came to Iowa when I was twelve years old. I have always lived in the country, but we expect to move to town toon. 1 like a farm much better. I shall rxt take a subject to write on this time. "May Relle," pWse. write to meaxm. I think the fires-ide page the most interesting parts of The Sentinel. My parent like it too. I would like to know how many members the club contains. Perhaps aome one of the member know. "Al," plenno write more about your trip. "Tri.ile,"' your departure waa too foon; please come again. "Kvergrccn," "Chatterbox," "Aranmore" and "Evening Star" all please write scon. "Ida S.." your letters are very good. I like to read them. My letter i growing lor.e, but I have not said all that 1 would like to say either. I am ever vour Feb. 22. "Tm-E Little Blik." 10o9 Burlington-road, Muscatine, la. Wan la Information. II. L. C. Friends. Since I have been a member of your club I have made but one brief call, and though I have !een tilent, your many instructive and . entertaining letters have been read and enjoyed. Our circle must be growing very fast, to judge from the many new names that have appeared on the p&je lately. O, welcome to all new members. The poets seem to be coming to the front with abundant material from which to cud the gem ior that book of poetry. "Olla," tell me something about telegraphy. 1 have practiced alone till I cati now take and send twenty word a minute. What should I do now? Keep practicing alone, or trv to get in an orfice and finish learning? if I have ordinary ability how long would it take yet before it would be safe to apply for a situation? Toil me can Jidly what you think of the business, anywav. "Hamlet, will you exchange photos mith me? If I did not think your nerve were strong I would not make this request, I will call again, dear friends, but nevermore under the nom of "Count Lks." Bloomington, lnd., Feb. 14. Uox 23. To tho Pacific Ctat. Go to California via tba through lines of th Burlineton fioate, from Chicago or St. LoaU to Denver, end tlieoee over the near broad gauge, tbroueh car hni of th Denvsr and Rio Grande or Colorado Midland tttilway via Leadville, Glenwood Springs and alt Laketbroueh interacting oitiea and vniurpaeioi ccnerr. Dining ears all the way.

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THE HEALING OF ISAAMAX. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON OF MAR. 8. An O.d Tca.aui'nt ?IlralNota and Couimat IIlta Otcr II tri rlrfa H.lprol Thoachti-rr.iff.f.l a. (a.lot.4ar!aitw t.erclo. I. King Xow Naa:san. captain of the host of the king of fcyria, was a great man with hi master, and honoraM?, becauae ty hiui tha l ord hid given (a) doliveratK'e unto Syri: he wax aiso a mighty man in valor, bat he wa a leper. And tho Syrians h id goni out 0) y compani, and ht. br"i:sbt away ca;tiva oat of the l;inJ of Israel a little maid; and the waited on Xi.aman's wife. And fhe ee.'d unto br miahvy.s, Vuld Go. I ray lord wero wi'h the prophet that is iu Samaria! for he would recover him of hi loproh. 4. And one v in, ;ini to'd hid lord, saying, Tbii and thu said th- maid tbat is of the bind f Israel . T. Aud the kinp of .cyri.x fai l : ftotrt, g. and 1 will r.-nd a letter unto the king of Israel. And In? d-nart"d nnd took with him ten talents f silver ;md :hio pitve ol told and t n chsne ot raiment. A. And he hrou jht th letter to the kinscf I Tan', nyinv. Now, v.Vn tli's lttt ris cMe ur.to thtv, b?ho!d, I vj: th rawilb f-cnt Naaaian iny r-ervunt to thee that thoa m:tyett recover him of hi lenrcby. 7. And It came to p-.i, nhen the kins of Ii,r:ed h id read ttm letter, that he rent hif clothes and raid: Ami (iod, to kill and to nia'KO alive, thr.t this man doth fiend unto me to recover a man of hileirov? Wherefore consider, I prey you, and see how h j secketh a quarrel against me. f. And it wa o. when I.'Hsha the man of icd had heiird that lh kiLg o Israel had rent hi clothes, that he sent to the king, anyirtc. Wherefore has tho.i rent thy cl.thfs? let Kirn como to me, and he nhall know that there i a prophet in Israel. W t Nantnan came with his hor-e and with h;a ( i charic.t, icd ttood at tho doirof tha house of Yj il.a. 10. And Klliha o'it a nfsp unto him, saying. o ana wa?h ir. Jordan wiven times, and tliv lleh shall come agein to thte, and thoii shalt be clear:. II. Ikit Nar man v an wroth, and went away, and paid: Heboid, 1 thought lie will aurely eomo ont to me, and tind. and cjJI on the name of the Ixrd, hi God, and id) fltrik hi hand over tha y.re and recover the leper. 11. Are r.ot Abana and Pharpar, nverp of Damascus, belter tha i all the water of Israel? May I not wa.di in them and be clean ? Fo he turned and went away in a 10. And bis servant- camo neurand fpakc onto him, and said: My father, if tho prophet hr.d bid thee to do ma great thine, wo lldost thon not havp done it? Ilow.mucii rather then, when he with io thee, wteh cud be ciean? 11. Then wnt ho down arid dippel himself ceven times in Jordan, nccoruing to tho taylng of the man of iod ; ?nd hi fleeti caine again like unto the tlesh of a little child, and he was clean. Crrlaed VrloB. (a) Victory. (b) In band?. (c) Chariot-. (d) Wave his band. Mud ComaaAfita. Time Ict ween SM and Ml & C. Place (1) Itemascu?, the csyital of Syria. (2i .Samaria, the capital oi Israel, 110 iniic distant in an air line. Kulers Jehoram, son of Ahab. kins of Israel ; Jehoram, ton of Jehoshaphat, king ol Judah ; Itenhadad II., kinsr ot S hi. Help Over Hard Piaces (1) Naam-m: "pleasant to look upon," "beauty." ''Captain: peneral, connuander-in-chief. Uy 1dm ' deliverance unto Syria; probably from tlie Assyrians. Kut he was a leper : either the white leprosy, which turns the body to a disurteatdy white color, and has a scaly textu e, greatly d:fieurinK t!:e vl tinta; or tho true leproy, a fowl, deforming, incurable, hereditary, contagious, painful disease that shuts men out from the companionship of the pure. "The hair fall from the head and eyebrows; the nail loosen and decay and drop ou" ; joint alter joint of timrer and toe ehrink up and slowly fiH away; tho gum are absorbed and the teeih disappear ; the nose, the eye, the tonjrue, and palate are elo-wly consumed ; aud finally the Wretched victim pink into the earth and disappears." In tho earlier stage one can attend to hi usual duties. (?) Gone out by companies: on raiding expedition ovtr the border, when thert waa no regular war. (3) Would God: ir.erely "oh that!" 4) And cne: probably Naaman himfelf. VVentin and toid hi lord: the kin? Ben had ad. (5) A letter unto the kinjr of Israel : supposing, of course, that such a prophet wou d be under the king's control or influence. Ten talent of 8 dver: about $16,'.Jl Six thousand pieces of. gold: worth about $45,000, Changes of raiment: costly robes for festive occasion. (7) Kent hi clothe: a sign of trouble and terror, tcekeih a cuarrel: he misunderstood the letter,

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Seeds, Flanls, Siircbs, Vises, Fruit & Ornsmsntal Trees, Etc, riever thinking it referred to hi petting Kliflha to perform the cure. (S) Khtha: Probably living iu Samaria. (10) Go and wash in Jordan: thirty mile away. Jordan had no power to heal ; and thus while Naaman mut hhow hi faiih by doing eomethinz, tt.o healing would direct him to the true (iod. Thin f lan would test not only his faith, but his obedience and humility. Moreover, the plan ueo eimpta and :uy that no vvi.lnijr person could tail. Thy fifth tdiall con e asain; the flesh w acting away with tho leproiy. (11) Nan man w a.i wro h: anry ; the plan wa contrary to his expectation and wounded hi pridV Vet it was the very one that would bring heal in? of the eoui with th healing of the body. (2) Aana and Pharpar: the Abana. now called Bara laran through Daniaseus in seven beaatifui stream. The Pharpar ran a little distance below the city. Petter than a I the water! of Israel: the Jordan wan a muddy stream running throuirh a wi lernes, "with no cities and few villages on iL banks. Tho Abana was a clear, cool, bright, beautiful stream, flowing by a hundred village and through ch nmirg scenery. (14) And dipped himself peven timc3 in Jordan: not oniy in the journey to the river, but al.c in the r-peate 1 dipri gs waj the faith of 'aaman put to the tent. I : I fill Tiioath'a. What a Chi d Can Do. Children cannol teach much alot Oiriet; but they can, Invite others t jchurrh and Sunday-school, where tho- are who can teach. They cannot answer all arguments againrt the truth, but they can point to thoe who are able to do it. They cannot make others Chrit-tian. but tliy can lead to Jeaua, wlio is able nn I w il in. The way of salvation is well illu&tratM by the advice piven to Naaman. 1. It would oint N.taman to the truo God, there being no healing power in tho water. 2. It wou'd tet and strengthen his faith. ''The journey from Samaria to the river would be a pre.it te-t of his laith." (Janthrnlgc li Vr. It would pive him time to think, and let the spiritual aspect of the case inlluence hi wi.l and bis character. 3. It would be a tet of hi sincere and bumble obedience. Without yielding the heart and w ill to God, there is no sidvaiion. 4. It would lead him awsy from all forms and superstitions and outward ubetitule br au obedient heart. h. And yet it would tme bim something to do, whh'h woull be a help to yie ding his wi.l to Go 1, and a proof ot his cbedien-e. ti. It was so simple and easy that there was no excuse for refusal. The New Heart The change In Naaman wa a typo of tho change made ia thoe w ho beiiev in Christ. (1) Their souls aru cleaneed from the guilt of past sin. Thev are wushed whiter than enow. (2) Their hearts are renewed with love and faith. Ttiey start anew as children of (iod. (3) A process hrs begun which will mske their characters pure and holy. (4) Their live shall become perfectly clean.-:ed. I'ntetlcal Kuxgeatlona. No lot in life is perfect. God Ms it bo so that we msy be led to Him, to spiritual die ami to heaven. Sin i like leprosy incurable, loathsome, contagious, hereditary, painful, arising from email bciininnjs, all-pervading, separating from the pure. A little child may lea I others to Jefus, Salvation is being cleansed from the lepronr of in. The way of salvation simple and easy. Only in God' way of faith and obedience can aalvation be obta ned. Many eeek salvation in forms, in knowledge, in art. in pleasures, in special acts of virtue or self-denial; but in vain. IleTlcw l.ierelap. (1) Who was Naaman? An. A Syrian general, rich and honored, but a leper. (2) Who showed him where he could bo cured? An. A little captive Jewish maiden told himaliout the prophet Elisha. (3) What did Llisha bid hiiu do? Ana. (Kepeat viii, 10.) (4) How may we be cleanped from the lepro-y of sin? An. The blool of Jesus Christ "ilia ton cleanseth us from all sin. Consumption Cored. An oU pliyiieian. r:ired from practice, hsd placed tu ilia hand, by an Fast India missionary the formula of a aimnla vesetabld remedy for the ipredy and penunneot raie of conamptiuii. bronchitis, catarrh, aatbma and all throat and lunsi atied-iou, ato a po.itire and radical cure for nerroua debility and all nervous complaints. Having tested it wonutrfol curative pora in thouaanda of cases, and de iriog to relicT banian anilering, 1 will vend free ot rhsree to ail who wish it, this recip io German, French or PnirlUh, with full dircotions for preparing and using. tStnt by to ail, by doressinr, with atatnp, naming this paper, V. A. MoYi, 8J0 I'oaer' blook, iiocbefter, N. Y. VALENTINE'S trale and then start the in Id -a loai srrr. ic. Bead lorcircuLara. VALE?JriSE BROS. Janeavlilo, Wia. SCHOOL OF TELEGRAPHY and farmns u i no cxperiHore tnaKe rjaso as liostr tlunnssnar-tlme. A. 1).Btl,IS4 W.Rob, wis Ave., (.otiDrmn, K.v., mi rl on 4sr, SSI ttnr- nrtk, Sumn ron. Prtrtrls riai Utgum free. J. CfcHErii.DfcCoCinc!DDau.Ok 1500J MPBIZE 'i'il XV!.. R AiZ- 1 . .