Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 April 1891 — Page 5

THE INDIANA. STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1891-TWELYE PAGES.

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THE HOWARD LITERARY. GRANDMA'S STORY. It was in April, a bright, beautiful Bprin? day, grandma was in the sittingroom at Farmer Charlton's residence, busy knitting when suddenly she dropped it and listened. "What was it she heard? 'Twas only the voice of her granddaughter Lura, sinking in such leautiful strains as' only those can 6ing who are gifted with musical talent. What were the won'.s? Only the ponsr of springtime, charming spring, lovely epring. As grandma listened to the merry strains recollections of youth, love and beauty came back to her. She arose from the rocker and walked to the mirror, and looking straight at the face that was once no beautiful, she repeated the words a'oud: "Youth is but a memory, faded like an ancient painting on a crumb'.ed . wall. Beauty has long since departed. The one I loved bo well has been laid ' to rest for ten long years." But just then j Laura came in with smiling face, cheeks as red as roses, eyes sparkling like diamonds. "Grandma, eee what I have brought you!" "A bunch of flowers, Lura dear. How i kind you are." "Yes, grandma, as nice a bouquet as I could select." "Thank 5 on, ray dear child," and she stroked the brown curls, then kissed her tenderly. "Lura, you do not know how that song stirred me that you sang while 1 you gathered the posies." "Well, it" it impressed you so deeply I wi'.l play it for you," and seating herself at the piano sue Fang and played. When ehe had finished grandma cud: "Lura, what day of the month is this?" "It is the 2.ith of April, dear granny," ehe replied. "Phase tell me a story." "ow, we are seated, I will begin my .story. It was sixty years ao, when I was la yuurg blushing "maiden just eighteen years ol age, the same 8ge that you are at prtff-ent. My hair, then, though snowy 'white now, was b ack as a raven, my eyes we e bright end sparkling, my cheeks were plump and rosy. Well, I was pronounced beautiful my many, and of the many young gents who sought for my company none were so well accepted as Clarion Charlton. It wa3 a bright, sunny day in At r.l, that morning I will not forge 1. 1 met liim in the meadow and he gave me a bunch of posies very much like the ones yo;i gathered this morning. Well, I carried them home and put them in a plass of water and kepi them as long as I could. Th-y were not the last llowers he gave me that spring, either. Wo spnt many happy hours together that sprii:g and taminer. Marion and I had nevt.r quarreled any then, and f really did not know what a 'lovers' quarrel meant. I finally learned, though. It was the custom tho.-e days to have apple-cuttings anions tiie farmers in our neighborhood. Marion and I were together one Sunday evening. He promised to come an 1 accompany me to Farmer Howe's the followlowinsr Tuesday night to the apple-cutting. Tuesday night came, but Marion did not come to go with me. I watched and waited until it grew late. Thinking something serious had occurred I excus. d him mentally. My brother Willie was then about fourteen years of ag". Hekindiy offered to zo with me. We went, I wondering the while why Marion had disappointed me. As bo:m as I got to the apple cutting Maggie liny told me Marion had gone awav. She told me. in tho presence of

many girls and boys, that ehe and her father saw him taking a drive that morning with a young lady. This mada me cngry with Marion. Henry Holmes noticed this and came to my side. "We chatted together, I tryiag to be pleasant if I was sad. When it came time to go home Henry kindly invited me to get in his buggy. I did so. Before I got home I felt sorry. What would Marion say? That ptory mL'ht be false, were the thoughts that entered my mind. When I got to my room I sat down and cried most biverly. I took the new ring from my finger and threw it on the floor. I had been engaged since the 4th of July, and this was about the last of August. Day and months passed. I never received a scrap of news from him. I grew anxious and paler every day. One morning when I had been hearing more n ws from the gossips than usual, I sat down and wrote him a letter and addressed it to his housekeeper, telling her to forward it to him. I sent him the rings and toid him to release me from the proinisa I had made. I wrote thin in October. In ovemb r he camo home, sold his property and settled up all his business, lie w as only at home one week. lie Etart?d to visit me then, butasluck would have it he met me with our young friend, Henry Holmes. No explanation followed. Henry and 1 did not go with each otuer only a few times. I told him we could be friends th it was all. Years passed away. 1 was now thirty years of age and my little pet sister was eighteen. She came in the house one spring morning with a bouquet in her hand-. the was bo well pleased, and I oh! I just thought my heart would buret. Louisa said, "Hattie what makes you cry?" I never told her. I kept it a secret from her. In the following September she was married. In just one year Louisa and her fcusbnnd were both stricken with fever and died. There were just thirty daya between their deaths, leaving a two-months-old babe for father and I to care for. We named her Lidy, and when she was tlx years of age she gathered posies for me out in the meadow all alone. One evening she brought a man to the house with her who was no other than Marion Chariton. He had changed somewhat and so had I. We were married the 2"th of April. So I wore the ring at last after a separation of twenty years. After that when Lilly would bring mo flowers I wou'd not weep, as in days of yore. Marion explained all to me. The young lady was his cousin. They were going to see his dying uoc e. He sent me two letters. I never got them. Your father, Lura, is our only chi'.d. If you outlive me try and remember my story about spring tlowvr. "Silver Bell." Rashviilc, Ind., March. DEFENDING "BAB." TtaV TlAthr l.lbea "Hb Her Letters Are to Meet Popular Tnate. Editor ani Readers I would like to eay one word in deiense of "Bab." There is no use to pay that I admire "Bab," or that I do not stand alone In my admiration, for I have eaid it all once before on these pazes. Taking my authority from several papers before me at the present time, I wiil have to aay that editors of different state papers think as I do over "Bib's" screeds, as they are called, and who should know better than the experienced editor what pleases the popular taste? Has Lu k"never heard of "pot boiers" that many great writers must come down to and make their genius subservient to? I know something of "Bab's literary asp rations and I know that these dashaway tid-bits are not to her mind, but what can one do in this day of great competition, and your bread and batter to earn for yourself? In this case you do not order the market, but the market orders that you put up your goodj

in the wav that will get them off hands the quickest. I will admit that "Bah" at times seems to rather overdo herself. We all wear s ockings, I hope, and onco in a while a person not belonging to the fair sex wear garters, and there is little genius required, and some lack of delicacy in telling just how long the former are and how many inches the latter require. Still one need not faint at it on all occasion'', and Pick, or any one else for that matter, might just as well say that Byron had no genius or deep learning because "Don Juan" contains many commonplace and indelicate :llusions. As to sav that "Bab" knows liitle, and to judge her intel.ect from these short sketches of hers. She is paid best to tell what she has to tell in the flippant touch and go away, which she is past perfect in. If she, in the swift changing kaleidoscope of her experience, saw the senate as represented, she saw it that way, and gives it at its worth. I cannot see where she impresses you, that her remarks on people are given as a true criterion to judge a set orja nation by. She writes for the day, or the hour only. A person's best thoughts in writing receive but tardv recognition by the public at times. "Bab's" are no exception to the rule. In the meantime, she must do tho best she can. All genius, "Dick," is more or les riighty, and eiven to doing and

saying things that em viitre to most peo3e. bo "Bab V learning is not hurt at ail y your assertion. i rank. "CLAMOR" WANTS A HEARING. Among Other Thing lie Likes the Farm re AHkaucr. II. L. C. Friends As I have been absent from the page for a long time and as the members have entirely forgotten my existence, I will appear this time under a new nom. "May Belle." I don't think you have forgotten me yet, although I probably deserved to be forgotten by you. I think you did me an injustice in saying that I was very angry at you. If you have not forgotten our argument on intemperance you will, no doubt, recall to your mind the above words. I will not beg your pardon, ".May Telle," as I think you misconstrued my argument. By the way, "Mav Belle," I have not seen one of your excellent letters in the page for some time. Ome again soon. 1 have been somewhat amused at some of the writers in attempting to discuss whether wheat will turn to cheat. It soeraa to me that it is foolish to discuss the subject further and to take up the valuable 6pace of The Sentinel in such discussions. To think for an instant that wheat will turn to cheat, will be to think that all laws governing nature were wrong. I think you are right, "Aranmore." "Little (Quaker," have you dropped the single-tax subject and gone to writing articles for the magazines? Probably you have- changed your mind. How many of the II. 1 I '. w riters belong to the farmers' alliance society. I would be pleased to hear from some of the w riters on this subject. For my part, 1 think the alliance as a society is all right. Il tends to educate the tillers of the soil and to bring them more closely together as farmers. They are better able to discuss questions of farm and home, and may, if they are inclined, meet combination by combination. The farmers want laws in their interest as well as monopolies. Bich men have been gent to congropa and have made laws to benefit themselves. Lawyen have gone to congress and have made laws to their interest. Now the fanner asks to be pent there that he might be benefited thereby. We have farmera of education and of great intellectual ability, who could not be elected to office for the reason that they had not the requisite amount of "rfwag." The farmers require purity in the ballot box. Tie National farmers' alliance is political and yet non-partisan. A srr-at number i f alliance men are too radical. Radicalism has been the death of nearly all new -1 was about to nay parties, but as yet the farmers' alliance is not a parry. no win be trie nrst to write something upon this subject? "Don't all answer at once!" "Hamlet," your description of the picture entitled, "t'hrit Before Pilate is grand. I could imagine that I was looking at tho picture while reading the description. I wonder when the "Comet" will appear again. I hope it will come soon. Well friends I must leave you for the present, but I hope to meet you agiin in the rieir future. "Clamor." Perryeburg, Ind., March 26. "GANO" WAK.S UP AGAIN. lie Flae a 'Word fur Several Members of th Club. Friends or the II. S. C. It is with pleasure that I 6tep into the parlor to u.ake an informal call, so w ill not discus3 any particular subject, but wish to chat for a short time with Home of the mem ben. "Janet Maywood," ina recent letter in speaking to "Pompadour" regarding what we have seen fit to call the follies of women, says: "I believe there are other subjects more worthy of our consider tion," I think that this thing of paint and powder ut-inz by women is their one curse in America, and should receive the bame condemnation by them that they give the liquor trallic, as it is almost ns damaging in its results. In statistics furnished by the Chicago bard of plnnnacy we find that the women of America spend annu ally $02,000,000 for cosmetics, most of which are made of fine ovide, cauomel and other poisons. Thi statement has lead at least one woman to remark: "How can women vain enough to paint and dye their hair bring forth children stalwart enough to resist temptations that lead to all manner of vice, including drunkenness?" "Begna See," I must thank you for your kind word, in commendation of my article on "Womanhood." I am glad to hear that you are a resident of old Jay and as vou say you formerly lived in Portland, it is possible that we have met, as this has been my ho i e for the past seventeen years. If you wish to know who I am, address P. O. Box 304 and I will let myseif be known. "Evergreen," I welcome you and am glad that you made the choice you did and returned to The Sentinel. "Mart Maywood," why your silence? I am anxiously awaiting a reply. "Philomela," welcome, but I am afraid that we all do not recognize you under a new name. "Shadow," a kind welcome. "C. C." and I are not so bad that you should want no chucked in the M. Ik "Thoughtful Elton," 1 am of the opinion that "Hamlet" does not know my discription any better than you do, so you had better get "Florence Nightingale" of "Geraldine" to help you out. "Pilgrim," welcome, make yourpilgrimago.s to the page often. What has become of our Missouri midget "Seclede " "Dr. Simison," I will be one to welcome you, so call again, as I think aome of the older members may need your services to wake them up. "Little Brown-Fyed Jennie,"your poem, "The Croquette, was grand. Come again. "Camilla," I am clad to know that my lat production met your approbation. I always endeavor to keep iny promises, even if I am a little slow sometimes. ' "JJewdrop," if I over-stepped the bound of our motto in regard to you, and thereby wounded your feelings, I am sorry for

it. But when I think of the treatment some of our members received at the hands of the promoters of that oreanization, and to see the way they g'oat over

the return of one of our members, it Is a little too much for some of us to stand. "Nobodv's Darling," alwava look upon the bright side of life, even though it does seem a task, and remember that Thuh f riu.ls deTt vou lu the race for fame. Though lortun- lpa- s you for tome other goal. Tbnach yo'i are blauifhfs, yet rrwive much blame. '1 h"UKh sorrow dwe.ietli eYe within your ioul. Though life hm been a iailur- and you plod Ko'ttei and ery o'er this earthly ball.. Etill If you bar faith, a trust in God, liett eo met a a:ter all. Rpt oometb after all, then highly climb; Hst cometh aiter all, thonzb wraith df parti, The wurld limy blame you. yet rt it sublime Mill drive the sorrow from your heart of hearts; Though life' aJ failures mae you onward plod, Sin sick end wmrr till roil reach the rail. Etill it you hve faith, a trust in ioJ, Ket cometh alter all. Ft cometh after all. then let tt co" Forth to the duties of the fleeting life, Raring our master's burdens for we know In Ilira is cotulort and a rest from strife And worldly sotrotr; let our faith ba shod With lore end lu'-rey, while we crer call Our friends to an ternal, mifhty God, l.cat comcih alt.r all. Erst cimeth after all, then as wo seek A higher lif-, a tvtter, grander road. Let us f Jens as a savior spi nk, For He will hulo us bear life's awfal load Of cares and siu, of doubt and unbelief, Of i arthly strokes, be they great or small. We thank Th-e, O i l, that life and trials ara brief. Ket cometh alter all. "Why is it that so many of the old-time writers are silent so lona? In this lot I mav include "Ixne St.nr." "Golden Star." "ex-Buckpye Iiov," "Yv S." "Franklin," "Flrstie Fern" and "Fuiry Frique." "City Chan," why did you net pay our city a visit while you were in this part of the countrv? I would be glad to have vou call. Some one, I don't remember who. spoke my sentiments when he or she paid that our pace would look better were those "tcD of column next to pure reading matter" sitrn boarJs removd to some other part of the paper. Portland, Ind., March 23. "Gano." SOMK RECIPES. n. O. M." Telia How to Make Pumpkin IU ami Cream Roll Cske. Pear Howard Friends Now that "Aranmore," "Wilmina" and "May Belle" have the page about cleared of advertisements, suppose we all try to keep it filled with Howard letters. I am sure we can do eo if all will do their duty. Don't let us wait for others to -write, thinking wo will not be missed or that more abler pens than our'a can handle the subjects under discussion to a better advantage. Each one can give views and all members are invited to do so. This wili make the page interesting to tne general reader. If I was not called to the kitchen so much I really believe I could say something on some otiier subject. I suppose I will have to ted "Aranmore" how to make good pumpkin pie this time, as he is the hrst gent. eniau who has requested a recipe for them. I'are the pumpkin, cut in pieces not larger than an inch square and cook until well done, leave the pot lid olf toward the last and stir frequently to keep from burning. When all the water has cooked out ot it take up in a dish. I think the pies are a little better if the pumpkin is rubbed through a sieve, but hs it is a slow process 1 do not always do so. When I do n-t 1 stir and beat it for a few minutes, adding teaspoonful of Hour for each pie and tstir in beiore adding the mi:k, etc. For six pies take from two to six egs. If 1.) cents per dozen two will do. but it they are cheap tots in twoor three more. heat the eggs a minute or two, then add milk, tpice, a teacupful of sweet cream with a half teaspoonful of soda dissolved in it, and plenty of sugar to make them quite sweet, (for herein lies tho secret of a palatable pumpkin pie.) Do not put too much pumpkin with the oiher inmvlents but have it rather thin, l'lace a K'ood rich crtif-t in your pie pans, fill them near y full of pumpkin and bake in a modi-rate oven, and report results. I have recently learned to make a most palatable cream roll cake. Here is tho recipe: Beat two ces and add one cup of suk'ar. one-ha f cup of sw et cream, one heaping teaspo nful of the pure baking powder f-tirred in one ctii of sifted flour; bake in a long bread pan, and, when done turn out n a clean cloth and roll up. It is lupcious eaten while it is a little warm. It is also good baked as layer cake. Do cake-makers know that after greasing cake pans they should dip them in flour and jar out ah you can before putting the dough in? Your cake will be less liable to ttick to the bottom of the pan. Thanks, "Muriel," for paper sent. I wou d have written to you, but did not have your address. Pleas j come to the page with one of your interesting letters soon. "Chatterbox" was glad to hear from you. "Write often and tell us of the country. "Sunset," I often laugh about the girls who could not sleep, and the visit to the state house. "Brow-Kved Minnie," come to the pace; I haven't forgotten your kindness. "Aunt Sue" and "John's Wife," can't you visit the page? I heard from "Prairie Flower" recently; her health is better. "Randolph" and "Only Sister," I ara waiting patiently to see your names among the Howards. "Little School-Mam," our last names are the same; wonder if we are re lated. May I ask our little folks where the word "mal owa" is found in the bible? Also where the shortest verse can be found? Who wili be the first to answer? II. 0. M. "Western Ohio, March 2S. WHAT ARE YOU SOWINO? 'iDvalld John" Takaa a Look Around Outside. Pear H. L. C. Friends How pleasant the days are getting. They tell us that spring is here. It tells the tiller of the soil that now is the time to prepare to bow seed. What are you sowing in the pprinctime of youth? Is it good seed or is it bad seed? We must expect a harvest according to what we sow. As for books they have a great influence in our lives for good or evil. If we read bad books they h.l our minds with evil thoughts. They are like weeds. If indulged in they wiil crowd all the good out. Therefore let us discard all such reading and tench others to do the same. If we choose bad associates and bad literature for our com panv, where would thev lead us to. Per haps to a criminal cell and a dishonored grave, and oh, where in eternity? Good books fill our minds with good and noble thought that help us along our journey through life and guide us in the footsteps of Jesus. Let us read no literature unless it is good and pure. "Mary of Champaign " your letter on truth was good. How much brighter this life would be if all were truthiul. Truth is a gem every one could posses if he or she wouid. What confidence we can put in a tru hful person. Alwavsbare in mind that God loves the truth and hates the false. It is the duty of parents and those who have the 'care and training of chil dren to set a good example before them by being truthful themselves, and teach them to be always truthful. Welcome, "Mamie BelL" Come again. 'Teach Blossom ; your letter was good. 1 will say to that sputtering hi r.l with flour on her face, there are many things talked of in the parlor that are worse than talking about the d sh towel. I bet she has bad to cook and wash dishes' many a time and will still have to. I hODe when pleasant weather comes al our invalids will Improve in health, bo that

hfv ran b with us often. How mUCh

joy and pleasure some of the members are to the invalids in deeds -i Kinuness in many ways. Their thoughtfulness has been a great pleasure to me during the winter, and I think to a great many others. We will soon have to employ more detectives if some of the members do no, soon make their appearance. It is rather hard ;or one to nunt them an. "Invalid John. North Vernon. Ind.. March 23. LOVt'S BRIGHT DREAM. A Maiden Slns ot the Power and Parity of Lora To the Howard Citb I hear some one saying li. Mill, out mat is im possible for "Romping Rose. Pardon me f I come too often ; but I will just Etay a abort while as it is almost church time. "Pewdrop," your letter in the issue of March 4 was splendid. Indeed, love is the leading element of the highest happiness in marriage. Without love marriage is a mockery. There should be but one guide in these things, and that is the heart. "o position, no wealth, can mako up for want of love. This is what makes marriage boh-, and all other notions are unworthy the sacred bond which God made from the beginning. Some foolish girls think life is a failure because they have not the love of come grand and magnificent man, but know life can be made useful and h-'ppy without marriage. I have a beautiful home and want for nothing and when I exchanee mv home tor another it will be for love and not for wealth, name or position. o one should be persuuded to marry without love. . All love before marriage should be a study after marriage. The stlecticns are too tender and sacred to be trified with. Let all dealings with one another be honeet, frank and nob'e. He, alter marriage, just what you were before. Let your honeymoon last lorever. I would never marrv it l knew my honeymoon would not fast forever. Ahvays speak to each other just as you did before marriage. Let eac h on strive to yield oftenest to the wishes of the other. Neglect tho whole world rather than one another. Never part for an hour without loving words and sweet kipses, never forcet the happy hours of early love. Let both par ties consider, when they enter upon the duties of domestic life, that ihe rights of each other are equal. Never deceive each other. When conlidence is lost, all i lost. If you Fee a fault in your companion, think if you have not one greater. If clouds fall often over the sunshine of vour home, look for the fault in yourself, not in your husband. Let your love for each other never grow cold, but those who love love on forever. Shut out the vain thines of the world; the home is the dearest, the home lights shine the brightest. There is where you will find a kind, loving wel come with a wife who is as dear as life. Your happiest hours should be spent with one another. The go den chain which binds your hearts together should always be" as light as in the bevinning. and then I know your married life will net be a failure. I must give room for more gifted writ ers, t ome one, come alL o. lieleotrope," I was never more surprised in my life. J ne next tune you come you must send me a telegram. Put ju-t wait. I will surprise you one of these daj's. l our letter was exce lent. Come again; also "Later On," "Sappho," "Chatterbox" and "Sohcitor." "Kate Ketchum," if I mistake not I know you. Ho von live n-ar me? "City Chap,' I think it hik-h time you were coming, and also "Pompadour." I stole the march on vou this time, ha! ha! ' "Kosping Kose." Ladoga, Ind., March 22. A CHILD'S ADVICE. "Little Pansej Lecture All Sorts of Evil I r. Will you permit a little stranger to step in and take a glimpse of your interesting circle. It is through the generosity of the "Detective" that I have been permitted to read several letters in The Sentinkl and now I am going to trust to his honesty for an introduction. I will try to make a few remarks concerning bad habits. How many ever stop to think of the evil effects of the uses of tobacco, drinking and gambling, which includes a host of other bad habits. I would advise all to quit before it is too late; for it is ruining you and ending your lifo by introducing diseases and crime. Then think of the judgment day. What will the drunkard, thief, card player and all such class of people say when God, who is ruler over all, will ask "what hast thou done?" They will have some falss excuses, but it will be too late. Thee great will be their sorrow. Oh! drunkard and card player, I know that when your time comes to change worlds you will not want to die an you have lived. If you do any such things. I tell you that you had better 6top now, for there are a great many people who have lived contrary to God's will, and when they come to die they have cried for forgiveness. Of course they ha l a long time to do better. There are many who have done so, but you may be taken away in a short time. Where will you be then? We do not know how eoon wo will be called away, and we all v.ant to go to a better land with those who have gone on before. Now, I hope that all drunkards and such that I have named who read this, that it wili do them some good. As this is ray first attempt to write1 for a newspaper, and I am only eleven years old, I will leave tho result with the editor. Wishing you all success, also The Sentinel, is my wish. "Little Pansy." Craigville, Ind., March 20. "DETECTIVE'S" PUPIL. She Thinks Sha Ha th llrtt Teacher In Indiana. Dear II. L. C. Friends: Will you let a stranger step in and talk a while with you? I will try to say a few words about schools. There are a great many common, high and normal schools and nearly all are well filled with pupils and there are a great many young men and ladies who go to the high school to get a good education so they can teach school, but there are some who when thev get their license it is all they care for. 'e had a teacher this winter" who never went to high school and I think he is just as good a teacher as I ever saw. I suppose all who belong to the "II. L. C." know him. It is "Detective." I have seen in Tjie Sentinel an account of the ways ho interests his pupils and he has done just as he has aaid, and I think that there is no other school that has learned so much as his has this winter. He is always willing to help and explain things which we cannot understand in our books or elsewhere. There are some teachers who do not care if they explain difficult matters to the pupils or not. 'Cinderella." rtestinx from the Grip, Kikd H. L. C. Friends. While taking a rest from being worsted by the grip, or going through a change as "Aranmore" baa dpnrrihad concerning the metamor phosis of the class batrachia, which con- . . ft. a tains the example compared tne irog. That is true, "Aranmore, and the order

anura, of which the frog is a fine epeci- . men. is an interesting group, as I have I studied them closely, but the metamor- J phosisofa "Detective" is some imeseoi sudden that it is a hard matter to class them correctly, and no doubt some of the j

readers of tnis page will vouch to that ef- j feet, especially those of March 22, while i absent from home. City Chap, on the date of your last letter I was just eleven miles southwest of Decatur at my place of business where I have been all winter. Any prominent mercantile establishment or bank will reter you to where I may be found. "Evelyn, did you receive those shadows all right, and "Beatrice," where ait thou? Still musing among the many volumns at Franklin. While here 1 beg leave to introduce "Cindeiella" and "Little Pansy" as junior members of the H. L. C. as they have trusted me to do such. As the spring opens bringing sunshine and gayety, delightful winds loaded with the fragrance of many flowers in endless profusion till the harvest is come. Let such be the motives and interest of the H. L. C. for many are the readers of that page. "Detective." Honduras, March 27. "KATE" CATCHES IT. 'Itegna tee" Makes a Lively Data at a de cent Letter. To toe II. L. C. Take my hat, please, and excuse my abrupt entrance. I wan't to make a dive at "Kate Ketchum" before she skips off in some other brilliant disguise. For I do believe she came in a disguise. Is there a true American girl in this free land that could conscientiously live out the sentiments of "Kate's" letter? I be lieve that even "City Chap" would be ashamed of her. I pity" the "score of admirers" that flutter arounii such a combination of powder, cosmetics, falseness and banged hair! Pity them, because their standard of attraction is no higher. Is woman's mission no higher than the gilded butterfly that to-day feeds on nature's sweetness and tomorrow ia crushed under foot? "Kate." please read the latter part of "Solicitor's" last letter and learn there what to the true gentleman is most attractive in woman. But 1 will delist, I can't believe that "Kate Ketchum' is just what she pretends. "Sappho," I wish that every teacher could feel the weight of your words concerning the children. " As "earth's choicest flowers" they are placed in our hands to cultivate. Have we done our duty in training them only in the common textbooks? la it our mission to deve op mind only, thus dwarfing the soul? Each person, in preparing himself for teaching. tdiotild not only be able to pass a mental examination, but a moral and spiritual aa well. Teachers, what kind of eeed are vou sowing? There are many kind friends I would like to welcome but time will not permit. 11:. I , . i i v un Kinuesi wisnes to an, l remain, KlXiNA Lke. Montpelier, Ind., March 2-3. A Chnt In lilijme. I wou1 J liVc to chat a little Wilh tho charming II. L. C. If I ta-juht suine t- r.c w-m'.d listen V. h i would not make f n of me. Vou mar lauh if you ure tic '.ml, Of rours-i I will not get mi't, For I'm nothing but a crc-nhorn Hut it does not make ica r-ad. If I was en iced with wigjoiu And to learning could lay claim, Theu be mi re I wowl 1 not iet yot I-sniih aud tit tT at my name. But 1 will not b ame Dame Natura, Keithtr wiil I growl at Kate, Some day the tide itiay be turning Then pprohano with brains I'll mate. If it happens tlit-t it doe not I tuppose 'twill grieve ray heart, Still lifo will be worth the liring, lor tho cu Inarj art Can a-suagi the pragi of hunger, And thfl delicacies mads In the happy kitchen circla Will ne'er from my mem'ry fade. Thrte cheers for tli queens of the kitchen. "H. O. Maid." "lnsoy" and "Nanl;" One apiece, no more is necdeJ, And 'tis flr I'm sure you'll grant. I'm akin to ancbo l'anza, I de'ight to slsep and rat. Z would not for worldiof diamonds My capact u stoiuaoh cheat. Oh, friend IIam et," if you're waiting To inspect lay knotty h'aj, We will sn'ak oT where it's lonely, Eo no one will bear what's said. For It m ght be like "Did Slocum's," And though I'm not very vain, Etill the rerdict heard by others Might causa them a twinge of pain, "Ida S.'s" pollen treses I can't help but to art mire, Only they're so rery golden They resemble coals of fire; But what's that to me I wonder, the is married I will write, Yet I do bo lore the color That will light one whn 'tis nljht. (Some few brother's :n the circle Are In intellect great kings. They can plainly sue tbalr shadows, But are blind in othvr things. Hut th ladies, sweet and csnlie, I ill rote each one a queen. For th tria'htness shed by their pens Is nowhere else found or seen. Quickly now I must be goin Too late! Great Scott' llcip-theeooks! All escape, just leave me for thatWild and fierce the madman looks. Ah, poor Editor ju-t watch him, bee what makes him look so sad? Will this kind of stutT ch-er him up. Oh, no, but It makes blm road. "Mazt Mascot." Northern Indiana, March 23. Au El sr. Amons the hills upon a grassy le a Still stands the school house of happy youth. A school, my heart doth sadly yearn for thee, With thee I learned the ways of life and truth. The sun of life was high within the sky, I then was In my baj ry youthful years; But yonder sun Is slowly paslng by, Mingling my bappy days with grief and tears. I well remember joys departed lone. Of bappy days passed in yon shady wood. In my reflections I oft bear the song. The song of life which boyish cares withstood. Am I alone, dear friends, I ask of you, While bounding o'er the waves of drifting years? 'o. Many h.-re doth that same course pursue Aud daire alike la sorrow and in tears. Ah I many friends have traveled o'er that road And many irirn1f have yet to pass that gato, But they will reach that famed and loved abodeThen forward go and miet your God and faie. And you, my honored friend, who sits o'er there, Ilath yet to yonder pleasant place to go. But your low b.d. so narrow, I would share Than lire alone within this world of woe, Not dlstanton you heath-olad landscape drear. Where crumbling ston bedeck the hallowed mold; You will but pause and on a new grore leer, Reflecting on the curse beneath so cold. You will not weep? Ah friend, your weak mind raven, Twould fill a harder heart with grief and woe. The dead to h ar would ttirn within their graves, And bring back mem'riea ef the 'long ago.' Not long ago I saw an aged form, Borne to the chu'eh uouss en you llstant knoll, Ehe bravely lived thro' wintry sleet and storm, But God released her weary, loving soul. To yonder skies It took its joyful flight. Within the Saviour's it found a borne. In yonder world so calm, so clear, so bright, Ne'er more anon this cheerless earth to ream. Thus thou wilt go but sadness will be thine, Until thou leavest this weary world of woe, Thu' tbou wilt share the common lot of mine, Thine own dark path with sorrow thou wilt strow. Perhaps upbraided in your lowly rell. Mocked by the phantom aal the cm si triad.

i We may strew flowers with saloess where yon tell, j And cast one longing, loving look behind. Perhaps behind you will be left the acar, The scar of honor and perchance of fame, Bat this smad mark is surely not to mar. Your hollowed and your highly honored name. Then look not haughty on the lowly ground, Where you will lie within your narrow bed, For thro an everlating rest is found, . Amid the low and cd sec rated dead. Wilbur, Ind., March 2?. fV. W. FOWI.1.R. Tram Friendship. I found a sweet flower by the waysile of time, It grew 'raong the mosses and daisies; x Yet its stale was sturdy, its blossoms sublime. And its rootlets sank deep among the pebbles. I felt its soft odor steal over my heart. It bathed all my aorowrith gladnes. It seamed from the sunbeams ot nature to start, Bjt stealing from heaven its fraranee. I left It the busy world harried me on Among the gay, the thoughtful, the giddy. - I wandered o'er many a flower-strewn lawn, But saw not this flower in iia beauty. I sought it among the masters of art. Of science and music and tame; But alas! its sweet beauty was not a part Of souls fixed on a worldly name. Next I sought in the wide hall of splendor Where Fashion lives In a ptiu'ed world; Itu ed by r?eett;on; and the protcn !tr

Forgets all tide but his bauuer unfurled. Vain was my reirch, no sweet, pure flower CoulJ long thrive in tho hot. tainted air. Where Pleasure, decks with laUcat-u ecch nour, beck not to find true frioudsh'p there. X turned me next to the Practical tbrung. Vi'liero the loud latigh an I t'ie open hand Proclniui obedience to law; there uscly wr.'Dg Seemed not a part of this uoifj taud. But sal to relate, a eanker worm Had destroyed the nots of my precious fljwer. Envy ard striie had don tha barm. It could n' t live in contention's lowt r. I left the throng; I felt It had stolen. Crushed ani destroyed my treasure dear; Life was barren my heart seemed broken The Lours were lonely the days ssd and drear. I .wandered back to the bells of learning, I sought to bids my loss ia thou'.it. And ere I knew it, bes:ds me wa b!ootn:rg, The b.auUouo rlo'er i bad so vainly sought. I fonnd the soil in which It pr-.-w, And of wLich it soon became a par?. Was u'tr.iowinK with heaven's mi dew 'Twaj a noble. el-sacrificijg heart. Ueg.a Lee. Spring r L.1fo. How p'rasant it is when woods are green, With thair long, d ojf'ns toughs bi twen, While shadows dark aud suuslune bright C!iao csch other with quic . erring gtit, And tu wind;!, bo soit aud low. Are loaded with I arance as they blow. I lay beneath some ptriatc'is! trtc, W bile all tbegrotfn leaves over uie Cup their liltl hands in glee Like a little cbiM-hapi-y m 1: can be. Tlio founts Lave been uaiioJ, weiliug the btr.ams to a mie-hty tide. I bear the murmuring of the rill, My so ii with joy it does thrill. And a 6l ii tn herons outid that brings A ten re as if born on innumerable winss, While bright visions come to t.ie. Like phantom ships upon the sea. Th'sreeu trees whist ercd low and wild. They were my playuiat s when a chi! i. They teeintd t look at mo and smile ; lD"U I was a boy, small aud : g ie. This was the scene in votithiul time. When nature seems nothing but rnymes. "P1E IIVE." At iLiglity. The tears of life have all txen shed. And cow old ae close pres.s, Ad'iwn upon my feeble head; WhiUnlug while il blesses. L'fe is gaeet say what you a ill; Spito oT care that break it. Youth with 1 .v wn dear to tue. Ani naught but liuic could take it The tears of life have all bi-ca shed, Waiting, watching ouiy. 'Till the shadows longer spread, 'Round my path ,' lonely. All life's pain will soon be vast; AU its griefs and sorrows, I have lived its loves and joys; And now await the morrow. March 28. Fhakk. Short ami Sweat. Howard Friends May I come in for a chat? I miiiht tell you who I am, but that doesn't matter, for I'm not much of anybody, anyway. Beside, you can guees. I am almost tempted to make a pues on that jay bird, "Kate Ketchum," but aa she has llown, I won't bother my bead. But I don't believe ehe uses powder or hns a single beau. "Carlton Fysche," the subject you discussed may b cod, but it is too deep for me. I dou't like deep subjects, for I am a superficial bein?. "Bitter lweet," are you the little sprite that sometimes dwells in puzzleland. and does not "Frank" onco in a while take an excursion there? "Zanona'funnv, wasn't it? Ha! ha! "Nobody's Darling," where art thou? March -3. Mazy Mascot. lr U1 Ilrl'a. Pear II. I C. Fbienps I come this eve with a greeting to all, and to relate the marriage of one of our esteemed II. II. C. eiaters. "Busy Kate" was married March 8. M'im "Mattie Frank and Mr. "Wilson Miller, both of South EuglUh, Ia., were married on the above date. May 4he ropes ever bloom aln their pathway through life is the wish of Kalona, Ia,, March 27. "Acnt Fur." lio I-ger. (Texas Sifting. "OjJohn!" said Mr?, mith, tearfully, "ma has cut her thumb dreadfully, and the doctor says there's lungcr of lockjaw." "He necdii't be afraid of that," replied Smith, sarcastically. '5hed never give it a chance to hck." Tho Article. Philadelphia Times. 1 "I believo Mr. Cumins' petting religion la genuine." "Why?" "Because I saw her yesterday at church with her last vear's hat on. THE NEW WEBSTER JUST PUBLISHED ENTIRELY liZW. WEBSTER'S r INTERNATIONAL A GRAND INVESTMENT fcr th T'nmiiv. tlio Rrln-iol nr t.i l,il-r:irv. Revision has been in prorrroM for over lo tears. Wore than 10O editorial laborers employed. fcfcOO expanded before ilr't copy a prinrd. . Critical examination invited. iet the Iteat. Soldbvall booksellers. Illustrated pamphlet free. C. & C. MERTIIAM & CO..TobUsliera, SprlngUeld, Msa., U S. A. " Cctntion! There have recently been fned several cheap reprint of tho 1S47 edition of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, si cd ition lon$ einco euperaanuntd. TIipm lokt ara piren various name, " Webster's rDahnrteed,' "The Great Webster's Dictionary," "Webster's Bi? Dictionary," Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary " etc., to. Many announcements concerning them ara rery rnislea4inp, as tho body tf each, from A to Z, is l years old, nni printed from cheap plates tnado by photofraphiug the old pages.

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SUNDAY-SCHOOL LESSON OF APRIL 6. rait Text ef the Authorized Tarilon Tb Bevlaed Notee and Corammt How to Study the LeMoo Iieview Exarclie for the School. II Kinps vii, 1. Then (a) Elisha eaid. Hear ye the word of the Lord ; thus saith the Lord, tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine Hour be 6old for a shekel and two measures ol barley for a shekel in the Rate of Samaria. 2. Then a (1) lord on wliose hand tho king leaned, answered the man cf God and aid, behold, if tho Lord would make windows in heaven miht this thing be? And he eaid, behoid, thou ehaltsee it with thine eyes but shalt not eat thereof. 3. And (c) there were four leprous men at the entenuj in of the gate, and they eaid one to another, why sit we here untli we die? 4. If we sar, We will enter into the city, the famine is in the city, and weehall die ihcre: and if we sit etill here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the ho.-t of the Syrians: if they eave us alive, we shall live; and if they ki.l us, we ehall but die. 5. And they rose up in the twilight, to po unto the camp cf the Syrians: and when they were come to tiie uttermost part of the camp of Syria, bcho.d, there was no man there. 6. For the Lord had made the bot of the Syrians to hear a noiee of chariots, and a noise cf horsr, even the noise of a ?reathost: and they paid one to another, Lo, the kin of Israel hath hired against us the kins of the Hittites, an t the kings of the Kcyptians, to cme upon u. 7. , Wherefore they arose and lied in the twilight, and left their terJs, and their horses, and their aes, even the camp as it was, and (led for their life. 8. And when these lepers came to the (t) uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, aud raiment, and went and hid it; and came ( again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. 9. Theu they said one to another. We do not well ; this day is a day of eood tidings, and we hold our peace; if we tarry till the morning lirbt, some (g) miacLief will come upon us; now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household. 10. o they came and called unto the porter of the city : and they toid them, saying. We catue to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but (h) horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents aa they were. 11. And he called the porters: and they told it to the king's (i) house within. 1L And the king arose in the night and said unto his servants, I will now" ehow you what the Syrians have done to us. They know tliat we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselveo in the fcld, eayinu, When they come out of the city we 6hall (k) catch them alive, and get into the city. 13. And one cf his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us Bend and eee. 14. (0 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrian?, eaying. Go and eee. 15. And they went after thera unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians, had castaway in their h?ste. And the messengers returned, and told the kinpr. 16. And the people went out, and spoiled the (ti) tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine fiour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of bar'.ey for a shekel according to the word of the Lord, Itflvlsed Version (a) and. (6) the captain. c) now. (d) of the Syrians. (e) outermost. () and they came back. (g) punishment. (f,) but the horses, (i) household. (k) take. (I) two chariots with horses. (in) the camp. "ot and Comment. Time. Between S92 and 634 B. O, during the rtign of Jehoram. Place. Samaria, the capital of IsraeL EJisha wcj at home in Samaria. He had wrought many miracles of help during Jehoram'a reign. Jehoram, the king of Israel, was the boh of Ahab and a bad king; but not so Lad as !ia father. Other Rulers. Jehoram, eon of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah: Benhadad II, king of Syria. Circumstances. The peace between Israel and Syria, with v. hich our last resrulat lesson closes, was not of long duration. In a year or two Iknhadad came with & jreat army and besiged Samaria. The Famine. The eiego was unexpected and the city unprepared, eo that ere long the citizens were on the verge of starvation. So severe was the famine that aa ass' head was bold as high as 80 shekels (44), and mothers ato their children. (2 Kings 6; 24-:'.3.) The Trial of Faith. And yet Elisha's God, who had wrought eo many miracles through him, did not interfere to save. How this must have tried even the faith of Elisha, much more that of the king and people. The famine was, no doubt, on account of the f-ins of the people, and would continue until it had wrought in them a better and more repentant disposition. At length the kinu threatened to kid Eli-ha; probably because he had promised help which had not yet come. Here, again, Elisha's faith was tried. The lesson begins with Llisha's reply to this threat. Helps Over Hard Places.!. A measure: a sean about nine quarts. Shekel: 55 cents. Gate of Samaria: the usual marketp'ace. 3. Four leprous. men: men with the leprosy, forbidden to enter the city, but living" just outt-ide the gatts, to bear ol those who passed through. 4. Fall unto: fall into the hands cf. 5. Uttermost part of the camp: the outermost, that nearest the city. 0. The Hittites: descendants of lleth, son of Canaan. They wero from tho north, as the Egyptians from the 6outh. 10. The porter: the guard consists of a number of men. 14. Two chariet horses: two thariot teams; two chariots, with their horses, two or three each, and men. 15. Unto Jordan: which must be crossed to reach Syria, about thirty-live miles distant, by the great road they probably took. Prominent Thoughte Titaght. Thet God sometimes tries the faith of his people. That God will fulfill hi promises. That he can help us in wonderful and unexpected ways. That unbelief loses tho blessing. ITow to Stndy Tn's Leson. Read the rest of chapter G, after the last lesion, in order to learn the circumstances amid which this lesson begins. The eicge of Samaria by the Syrians. They surrounded the city which was the Contiuaed ou seventh fag.