Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 May 1891 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1891-TWELYE PAGES.

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THE HOWARD LITERARY.

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AH contributions for publication must be written on one side of the paper only, and accompanied by the writer's real name and address, as well as the nom-de-plume. WAR OR INTEMPERANCE. M E. P." DImoum Soma or the Horrible. Kauai a of Both. Frifnds or the II. L. C.-rlt has been fome time since I attempted to write a letter for the page devoted to our use, but if the kind editor will permit me the space necessary for the expression of a few thoughts, I shall endeavor to while away a few momeuts by a visit to the charming circle. Tbe question now receiving the most attention seems to be "Which ha Caused the Human Family the Most Misery, War or Intemperance." I have (riven this question but little thought I am scarcely able to divine its real meaning. If, however, it relates to the condition of man as he exists here, 1 ehould gay war. If we lay aide all reference to the future life, and consider man only as a mortal being, we undoubtedly do atert. without fear of nntr.idiction, that war Las caused more human misery than the monster intemperance. Jt i truo that man has, almost unre the lirst dawn ot existence, been addicted to the use of wine and liquor, hut it 1 as onlj- been for the period of a few year? that its ue has been excessively demoralizing, while it is the cage that war have been waged with cruel, unrelenting force since the earlie:-t of which we hae an account. If we will but glance buck over the period of our existence we chall fnd thit there has been one long J eriod of iricess.iiit f-trife since the demon ealousy lir?t t'ok pos-e.Kion of the heart of CV.in and prompted him to take the YA) of his hroth-r Abel. "Advance" has briefly glanced at these wars bnt he has failed to portray the misery and pui'ering produced by them, and for the very reason that before them the human pen paralyzed. The million cf homes ni3de deso'ate, the thousands of wivt-s mIe widows, the countless number cf children, helpless and dependent, deprived of a father's love and protection, ftid the beautiful and abundant lands made- one t'esolate and barren waste by one stroke of this merciless war. , We Cnd among all these none more ruel and terrible than those brought about by relL'ious zeal. We can scarcely conceive at this day when our bright land Is so happy and .prosperous, how it was that audi wars i-ou.d have occurred. For example, the war between the Moors and Christians, or the famous riot of London where the catholic and protestant forces were held by each other in so much terror, and where multitudes breathed in an atuiosphere of misery and death, pimply because of a difference in their religious belief, give ua but a final idea of all the r-orrow and heartache, all the misery and degradation consequent upon thecruel reisrn of war. liut, my dear readers, aa I eit thus raasInjj upon the devastation and death brought on by these tnaFs there is still a picture in the background that comes to our relief. It is the thought that tho3e who participated in them were lighting for a cause which they believed to bo right. No matter how etrong they m;iy have been they were conscientious in their belief, else they would not have risked their lives in defending it. But to leave this subject and stance at the monster intemperance as it relates to man, nn immortal being. I ehall try to give you a pen picture which is not "the Kast exagerated. In a desolate cabin around which the fierce winds of a cold December night are sweeping sits the bowed and broken form of a woman. Her children, three of them in number, are hoverine around her crying, for bread, while her own pale face shows traces of recent illness. It takes but one swift glance to disclose the history of that home; it is the old, old story; the beautiful promise of a useful life blighted, the Buntnne of prosperity phut out fortever and the dark and deathsome fangs of this hideous monster, intemperance, fastened with unrelenting cruelty upon th master of that house. At length the helpless beings, so dependent upon a mother who is unable to Lelp them, cry themselves to sleep and ary laid upon their bed of straw while the mother draws closer to her precious treasures, folds her thin, pale hands in an aeony of despair, raises her eyes toward heaven as if beseeching God's mercy, w hile the tears flow unceasingly adown her palid cheek. Presently her head drops lower and lower, then sinks upon her bosom; her eyelids close and she i9 lost in slumber. She sleeps, and Bleeping dreams. The cast, the bright, beautiful past, comes back as plainly as if it were but yesterday, f-he is once more a happy child, a warmhearted, loving, trusting girl, and last a beautiful, blushing bride, happy, oh, so happy in her husband's love. But at last the pcene changes; the fatal cup has done its work and the once happy wife and mother is transformed into the miserable, half-starving, wretched being we now see before us. At length the spell is broken, the dream is over and the dreamer awakes. She has leen awaiting the corning of an inebriate husband, and now that hour has come, the Lour from which each night she shrinks as from the approach of a demon. The heavy tread is heard coining closer and closer with unsteady step, the door creaks upon its hinges, the miserable hovel is entered, and oh ! what a vision meets our gaze! Loos: at that bloated form and fae, from which every semblance of manhood has vanished, and tell me if in this you recognize the handsome, talented man of ten years previous? lie was once resrjected and esteemed, and would today have been promoting his country's welfare had not the serpent, intemperance, gained possession of both mind and body. From the homely couch, a bed of straw, a little boy of five years rises and in piteous tones asks for bread. The cruel hand of the unnatural parent is raised and strikes the beautiful child with such force as sends him almost lifeless to the floor and the mother with one piteous ghriek finds relief in unconciousness. Oh! the horror of a scene like this! Oh, the misery and woe and heartache! Eax that LttLer'i days axe numbered.

His constitution gradually gives away before its destroyer and he sinks into a drunkard's grave. What raust be the feelings of her who gave to him immortal being? The mother who stands with helpless, hopeless longing as she sees her son thus plunged into an eternity of wretchedness, or tho bitter, burning heartache of the wife he promised to love and cherish? Ah! that patient, loving wife, does she not in the great warmth of her ailection, forget a'l those dark scenes and remember only the happy hours, the manly resolutions and feacred vows, made only to bo broken I Surely if there be tears in heaven, angels of pity look down and weep ! Wretched as this scene may be it is but a feble representation of that we find daily and hourly occurring all over our beautiful land. Young men, middle aged men, and even old men are lured to ruin by this fatal poison. At firt it is only the social glass, then it is the gilded hell, where men stake their lives for another drop of liquor, and at last the darksome grave and a soul lost throughout all eternity. Oh! young men, think of your immortal soul and shun it as you would a viper, tor the pathway of intoxication you will find paved with thornes and bordered bv adders with no termination but a blighted life and a harvest of death ! It matters littlo what becomes of this mortal body ; it is but a tenement of clay ; but oh! when we lose all hope of a life beyond how desolate, indeed, must be the life of man. In the language of the bible, the holiest and best of book?, "No drunkard ran inherit the kingdom of heaven !" therefore we pay that intemperance has caused more misery to the human race than either war or pestdence. "Mark," I am at a loss to know who you really are. Please give me your real name. Mine is Mary P. Kmerson. I was born and raised near Chase, lnd. I hope we may be frieuds. I shall now close by asking our kind editor to have his typesetter put on his thinking cap when he prints this, as it is very annoying to find so many words incorrectly spelled, though 1 am sure that none of us have any riht to complain when so much kindness i.s shown us. Yours, for the success of the club, M. K. r. THE SUPERSTITION OF MAN.

Soma Curiooauil Kxtraragant Follies of the II ti m n Itaew. To the Howard Cu b We propo.-e, in the course of the following article, to mention pome of the more curious and extravagant follies and link them together as an unbroken chain of human activities relative to the manias, illusions and errors of tuanklnd; preferring, however, to leave the cause of ridiculous action for another esay, in which we shall diJineato the origin and path, so to speak, of all the follies of any note which the world has experienced. Patrick Henry at one time 6aid that "it was natural for man to indulge in tho illusions of hope," and I dare say that (iulliver, whil-j visiting the isle of Laputa found this trite expreetion too true. While visiting the island he was conducted to the irrcat academy of Ladoga, where he nut a person who had been trying for tisrht years to extract sunbeams out of a, cucumber, which were to be put in vials, hermetically sealed, nud pet out to warm the air in raw inclement summers. Another was at work attempting to calcine ice into gun-powder, lie saw there an architect who had devised a plan for building a houe by commencing at the roof and working downward to the foundation; a painter who had in his employ three blind men, who were engaged in mixing his paints and claimed that they distinguished the color by its smell. No les ludicrous are the vain philosophers of Ladoga than are some of our more modern thinkers. We coed not search in the fairy world's imagination or in the archives of fancy to find these imperfections and follies of mankind ; but we can find them in tho stories of history, biography and science of our present century. It is at all times painful to read the stories of mental humiliation, of moral extravagance and the lack of a pure and unbiased judgment of humanity; of follies attempting to ect aiide the moEt obvious of nature's laws, to perform impossibilities, and, forfaiting the dominion of sense and knowledge, to plunge into the unknown and the unseen and the dark. But not only so, but aleo enter by the same path and roam through the same dark umbo of vanity. So wild and so unnatural has been the extravagances of man that not only a section of country has been endangered, but the whole nation has been led into the delusion, and joining tho few who started it helped to ring the death knell of common sense and good judgment. It seems as though at some time tho whole history of a country is nothing more than a record of its follies. Superstitions have tinted the history of every nation. Strania delusions, ghosts, hobgoblins, wonderful apparitions, optical phenomena, etc., here pervaded at some time or another the minds in general of all mankind. Of all the ridiculous follies, the impersonation of the evil principles has been tho most ridiculous. Every one is acquainted and knows something about Salem witchcraft in this country, therefore I will give a brief history of witchcraft in some of the countries of Europe. The witches who were put to death in KlfJale confessed that the devil generally appeared as a little old man in a gray coat with red and blue stockings, and exceedingly long garters; he had a very high crowned hat, many colored linen, and a ong red beard while at Tranent the devil appeared in a black gown and hat; his nose like the beak of an eagle; he had great burning eyes; his hands and legs were hairy; he had long claws upon his hands and feet, and he spoke with a gruff voice. Sometimes, however, tbe devil would appear in the form of an old lady whose hair was wound about her head "promiscuously, her face wearing a demoniac expression; she would ride on an old broom carried from place to place by the wind, obtaining entrance into houses by crawling through the keyhole or by descending the chimney. Following these delusions were the long list of occult influences, trials by jury and ordeal the lengthv list of national prejudices and antipathies and the prodigies of useless and unprofitable labor. How many errors have resulted from man's universal belief of his close neighborhood to the spiritual world ! An idea sublime in itself, perhaps true, but certainly not a topic for legislative interference or domestic teaching. Defoe wrote the "History of the Devil." He delineated his character, so to speak, which was in accordance to the delusions of that day. It if certainly humiliating to think of the sacrifices made, of innocent lives taken, of beauty scandalized, of virtue spurned with a scorpion's vengeance. But still we are not surprised when we listen to the expression of a noted English lord when he says: "Satan's knowledge makes him perfect in optics and limning, whereby he may easily bewitch the eyes of others to whom he intends that his instruments should not be seen in this manner, as was formerly hintednamely, he contracts the pores 01 the witch's vehicle which inter cepts a part of the rays reflecting from her body; he condenses the interjacent air with grosser meteors blown into it or otherwise violently moves it, which drowns another part of the rays; and, lastly, he obstructs the optic nerves with humors stirred toward them, all of which joined togother intercept the whole

rays reflecting from these bodies, so as to make no impression upon the common sense; and yet at the same time by the refraction of the rays gliding along the fitted side of the volatile couch in which Satan transports them, and thereby meeting and coming to the eye as if there were nothing interjacent, the wall or chair behind the same bodies may be seen, etc." Think of such a mass of nothingness; how could it be contained, or, rather, entertained by one mind? But with such men as judges, jurors and lawyere, how could reason find an impartial hearing, let alone the supposed, on whom the whole world casts an eye of vengeance. All the horrors of religious persecution in England were far transcended by the horrors of the witch mania. King James I of England is principally i irr.ous for leading a crusade against the witches. He is sometirres called the Demonologist, from his writine a book or treatise on "l'emonology." He pays two good helps may be used for the detection of witches: "The one is the finding of their marks, and trying the unsensibleuess thereof; the other is their floating on the water; for as in a secret murthur, if the dead carcas be at any time thereafter handled by the murthurer, it will eush out of blood as if the blood were crying to heaven for revenge of the murtherer (God having appointed that secret supernatural sign for the trial of that secret unnatural crime)." And most horrible were the cruelties practiced in obedience to the dictates of this sage monarch. The test recommended of swimming was universally adopted. The hands mid feet of the suspected were tied crosswise together, the thumb of the right hand to the toe of the left foot and vice versa they were then wrapped up in a larce sheet or blanket and laid uoon their backs in a pond or river. If they sunk they were innocent and if they floated they were pronounced a witch and lost their lives. Dr. Grey informs us that he perused a list of 3,0" h) wicches who were executed in the time of the long parliament alone. It is estimated that during the first eighty vprs of the seventeenth centurr the number executed were "U0 annually, making the solemn total of 4,000. This disease, for such it really is, was not confined in any particular boundaries but we might say represented tho four points of a compass. In Germany, Norway, Sweedeii. Denmark, Russia, and in fact, almost every country in someway or other, impersonated the evil principle. The fairies of Germany and France, the monsters of Russia, the gods of Norway and the myths of Mexico are but modified names of this superstition. One, upon reading Moore's "Utopia" or Bulwer's "The Coroinu liace," would wonder fat a person possessing such a vivid imagination, lut when we consider that it is natural for man's mind to wander in the field of fancy and pluck wreaths and garlands from the rosebush of hope, we are not at ail surprised. So much for witchcraft. Ixt us look at another superstition of a more modern character, that of spiritualism. This, as is claimed by its btrongest advocates, is nothing more than tiie return of one's spirit who is dead. This, understand, is not a definition, but a mere statement of facts relativo to the case. Now, we believe in spiritualism iu its brond st sense, but not as it is generally accepted. Spirit is everywhere omipotent. Let us see. Commencing at tho lowest form of creation, protoplasm, and ascending through the diderent developments of life, we notice that the lower forma are dependent upon the higher, and that the lower is governed to a great extent by the higher forms of creation. But man, who is the climax of all creation, governs all beneath him in the scale of life. That is to say, he is most powerful of all animal creation. So it is with the different strata of all matter that occupies space. The earth which is below all is least powerful but is the foundation on which all other existence and matter rests. But hold on my essay is already too lengthy and for fear that I make you all tired I will close with this statement: that each preceding strata of matter, earth, air, light, heat, ether, electricity and finally at the top, spirit, is more powerful and permeates all the strata below. Let us hear from you all. Success to H. L. C, and who will sneak a kind word for Valparaiso. Ind., May 9.- "Zanosi?" Box 010. SOME PRACTICAL MATTERS. li nts to Batter Makers and How to Handle 3Illk and Creim. Kind Editor and Howard Friends: When sisters "Zuceg," "Xant' and "Agnes" had the butter question under discupsion last summer I wanted to give my views upon the subject and fully intended to do so, but want of time, however, prevented. I have helped make hundreds of pounds for market and while se made the most we had none of the modern conveniences, but kept the milk in-stone pans in the cellar and used a dash churn. A few years ag j I bought a swing churn and creamer; the latter has tin cans which I submerge by pumping it full of water. Milk standing thirty-six hours will not sour if water in the creamer is changed once a day, even in the hottest weather. I can keep the cream sweet longer and therefrom make better butter by this process. I am digressing; I wish to give a few hints to beginners. Wash all vessels used about the milk thoroughly and rcald them often. Do not let milk stand too long before it is skimmed. Use a tin bucket or sweet stone jar to keep cream in, with a tight-fitting lid. Skim eome milk both morning and evening in warm weather, to add to what is already in the Icream pail, and stir to mix it. When the cream is just beginning to turn sour it makes the best and most butter. Buy a thermometer and test the temperature of your cream. After a few times use you will learn the exact temperature to churn to have solid butter. I sometimes wash the butter in in churn brine, bot oftener I don't put any water about it. If butter is to be kept, say two or three weeks, I think it bent to not put any water about it. as it will get strong quicker than unwashed, provided the milk is all worked out. The working of the butter is one of the most important points. When taken from the churn, if very soft, do not work, but set away to cool; it spoils the grain and makes it oily to work or stir it while soft. If it is firm and tough press the milk and salt; dairy salt is preferable. Use nearly one ounce to the pound of butter, work the salt through it, let stand all day or over night, work again and the third working will improve it if done right. Press the butter laite down with energy and give it a quick turn, don't pat or smooth over the top much until yon are ready to make in rolls or pack in jar, if the latter stamp it down with a potato masher or what is better a stamper about twice as large, put a cloth on top and one inch of salt on top of cloth. This will exclude the air and keep the butter sweet two or three weeks. Let me say to make a No. 1 article requires a vast amount of labor and the utmost cleanliness is necssary irom milking the cows to marketing the butter. Good butter-makers always take some water in their milk j pails and wash the udder off if any dirt I adheres to it. Strain the milk through 1 brth wire and cloth (cotton cheesecloth makes a very good strainer.) Always Children Cry for.

keep butter covered with a cloth and be eure to tie it up good to exclude dust and specks of dirt when taking to market. Keep milk covered; empty and wash the churn as soon as tbe butter is taken out. Keep all vessels clean and sweet; a few wood ashes and boiling water will keep stone pans and iars sweet. I often use a little soda in water I wash milk cans in. My butter has the reputation of retaining its sweetness for quite a while. I think it is nearlv ad due to thoroughly working the milk out, and yet I do not work it so much at one time as to spoil the grain or make i: greisy. It should be rather firm and tough when ready for either table or market. Now I have had mv 6ay on the butter subject, perhaps vouTl not hear from II. O. M. again. "May Belle," did you get my letter? "Mary of Champaign," "John's Wife" and "Aunt Sue," yours received, and I thank you in behalf of A. A. It is impossible for me to answer all letters received, but thev are appreciated. I assure you "E. B." I havn't forgot, but want of time has prevented a reply. "Aunt Agnes," I can't promise to write often. The farm, garden, poultry, dair)', kitchen and lat but not least the Howard club, all require a portion of my time. May all our invalids enjoy better health, now that we have beautiful spring weather. Sinco I met with you last, a dear cousin has passed to her heavenly home after a very painful illness, leaving a young huBbana to mourn his loss. When I bid her good-by the last time I saw her alive. She soemod to realize it was our last meeting on earth, she chos-j the minister to preach at her funeral, also her burial place. "II. O. M." Weston, O., May 8. AMONO TUB INSANE.

lteflectlom Tpon a 8id Affliction of th Unman Rue. . To the Cixb It has been eome time since I first visited the page and sought your acquantance through the columns of our worthy paper, and, unfortunately for me, I have received but one or two copies of The Sentinel since then, owing to a change in residence. The last letters I read were excellent quite an improvement on the cotributions of a year or two ago, I think. But I am entirely ignorant of the course in which at present your eneritiesare being directed, what subject is being discussed, or anything of your work of late, po I hope you will excuse me if I get off. How many of my friends have ppent a month or two as an employe in an insane hospital? and if they have, how many have been interested in the phenomena of deranged humanity they find there? Our life here as elsewhere is one vast field for combat. Combat with unreasonable opinions; with our own rising passions; with everything. When we ar.; blessvd with congenial companions and do our duty everything runs smoothly, but if n-t, if thrown with potne crossgrAined, soured creature, miserable themselv and bent on making everybody tlge so, our labors become very irk-ome. Our most ordinary action becomes defensive and almost olienaivc, as there seems to bo 60 little time remaining to be winning or generous to companions They almost force you to either es'hew their company entirely, or to be always struggling with them. If they can help it they will not even allow you to oblige them by giving way to their prejudices and keeping silence. And we feel chagrined at being 'forced to give words to those thoughts which are best exhibited modestly in our deportment, and are more forcibly indicated thus: How surprising it is to a mind of ordinary sanity to see the human machinery move on iot aime as if directed by a will power seemingly guided by the same forces that move us all ; then suddenly see a lack of energy, sluggish or wayward action. The wheels, which at first seem clogged, turn backward, as it were, and bring into chaotic disoider, causing such force to be at war with another, that grandest construction of tho Divine mind,, the human soul, all of that sublime combination, a fccene which defies all thought of former order or restraint. We come to the conclusion that the same actions instead of being energetic action of the will are rather reflax action, the result of discipline or habit, while the normal action of the brain is im guided save by ungovernod emotions. Here the emotions have entirely conqured and the will is a nonentity. In the hospital every phase of ill-temper is met with hatred of associates and selfish, melancholy seclusion, love of gain and dress, undue religious excitement, moral degradation, braggadocio and petty jealousies. Eirst you go into the worst ward: prepare yourEelf for anything, for any affront or indecency, any noise, any conceivable action from tho . patients or your nerves will bo shocked. The religious inmates you find singing preaching, fighting either themselves or some one near them, or else they simply stare in front of them for a time as if in deep study, then suddenly break into a wild refrain and appear unconscious of all surroundings. Some appear simply soured or ill-tempered. Of course, with the mai'ority this is their normal condition. All lope seems to have given place to an intense despair. These especially require tact, patience and firmness from the attendants to control them. It is necessary to learn to avoid the more strong and violent when they have nn outbreak unless they are in danger of wounding an associate. If they once conquer by their physical force, which seems to acquire edditional strength from madness, they are much harder to control again. In tho first wards you usually find the patients under very good control. The attendant and patients are rather in the relation of teacher and scholar. You find here many inmates apparently no worse than is met in everyday life far more'intelligentthan many who are at large. Here are the epileptic, the hysterical, the simple-minded and the monomaniacal patients. After witnessing for a time their wild crotchets and fanatical delusions the effect,' with all your sympathy for them, is. to implant an everlasting horror of ' a similar condition in yourself or relatives. Close observation will reveal to us that it is in many instances under our control primarily; that is, the causes which lead to it can be avoided. Many who are here are reaping the fruits of "their own vile actions. Many seem to have given way to their temper, and we come to believe that all the violent passions, anger, hatred, jealousy, etc., are but temporary insanity,which, if indulged, become permanent. A man of varied -experience, once superintending a hospital for the feebleminded, says it is his belief "that everybody is in a certain degree insane; fanatical in eome direction ; that is, they are all on probation. The question resolves' itself into this, and we consider it un knowingly perhaps every day. ' Shall we continue to improve and advance toward that perfectly balanced min 1, make our influence felt as an advancing being, or shall we ignominiouply give up the fight, leave the field to the enemy, 'sink back into oblivion, dispair, or insanity? It gives impulse to renewed energy to think so much depends on ourselves, besides an inate hope within us of reward for merit. There is the fear of even standing still, let alone going backward. We simply raust now or in the future go forward. If the time now is improved Pltcher'c Castorla.

our work for the future is lightened in comparsion. There are lessons learned here, a wider knowledge gained of the various channels into which the mind will go than will perhaps be gotten in any other institution. It is an experience books fail to give us. Trusting I shall soon meet my friends of the society, 1 am with regards to all, "Daisy H." REAPING WHAT WE SOW. Tbe Past and the Prraont Prepare for tbe Future. Dear n. I C. Fkienps Will you let a slraneer step in and say a few words? I have been reading your good letters for a long time and have become so much interested in them that I thought I must come to the page and help. As the future cannot be divorced from the past, we cannot close up the record of the years, days and moments behind us, as if they had not been, and open a new and joliy one taking no relation to those that are in the past. What has been sown will be reaped in the future days ot our life, and by looking back into the past we may attain some knowledge of that which "is yet to come. As the farmer, through his successes and failures, from morn till eve, learns much better eacii year how to prepare and to cultivate he 6oil and to select his seed, so do we earn from time and lessons of experience. The question was asked which has caused the most misery in the human family, war or intemperance. I, for my part, could pay that intemperance has caused much more misery and bitter feeling than war. There is honor in fighting and dying for our own country, but there is no honor to die as a drunkard. "Eagle," "Detective," "City Chap," 'Cinderella" and ethers, come and let us fill the entire page with a good letter; who will welcome? "Farmer Boy, No. 2."

Lend fx Flaud. Lnd a hand 10 en another, In tbe daily toil of life, When we find a weaker brother Let us help him In the itrife. . When you find a heart that's buri.l. 'Noath a load oi sin sad iron. That, alone, for years he'a carried Help blui onward as you go. Lrnd hsnd to one another, 1I1 the fallen soul to rise, Hcip him on the roa l, my hrother. To that home beyond the tklat. When you And one trailing blindly, Tlirojfh the paths of sla tebw, H-'ip him upward, kindly, gently. To tho pathway he should go. h-na a hand to one another. Help the heart that's full of fin. To uj root tbe eTil, hroiher. -And to nurse the good within. When j'uii fiud one burdened, tadir. With the fetters sin ha la d. Tell blui Christ wil free hint gladly. If he'll "sly K-ek Hi-a:d Isti a hand to one anot'ier, .An t each other's burden share, Multiply our joy, my brother, But diminish all our care. Tell the sinner Christ is ca'lir.;. And how freely He'll torsive, Point to death's dark pit appnliinp, htd him come to Cbrut an J live. Lend a hard t one another, God will bless you it you do. Help each other, oh! ray brother. To he faithful, brave and true. Care not what the world is saying, Neither for its hnte or lore, Po your duty, erer praying You thai rest in htav( n al.ore. Austin, Ind , May 7. "Hoosiira Bob." 1 THE MALIGNED UPAS. Not Polaonona, Hut Very Heneficifil, Roth na 3Ilioln and Clothing;. Trpieal Agriculturist. Modern research ma les sad havoc of our cherished fahles. The upas has been found to be not so black as painted, on the contrary, a closer acquaintance revealed the fact that it belongs to a most respectable family a very near relative of the cow-tree, which j'ields milk r.s luscious and wholesome as any Alderney, and a first cousin, at least, to the famous breadfruit tree. In short, the upas has been maligned; it is not the cause of the malaria arouud it, but the cure, the eeeds beint; found very beneficial in both fever and dysentery. Commercially, however, the tough hark is the most valuable product. In Ceylon this is made into strong rope3. In Western India the upas is known as "Si.ckintree," the inner bark beintr extensively lined ji natural sicks for rice. And listen, oh, tailors on strike! This vegetable sweater heedless of trade unions works night and day in producing reidy-mado clothes! The felt-like bark, removed entirely, forms pplendid sea;nless suits the trunk furnishing bodies, the branches sleeves or lers, as the cne may be. If really fine raiment is desired, the material is rolled and dyed, wh(-n it is tit for any "masher." Costumes of this natural cloth have attracted much attention at recent exhibitions. There seems also a likelihood of the fiber being found admirably adapted for paper makinz. Can men 1h eaid to be poor who live in a country where bread and ready-made clothes grow on trees, and where gallons of toddy jinsh out by simply tapping the llower spathes? What Mr. Gray Stays. Dear Sir Having read Mr. Sarsrent's experience in plating with Gold, .Silver and Nickel, I am tempted to write of my success. I sent to li. 1 Del no V Co. of Columbus, O., for a five-dollar plater. I have had more tableware and jewelry than I could plate ever since. 1 cleared $:'7 tho first week and in three weeks, ?117. Any one can do plating and make money in any locality the year round. You can get circulars by addressing the above firm. "William Gray. Mt We Orerworked, I think," said the business man, "that I will for a time retire and take a rest" "Are you overworked ?" asked a friend. "Yes."' he replied, "that Is, I have been worked bv three tramps, a book agent and several other people within the last three days, and I don't think I can stand any more." A Matter of Cheek. lTunch. He "I say, Hilda, I should so like to give yon a kiss !" Jhe (who will pick up such strange expressions from the boys) "Would you, indeed. I lite your cheek.' " lie "ran sure I should like yours." A Good Shot. Puck J Miss Tavlormaid "Do von liko men's clothes?"" Miss Creed moor "Yes; when there is man inside of them." "Art and Faney Work" ' Is a sixteen-page book, gWing directions for maklng water colon, coloring photographs, painting n silk, relret, chamois, etc., dye embroidery, tapestry painting, etching upon cotton and linen, together with instructions for many other useful and norel ways of using Diamond Iyes and Diamond ra nits. A eopy will be sont free to any reader of this vapor. Gas fixtures, lamps, statuettes and many other art oles can be made to look like new with Diamond Paints Gold, SiWer, Copper and Bronte. They sost but 10 cents a parksge, yet none of the higherpriced paints surpass theuj in quality or strength. It takes but a few inioutoa to make a cheap plaater-of-paris ornament look like au expensive bronze. Sold by druggists or mailed for 10 cents each. Wells, BichardsoB Co.. BurUostoa. Yi

SIN THE CAUSE OF SORROW.

LESSON FOR SUNDAY-SCHOOL MAY 1 7 The State of th Timet Wbat Bosea Did Helpa Ofr Hard Places now to Study the Lesson He lew Exercise. Ho?. X, 1. Israel is an fa) empty vine, he brinjreth lb) forth fruit unto himself ; according to the multitude of his fruit he hath (c) increased the altars; according to tne goodness of his land they have made goodly (d) images. 2. Their heart is divided; now shall they be found (e) faulty; he shall (f) break down their altars, he shall spoil their (d) images. 3. For now they shall say, we have no king, because we (g) feared not the Lord; what h) then ehould a king do to us? 4. They hsve (j) fpoken words, swearing falsely in making a (k) convenant; thus judgment sprinteth up as hemlock in the farrows of the ueld. 5. The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear becanse of the calves of Hethaven : for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the luiests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the plory thereof, because it is departed from it. It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to Kinr Jarcb: Kphraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. 7. As for Samaria, her king is cut of! as the foam upon the ater. 8. The high places also of Avert, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed; the thorn and the thistle shad come up on their altars; and they 6hall say to the mountain's, Cover us ; and to the hiils. Fall on us. 9. O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah tlu-re they blood; the battle in (iibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them. 10. It 13 in my.. desire that I ehould chastise them ; and. the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two iurrows. 11. ,nd Kphraim is as a heif-r that is taught, and loveth to treid out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck; I will make Kphraim to ride; Judah shall plough, arid Jacob shall break his ciods. li'. Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to peek the Ixrd, till He come and rain righteousness upon you. i:. Ye have ploughed wickedness; yo have reaped iniquity ; ye have eaten the fruit of li- s, beuaue thou didst trnst in thy way, in the uultitude of thy mighty men. 14. Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shaiman spoiled Iletharbel in the day of battle; the mother was dashed in piec'f p (p) upon her children. 15. So hall ltethel do unto you because ot your great wickedness; in (r) a morning shall tbe king of Israel utterly be cut Oft Rawlaod Vrraion. (a) luxuriant. (6) which putteth forth his fruit. (r) has multiplied his. (d) pillars. e) guilty. () smite. i'j) fear. (A) the kine, what can he. ( j) speak vain words. (k) covenants. () when it is my desire I will. (m) are bound to their two transgressions. (n) set a rider upon Ephraim. (o) according to. (p) with. (r) at daybreak. Note and Comment. HoseaThe same as Hoshea, "salvation." He was tbe son of I'.eeri. and belonzed to the northern kingdom. lie prophesied about sixty-five years, and died about B. C. 72i. Time B. C. 790-7i'6, from the last five vears of Jeroboam II to the second year of Hezekiah. (See 1:1.1 I'lace In the kingdom of Israel. Place in ISible Ilistorv 2 Kings, chg. 15-17; 2 Chron., chs. 2(v2S. Contemporary Prophets Jonah, Amos, Isaiah and Micah. The book of Hosea is divided into two part.ec. 1, chs. l-ll. belongs to the reign of Jeroboam. Sec. 2, lis. 4-14. is a condensed record of his prophecies for many years. It is written in short senterces, is vivid and poetical, is full of tenderness and love. The State oi the Times At rirst, under Jeroboam II, there was outward prosperity. Then followed a period of anarchy and disorder. The six remaining kinzs belonged to five dynasties. Idol worship and crime prevailed, and the nation was hastening to its ruin, which was accomplished in live years after Hosea's death. What Hosea bid (1) He set before the nation an object lesson. lie loved and cared for his unfaithful wife as a picture of God's Jonir-sullVring love. (-) He denounced sin. (.") He proclaimed the love of God. (4) lie presented the divine promise and hoje. Helps over Hard iPlaces. (li Kmpty vine: luxurious, running to leaves, but without fruit. 2 Faulty: guilty,' (3) No king: no kingdom. (4) This judgment: God's judgment. As hemlock: abundant and very bitter. (5) Bet haven: "house of vanity," a nickname for Bethel, "house of God.'" because prevorted by idols, (b) King Jareb: it i not certain to what king Hosea refers. Probably "Jareb" means "champion," and the golden idol was sent to him to persuade him to be the champion of Israel against Syria. (8) Aven: Beth-Aven. Say to the mountains, etc. : they would rather die than' Buffer 'so much. (!) Days of Gibe&th: the sins for which Benjamin was almost destroyed in the time of the judges. (10) Two furrows: two iniquities, the golden calves of Pan and Bethel. (11) Taught: trained, cared for. Tread out the corn: easv work with plenty to eat. rassedover: Iid not put a yoke upon. Ephraim to ride : to bear a rider. Shall plough: do hard, servi'e work, have on a galling yoke. (12) It is time: there is vet time" to repent and return. (Ill) Trust inthvway: own opinion, not in God's. (14) 'tumult: of an invading army. As Ehalman : Shalmanezer of Assyria. BethArbel: near the sea of Galilee, some terrible siege, unrecorded. Row to Sto1y This L.eon. Read all you can of the book of I lose a. ftote carefully the circumstances in which he epoke of the anarchy, disorder, idolatrv and wicked conduct of the people. Bead also the story of the times as given in II Kings xv to atvii, and II Chroniclea xxvi to xxviii, and note under wbat kings he lived. Study the efforta which the prophet Hosea made to persuade the people to repent and return to God. He snowed them their in and danger, and also ''drew them with the cords of man, with bands of love." A friend used sometimes to take his little boy. when naughty, to a lookingglass. and hold him ud before it. that he

might see his features distorted by erring or by passion, fcfo God held up a mirror before IeraeL He compared them to a vine, planted by God, sustained by God's care, enriched and cultivated; and God expects them to bear good fruit. (Specimens of the fruit are found in Ga.. v, 22, 23.) God had preserved this vine, to help it bear fruit, and if no fruit was born, then the vice would be cut down. "Of all ni words of tonpne or pen The saidfst ar- thsa, 'It m'.g'it hare beea." " A Vision of the Future IIo?ea ends his prophecy with a vision and promise cf better times. He ihowa them what they may become. The p ory of the future shines through rifts in the clouds of the present. Bat every ray shines from God. not from the times. How much more stiould we hope and trust amid the evils of today! Failure and Success Hosea, lika John Baptist, was apparently a failure. He did not succeed in bringing the nation to repentance. But (1) he he'd up a nobl exaiuple. which doubtless helped individuals (II Chron. xxx, 11). (2) His words have been a powtr for twenty-five centuries. (3) He helped on the" nexv times, which Ehould arise in anothe form. Review Exerels. Tor the Whole School io Concert) I. "Who was Hosea? A ns. A prophet of Israel who prophesied about eixty-five years. 2. When did he live? Ans. Between B. C. T'.'O and 720. 3. "Who were Jrpohets a part of the same time? Ans. onah, Aaoe, Micah and Isaiah, 4. "What did Hosea geek to do? Ans. To Bave hii nation from sin and destruction. 5. Br what means? Ans. By the word of God, warning, entreating, loviag and promising! THE CHURCH'S PROGRESS. Gratifying Exhibit of CongregatlonalUm M Made at Elkhart. Elkhart, May C Special. Tbe ro man's board of mission of congregation alists for Indiana held its annual meeting in the Congregational church of this city today. Mrs. F. E. Knopp, wife of the pastor of the church, welcomed the boari to the city iu an earnest and eloquent ad dress which was responded toby the Her U. P. Beach, a missionary from China, aud by JIis Virginia C. Murdock, D.f a visiting missionary from Japan. The opening of the Congregational ministers association occurred in this cityat7:3C this evening. The opening address was delivered by the liev. J. LL Crum of Terrs Haute. Elkhart, May 7. Special. The annual sermon of tho congregation a: 1st ministers of this state was preached by the Rev. J. H. Crum of Terre Haute from th text, Tim. iii, 15: "Tha Church of the Living God." The speaker used the word church In the broad sensa of ell true believers of Jesus Christ, and all who are seeking to do God's wiil as they understand it Ha took a most cheerful view of the present condition and future prospects of tho church. At 9 a. m. the association was called ta oader by the Kev. D. P. Breed, the retir ing moderator. The first business was tha election of officers for the enfuing year, and the Key. Janes S. Ainslie of Fort Wayne was chosen moderator and th Key. D. M. Brown of Indianapolis scribe. The Itev. C. A. Gleason was selected to report the proceedings for tbe press. Ke ports of the condition of the churches in the etate were cheering. Ten churches have been completed and three parconajzes have been built within the year. The Itev, Ainslio trave a most stirring address on "Some Neglected Points in Church Work." In the afternoon addresses were made by the Kev. O. C. McCulloch on "The Church as a Business Matter" and the Kev. J. IL Crum on "The Educational Work ol the Church." A very interesting discussion followed, in which the Kev. Dr. Hyde, the Rev. D. P. Breed and others participated, after which tbe woman's home missionary society occupied the time foi one hour. Mrs. C. H. Taintor of Chicago gave a very lender and earnest address on home missions. The Kev. James Mayes, pastor of the three mission churches in the coal mine regions of Clay county, read a paper on "My Work in tne Mission Field." f his address was a great surprise to the audience. He graphically described the deplorable condition of the people of the mines. One church haj bullet holes in it just back of the pulpit. Crowds gather at the windows at the houi of service and hold bottles of whisky up to view to invite those inside to come and "take a drink," and make the night hideous with their curs3, blaspheming anJ, indecent language. The afternoon exercises closed with a very interesting address by Mies Millie A. Hand on ''Life and Work Among the Mormons." Elkhaet, May S. Special. The Amer ican home missionary society, now in session in this city, is this organ of the congregational churches of the United States, and is conducted by the Rev. NT. A, Hyde, D. D. ; the Kev. O. C. McCulloch, Prof. W. A. Bell, E. D. Curtis, the Rev. J. II. Crura and Chaplain I). P. Breed. The society appropriated in Indiana last year $10,434.16, while its receipts in the 6tate were only $2,074. It is largely supported, by members in the East. The congregational association repoited that thirty seven missionaries had been sustained, occupying forty-flvo missionary churches, six churches with 118 members were oreanized during the year and ten church building were erected at a cost of t-0,6OO. The year last past has been one of tha most successful iu the history of the church. The meeting closed this evenin5 after an eloquent address the Key. E Corwin, D. D. THE BISHOPS AT GREENCASTLE. ,

Private Meeting of th Gra XV.g-ttar1 ot the Metbodlat Church. Green-castle, May 7. Special. Great interest is taken here in the meeting of the bishops of the methodist episcopal church, all of whom are here and are being enter tained by members of the churches. The business to be transacted is of great importance, and will be of a 6trictly private nature. The meeting will be presided over by Bishop Bowman. On Sabbath the bishops whl be assigned u follows: Bishops Fowler, Andre ws, Warren and Foss to churchea here. Foster will lecture in the college chapel in tha afternoon. Newman will go to Bloomington, Merrill to Danville, Bowman to Lafay ette, Malla'deu to Martinsville, Isinde to Mooreville, Hurst to Meridian-st. church, Indianapolis. Joyce to SL Louis, Vincent to Frantfort and Fitzgerald to Terre Haute. A public reception was given them tonight at the ladies' halL Greencasti.e, May 8. Special. The methodist bishops met this morning and were in session several hours. The public was not allowed to be present, but the business was merely routine. Many methodist ministers and laymen from various portions of the state are here. At Meharry hall toniirht a large and interesting missionary meeting was held. Satorday nicht a musical entertainment will be extended the bishops. Proft-resa. It is very Important in this age of vast material progress that a remedy be pleaaine to the tate and to the eye, easily taken, acceptable to the 6tomach and healthy in its nature and ch'ects. Possessing these qualities, Syrup of Tigs is the one perfect laxative and meet gentlf diuretic known.