Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1892 — Page 5

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HOWARD ITERARY GLUB.

Cr ilotio. HOXOIlt D VF. CHARITY. . CFICEKS. j President Will 1 Strawn, Montpelier, Ind. First Vioe-presidnt liobgrt 2. Moulton, TViuteraville, Ind. Second Vice-presient Mi Sue C. Ttrter, Xalona, la. ' Keeordmg Secreary Ms. Dora Older, Adrian. Mich. I Corresponding Sc retard-Miss Emma I Herker. Eniery, IlL Treasurer Miss ihryJ. Campbedstown, O. Executive Cornmiitee Jon Tostma, Grarelton, lud. ; Torrene M. Jack. Nw Lancaster, lad.; W. . KokendotTer. .Vnterallo, Mo.; J. T. McDonald. Medina. Teno. Mr. J. P. liarues, Uraceton Mills, Y. Va. OBJECT? Sec. 2 of Article 1 of Constution Tie object of the IlowirLitwrary Clnb Is to encourage pure hterature,rer.gthen morality, establish sociability, inertia a desire for mind Imr rovenient and literarjattainments and to extend the work of refomtiou. MEMBER"-ß-c 1 of Article 2 of Castitntion All persons of Koodrrral character who are interes'.ed in the obje of this organization and are willing to worlin accordance therewith are eligible to me:bership. We most eordially inite every one truly and cneonipromwinglj invested in our objects to join our club. 1 titers of inqnirj hould be addressed the Corresponding .Seeretrv with stamp. The Howard Lterfy has neither salaried iTicers nor contribuprs, and depends wholly Upon its merits and yinciples for success. Members only are entitled to the rare benefits of our book, catalgue. All letters for pubication mutt be carefully written oa one sfcle f the paper only, accompanied by the write real name and address, as well aa the nom plume, and plainly addressed to the editoi C. (i. Stewart, ISestisel cfiice, Indianapolis, .'nd. Members in renenn subscription for TnK Fentinel will plea be sure to send $1 to the Howard Literary Teasurer, as the ciub is allowed a small coiunissioa. Due credit and prompt action guarinteed. The annual dues lave been advanoed to 25 eent, payable to ti treasurer during January and February. FRON "HOWARD." A Letter from the Ex-President or th Loord Club. Dear II. I.. C. Friends I wonder how each of you has enjoyed the holidays Just parsed. I hope very much indeed, and very much owing to how you spent them I guarantee. If in an elTort to io pood; to help some other person to te happy, you have, no doubt been happy yourself, fur such are the intimate relations existing between man and man thit any act of kindness, any good deed don-j through a pure motive to another, cannot go without its reward. It is always reflected bark in an intensified depree upon the giver, for "whatgover a man soweth that bhall he also reap," snd "with what measure ye mete, it shall öe measured to you a'ain, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and funning over, ehall men give into your oom." What a etrange life is this in which Re live; how deep, how vast, how alltomprehensive when we think upon it ini Jt9 laws of retributive justice. We, aa II. L. C. members, advocate pure literature. Can we give a good reason for eo doin? Let us investigate the matter a little. If the reading of bad literature does not produce an effect why tabDoo it? And if it doea produce an effect can th,i scientific basis upon which this fleet is produced be found and defined? What is 2. book in its leading and important sens;? I would pay it is a collection Df thoughts, more or less artistically Interwoven and bound together with one r more general thoughts, the tone and quality of which determine the character of the book, whether it be pure or impure. Thought j the action of mind and corresponds in quality with the mind ; thus all thought baa tone and quality just as much as sound has tone and quality. Thoughts of sensuality, crime, debauchery and falsity are the loweat in tone and quality, while thoughts of love, truth, benevolence, peace and compassion are the highest in both tone and quality. Thus thoughts rane from the lowest point ever reached by the carnal mind in selfishness, anper, hatred, malice, t&venge, envy, jealousy and deceit, with all their attendant evils, up into the pure realm of love, peace, truth, charity and all the attributes cf the divine mind which is the spiritual mind that was in Christ Jeeus, who was the great exemplar and matte? mind of the universe. The reading of a book is the process of passing through the conscious mind the lame thoaphts as expressed by the writer; Jthinkinj his thoughts after hiin." It is of vital importance to acertain, if we can, how anc in what way this process of thinkinz does affect the reader, and we may gain a clearer idea, perhaps, by illustration. Let us take for our experiment a youth, whose mind is pure and free, who has known only a loving home, and has always manifest tenderness and sympathy 'tor his playmates and pets around him.

The Indianapolis Board of Health, in its Published Report on Daklng Powder, Nov. 4, 1891, declares that DR. PRICE'S CREAM BAKING POWDER Contains no Deleterious Ingredients.

The report further says "Physiologists of high standing consider Ammonia ani Alum deleterious substances, tmütted for Mus in foods raid do not recommend baking powders containing th?m for daily use." Tue board names the following brands as containing cither Ammonia or Alum or both. -

Royal. Atlantic and Pacific Crown. Sea Foam. Bon Bon. . Early Rising. Calumxt.

tl Dr. Price's Cream

contains only such ingredients as a pure Baking Powder ought to be composed of and I can recommend the same to every housekeeper as pure, wholesome and effective." (Signed) Peter Latz, City Chemist

Tiace a book in his hand portraying many exciting adventures, and supposed bravery, full of cruelty, revenge and strife; cruel pranks played on the boys, cats and dogs. Suppose he reads the book and casts it aside, caving, "I care nothing for it; I will have nothing to do with such horrid 6toriee, will never allow such thoughts to enter my mind, never," and thus he may in a measure banifeh the effect from his mind; yet it is bad eeed sown, which, not cultivated, may not bear much fruit, but having fallen back into his seemingly unconscious mind, will spring up along his path and may require years of uprooting. Let us now note the cultivation of thought and trace the result. The boy reads the book and begins to think the thoughts over and over in his mind until they become his companions by day and bis dreams by night, boon he bezins to repeat them "to others. His mind is feeding on this class of thought and noon begins to take on the same tone. We 6ee him trying eome of the pranks on his playmates; he bangs the dog, tortures the cat and his playmates and now takes evident delight in doing many cruel thintrs, which are of the came character and tons as the thoughts in the book he read, but which would have been very distasteful and repugnant before. His mind now seeks more food of the same nature, and we follow him on in his career until he has run alifeof adventure, cruelty and strife, and finally ends in a drunken brawl, a brutal fight, a murderer and a felon's cell. Now, look at him, ye character readers, and tell me if you will not say, you can gee in that face and form a true physical picture of the life he has led of brutality and crime? I)ear readers, do any of you believe that this boy would have lived the life and manifested the same traits of character he did if he had constantly and persistently held in his mind a class of thoughts diametrically opposite to and to the exclusion of those he did hold ? I think you will say he would not. Then I hope we have those points strong enough and clear enough before us to be able to make a few deductions as to the action of thought that will be ot practical benefit to us in the future. Let us see. May we not eafely lay down as fundamental, practical, working principle, these r täte men ts? First By presietent and constant thinking a certain quality of thought, the mind grows to become of tue 6ame like quality. Second That we go the way we look, we tend physically the way we think mental i y. Third Wo manifest in our bodies what we constantly think in our minds, and everv thought is a building stone. "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he," and when we know that the thoughts of our mind are the builders of our body our eyes are opened to the importance of training the mind to think the thoughts of good only ; thoughts of truth and wisdom and puritt. It the three above propositions are not weii founded as a scientific basis from w hich to reason, I challenge home one to come forward with their best proofs and establish their faliacv. At anv rate let ua

Lave your views on the subject. As ever, j youra laithiully, . "Howard. TO THE GIRLS. Her I Sem L'-TvI-lIxaded Advlr from Mr. nod Mr, "Lone Stiir." 11.10. Bkothes and Sisters This rainy day we once more will try to do our part for the page. "Iiandolph," three Kansas "Stars," too, bad la grippe for company for a New Year's present. We don't want any more gifts oi that kind soon. "Frank's" political views are out of place; they belong on another page of The Sentin el. As it is the inevitable fortune of most girls to get married sooner or later, we will give a few hints upon the choice of a proper hueband. Before you link your fortune with a young man, know something about his position, pursuits, habits and associates. About the most fatal blunder you can commit is to contract a bad marriage, and yet bow often is it done ! Before any young man has a chance of making known his intention, find out if he is worth having. You can never live happily with a man whose habits you despite. Beware of transient young men. Becoliect that one good farmer's boy or industrious mechanic is worth ad the floating fots in theI world. The allurements of a dandy Jack, with a (told chain around his neck, a walking etick in his paw, and a three-penny cigar in his mouth, some honest tailor's coat on his back, and a brainless, though fancy skull, never make up the loss of a good father's home, and a good mother's counsel, and the society of brothers and Bieters ; their atlections fast, while that of a young man is lost in the wane of the honeymoon. Don't marry a Ependthrift, or a lazy, shiftless young man. Bemember, he will have to keep you, as well as himeelf, in food, clothes, home, etc., and to do this properly he must be able to earn enough to secure the means of living comfortably. Whatever poets may say or sing of the sweets of poverty, it is a painful thing to be poor, and no man in I justified iu expecting you to consent tobe Climax. Kenton, Queen. Regal. Ruckelhaus Forest City. Baking Powder

married until he gives you fair evidence that he has counted the cost oi keeping you and also of bringing up a family. Listen to no word of love from a man who swear, gamblea, tipples or associates with bad companions. Uon't run the risk of trying to reform a man after marriage ; in all probability you will be disappointed if you do. Have nothing to do with a shuffler, or a man who does not say what he means. All kinds oi deceit are wrong and a man who manifests a truckling, dodging spirit is not the man to feel at home with a pure-minded woman. If an honest man is the noblest work of God then avoid any man who cannot look you fairly in the face and epeatc out boldly the thoughts of his heart and mind. Lastly, in the choice of a husband seek one whom you can most heartily and devotedly love. Remember that a true union in life is and ever must be a union of hearts. Marriage rightly understood is the perfected life of love between two kindred or suitably adapted natures. It never should be a mere mercenary bargain between property owners or simply a society allair between exquisite fools. Always marry the man whom you feel and believe will make you the most happy. Otherwise you may be made unhappy, if not miserable. "Fr r fcrced wedlock is a holl, An nee of discor.1 and continued strife; Wliereus, the contrary bring' forth joj And is a pattern of celestial ieace." Success to the Howard is the wish ot Mr. and Mrs. "Lone Stab." Lawrence, Kas., Feb. 3. A VOICE FROM MISSOURI.

Note and Do Not Deapiae th Sma'I and Sim. pl Thing of Life. Dear II. L. C. Friends Despise not the ßimple things of lite. Let not the memory of grandeur once beheld drive from your heart appreciation of lowly beauty. Hemember that the hand of an all wise Father gave the glorious sunshine, the rain and the dew and the rich dark soil in which the oak tree king of the forest grows in all his grandeur of hight and wondrous proportion. Admire its spreading branches, its clusters of acorns and its curiously cut leaves that Fcem to whisper together as they fan the soft air of a sunny summer day. Think of the fierce destructive storms of ages that it has withstood; of how its branches towed, writhed and moaned in the furious bla; t;of how the pniiess sheet beat upon it while the lightning's red glare and the awful roar of the thunders were abroad in tha air, yet harmed not this kindly tree, and now, unmindful of pat storm, it stands there in the sunshine serene and beautiful as it towers majestically above all t-urrounding trees. Yes, look up at the lofty oak tree with reverence, awe and admiration, but do not forget that low at its feet and sheltered by its protecting branches grow the sweetest and daintiest flowers, tall, graceful ferns and tender, waving grass, or that hL'h up on slender oaken twigs swing bright, beautiful little birds, shose happy cheerful ongs ring pleasingly in your ear, but whose size and allotted term of Hie are very insignificant in comparison with the great oak tree, yet are none the less worthy of your notice, admiration and love. My favorite rose bush out there by the irate is a very email allair by the side of your stately oak, but all Bummer long the little bush here trrcat red roses, the brightness and fragrance of which are unknown to your boasted oak. There is an intimate connection between lowly loveliness and exalted beauty. The same powerful hund which fashioned the towering tree also planned the small plants as its feet, and each one is possessed with a beauty and worth of its own worthy of our regard. Try to appreciate the good, the true, the pure and the beautiful wherever found. The lily is a tall, stately, graceful plant, delighting in warmth and eunhine, and is a perfect queen in the realm of flowers. I-ow in the shade grow lovely white violets their dewy perfumed heads bent in an attitude of sweet humility and innocence. The eacrle knows no superior among birds. He is keen ot sieht, swift of winjr, fearless, brave and strong and rightly named the king of birds. Jut the eagle is far away above and beyond our reach. Near by are spotless white doves with sweet innocent eyes and gentle mien. The Mississippi river (father of waters) makes a grand triumphal march to the gulf through 4,400 miles ot our great United States of America. You stand upon the bank and gaze upon its broad expanse of swiftly flowine. sparkling water. You dream of the tine scenery at its head among the lakes and whispering pine trees of the North and of the cotton and cane fields of the outh where dusky laces peer curiously into the depths as they ride upon the waves in their queer little boats. Other dreamy and fanciful pictures Hit through your mind until you are lost in admiration of this mighty river. After a while you turn away and seek the quiet of your peaceful home. There, near-by, and low in the valley between tree and vineclad hills is the fairest, sweetest spot in all the world to you. You often go there of an evening to watch the sunset. It is the prettiest spot in the dell ; a leafy dell where a pretty little brook sings of all the enchanting spots it has wandered through; a laughing brook whose crystlaline waters reveal the pebbles and weeds, and runs through two grassy banks, kissing them ns it runs. Great, golden, willow trees, with drooping branches, bend protectingly over the rippling water; the loveliest wild flowers grow there, and the songs of bright-plumed birds fill the air with exquisite melody. Awrain I say, despise not the small things of life. There is something to be seen in every street of every city and obscure village or country land something to be left or found in every human heart and face, something to be wondered at and loved in every roadside weed, mossy bank or humble cottage, which are worthy of awakening in your heart emotions of glory and exaltation, lasting and sublime. "Then, acorucr, srare the littl tbio! From atoms all the worlds are wrought, Peasant may dwindle Into kings, Or wits give birth to humorous thought The great be smalt, the small berr. st; And yet through all life's Tarl- d throng Tho truth holds last as death or fate, The humbl ever are tüe strong." Kahoka, Mo., Feb. 3, 1SU2. "JAC'IHTA.,, 'ADVANCE" AGAIN. H Lectures "Calico BUI" and Telia All About St. Valentin' Day. Good Evening, IIowabd Friends The holidays of 1S91 are remembered with the past, and I hope that eyery II. L. C. member and every other individual had a glorious good time. 13ut, alas! It seems like "Cheyenne Bob" acted rather selfish about that Christmas turkey and tried to devour it all himeelf, and what was the result, why, he foundered, and could not sleep the sleep of a temperate man, eimply because he was troubled with bad dreams, and last, but not least, the doctor informs me that Bob is doomed to loose his finger naila as well as hia toe nails; that is, he will abed them and a nevr eet take their place. Mrs. Bob eaid "twoud be a blessing to her if hia toe nailj never would sprout a?ain, for then she would not have to darn his socks eo much, and there is the bed clothing; it would not be rent in twain quite bo often either. Bob don't kick often, but when be ,does he kicks with both feet for all there is in it." Brother

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"Bob." I imagine it is very humiliating to be subjected to such unpleasant escapades, consequently you have my profoundest sympathy. g Ah, ha. Yes, indeed. This is a progressive nsre. Therefore roan is progressive, and if you doubt it I'll have the audaucity to refer you to "Calico Bid" for instance. Isn't this leap vear! We'll turn back to the fifth page of The Indiana State Sentinel, which Mas iseued Jan. G, 1S92, and rehearse C. B's letter, and then you will learn that this is a progressive age. For he olll-rs to ascend to the thro ie of a king if "Bitter Sweet" will consent to be the queen. And now my indulgent reader, if this does not prore that this a progressive age and that man is still progressive, I'll admit that I am at a lo to know what the word progress applies to. My dear brother, "Carlo Bill," I'll confess that I was astonished at your brazen remark. The bare idea, sir, that you ehould imagine for a single moment that you could use such language as that in the beginning ofjleap year without comment is preposterous, sir, decidedly preposterous. If you had cultivated your impatience until after St. Valentine's day it might have escaped such a fate. Perhaps it is not generally known what gave rise to this supposed custom of the ladies having the privilege on St. Valentine's day in leau year of taking: the initiative in courtship and if I mistake not 'twas derived from the Romans, who, it is eaid, received it from the Greeks. According to some authorities Jupiter nave to Venus the authority to reiin over the opposite eex once in four years, and she availed herself of the prerogative at the time of her festival, which took place in the month of February. When Christianity obtained eupremacy over paganism, and each festival was transformed in a saint's day the fete of Venus fell to St. Valentine. Charles Lamb, one of the kindliest and best of old bachelors, thus apostrophizes good St. Valentine: Great is thy name in the ruble, thou venerable arch-tlttmen of Hyuieu! lmmniortal gobetween! Who and what manner of person art thou? Art thou hut a name typifying the resile principle which impels poor humanity to teek perfection in union or art thou indeed a mortal prelate, with thy tippet and thy rochet, thy apron on and decent lawn sleeves? Mysterious personage! Like unto thee assuredly there is uoother mitered father in the calendar. Thou cotnest attended with thousand of little ones, and the nir is brushed with the kiss of rustl wince. Minting cupids are thy choiis era and thy precentors, and instead of the crosier the mystic arrow is borue before thee. This tutelary genius, now so venerahle, is supposed to make his annual Faintly visit among the eons and daughters of men on the 14th day of February; and even to this day euch is the honor paid to his memory, that millions of love-mis? ives are sent whirling through our mails on the above named day. It is scarcely credible to what an extent this ephemeral courtship is carried on by these means one might, indeed, suppose we were it very loving people, and that marriage was the invitable destiny of the race ; did we not know that these billets doux were for the most part mere burlesque, visions of love, of cupids, of hymens and the allegory of the bestück aud bleeding heart? Those delightful eternal commonplace?, which, having been will always be, no school boy, or school girl, nor school man can write away ; because they h?ve been irreversible in the fancy and aflections of the human race for aye and ay. "Rose White Thorn." plea&e allow me to extend to you ami your atfianccd husband my profoundest congratulations, and may your happiness never cease. Visit the page often, if convenient, for we need your assistance. "Rosine," have you chaneed your name? Surely you are not subject to such 6pells of eileace, are you? If so, lam liable to catch you napping eome of these days. "Constancy ," your have my heartfelt sympathy in your sad hours ot trouble, it is sad, yes, very ead, to have father taken from us, and those that never have experienced such a fate can't truly sympathize with you. "Lillian Lee" and "Isidore," you are welcomed by "Advance." I am awaiting your appearance, l'iease don't keep me in suspense. Ha, ha! And the "Staring Idiot" don't enjoy Much fun. Why, I imagined that you already knew me, for we don't reside very far apart. I guess that our postoflice address is the same. I reside near a rustic old village in the west part of Hamilton county. Those members that have been trying to exterminate the baking powder advertisement from the fifth paee of Thk Sentinel by sending in their contributions so frequently, have become negligent. "May Bede" are you not one of them? I think that if there was less complaint made about those advertisements, they wouid soon disappear. With kind wishes to the editor aad each member, I am "Advance." A MESSAGE FROM "HAMLBT." Natural Chances Are the Causa of Man's Progress. II. L. C Fkiends From the beginning every organized body has hewn passing through certain series of changes. Animal life, plant life, and all the various formations of the earth, have been passing from one state to that of another, nearer perfection. Once a seething, burning and molten mass, the earth whirled and flew through space. Nothing of life was on its vast surface. All was darkness and still until the first great change came when the surface was sufficiently cooled by its rapid flight and the first signs of life appeared in the little molusks and other specimens of tiny ehell-fish; the lowest order of animal life. Then came huge reptiles and monsters of the eea and land awkward and unsightly, seemingly without any purpose of form or size. A rank vegetation sprang up covering a large pcrtion of the earth's surface. Trees crew to an enormous size in a short time limbless, spongy stalks that eoon fell and furnished the material for our present coal fields. The myriads of shells were pulverized by chemical action and the lashing, restless waves of the vast waters, and were deposited at the , bottom along the shores, forming in due course of time the limeBtone that is valuable for building p-urposes. Man, the highest order of living things, has ever been changing -since first he became a living soul, nearing perfection in the likeness and imaga of God. Far back in the dark r.nd awful past prehistoric man ranked but litttle above the wild savage beasts that ruled the dismal hemisphere. Ho burrowed iu the earth a dwelling place, in which he lay tremblingly i.u hidingfrom the ferocious beasts, or his more ferocious human foes. He used no implement but those of war. Ho knew no Gcd, and worshiped nothing save his gluttonous appetite. He wallowed in filth and dirt, and in cases of severe hunger he gloated o'er the reeking

fl sh of his own offspring. Iiis teeth were like tboo of the wolf and his wails like the eaale's claws. But man is changed. By the long panorama of wars, through the manv grand changes by nature and his longing, restless disposition, man is wonderfully changed. He has numbered the stars in the heavens and measured the'.r distance from the earth. He has followed the planets in their great revolutions around a mighty moving center. He has buiided beautiful cities that almost equal the handiwork of God, of the stone that was once the little ßhells of the molusks. He has fanthomed the ocean's depths and has walked and breathed beneatn its salty waves. His thoughts are wafted on the wings of lightning from shore to shore, and through the air he travels equal to the feathery kingdom in vessels of his own construction. He recognizes and worships a living God and Savior of mankind, and yet man is not perfect. He has not attained his highest. There is yet another wonderful change awaiting him, the last and the greatest of all, and we call it death ; whereby man changes from a mortal to an immortal being, and, through Jesus Christ, from imperfection to perfection. Then, and not until then, will man have attained his highest in the likeness and image of God. But the ever restless and longing soul is wending its way back to its native home to God who gave it existence, and it cannot be satisfied in this vale of tears. Never, until it reaches its beautiful home beyond the skies, where all is forever unchangeable, fixed and eternal. Where God's love is ever the same and where the soul finds rest forever. "Ida S.," 1 will not now use the space to state the why and wherefore I reached my conclusions in regard to the last half of the third verse and twelfth chapter of First Corinthians ; but may this suliice. Christ is the lxrd and Savior omy cf those that follow him and have been bap tized with the Holy Ghost. Yours faithfully "Hamlet." BACK AGAIN.

Pliilomel&" Kitutii to ttie Fsc With an Intcrrstinc L.ttr. My Peak II. L. C. Fkienps It has been so long since I visited the page that I feel like saying what a little girl once said: "Well, indeed, I feci nsliamed of myself for playing truant, but I'll never be so thoughtless again if I cm pardoned this time." I say I feel like saying this, but I'll not say it, however much I would like to for fear that I shall be caught in something equally as bad & truancy and perhaps worse. Nevertheless, friends, if my thoughts are not often expressed on the page thev are continually with you. How many thoughts entwine about us that we are unconscious cf. Were our thoughts material vhat a network there would tie about us ; and woe to those who furnish the romance of this world! I spend most of my leisure time in reading. 1 have read many different works but I am now. and have been for some time, reading the grandest, noblest and most sublime thoughts ever expressed; tli o greatest history ever written the Bible. I find great pleasure in reading it. I had read almost everything contained in the new testiment but had done but little reading in the old, supposing it not worthy for the time which it would require to read it. But I found that I was badly mistaken and under an entirely wrong impression. I wonder if all of our II. Iu C. friends are bible readers. If so, for what purpose do you read it? Bo you read it to learn more of God's wisdom and love, and to know how to serve and obey Him, that you may be cleanted and purified and your soul be made "whiter than snow?" Ur do you read the hoiy scriptures to equip vourself for an argument to prove somebody's opinion wrong or to prove the bible unreasonable or even untrue? We hope there are none of the latter. Just at this moment 1 behold from my window a most touching scene across the street. It is the returning of a daughter who married and ieit home and has now returned after a long absence to see her aged father, whose spirit had left its earthly abode and flown to the bosom of its Savior ere she reached here. She was helped out of the carriage at the gate, when ehe was met by her mother whose form has yielded to years past and whose locks are silvery white. Also her brothers and sisters were there. All at the gate but one. This meeting was beyond description. Such an intermingling of joy ami sorrow! If sorrow be with those who have a hone, what must be the condition of those who have no consolation or assurance of ever meeting again? Why are we not all prepared for 6uch occasions? Why not spend more time in studying the bible? "Why toil for the wealth that will perish, thejtreasures that rust and decay?" Why are we not more devoted to Him who has done all for us? It is true God sometimes allows us to have trials and temptations in this life, but these are merely tests by which we may examine ourselves to know whether or not we are becoming stronger spiritually, or whether our faith be as the morning dew that when the eun shines it disappears. Regards to all. "Philomela." Bruceton Mills, W. Va., Feb. 3. A SUNFLOWER IN WINTER Blooming; In Southern Kantaa and Boy This Is Leap Ye nr. II. L. C. Fkiends It has been some time since I have chatted to the II. L. C. I have never contributed but two letters to the page, as I have been a member only a short time. Perhaps no one remembers of a "Sunflower" being in your circle? I hear some one speaking of sleigh riding; that seems rather strange, as is almost like epring down here in southern Kansas. We have only had three or four' days ot real cold weather, and this evening we have all of the doors open. I enjoy the winters here splendidly. "W illard Renolds" welcome, let's shake hands, as we are both from Kansas. Girls are you aware of this being "leap year?" Now we can have the privilege (if j we choose to) of asking for the company of some real nice young man for a leap year party, ha! ha! and then if he ehould refuse well I don't think ! it would be very polite, do you "Romping Rose?" Where, O where ia "Nobody's Darling?" Detective cannot you go on the search of her? Try and make her "Some Body's Barling." Then perhaps she will come to ' the page more frequently. "lioosier Bob" I believe I like you real , well, please come often. "Aunt Jennie" you expreseed my sentiments perfectly in regard to the baptism question. I think any one willing to serve the Lord should be willing to obey his commandments, and baptism is one of ! hia commandmenta. Any little child who

reads the bible can certainly understand that baptism is eesential. O may we all be pure in heart, submit to the will of the master and lead a true Christian life, ia

tliA ;h nf "S UXFLOWER. Liberty, Kas. BE TRUE TO ONESELF. Some Good Thoughts from 44 Wyandot Dewdrop," an Old Member. Cherished Howard Friends How 6wiftly the weeks glide away, and as they pass lead us to think the occupations of this world, however important, are only transitory, and it matters little what our occupation so that it ia honorable. In an address to an assembly of young people William Winters, the modern philosopher, eaid: "Make your business tributary to your mind and not your mind subservient to your business." Business is only an incident of life necessary, we will admit, yet how important it ehould be honorable. Kvery occupation, though ever so humble, is honorable if legitimate and honesty is its purpose. Business or occupation is not the most important factor in liie, but how we conduct that business or occupation; if it dwarfs or does not respect the sanctity of the soul, or drags it downward then beware. "I would be honest," said a great philosopher, "though no one were to know it, just as I would be clean, though no one were to see me." And again, be true to yourselves and you cannot be false to any one. Be yourselves and your noble aspirations ; it is your life you must live and not any one's else. In every great calamity or crisis in life the human being is alone and therefore should be educated to the idea of building an original, noble, enduring character one that will stand amid the severest storms of life; a preparation not only for this world but an ornament for everlasting life. "Jessie Clyde," your description of Central park was bo vivid and interesting I could imagine myself following you about in your description and drinkiug in the picturesque scenery of that famous park. riease, "Jessie Clyde," continue to entertain us with letters describing the wonders of the metropolis. I think New York one of the most wonderful cities in America; every phase of human life is there. The wretched, ragged, beggars, (I shall never forget them) foreigners from every land in their native dress and peculiar manners of their native country. Together with millionaires, stately gentlemen, richly-dressed ladies, fashionable women, washer-women, fruit venders, gamblers, dudes and all manner of people forming a medley not often witnessed in other cities. It ia a scene impressed indelibly on my mind. And picturesque Trinity church, surrounded with its quiet burying ground of mounds, where sleep the early settlers of the island, and the simple , marble slabs with quaintly ppelled names, presents a strange contrast to the traffic, bustle and contusion that is constantly being enacted on busy Broadway. "Aunt Sue" and all the invalids, we remember you and deeply sympathize with you, but "God doeth all thiiigs weli," "Comet," your "treasured gems" gleamed forth brightly on the Howard page, and are well worth preserving. "Aunt Jennie," glad to eee you on the page, but whero are "Howard," "Maud Maple," "Ida S.," "Lureka," "Iowa Blush" and ever bo many others? Mr. President, I think "Norval" a pretty name for the little stranger at your home. "B. Klla l'ayne," are you my "nearest neighbor? A welcome to "Lillian Lee" and "Loidore." "Wyandot Dewdkop." Upper Sandusky, O., Feb. Ö. A TRIP EASTWARD. Which Concludes With Some Serloua Thoughts bj Pilgrim." To the II. L. C. A happy greeting to all. I am glad to be with you again. I have to sit and listen to the talks of the abler speakers of the society, but as there seems to be no particular subject, I will eay a few words on ray visit to the Fast. I live in one of the healthiest and most productive sections of the world, as every one knows who is acquainted with the prairies of Iowa. Therefore, I will say now that I did not see any country that would excel the prairies of the central states. 1 started on my trip in the even, ing, consequently did not Eee a great deal of the country between my home and the great and much epoken of city of Chicago. 1 was not a little amazed as I am 6iire many others have been on finding themselves in one of the greatest commercial centers of the world. I could not eee very much of the city in a few hours. However I saw the sights around the Rock Island and B. & . depots. On leaving Chicago I followed the lake for some distance, along which I didn't see much but sand and a few shrubs of the thorn specie. Alter but little delay I arrived in the mountains where will be found eome very beautiful scenery. The mountain passes are very dangerous looking but as I looked out from my comfortable seat in the car, I thought of the grandeur of the works of God. The mountains which are covered with evergreen foliage displayed no little magnificence to the human imagination. Very few people of the prairies can comprehend the grandeur that the mountains display. Going on eastward and following the Potomac to where it and the Shenandoah unite, one can get a good view. The bridge across the Potomac at Harper'eFerry is no little piece of mechanism. But when we eum up all of the above they are nothing as compared with the things of the world to come. Now, therefore, let us work together for the union of the christian peopie and through union we may eee the world converted eo that when we "come to pass hence we can eay like Paul, the grandest preacher and evangelist that the world has ever produced, "I have fought the good fight: I have finished my course ; I have kept the faith ; nenceforthTthere ia laid up for mo a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me at that day, and not for me only, but for all that love His appearing.' I trust that we will love His appearing and that when He does appear we shall be like Him. WThat has become of "Aunt Sue" and "Iowa Blush ?" I fear that they have forgotten the Howard page. Please come Boon as I love to read from the pens of my old friends. Good night for this time. "Pilgrim." South English, Ia., Feb. 2. Intemperance. Dear II. L. C. Friends What brings a man to destruction quicker than drinking? Why there is not any greater evil in the world than intemperance. There was a glass-blower at Dunkirk got drunk the other night and went home and tried to kill his wife by cutting her throat Wo have several drunkards in our locality. They are all going the downward road to ruin. Do not touch the cup of wine that sparkleth, for it will bite as a serpents Let us take heed, kind friends, and leave all intoxicating drinks alone; it will be the best lor you and mo. For drinking lea is to destruction. I have been glad to see the page eo well filled. "Frank," I agree with you on the tariff question. The democrats must get Children Cry for.

up and hustle if they expect to win victory. "Comet." your quotations from the Howard ecrap book are very good. Let us hear from you again. I am sorry "Aunt Sue" is etill sick. Hope ehe will eoon enjoy good health again. I received my certificate Jan. '21. As this is my first letter I will close. "Steed well." Emmettsviile, Ind., Feb. 3. The Transplanted flower. Once long ago. The ever TUilftnt watches of nUht The stars in majestic eiknee on high, Looked down oa the gift of heaveu to mm, Hjrne by the sntreii from realms In tha sky. An innocent bube like the lily fair. That only blossoms In brief in the lieht. She flourished a few swift fleeting moments, Then lowly fa lod and passed Irom our liht, 2ow only a lock of silken brown Lair Kern aim of the one, Sa beautiful, fair. Where doth she lie? Iovrn in the vale where the cyprest traei droop-. Where the crystalline rills gently ripple along; Where the flowers blootu in their rarest huej Where the mocking bird wsrbles its sweete-t eong W here the bright marble slabs leap watch o'er th dead; Where the turtle doe gireth his sift tones ia trust To the winds to bear his lore to bis mate. There the Earth garnered its beautiful dust; There lies the one so beautiful lairToo lovely for earth; Wo buried her there. Where h.t she jrone? 'ar from tha earth the angels have borne hst, Cp throu-h the sileut mists of the night. Up where the stars watch over the darknesi. Up to the htaren of pure delight. Up where the heaven-sirung harps ara playing. In beautiful chords, so rich and to rare In tones of delight in mellow accord The welcome of auels to one so fair. There they hare borne her, Bhelimh there. Aloszo Fislkt Jacom. (Occasional Visitor.) Greencastle, Ind., Feb. 2, 1S. J. Where Was the Ostt? I and my schoolmate p'.anned to tea what they would do at the lodpj on nijjht. When school was out we started home, but did not po. We went back ta the school house and went in the window and by hard work we got into the loft and waited in the cold and dark till 7 o'clock It was not lone till the room was full ol people and the coat. You bet we eaw very well from where we were. The house wai called to order by a man. The eame man went to all who were in the room. They pot up and kissed the man as he went t them. Yes, that was what they did. Where was the poat? That was what wi wanted to see. Was it in that box by th president? "Aljia." ABOUT WATCHES.

What the State Sentinel Can Do fo You antl "Where the Reader Can Save Money. Everybody knows that there is a so called watch tru for the purpose of keeping up prices, also to keep newspapers from handling them. The Sentinel, however, has been abl to pet ahead of the trust, and is enabled, to furnish lino filled gold watches at whole Bale prices. A filled case for all practical purposes u just as pood as a solid pold watch. It will wear a life-time, and in cae of its being ttolen tho loss is not so preat. SoME OF OCR U A RH A INS, No. 5. Size No. IS Liberty (enpinetumed) case, New York ftandard movement, will wear ten years, $12.25. No. 8. Size No. (!. Liberty (or American) enpraved case. Doret movement (Swis.-0, seven jewels, 212. No. 1 4. Size No. LS. Box case, Louis XIV ftyle, Waltfiam or Elpin moyement, Feven Jewel?, $19.73. Thee watches are sold by retail dealers at from to $35, No. Iß. Size No. IS. Waltham or Elpin movement, seven jewels (engineturned ),'Montauk case, $1S. This watch would cost from 23 to at jewelry stores. No. 17. Size No. IS. Waltham or Elgin movement, Reven jewels, beautifully enpraved Montauk case, SIS. This watch would coet from 23 to $35 at jewelry stores. No. IS. Size No. IS. Monarch case, twenty-ono years' puarantee, 14 carat, Waltham movement (engine-turned), $20.25. No. 10. Size No. IS. Monarch case, fancy landscape engraved, Elgin movement, $21.50. No. 20. Size No. IS Monarch case, with wide Vermicelli border and enpraved center, Waltham movement, seven jewels, $23. This is the finest watch we otter and is well worth $10, according to the prices charped in jewelry Ftores. The cases are warranted for twenty-one years. No. 21. Size No. ti. Monarch case, Vermicelli border, fancy Elpin movement, seven jewels, $19.f0. No. 2-. Size No. IS. Montauk caee (enpine-turned). New York standard movement, seven jewels, $16.23. The Sentinel does not keep the watches on hand neither do we furnish any other make or kind. Just the watches advertised are all that we can sell. The readers of The mcntinex never had an opportunity to pet firet-ciasa watches at any euch prices as the above, and after this stock is Fold they will probably not eoon have such a chance apain. This oiler is open only to subscribers to The Indiana State Sentinel. One of these watches will make a hand, some birthday present for your wife, youi sister, your daughter, or your sweetheart; for your husband, your father, your brother or your son. In order to avoid confusion and mistakes the watches should be ordered only by their numbers, thus it is only necessary to eay: "Send watch No. 8 (or whatever number is desired) to the following address." Write the name, town, county and state very plainly. The cash mu9t accompany every order. We should prefer to have our subscribers use the following coupon, which can be cut out, filled up and sent to The Iniuana State Sfntinkl with a draft on Chicago, New York, Indianapolis or Cincinnati or a postoffice money order for tha amount. All orders and cash should be sent to State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Ind. 18?2. Indianapolis Sentinel Co. Please aend one watch No to the fol lowing address: Name. roatofSce . County.. StateEnclosed find $ A Tlmuglilful Friend. IN. Y. Weekly. Mother "That is a handsome piece of bronze you have selected for Mi-s Banpup's wedding present: but why do you leave on the price-mark?" Dauhter "The bronze is tery heavy and I do not want the dear girl to injure herself carrying it around to the stores to find out what it cost." Pitcher's Caot;oria