Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1893 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, "WEDNESDAY rOTlNINl, M VTICH 8. 1393-TWELYE PAGES.

omcEHS. Freifdent Will F. Strawn, Jfontrelb'r, Tnd. First Vm e-prreidenl Torrence M. Jackscn, Jvew Lan-as er. lud. Second Vice-president Mias Sue C rarker, Kaloua, Ik. Recording Secretary Mie Dort Weuner, neaeant-ave., Indiru a oiia, Ind. Corresponding Secretary Miss Emms L. Herker. LmerT, 111. Treasurer llise Mary J. Kelley, Campbellstown, l. Executive Committee Alonro Finley Jacobs, Greeoca-tle, Ind.; v lliaru A. Carle. Anthony, Ind.; W. S. Kokerdo er. Mnntevallo. P.;J. C McDonald. Medina, Tenn.; Mra. J. 1'. Uarues, Urucctou Mil's. W. Va. OIUKCTS. fee. ?of Article 1 of Constitution The object of the Howard literary Club 1 to eneonrmre j ure lueri.ture, strengthen morality, stahliidi sociability, increas- a d.sire lor mind Imr rnven ent nn J liPrxry attainments aud to SXteud tLe work of r-f-rrr.aliou. MKMLKKS. fee. 1 of Article '1 of Constitution All j trsc.ua of tiood moral character who are Interested in the nbjnts of this orwii izttiou a'id are wiliii.tr to work ia aocordanoe therewith tie eligible to rreniberh p. AYe in st a..rdia!ly invite every one truly ami uneoiiipronoaintly intereated in our objeota to join our otiib. liners of inquiry ahouM be a Idret,! the Correapnrdng Secretary with atanip. The Howard L terary hut neither salaried cfiicers nor contiibittors, and depend holly Upon it merit ami principles for iiece. Members only are entitled to the rare beliebte ol our book catultfiie. AI letters lor pub ication mint be carefully Hutten on one ai le of tue paper otdv, wiiom lamed by the writer a rem ntuns ant ad.lre. a well kh ihn iii'ia Je plum-, und pla lily uU rtre.scd to the ed tor, C. i. Stewart, SKNTIMEL cf.ief. Indianapolis, In 1. Jmber in renewing subscription for TlIR Fl-.NTINM. will pl-ae be tore to aend frl to the Jlowaru 1-iternry 'Irensurer, aa itie e ub is allowed a rcsll commission. Due credit end prompt artion guaranteed. Memhera, in a, ding their photos to the editor tor reproduction on tliit page. niut send mra le plume, and al real name and a I !re. The latter will not be puslisned except by re-qu-et of th peodcrr. 1 t.n n'iu tl tinea 2 cent oint be Bent to the treaturrr by or before March 1, FROM "POLLOCK." A Tulk .1out t'ertniii Author, I?ook nnl lert.im lliilooii '. In rea.lin;; "Matiii Maj lc-'b" lisrr'ation on Kmernnn'a wr t t?lh I wf not only p!e3--i t Ut :ntere-n'eil. I am j.le.iH.-il to Lear ei'cii an earnest advocate of i in. ronitu phil moi.hy, an 1 intnre.-.t' 1 it', tha, to n.e, original treatnitat of the subject in han'J. Th mentioninj of this writer rn''! to mini t-leafinjj rrininj(ctn' o! (.liiuiiri n J "Dro.-k Farn.," ' The I i; ;" m Margaret Kiillpr. Tltoreni, Hawt'-nrn, and even Lowell, Whittier tunl Hnlüien ptep liko hhnilowjf irhosta over obtivion'a curtain. Th history of Kiner-'on'fl time is the Iiietory of tha on'y roup of writers in Amerii-an literature, it i aai'l, liavinjr colt-rt'nce enough to mtrit the r.atne of a achocl. Tranncuti'h nta ism lai its religion. WaiiJu Kuit-rean waa its prophet an'i ('one r 1 wtn it Mecca. Yet t vfhH not utrictly cfnl)nei to hin latitude nur wai transfenlentn:etn it only liol l-y. It eprea 1 out its win;; anil gal!tr;il un ier its protectiuif elm iow tha folium 'chicks'" of luanv aecin, wlioe motlier l ai ÜHftppe ifil or who' J otht-r-irintj bi en left to perih in t" htirnin lun of neglect. A imw oii wai lu-re lnIntf create. 1. ami tuo' it was hut th" "oil of the toother country witii a ont liiiTert-nt uirt'ilienta in it cotnponitint), it ni taithl'atxliiiir IDmIuca'iI from the an nie see 1 lotne very or.k'inMl jlatit. Too inont Orik' nal was. perh.na, th in in wlio'd a lrio o) to hitch your chariot to a atar, a I essirnint of tlie hiiie-t order. 11m ttaa alio he-n ilnli).l a lvc-nnnt lecturer J id poHeiJ a Htnooth. X'i.'orutterance, a clear enunciation, concise, lurricct. eamly unileratooil Ly lh tnasa. an 1 he aooti leaped into' popularity, lie poeae8ee1 all the attractivetieas il a Franklin without the tcientilic or Itronjrly huinoroua rhitractrrietic. In itin pertinent wav of hittin thi nail on the sea l he reiniml ua ot Jonh 1'illinH, in hi Jeeter tudie-t, it each a mtn can h pplieil tu hi. wfirkft, h reeinl led CarWie. Hut he wasn't prolix or exhaustive like the atter. Hin writ in compoeition wai thw eenteni'o. "Hm lud no nyeieni." ''The leareal dii-cip'ef am at fault a art iiw defenJera. Ha attetnp el a th-nry it the aniverrto, and his theory J not compete or self-evident. One thinks he menus thi, another that. He baa aij one thmt; in one plans ud ihn referna of it in another lace." The foregoing inc owetl in quotaion markrt is wliat Ktnerson aaij of 1'iato In his "Keprefierilative Man." And another writer naya it appliea equally well io th "I'rophet of Trancen leutaliem." That we may not stultify ourcelve it may be neceeeary to make cl arer what - mean by t'Opularity an aUvo uel. We don't wisl to have the iuipreeaion that Ftneraon waa popular or eaeily understood in the aene that tbeee wrdd ari ued by thoughtful peor-le, but rather aa iliuttraied by th- following anecdote: A child had suddenly dimi and everybody wondered what had ai ed the infant, but after the attending doctor had mianed a lona (J reek name to the iieae everybody "understood" an 1 thi doctor's popularity" incre.! with astoniehin rapidity. Kmerson was a aeer h anrounced truth. t ut like none of tha bostaes nowadavi, after beinuannouriced, they, like the hostage' fruests, were left to builw" for themselves. Yet thii Bocrateii of Concord arcomplished much fneettitiK people thinking. To look back over that prioi and ohttorva the xnaoy new fais which wore icauifu rated and many new problem diecuseed reminds one verv s iron el y of rsadin Lookmi P.ackward," or Tom 1'aine'a "Ae9 ol iaon." "To tranncend ntallaU." aaya noted aataoritr. Chriat

was as human aa Buddha. Socrates or Confucius, und the bible wea but ne amoritf the "Ethnical Scripture." Spiritualists, Sweden oorkfiana, uuiversalita, Milieritea, Cond adventtsts, Stiakera. Sermons, all thee titingled in trances, mir. dee-, direct revelation of divine et'int aiid the second coining of Chriat. MeeineriMn and phrenology also rtCeitcd attention. Newhyaems of education were suKested by l'estalozzi and others. In tneii'int; houieopathv and hydropathy won n-w fnliowert. Graham and others abjured animal food and vegetarinis " was hailed at a promn'er of lies th ami thoughts lK)kinir toward a nurer iiiealism. "Tlie writings of Fourier ami St. Sin. on," earn a writer, "were truncated and oocieties were established where co-operation and ttiecotnuiunitv of pood should take the place of eltKh cotnoetilinn. It was the a?tif what aome out humorougly tlubofd, "nha annteriet." ami "Harmonic Ciiity," "Love ( termination." coupled ith a troxl dc l of othr-r unitite.liiMe matter about "piain living and Piifh lli ok ii.'," '"culture aud Hpriciiltur," ouli iiiuku our position to a-trt that trni:eceiidenta!ietn war the utarlin? point of turii:n im a-uni exceedingly t aradoxica'. Nev-rthelea., we have it on eood authority that this is true. We admit it lookr more I i k a comedy of errors than the moral earnestni', epiritr.aii.y and tenderueNS which our forefathers found in the individual conscience. Lowell writea, "I .rati had it Spohle?, and the presirtorial simp icity of Adam its martrra, tai ore i icipr tutu from t;'ö tarpot." Fven the Us-tt of money "waa abjured" and rotni.umtie.s siiuutf up "where everytlcnir wtti coKimon, but common ene." And to all tt'ia it is nnid Kmers n bore about the same relation that -M il.'on had to the nevt hiihta, ranters, fi th monarchy im a. etc.. of his li.n . Il mi amply an open rvhuku to the old nrid dcii.atic puritatiis n of the Cotton Mather and Jonathan Kd wards typ, which in it turn h'i ili'-owud tliA c rrmonil religion of V i church of "OM i:n;'lnnd." And it hau restric t largely in establishing a conreg.diouai eyeteni of creeds, whod.i avatar is !-tu;er iherty in church ceremony, b0 'i-ty, doctrine and worship. WiiHti-ver drawbacks this kind of in-vp-tittmny, checktPi. insroct n and provi !iru ior disposition ol dioods on baud" tnav have Lud? It wxs on the whole H.ilutary both to the e elsiustical an t pu itical covernini'tit. It showed what we pi)rH-ed, wliHt we wished to retain, what Ii l Ifi'o.i b obHolete and "what we onc'it to cet." A srovernu cnt, I ke a merchant, oiiu'ht to do iia businesa on h jsineatt principle, and w ut and revoluliotia wou d tov.n t.e conit)o I to the domain of lehrend. "Id S," you've n ado your etihject exC fc'linif y C ear. Seldom one meet. with such a "tin turn in parvo'' of aimplicitv Ire-sed in the tforeoti colors .f clear-, ne-. I 1 1 1 don't you th.nk n'heiaui in its dictionar- deliniuon i obr-olet ? Atheiein is r;uir inaieruili' in, but even thai won't eupport ita claiin of there not hin h (tod; tin, it mav in the ca of the (tod. Voltaire id. "If there were no (iod it would he ne-eoary to invent one." The (iod he referred lo was what pome peopl" rail the. ''HUperstitioua liod" the (iod of tlioart who worhii inereiv becauae they (In ud and don't understand. If nature lo.n't prove to you that there is adod, it oiik-'ht at le.t prove that vou'r fin it(iod in infinite wiiich you seem to Lave DO knowl' dite of. "Id S." "aa-noHticlam" as a title for your argument would !. more inte dent than ath -inn. And ' Calico It.U." I can oulv eav the miaeriea you tamt ao vivid y have oxited arid nad their artints in al twres. ciimes, eex, conditions and viriHttudeh. Life ia only a c cloran.a of theau thin.'t. with enough of the gaudy color, of wraith, earning, morality, debauchery thrown in to make (lie picture ak'fee tble to the eve of the majority. '1 he world ia pretty much today what it alwaya waa. only that in viewing it we are in a comparative decree very much like iiudvard Kiuling when he lirt landed in New York new comer. We hate it because in the lir-t Analvaia of what we see tie result ia not aatiafactory. 1'ci.locic SELF-CULTURE.

One Iiint Ilrllevc In Oait-'a S ir. Think AdVance," ttl He Suet el nl. K-TKt MKO How am Fhiknus Some of you. no doubt, are not aware of the fact that I have been a p.i. hive member for the latt three months, but nevertheless, 'tin true. And since euch is the ewe, 1 11 apologize by simply saying that my time ja. and has been, too much occupied with other duties, which we must endure in this life, regardlna of our inacti vn of the various societies we may be interested in. And even though I am not with you on the page oft-n, I trust that I am with you in thought. I will attempt to confine the majority of niv remarks this time on nelf cultur. The secret of moral self culture, lies in the training of the will to decide according to the fiat of an enlightened conscience. When a question of good or evil i brought bef .re the mind for its action ita ieveral faculties are appealed to. The intellect perceive, comparea and rellwcta on the surgHtins. The emotions d-t-ires aud paaaions are ad lres -d and solicited to indulnce. The conscience pronounce, ttie verdict of right or wrong on the proposed act. 7 hero comes the pelf-detormining wi.l, coinciding either with the coneci-nce or with the emotions. I believe the end of rhrht. moral culture is to habituate it to decide against the paa-ion. desire and emotions whenever they gros!y oppoe the conscience. Self-cutture may be divided into three claeaea. vie: The physical, the intellectual and the moral. And neither mint be developed exclusively. Cultivate th physical unduly and alon. and 'tis true none would have an atheletio savage; the moral, and you have tu enthusiast or a maniac

the intellectual, and you have a diseased monstrosity. Hence you see the three mum be wisely trained together to have the complete man. It ia umoniching Low much may be accomplished in self-training by the energetic and preserving, who are careful to use the fragments of spare time which the idle permit to ran to waste We should ever reu ember that excellence is seldom, it ever, granted to man Have aa the reward of severe labor. Whatever one undertakes to learn he should not permit himaeif to leave it until be can reach round and clp hands on the other aide. One must believe iu himself if he won d have others believe iu him. To have a poor opinion of one's eetf ia to ink iu hia own estimation. We should strive to cultivate Beli-help at nil timee, for in proportion to our elf respect we wid be armed against the temj tationa of low selfindulgence. Again "reverence jouroelf," aa l'ythagoras has said. Home up by this high idea a man will notdettle hia body by eeoeuahty nor hie mind by eurvi.e thoughts Friendly ader, this thought, carried into daiiy life, w ill be found at the root ot ab virtues, deadlines-, sobriety, charity, morality and religion. Therefore, let us set a bikfh t rice on our leisure moment, for they are sands of precious gold. And if tLe v are property expended they will procure fur as a etock of great thought thoughts that will till, stir and invigorate and expand our very soul. Richter eaid : "I have made as much out of myself as could I mi made of the stuff, and no man should require more." We are told that self dicip ina and self-control are the beginnings of practical wisdom ; and thes must have root in seli-respect. and I heartily indorse it. Hence the humble, t men may say: "To respect my elf, to develop myse.f, this is my first duty in life." To those who opposed the club directory, I wish to say this: The reading people of the day demand personalities. 'Tis true, the time hat been when the author cou d hide in some remote corner of the world under a favorite pseudonym, but, alas! this tune is biutti y passing away. The public, whom he serves, will slowly butsurey penetrate his retreat, and at lart learn his rual identity, "lis also true, thin fact be.s proved somewhat distasteful to sensitive souls who have, by their e orts, wen recognition in the literajy world. Yet they must, however, accept it as a penalty of their praiiion. and to prove it, it is only necessary for me to say some bitter must l a taken with the sweet. Lite does not come as we would have it to, my friend.-. If it did this life we are now living would be a routine of eudless bliss. "Mazy Mascot," it is to be hoped that yon have not forgotten my very exiatence, therefore Til take it for granted that you have only hemme indifferent to n old friend. A Teach Woi'sotii" has appeared since the cold wave vis. ted us, and 1 will sugu'eat thata "Koso" and a "Heliotrope" make their appearance, lor I have them on the program, and will vouch for their ealetv. and the "Sunflower," too. "Margie Fitch," here is a welcome for von and all the Uber new member). W i; h H. L. C. greetings and bct wishes to each member and our very kind editor, i take my departure. Advance. A SORROWFUL STORY.

Tench Itloaom" Continue the Sketch That She Ileg.-in In n Former Letter. Di:H ILiwari) Fkien'ds This afternoon I write more of the sketch which I began a fevr weeka sgo, 2uitc gray, and very o'd end scarcely clothed, a woman was seen eitticg by the fireplace, seemingly unconscious of all that paaaed around bee. Her lentu res wer remarkably large and in expression bareh. Her white hair, turned back from tho forelual, hnng uncombed uion her shoulder. Her whithere I arm. stretched without emotion on her knee, in form and coloring eeemed nothing that h id lived. Her eyes were fixed on the wa'l before her an expression of sulTerini and i f or.t movemeut of the lips alone giving token of existence. 1'iaced with her back toward the door she perceived not my intrusion, und whil I pau.a 'd to listen im t to gaze, I m ght have determined that here at least was a spot where happine-s cm. Id notdwrl . One being at left-t to whom enjoyment upon earth must be forhidd n by external circumstance with wnom t -live waa of necessity to b wretched. Well might the listener in such a scene aa this be started by expres-ionü of debght strangely contrasted with the Murmurs we are used to bear amidst the world's abundnco. Hut it was even so. From tho pale shriveled lios of thia p or woman we bsa d a whispering expreaaion of enjoyLnrnt Fcurcely articuia e; yet not so tow but that we coul 1 distinguish the word "delightful" "happy." As we a Iv wic-d with the hesitation ( distrust into the unijht ly hovt 1 the old woman looked at tis vw h kindneis but without emotion, bails ua be aeated and till questioned ahowed very little inclination to st eak Iteing aekrd how she did, she at first replied: "Very ill," then hastily added, "My body is ill but I am well, very well." And then she laid tier head on a cold, black stone projecting1 from ttie wall beside the fireplace as if unablo to support it longT. We remarke t that it waa had weather. "Yes," she answered, then ha-dby correcting herself, "No, not bad, it is (iod Almighty's weather, and cannot be bad." "Are you in pain?" we asked a question hard y necessarv, so plainly did her movements betray it. "Yes. a ways in pain, but not such pain as mv Savior su ered for me; Hia pain waa far worse than mine mine ia tiottuug to it." Some remark being made upon the wretchedness, of her dwelling, h-r steru f.atures almot reiax-d into a stuilu and she raid she did not think it so, and w ished us all an happy as herself. Aa ahe allowed little disposition to talk and never made any remark until asked for it, and then in words as tew and simple as might express her meaning, it was slow y and by repented questions that we could draw from her a simple tale. H.-ing nsaed if that was all the btd ahe had on wh ch to sleep, she said ahe seldom a ept, and it wits now a long time since she had been able to undress herself ; but it was on that straw she passed the ni,'ht. We asked her if the night seemed very long. "Mo. not long." she answered, "never long. 1 think oi God all night, and w hen the cock crows am surpried that the inornitnr has come so eoon." "And the days? You ait here all day in pain and unable to move. Are the days not long?" "How can they be loug? Is not He with me? In it not all up up?" are exproeaiona she often made ue of to describe the joyful elevation of her min t. On saying ahe passed much time in prayer, she waft asked what she prayed for. To this n ie always anawered : "Oh, to go, you know to ro when he pleases; nut tilt He pieaaes." To express the facility she found in prayer she once S'ii I it seemed as ii her prayers were all laid out ready for Ler in bsd. Hut time would fail us to repeat the words, brief aa they were, in which this agvd saint expressed her gratitude to the Savior who died for her: her enjoyment oi the (iod who aU de with her, her expectations of the heavens lo which she waa hasting, and perfect contentdneas with bar earthly portion. It proved on

inquiry to be worse than it appeared, j

The outline of her atory lrom her own bps was this: Her husband's name was Tee. her own Mary. She had long teen remembered in the village as living in extreme poverty, going about to Leg bacon a. Christmastime. Her youth had been passed in eervices of various kinds. She did not know her ae, but from public events which happened when she was a girl she could not be less than eighty. Later in life sho had kept sheep upon the hi K and in the simplicity of her heart would peak of her days of prosperity, when she had sheen of her own. She could not read, but from attending diviue service had become familiar with the language of scripture. We know nothing of her previous character, but that of her husband and t&mily was very bad. The lirst earnest rel gious feeling she relates of herself was felt wben wa kng a. one in the fields. She bethought heraelf of her bard fate. A youth of toil, an old ago of want and ini.ery, and if she must be miserable at last how dreadful waa her portion, struck with the appal. ins; thought, she kne t down beneath the hedge to pray first time that heartfelt and earnest prayer had gone up to heaven from her lips. Not very long after this ha became ill and unable to move from the straw, atth&t timn her only bed iu a loft of the ap.rtmnt described, where little sheltered by the oroken roof, anl less by the rags that scarcely covered her, she lay exposed to the weather without money to support or a friend to comfort her. It was in this situation that this idea or "wakening dream," aa she termed it, occurreil to her mind. She saw the broad and narrow road poken of in scripture. In the broad road were many walk ing, the road was smooth and plea-ant and easy to travel, but the end was dnrk, on the narrow road she heriolf waa treading and a few others." 1- ar friends I must ask you again to wait for the ending of this story, time and space cry for n.e to desist. Your faithful sister in II. L. (J. bonds, Teach Blossom." WANTS A NEW DEAL A Member Who I lmU Various Objections tu the t oiiiiuuii School Sluilien. To the H. L. C. There is but one th'ng safe in the universe, and that is truth. There is but one war to find the truth, and that is by the study of nature, her phenomena and her laws. l'.y what necromstic art has roan advanced to his highly civili zed state now? We would answer by the study of the oh jects and forces of nature. By gathering a truth concerning them here another there combining the two finding their ri'Uiiou deducting from them a third, and finally discoverin" scuo great, unchanging law which gave him a grip on nature. Then repeating the process again and again, until today he holds in coutrole varied forces of nature and uses them bs tools. It ia not recessarv to review in detail the various steps of man's civilization front tbefirjt time that he first used fire to warm his body und cook Ids food on up through the ages of etone, bronze and iron to the present age of tea . and electricity. Sullice it to say that h. a advancement was not brought about by the stu y of such branches rr are taught in the com i on schools of Indiana today not brought about, in other words, by atudy the workers of man but by the sttidv of the objects and phenomena of (iod. For arithmetic is but a syst- m of computation invented by man that he might not be cheaed by his neighbors, (irummar cotiaiats of a few rules hud down by him for the correct speaking and writing of his language. Cicographv, as usually taught, is the naming (by some .ullHtidish names given them by man) of the cape, bays anl guLs along a certain c n-t, or the location of an ne of his principal place of abode. The spe ling of the llnglisli language is one of his inventions, and is in more respects than one m di-graee to th3 inventor. Finally, history is but a record ot ttie deeds of man bis triumphs aud ilsfeab. bis conqu-'rt'a ard discoveries. It is upon sti.-li studies these that the entire time lime of the tcacherri and pupils of the common schoo s of our state is spent, while tue grest textbook of naturo written in the child's veritacu ar the beautiful language of living tact and visible forma is pushed unheeded as unworthy of their time au'd attention. And not only are all facts and principles learned thus from the books of man, but in many, perhaps) th -i ajority of our common schools, you wdl lind teachers who beliave that memory ia everything, that reason, thorough digestion of principles and symmetrical ititel cctual develop ment are nothing. You will find that the rules in a certain arithematic, the Ji-tlnitions in a certain rmninar, the statementa in a certain l.utory, are laid down as immutable law s hevoiid which the itupn-i live mind of thechild bus no appeal. You wiil lind the "how" to bo king, and the "wliv"! tie banished to the realms of forbidden lore. Sut jet ted to such n system of instruction is it any wonder that so many American youth step forth from the common schools with alack of habits of cose observation; lack of desire to rearch after truth for truth's sake; a willingness to accept unquestioned the ideas and opinions of socalled lenders a aorvidtv to authority, tiowheie more palpablv shown than at the polls where tliou-atnia of men votoaa mere machines and not as intelligent human beings ? There is a remedy and a simple one. Revise the curriculum of the common schools; not by banishing who ly auy one of ttie eight branclos taught therein, but by le-sening, at least one-half, the amount taught of Home of them and by the stibatitution of the elements of five of the natural sciences namely: I'hysica, chen.istrv, botany, zoology and geology. With such branches introduced into our common schools, much prevailing egoism and superstition would bti destroyed. Too many people are but children e.i'L and think that their horizon comprehends a 1 thiols, that their own, little daily round is the center of the world. A more general study of nature would subvert this view and cause man to rise to higher t lanes of vision. There seems to be a diAis on as to the question of adietory in our club. I would deem it a proper acquisition. For what is the ue of having an organization such as ours without knowing the na nes of the members thereof? Anil if it is composed of members of questionhle character (which I hope there is none) the sooner found out tli better; as is sl&ime-d, "Birds of a feather (1 ck together." And as for being imposed upon bv designing persons the thought is fallacious, and if any are so timid they needn't have conuected their names therewith. "Tyt ho," I was well pleased with your contribution. "Hums" end a host ot others, why do you not contribute to the page?' "Waldo." Curtisville, Ind., Feb. 2S. From the l"ar rx.uth. To TttE IL L. O. I have for some time been an interested reader of the many instructive letters that appear on your page. And I fear our fair Ixne Star state is not well represented there. One coming from such a balmv, gunny clime into the land of sleiifh belie, would require a nice warm corner. Have you such a vacancy to be tilled by a young amateur? Although I can but come to learn of your gifted and more experienced members, I iov vou motto and the creat cause for which you have enlisted the uubuildlan

of mankind. There ia no better proof of our love for God thin our pity for the world. No higher aim can anv one have than to do all the good they can through life. For social features alone, ii seems to nie. is sutlicient remuneration to ttie contributors. I'm sure 1 would enjoy attending your reunion, and if you decide to n eet at or near Cuicago, I may perhaps have that pleasure. "L. A. is." Mart, Tex , Feb. 23. OUR NEW YORK MEMBER.

'Jeaale CJy le Heard from After a Lone Absence from the Tage. II. L. C. Fkienps : The following verat s have lain for several weeks in my escritoire, it having been my intention to rewrite aud correct them before ttiey should be submitted to the critical eyes which will so quickiv discover the imperfections, but nut wishing to fade entirely from your memory I have Jeciled to send them in, and hope that you may discover some merit even though it be throu.n a microscop . The question of a club directory has long been discussed, but has any detinite decision been made? I am perfectly wilhng to abide by the result of whatever the majoritv of members may deem advisable. In "Tychu'a" letter of l'ec. 14. my ideas upon the subject were expressed. It certain.)- is perfectly consistent with the idea of establishing sociability, yet the thought basoccu.rei to tue that p- thaps such an object was not for the t.eet iuleieet of the cub. lV-rhaps I atu wron aud of course no one is forced into correspondence with anyone, but one does not like to be so rude an to iznure the rectipt of a letter, nor is it pleasant to tell oue that their correspondence is undeßired. When the members wrde to each other privately and individually instead of collectively, as on the page, many are deprived of the thoughts winch might prove edifying and prolific of much good, and you know we mustuot be hellish. 1 lease do not think me to bl tue for "Farmer Boy V neglect of thy page, nor vice versa. Yes. home is w here the heart is, "Farmer Boy," but did you ever think that euch beiug the cade, some people must have a great many homes. If our loved ones are separated Loin us and each other by depth of wavo or space of earth, stiil are our hearts with them, oir thoughs and prayers for tlu-tn. And wo wonder whether they are thing of us, und whether we have a home in their hearts as they have in ours. We prefer to fel that they have, aa it adds so much to our huppiiiesn, and it is so easv to make ourse.ves beloved if weomy try, and we shad nut only find homes in many hearts on earth, but ret in the sweet assurance of a Lome for the soul in that great heart which ever pulsates wi h love for Ilia children. "Jl-smuClyde," New Y'ork, March 3, 1SH8. The poem alluded to in the forcgoinz ia as follows: TOD AV AND TOH0BR0W. 1. llow many worJ the lipa will f ruin a I-'or which th heart wi 1 orrow; llow tun n j- (rien I lo.lay we name Tl.at aro not ouri tuiuurrow. ir. Toliy dour s yrs look love to ours, fnui't voire brontlii' a fond care; Llfr'n th. to in straw n with toiM at flowers. All ibliigj coii.plro to einer and blo-j. 111. but 'ere toi.inrrow'a chorion mn ei all niHrk II. e clo-lu- ( th dir Frl.n.'li auJ It .wer, l.oih ar K no, W'ü loo around us iu di-maj. IV. And on Fortune vainly oallir-r, 1 Sirive t. men 1 ttia broken rhvn, Gainj t'iroiiic I o if t;tr f.e!-;ailiu, Picaiiiug ttio.r return ng.du. V. With no thmtsht n ttie hereftr Ilava Hlc'i hour Isiau il.tno d tr, And w hill II;. n wi-ro o irr.'d U i U iwtiltr 'i'liiK' Lai tluKil the hair with gray. VI. Usoleaa now rercti and j.l al.ni, P tter P-ar aud voi r.'i.owe.l Of purvr hfe for future lea Jin; Mo rinouucio ta jlli r.-fiowci. VII. Near to ua deMh'a anpo' liovra And with aha lawr ml li.U-lit wing, rici'un ami röhret h cor, M, bbruuda with glvtom all earthly thing-. VIII. Tien w Ju In thl Ian hour WurJ lit tin nit. trat ra;er to frame, "Moicy, gro.it i!inlcli'nt power, iby pour wanJ'.TiMtf la:nb rrel.ilra," IX. Far I've roamed o'er lif 'a rough pathway And my soul la Mark with uj Plot II out; ami b ach ma Th y war , L'dIo Loarau, and lit mo iu. X. foftly aro ttie sbndnwi p.irti J The a iK' I i-amoi in hl (Vicht, Kor thai (.rarer to h.-avfii hu atartoit. It hai na. hvJ the Kate of lin'.t The wenrf out 1 awl'tle winging It t1ilit from ttie lifrh-a e ay, And atiKid volcca nr. rwoctl j lngtn U. a aoul r claimed (mm lti pt riP.ua way. HE DOES NOT RELIEVE IT. An Fxceptlon riled Ai;nint All Men Ilclng i'rruteil llil il. Ih'AU Howauim It has been proclaimed from the housetops and throughout the utmost bord rs of Columbia's illimitable bores, that "all men aro created equal." Our revered, illustrious, and never-to-be forgotten forefathers dug this declaration out of tho olJ colonial quatries and used it as a stepping stone to fr. edo o and independence, a base upon wh ich tu rear the etiperatriicture of a republic, whi ch even iu ita infancv hi is f ir to townr nhovo the ancient and mighty nat.ons of tin ol l world. Now, 1 don't propose to quarrel with my illustrious and worldrenowned foreisthers. 1 attempted that in boyhood's happy davs and the forefather invanaby came out ahead and leit mv end of the argument weak and sore, and implanted indelible, inn aceible impressions thatshould never evoke tho remotest desire to renew the unequal and an.-uinary conflict and "gariuonts rolled in blood." Begarding the declaration that equality u disbursed, with such lavish ti.uniticence. I wish, aa the lawyers aay, to hie a bill of exceptions. Of course I am no lawyer, I have read divers useless things, but fortune be eternally praised the intolerant statutes and "scorpion chastisements" enacted in state r ipitols by B ackstotio's disciples, and inflicted upon a long sa.'erin. community, I have n-ver read. The average attorney benefits a community about as much as the average circus. Ther is tais dii.erence.however, after the circus has picked your pockets it wiil leave town, but lawyer, like the poor, "ye bay with you el wave, "ami metropolitan landlords sigh plaintively and gushingly deplore the utter wreck of the once muniliccut and variegated larder and huge unadjusted board bills. Are ail men created free and equal? That's tho question. Can you look bark over your threadbare existence from the dais of infancy through ttie bread pudding period of dudehood, into the corned beef and dried pumpkin, years of old ag and point me to a dav in which you exercised erfect freedom? Is a child born with hereditary taints free? Don't most children come into the world with oine) part of their mental, moral or physical nature out on a biaa

If not then my observations and grand discoveries are ail wrong, and one of the master mind of this age (Talmage) is sa 1ly mistaken. You were born subject to certain rul.-a and conditions. You were not permitted to choose your own names, nationality or pla; e of nativity. Ia there anything free about that? You were not consulted in regard to choice of parents. It is barely possible that had you beeu you might have selected a judge of the supreme bench tor your father instead of poor John Smith. You had no choice regarding infantile diseases, whether you

would tackle the whooping first or the : meas es later on, or whether you won d i handle I, the mumps and the chicken pox both at the same time. Is a man tree who is bora with a nose that incold weather demands his constant attention. With an anatomy that leta old rheumatism draw on him at eight. Itoes carrying a hud, hammering an anvil, or swinging an ax aix days ia a week strike you as being- particularly free? All mea are created equal, eh? Here ia on indvidual born a natural mathematician, and in intancv is bd arithmetical wonder, while it takes his neighbor fifteen years to learn the multiplication tables, aud then he couldn'tsquare the hypothenuse any more than he cou d his store acconnt. One man is born with an ear for music, another lias do more music in his ear than be has in his boot. One man has a genius for poetry, another has no more poetry in him than a sixty-day bank note. One is born' a natural mechanic and can make moat anything, while hia uninventive neighbor can't make both ends meet. Ia there anything like equality in such creations? One child comes intoex-if-tence to develop into six feet of manhood, another is born a hunchback and must spend his days going through the world with his back up. By reason of the circumstance of birth, one is enabled to recline in a guilded chariot while hia neighbor must mount old poverty's jackal and ride the raw boned beast bareback to his journey's end. Does that hit your ideas of equality? One individual first catches a gli npse a glimpse through the plate glass windaw of fc marble mansion, another winks and blinks in the dingy corner of an asylum. All men are created equal, aro they? Well, when, where and how? Our government might remedy the financial irregularities of birth in a measure by giving each incomer a mu'e, sixty acres of lan I and $'0 per month, hut I have no faith that it will do it. Now, by way of a lastly, I have not made these observations in any ill spirit toward the hrganizers of this grand republic. They were good meu, and no doubt lived in the full illumination of auch inward light as they poaeees'd. but from my sido of the fence tiow can I respect the 4th of July when the great rronunc ato of American Independence leads otr with the absurd dec aretion "that all men are created equal." Good men may and so I in er their statements can't always be trusted. Many men in our day i:: a commercial way, by trusting too much, have busted. The sum total of the inference and deductions we have arrived at Is that n.an in a slave, is an object caterer to creeds and dogmas and detrimental to hia eternal interests, and grat attorneys who mi-lead ttie masses with their uuiided phrases and pledges to devote their time ami talent to tho upbuilding of the state and nation, but thf ir mighty promises never come to pass, and with all their superior powers of mind i.nd unbounded resources of genius an 1 power are in numerous instances tho mere machines of purse, proud lobbyists and slaves incarnate. " "TlbCfMllIA." 'INVALID JOHN'S" CONTRIBUTION. lie Gives an 1'xtrnet from a CJoort Iloi.k Thnt Me Has Ili ad. Dear II. L. C. Ftunvos: Inn glad to hear you talking about the good books you have been reading this winter. It is of great help to those who are trying to select good litera'ure. I have just finished readin; a very good book, it is called " Words of Cheer." edited by I S. Arthur. If the editor will permit hero is one of the many nice pieces it contains. Go 1 ia the author of all blessings. There ia no truth, perhaps, to whhth wa are more ready to give our as-nt than tliia; and yet, a great many people seui to act ai if they did not behave it, or, at leaat, aa if they were prone to forget it. A traveler atonped at a fountain, and letting tho rem he held tad upon the neck of hia hore, permitted the thlraty animal to drink of the cilinir watar that o one pouritur down iron) a rocky hill, ami spread itaelf out In a haain below. While the weary biaU refreahed himelf. the traveler looked at ttie bright airram that sparkled in the tunlight, and aaid thus to himself: "U nat a Meaning la water! Hoar it refreshes, strengthens ami turiOa! And how bountilolly it ia civen! livery where (Iowa this good gilt of our Ile.iveoly Father, and it ia as free as the air to man and bat." While lie thua muaed, a ch.ld ratne to the fountain. Phe had a vcael in br hand, and ahe stooped to till it with water. "Uir me a drink, my to od little gir," snil the träte er. And with a aniiluig face, the old d reached hrr pitoher to the man, who atill at on his hsn. "Who ms'le this water?" sai l the traveler, as he handed the veawel beck lo the child. "(iod made it," waa tho quick reply. "And Uo you know any thing that wster Is liker "Oh, yet! Father says thai wster it like truth." "Does he?" "Y ea, air. lie aura that water la like truth, hscaute liutli purines tae tuind as water does the body." "That it wisely tiM," returned 'he traveler. "And truth pnnola our thirel tor knowledge, as wster quenohe ttie thirst of our bp." The little girl kid. led ua thia waa waid and, takin; up her pitcher, went hsok to her horns. "Yea waler repreaeiits truth," eaid the traveler, aa he rede thoughtful. y away, the cbil 1 wat rieht. It purif'e and re rehe ua, and it sprea ia out like truth en every hand, free for tboae who will take it. Whenever I look upon water again I will think of it at representing truth, and lhu I will remember that it waa important to the mind health and purity to have truth aa it ia tor the body to navs water. Thua from asiinpis fountain, at it leapa out from the tide of a hill, the traveler ga ned a lon of wie torn, and eo aa we pasa through tho world we may fi a 1 ia almoet every natural object that exists aomething that will turn our minda to higher and better thought. Lvtry tree and flower, every green thing that prowa, and every bael of the held and bird of the air have io them a aigmtie ition If we eoulj but learn it. They apeak ! nt in a apirittiai language, ami fieure forth to o-jr natural aenaea the higher, more beautilul and more enduriug things of the mind. Our reading should be of the purest and best, as "Maud Map e" says we read a great deal and reflect too little. Welcome "Cailens." Your letter was good; come often. Now, if those girls don't give you a seat just come over by me, you know we are friends. "I'e&ch Blossom," don't wait too long. Give us some more of that good story. "Aunt Sue," are you not able to come to the page soon? We miss you. "Cheerful Invalid." why are you ai ent so long. "Farmer Hoy." Speedwell," "A Late Comer" and many others come often "Jean Falconer," I am glad to see that you have not forsaken us. Oh, yes; there is "Farmer Girl," "Orphan Carrie," and so many others that I cannot mention all. Accept best wishes from "Invalid John." iSorth Vernon, Ind , Feb. CONSOLATION. Knglish luchee" Intend It to One of the Club. II. L. C. Fkienps As I am a newcomer I am in hope I will find a welcome among the friends. I have written to the paper but once before. I am young- and hope older ones will look over as muUkes. I

think I know "Alzina Erne Winton." He is a very prominent person in the vicinity of Eminence). This is net bis home but part of the time during the winter. I think his heart must be very heaw because of the love he once cherished. 1 do not know whether this is hia imagination or ready in earnest, but supposing it to be the latter 1 con-ribute this: i. Alzina. whv are you grievingFor ll.e h -art' and fate? O, wby are you sighing For the love that ia i&t? . IL Think net of the pat with ita sorrows. But of the futu a with ita joys; F.r there tie hopra on hurled Id a vi of tunshiue sol joy. m. rVrliape tn the b'ig'nt future You hall ruett ai. other la who-e brert there ia room 1'or one o kind aud urua.

Thn the love that you oree eherlahed Will hive Ciiwu irou your he-art. And the love of one that is true febail dwuil there In pee. Lmlneooc, Iod. (Knoi in Pccbbiv THE HYACINTH IN BLOOM. Good and Und Luck About Novels and the Ktunioii. Friends of the ILL, C. It has been m long time since I visited the page. But aa no excuses for willful neglect should be accepted Ly the club I will not make any. (rood and bad luck seems to have takea tho attention of some of the members. Now, brother "Jackson," it doe? not aen to me that there really is such a thing as luck. Was it luck that Lang try, Marion Kvans and others attained to the position! they did, or was it a determination tu succeed in spite of difficulties that seemed to loom up on every side. And a natural ability for thtir chosen work. Did yoa ever hear the old saving, "Where there's a will, there's away." Do you think it was luck that kept "Clay" out of tho president's chair or was it. "I would rather be right than president"? A year a-o the house of a friend of mine was struck by lightning for the second tb'ie in two years, both times it carne dow n the chimney in the same manner and ruined the carpet, but injure J nothing else in the room. Was it bick that none of the family were in the room tith.-r time, cr was it the hand of providence. I think, ss a rule, man charges the debt of hit profit and loss account to luck, but the credit he usually takes to himself. "Uphrate," I would liko to aak vou. if your name is on the church roll w hy may not unprinnpled persons obtain your name from there tho ea ne as from the club directory, (or, ot course, the "unprincipled" persons tnuet be out of II. L. C. ranks. 1 once beard the question asked: Can a person aflorJ to wate auy time in reading novels? There have been many good letters to the page of late on the subjects of good reading and di.Tero.nt books, which require close attention and study, but nothing in favor of light reading of the novel. It might be compared to the desert at dinner. In selecting a novel, exciting narrations, ta'es of narrow escipe on western plains where the cowboy rescues töe lady fair and marries her in tue end. are worst than rich pastry. But a novel of an fir vsting and um.bling kind can hurt nt one. Some of the lnoks requiring cloe study that I have read tbid winter are "Oeurse of Creation, bv J. Anderson, "History of I hrUtiaoity, aod "The Great Bed Draon." Bart of my desert has been "Under Two Flags'' bv Oui. la, "The Spy," "White Wings" end "B ack Beauty." th "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of the horse, it is we I worth reading, and should be in the nanus of every oue who has anything to do with the cars or driving of horses. Someone, 1 do not remcmler who, said: "Have the next reunion at aome place near Chicago." Thai will be a good p'an, and I prop so Joliet, 111. It is but a few miles from Chicago, it a beautiful place, and has mauy points of interest to recommend it. 1 see many new names on the page. Welcome to oue and a 1. Why do not more a nd in their photos. I know there are many who would treasure our editor's picture should it ar pear on the page. And now with a sincere wish for tne continued success of our Si:ntim L and club, I remain v our IL L. (J. sister "Hyacinth." 1 urea man. lud., Feb. 28. AFTER MANY EFFORTS. Thl Contributor l in.tlly Kenehee the flow, nr. I I-nrttii-nt Pnice. To Tin: II. K C I do wonder how many tiuios I have undertaken to write a letter to this grand old pae. I believe it is the hardest thing I ever tried to do. I have almost come to the conclusion that it is not for every one to know how to write such nice letters as tho H. I C. members do, and that 1 have uo business to try. However, there must be an end to all things and as I seldom give up till I fail, I see no other way to eud thia II. L. C. mania than by making a failure, which it is more than likely I will do. It would only be a streak of good luck should my came ever graco the pages of the II. I C. diiectory to be. So you see, "Ivanhoe" and T. M. Jackson, 1 quite agree with your views on that subject Ves.it wnul J t.e a pity it we lud:es had no ambitions ; 1 think most ot us have, though. I do know some that haven't an overstock, to le sure, and I have no patience with them. But I suppose tht v think it much ea ir to not ent-.Tta n any ambitions than to bear the disappointment of il -luck, but I dmi't. Hut 1 expect I bad best atop rizh.t here b-fore 1 introduce too many conflicting ideas.as 1 no doubt would should I cominue. 1 haven l the self-confidence of which lven W. l'eru spoke in one of his splendid letters, iu fact one of the best letters I ewr read. No, I have not the elf-coniider.ce to believe I could write a very short I. tier witnout disputing mvself. "Wyandot Dew drop," "Maud Maple" and Teach B:oso:n" one reader of the pag a least is waiting to bear more from your instructive pens. Sunset," "Little Nuisance," "Ida b" and "Florence Nightingale" oar letters are always interesting. Cme ajain soon. And the poets, A. F. Jacobs, Mrs. Ii. K. Smith and "Alzina Jnie Wintonhurrv," and put some more of your inspirations in verse for the benefit of but us 1 am not one of you I have no right to make so many requests, so will ooue with best wishes for the success of the club. I fcubtcribe. "Imelda Inglewood." 'tirt. To the Ci.rn The printed btationerr ia now ready for the member. Please send in your orders and I w ill try to be prompt in tilling them. It is of gool quality and the objects of the clt.b printed on ttie paper, aud "Howard Literary Club" printed ou the envelopes, also a return line. M viiv J. Kkllky. i Campbeliatown, Ohio. Judge Simpon Of ttie superior court writes: From mental exhaustion, my nervous system became shattered, and I was utterly unable to sleep nijhts. Sulphur B.tters cured me, and my deep is now eouud, aweetand refreshing.