Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 September 1893 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MOHNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1893-T WELTE PAGES.

OFFICERS President Will E. Strawn, Montpeller, Ind. , , First Vir-President Torrenee M. JacKson. New Lancaster, Ind. Second Vice-President Miss Sue C Parker, Kaiona, la. Recording Secretary MI33 Dora Wenner, Pleasant-ave., Indianapolis, Ind. Corresponding Secretary- Miss Emma I f o"L- r rmAPV 111 Treasurer .Miss Mary J. Kelly, Camp- J Executive Committee Alonzo Ftnley Jacobs, Greencustl. Ind.: William A. Clnrk, Anthnnr Tn.H V S TCoU-endoffer. MonteVallo, Mo.; .T. C. McDonald. Medina. Tenn.; Mrs. J. I. Barnes, Bruceton Mills, W. a, . OBJECTS. Fectlon 2 of Article 1 of Constitution The object of the Howard Literary Club la to encourasre pure literature, strengthen morality, establish sociability. Increase a desire for mind Improvement ana literary attainments and to extend the wont ot reformation. MEMBERS. Section 1 of Article 2 of Constitution All persons of pood moral character who are interested in the objects of this organization and are wiilinc to work in accordance therewith are eligible to membership. We most cordially Invite every one truly and uncompromisingly interested In our objects to join our club. Letters of inquiry should be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary with stamp. The Howard Literary has neither salaried officers nor contributors, and depends wholly upon its merits and principles for success. Members only are entitled to the rare benefits of our book catalogue. All letters for publication must be carefully written on one side of the paper only, accompanied by the writer's real name and addrers as well as the nom de plume, and plainly addressed to the editor. C. G. Stewart, Sentinel office, Indianapolis, Ind. Members in renewing subscription for The Sentinel will please be sure to send $1 to the Howard Literary Treasurer, as the club Is allowed a small commission. Du credit and prompt action guaranteed. Members, on sending their photos to the editor for reproduction on this pace, must penl nom de plume and also real name and address. The latter will not be published except by request of the sender. at Tim i:xpositiov. Kleven Dny Spent "Within Ihe Limits of the White City. Every person vn?.y hive his own opinion as to what may have been or may be an important event in his Ife and from that event, problems soHal and economic may be produced from it, and Its effect may continue many years. Intuitively a person may ask whether an event great or small will be benetfcial or derogatory. History is made up of succession and coexistence of events. The lifetime of a person Is, I believe, quite a good deal the same. We get, of course, the greater part of our intelligence from books, r-apers and conversation, but occasionally when a great opportunity for seeingthe products of the world appear it is very beneficial to improve it if possible. Seeing 13 believing. Our people now have a chance to observe one of the greatest events in the history of the United States in the Columbian exposition There may be a little prejudice against It, but no doubt all intelligent persons who have attended can testify to its pre-eminent importance. Every man, woman, boy and girl should see the world" fair. Having been at the "White City two weeks, during which time I was at the fair eleven days, I will attempt to briefly and hastily give a few disintegrated observations. It is needless to say that it will be a liberal education to see the great exposition. If a person has any unfounded conceit it will be all taken out of him at the world's fair. Doubts will be swept away and meager knowedge about 6oma subject will be rounded up to fullness. I think any man will ba nobler and have better idea of self and civil povernment. more philanthropic aoid progressive. You will scarce want to travel around the world if you stay there a fewdays. One might conclude that agriculture depends upon other employments and other lines of labor depend upon agriculture. The term "agriculture" will now look a. great deal broader and more majestic than ever before. The student of political economy will tremble because he will be confust-d and overwhelmed. The exhibition will make the student more magnanimous if he be human and progressive. What would the railroads, the marine and factories do without the patronage of the people? What would the agriculturalists do without the other avocations under the present customs and laws of the different nations? The more I lo-ik at the Illimitable agricultural an 1 mechanic display th? more I was convinced of the Importance and necessity of individual patriotism and honesty. If I should venture a suggestion as to procedure of observation the Government building first, the Transportation building next, and then the Agricultural building, after these would not venture to Fuggest. The Fine Arts building will be a great treat to all who enjoy painting and sculpture. Many of the states buildings are gorpeous and edifying. California spares neither labor nor means, her building is large and the exhibit is faultless. California U remarkably creditable to the fair. Puch a tempting and urvnualed variety of fruit! The orange clings! pears, plums and grapes! Hartlett pears, quinces. Chines- lemons, Rome Iieauty apples ef-f-plvum-te-te-oom! yum yum ! Specimens of corn twenty-one feet high, ears twelve feet from the ground and averaging one and one-half to two ears on the stalk, making 13 bushels to the acre, and a crop of potatoes all on the same land within eleven months, saJd the man who was answering questions. Thir equina statue composed entirely of prunes is very admirable. California has the greatest variety of timber and two truncated specimens of her noted mammoth tree, one In the Government and the other In the Horticultural building. We have all learned the quotation, "Great Is Diana of Ephesus," and one Is tempted to phrase after it and exclaim. "Great Is California of the United EUts." The state of Washington will surprise many people. The building la large and the exhibit complete. The fruit and grain as shown from that state Is truly admirable. There are mammouth timber and many kinds of It. The vartftty and growth of grasses in try notably aJ winter wheat as well

as spring wheat Is grown. A gentleman in that building said, "We would have a great time getting in our crop If we had to wait till spring to sow all our wheat." f I think Washington gives you the best chance on the ground to study the ores, notwithstanding the Mining building. The school exhibit is fine and complete. A typical miniature farm is found there which gives us a good idea of wheat and oats harvesting and haymaking. The foundation of the building is made of logs which the card says are 125 feet long. After visiting the Washintonians one feels thankful that they were so energetic and elaborate. Washington Is destined to be the home of many people, I should think. The Kansas building shows us the products of the silk station In Kansas and other displays worthy of that state. In the Florida building the top of a cocoa tree with the fruit pendent is shown. The Floridans exhibit their state well In their own and the agricultural buildings. The Arkansas building contained what I had never seen and one of the things I was looking for a real stock of cotton. I found the straws or stalks of rice in the Venzuela and Florida departments in the agricultural building. New Mexico has a fine collection of Indian relics, and Idaho has a prehistoric mummy. Ceylon and Algiers give an exhibit of tea in great display. Some of the state's buildintrs contain no exhibits to speak of. but if you have time you should visit them all, and the foreign buildings also; as you might find something of interest where you scarce expect it. Guatemala. Sweden and India are worthy of special mention. The India building has a good display of vases, moslac work, carved wood and other nice displays. The Japanese exhibits are very pleasing, so are the Japs themselves, they are courteous, mannerly and talk English fairly well and make you feel friendly toward them. They are quite different In appearance and ways from their neighbors the Chinese. The machinist will be unable to appreciate the acres of machinery there The largest boiler in the world is In the furnace room of machinery hall. It stands on end. The loers of th animal kingdom (natural history) will have their almost Yemorselful desires nearly or quite rejuvenated at the Columbian exposition. The otter, beaver, all the types of bear, porcupine, tapir, ferocious wolves, sea lion, panther, ant eater sacred ox, giraffe, zebra, moose, wolverine, lynx, cariboo and nearly all the other animals In creation are represented. Once I feared I would never get to see the elk. but I am satisfied now. I saw him in all his glory excepting that he had parsed through the hands of the taxidermist. The elk used to inhabit the dense forests of Indiana and other old states east of the Mississippi, but he left long ago. Yes, even the walrus Is represented In the government building, and the armadillo, too. The birds of the world are equally represented. The fish, too, are not found wanting, are there from the whale down to the minnow. For specimens of the most rare animals you will have to visit the anthropological and archaeological building. That building Is very Interesting to some anyway. At the world's fair w may see the difference between countries as produced by climate and perhaps the soil, and we appreciate the necessity of commercial relations between our own and other countries. The necessity of cheap and rapid transportation strikes one forcibly while looking at the exhibits from our states and foregn countries. Just here I will give two quotations to be found on the frieze above the architrave over the east main entrance of the transportation building: "There be three things which make a nation great and prosperous a fertile soil, busy workshops and easy conveyance for men and goods from place to place." r.acon. "Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for civilization." Macaulay. Cheap transportation is what we noel now. T. M. JACKSON. New Lancaster, Ind., Sept. 8.

FROM THE PRESIDENT. Several Important Matter Discussed That Will Interest All. To the Howard Club "Ivan W. Fern's" letter in the last issue contained the first and only reunion news that has reached me, although I have written several letters of Inquiry. I frankly confess to gross neglect of club interests, cau.ed by the fact that for months I have had practically no time to devote to the club. 1 should have resigned long ago, and very much regret that I did not do so. Äs the ballot formed Is incomplete and disagreeable it seems prudent to form a new and complete ballot and to vote again. All members of the club In good standing are hereby requested to send to Chairman A. F. Jacobs, Greencastle, Ind., their choice of candidates for each oflice, executive committee included, as per constitution, which will govern every detail of the election. Let this be a sufficient notice for all to promptly assist In the nomination and election of new officers. All who still desire a reunion will please state time and place in their letter to Chairman Jacobs. The old officers will please discharge their duties until new ones are declared elected. The club will please consider me directly and indirectly responsible for the Imperfect ballot and also for the departure from the usual manner In which the same was formed. Mr. Jacobs and all others are hereby exhonerated from any blame whatever. I had the best of reasons for doing all that I did, with good will to all. Dear friends, the best I can offer you now is found in the subjoined letter, written lately, without any attempt at retouching or careful thought. You will at least admire the subject: Faithfulness. As an obscure member of the Epworth league, I cannot consistently Ignore the honorable request of that noble organization to take part In the exercises here this evening. It Is with a deep sense of my own weakness that I make the attempt to give you at lean a seed-thought for reflection. For days, week and months one tbero has lava4d mjtvtqr quiet mo-

ment of retrospection a subject in which all are interested "Faithfulness" the one and only standard by which all must be Judged, both In business and religious life. Faithfulness determines the widely diverged types of experience, or success, In every human endeavor, and makes life full of sweet thoughts and kindly deeds. It presents to all a blissful realm of loftiest endeavor, governed by the alarm bell of conscience, where each may perform and attain the highest duty and destiny of man. As education Is the source of the highest human power, so faithfulness, in the kroadeet sense of the term Is the open gateway of every reformthe key of reconstruction and reinforcement to every truism of life, which the multitude have seemingly forgotten. , The beauty and power of faithfulness are quickly noticed and awarded in the business world, but Incomparably greater are the allurements if the spiritual realm, which the eye of faitn discloses to all who earnestly seek for the solution of life's deepest proDlems. Life directed solely to physical or Intellectual delights cannot be happy. All creation, except man, is happy in its condition. He aJone yearns for something beyond the river of life "Where no shadow shall bewilder. Where life's vain parade is o'er. Where the sleep of sin is broken. And the dreamer dreams no more." The spiritual realm alone can supply the heart's deep yearnings after immortality. And the moment we cease to resist the strong tide of opposing events In the rugged a3cent to spiritual life we begin to drift with the swift current that bears the multitude down to darkness and eternal despair, where the star of hope will never shine. We have, as a people, alas! drifted far away from our mooring-s on Plymouth rock; and the beacon light of faithfulness to self, home. God and native land is the only gruide to the harbor of safety. The restless waves of the deep sea of life will engulf all who are not guided by the pilot of a rrofound personal faith in God. The results of faithfulness in every department of noble endeavor clearly define Its value. Hidden away In many an unnoticed retreat are bright, radiant minds and eloquent pens, which the Epworth league feign would develop and sustain as the church should the league as God will honor all who trust Him fully'Have faith In God." said your pa,stor today. He srfmply meant for us to cherish every aspiration to higher planes of life in all lines of thought and action. Education and religion are today more firmly bound by the strong cable of faithfulness than ever before In the world's history. Thl3 means culture of hand, eye, ear an 1 heart. To be complete it must be spiritual and guide us safely to God. The acme of all the church can mean, all the bible can give, all that Is beautiful in the world's history. Is seen In the spirit, thought and life of Christ, which may be ours! Oh, rapturous thought! Oh, the sin of ingratitude and Ignorance of all who dof not closely follow Christ, possess Him! nd be always possessed by Him! It may be truly said that languor of moral and Intellectual advancement is due to religious indifference. The Epworth league is designed not onlv to foster the forces of moral and social life and stimulate Intellectual energy, but to encourage the sweet accents of true devotion to God that lifts all life at once into the beauty and dignity of primitive purity. May the pure light of divine strength, which is ever reflected from the lighthouse of faithfulness, continue to shine upon and bless your every noble effort. WILL E. STRAWN. Montpelier, Ind., Sept. 8.

mori: v.r.MS Selected from Hie H. L. C. Scrnpbook bj- Comet." The realm of lofty achievement Is never Invaded by those who fail to pee In trivial things the supreme test of character and fidelity. The world Is tired of systems, dogmas and creeds. What It wants is dt-eds, noble deeds, and literature pure as the mountain stream. WILLIAM E. STItAWN. Some of the evils which arise from reading impure literature are discontented ness, a desire to be heroes and heroines, to do great and impossible things, to live above one's means and to be considered great and important, whereas we should be humble, contented and above all forgiving and charitable. "PEACH BLOSSOM." Wealth Is the goddess whom we all adore. We dedicate out existence to her dazzling reign. Friends are forsaken, peace destroyed and honor trampled in the mire that we may bow In worship to this idol of dollars and dimes. Love Is a passion of strength and power, but It fades from view or takes a back seat when Mammon approaches. "FAIRY DREAMER." As I have been pondering over the subject of duty and its unhappy consequences and it is mirrowed before me, what an awful nonentity selfishness makes of life. The pathway of duty may be straight before us, but once begin to delay by making excuses.ttll those seemingly authentic, and the way soon becomes overshadowed. "MARY OF CHAMPAIGN." Although our efforts appear to us extremely Inefficient as we Join this mighty throng of noble laborers, who are bringing the world nearer and nearer to God as the years roll by, thus making of earth paradise, be assured that nothing we do "in His name" shall be counted for naught. . "PRAIRIE LILY." Not only Is It more blessed to give than to receive, but there Is no other way so sure of receiving as by giving. Income of mind and character is measured by out-going, and that which Is imparted is the measure of that which Is retained. "MARS." Once a boy made a paper boat and set It on the water of a rivulet, and pleasantly did It glide along the stream; It came to a . place where the Ftre.im divided. One stream went along the flowery fields, and the other ran Into the brook by the mill. For a moment he did not know which of the two streams it would take. It at last was sailing for the brook that ran Into the meadows, but a little straw turned It toward the mill, and the water wheel destroyed it. "SPEEDWELL." Bo patient with your friends and if you have but few be of a patient, loving character and you will soon have many more. "LACLEDE." AH reforms of importance require time and hard work in their accomplishment. The human mind Is slow to comprehend the necessity of a change, and the force of habit Is so strong that it Is very difficult to overcome It. WILLARD REYNOLDS." The principal reason why so many are strangers to the delights of literature is simply because they have never been called In that direction. They have looked on the dry side and never having tasTed of its sweets, they have no relish for lt. ."CARLTON FYSCHE." Friends, I have given you selections from a variety of subjects. I ask you to read them with profound meditation. "COMET." A VARIETY OF THINGS. "Gano Contributes nn Interesting CbafMer of Jinny Subject. Howard Friends As the page has not been as full the past two weeks as It should have been, I thought It about time I was doing something to help keep It up. As the printers have been blamed for many things, and asJ am a member of the craft. I offered the following, which appeared In the Century recently, to show you who some of the notable have been, and are today: '"lie Is only a printer." Such was the sneering remark of a leader In a circle of aristocracy the codfish quality. Who wi the earl of Stanhope? He was only a printer. What was Prince Edward William and Prince Napoleon? Proud to call themselves printers. The presnt czar of Russia, the crown prince

fcf Prussia and the duke of Battenburg are printers, and the emperor of China works In a private printing office almost every day. William Caxton, the father of English literature, was a practical printer. What were G. P. Morris, N. P. Willis, James Gale, Charles Richardson, James Parker. Horace Greeley, Charles Dickens. James Buchanan, Simon Cameron and Schuyler Colfax? Printers, all, and practical ones. "Mark Twain. Amos Cummings, Bret Harte and Cpie Reld are plaln,-praetlcal printers, as were Artemus Ward, Petroleum V. Nasby and Sut Lovlngood. Senator Plumb wa a printer, and so Is J3mes S. Hogg of Texas, and the leader of science and philosophy In his day made it his boast that he was a printer. In fact, thousands of the most brilliant minds in this country are to be found tolling in the Publishing houses of large cities and towns. It is not every one that can be a printer brains are absolutelv necessary." By the above you will see that at least one printer has occupied the presidential chair, while another the vice-president's seat, and at the present time one is the governor of one of the greatest states in the Union. I would like to inquire what is to be done about the election of officers for the club, as I am informed that just two members showed up at the time set for the re-union at Michigan City and that nothing was done.. As the ticket that was prepared and sent out was not In accord with the constitution and can not be counted I would suggest that preferences be asked for immediately and tickets prepared and sent out and a meeting called to meet In Indianapolis to transact the business of the club at an early date. As to my preferences for a ticket I will give It here, and others can do as they like: President, "Comet;" vice-president. "Rixey;" second vicepresident, "Chatterbox;" recording secretary. "Dora Dickens;" correspond in? secretary, "Klk;" treasurer. "Wyandot Dewdrop." The members will see that by such a ticket the officers are divided among the following states in the order named: Missouri, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, which will be better than giving them all to one state. One thing is certain something must be done else our club will go down. As it is we virtually have no officers at present. Let the executive committee act and act now. "Comet," your "Treasured Gems" on the page June 14 was very Interesting. Come again. "Rixey," have you mounted your "bike" and hied away to some mountain resort that we never hear of you? I think we are rather dilatory of late in welcoming new members to the club, more so than wc should be. "Dimples," and all other new members I extend a welcoming hand. "Flossie Fern,' your letter on the page June 14 was like a voice from the grave, as It had been so long since we heard from you. Come again. Who has heard from our dear sister "Cheerful Invalid" lately? A word from her would be enjoyed by more than one member. "Irish Girl" and "Mountain Pink," glad to see ycu with us again. Come to the page oftener. "Mlello." your article, "A California Reminiscence," was excellent. Give us more of it. "IT. Phrates." In your paper on "Mysteries of Life," you told some grand truths. Give us another on the same line. The president on the page June 2S gave a partial list of Howard members, and now I am going to make a call for some af them to appear on the page: "Esta," "Camilla," Evening Star." "Geraldlne," "Busv Kate." "Ex-Ruckeye Roy," "Rnmbling Jerry." "Regna See." "ihnda," "Edith "Belle." "Ivanhne," "Barbara Earl?." "Idalla." "Later On," "Beatrice." "Evelyn." "Bonnie Sweet B?ss." "Detective." "Iowa Blush." "Wilmina." "Cynil." "Gen. George." "Littl Quaker." "Joy Mac," and the Rev. J. H. Walters, i hive here named twentyfive members. Who will be the first one tr respond? "Ida S.." when I spoke as I did concerning Ihe Drummond controversy, I had no Ma that It would be the means of stopping it. But having read the book I spoke a I felt r.n the subject, but If the controversy was of interest to some I am sorry that it stopped. "Lone Frank." your article on "Government," was a fine production and I was only sorry that there was not more of It. "Lucille," allow me to compliment you on our poems. "In Memorian" and "Shall We Hope." They were fine. "Romping Rose." come show your smiling face on the pace and then again it s about time for "Helltrope" to put forth. "Mart." I was highly pleased with your article entitled. "Passing: Awav of Time." It was among the best productions that has ever Tappeared on the pa ge. In my next I will endeavor to say something about the newspapers of today and what to read therein. Also will rive my opinion on what books to read. 0 "n k vr

Muncie Sept. 7. TOMRT' AGAIN. He Demands an Explanation from Thnar Who Can Riplnln. Howard Friends We are aware that there is a spirit of anxiety existing among the members, due to a state of affairs quite contrary to club principles. I hesitate to assume this task, but as no explanation has been given it seems to be the duty of those connected with the club officially to Investigate the matter now so interesting to all lovers of club and club objects. Mystery seems to surround us on every hand. The ballot and the reunion are mysteries yet unsolved. As I have said, I here hesitate to come before the club fearing I might say or do something not for the best, yet as It is a duty we owe to the club I ask all Interested to construe this letter in the light P was intended. 1. e.: with brotherly love and respect for all. As silence seems to be the dominant spirit I ask an explanation from those who may be able to throw some light on the matter, knowing that it would be of interest to the many members at this particular time. The Howard literary was not Instituted to advance the individual means of any one. It was organized by those who were deeply Interested In the wefare of humanity, as the motto, honor, love, charity and the stated principles will portray.

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of any opposing element, in support of I them. I ask each member to dwell on those principles until they are indelibly impressed on our Intellect. Let us take the constilution and hold our election. Let us clear up the unpleasantness In which we find ourselves, and perhaps we will be the wiser, perhaps we will be more determined to follow the ccnstitutlon. Let us study the constitution more closely. I hope that the serious mistakes wts not intentional, but simply an oversight. Therefore let us acquaint ourselves with the law of the club. Asking your forbearance because of this letter I am yours In the interest of the club. "COMET," Member Executive Committee. Montevallo. Mo., Sept. 6. LIFE. Something from Col. Inreroll Contributed by "Iven." Dear II. L. C. Friends: I send to the page a short production of Bob Ingersoll's which seems to me very beautiful and may be pleasing to many of you and other Sentinel readers. Born of love and hope, of ecstasy, and pain, of agony and fear, of tears and Joy dowered with the wealth of two united1 hearts held In happy arms, with lips upon life's drifted font, blue-veined and fair, where perfect peace finds perfect form rocked by willing feet and wooed to shadowy shores of sleep by siren mother singing soft and low looking with wonder's wide and startled eyes at common things of life and day taught by want and wish and contact with the things that touch the dimpled flesh of babies lured by light and flame, and charmed by color's wondrous robes learning the use of hands and feet, and by the love of mimicry beguiled to utter speech releasing prisoned thoughts from crabbed and curious marks of soiled and tattered leaves puzzling the brain with crooked numbers and their changing tangled worth and so through years of alternating day and night, until the captive prows familiar with the chains and walls and limitations of a lifetime. And time runs on in sun and shade, until the one of all the world is wooed and won. and all the lore of love is taught and K-arned again. Apain, a home is built with the fair chambers wherein faint dreams, like cool and shadowy vales, divide the billowed hours of love. Again the miracle of birth the pain and Joy, the kiss of welcome and the cradle song drowning the drowsy prattle of a babe. And then the sense of obligation and of wrong pity for those who toil and weep, tears for the imprisoned and despised, love for the generous dead, and in the heart the rapture of a high and holy resolve. And then ambition, with its lust of pelf and place and power, longing to put on its breast distinction's worthless badge. Then keener thoughts of men, and eyes that see behind the smiling mask of craft, flattered no more by the obsequious cringe of gain and greed, knowing the uselessness of hoard gold, of honor bought from those who charge the usury of self-respect, of power that only bends a coward's knees and forces from the Hps of fear the lies of prals?. Knowing at last the unstudied gesture of esteem, the reverent eyes made rich with honest thought, and holding high above all other things, high as hope's great throbbing star above the darkness of the dead, and love of wife and child and friend. Then locks of gray, and growing love of other days and half remembered things, holding the withered hands of those who first held his, while over dim and loving eyes death softly pressed down the lids of rest. And so, locking In marriage vows his children's hands and crossing others on the breasts of peace, with daughter's robes upon his knees, the white hair mingling with the golden he Journeys on from day to day to that near horizon where the dusk is waiting for the night. At lavt, sitting by the holy hearth of home, as evening's embers change from red to gray, fa.t fading away, ho peacefully faljs asleep within the arms of her he loved, worshipped and adored, feeling upon hi3 pallid lips love's last and holiest kiss. ROBERT G. INGERSOLL. This seems to me beautiful language and a good synopsis of man's existence between cradle and grave. I. W. F. A SISTKR ANXOYKD. Amiable ".lesale Clyde" Thinks the Timen Are Oat of Joint. Probably I shall make many enemies when the staunch democratic membes learn that I, if permitted to Join the political circles and express my views, should be anything but a democrat. I seldom allow myself to argue upon the subject partly because I become too enthusiastic and partly because it frequently leads to an unfriendly feeling. But recently I have heard and seen so much of injustice and cruelty that it arouses my indignation. Free America, indeed! That sounds very well, but it seems to me that the Irish are the only ones in this country that are allowed any freedom. If a poor Italian or German wants a position of any kind, upon application he is not only liable but likely to get a broken skull or severe beating for his efforts, while the Irish make up their minis that they will fill the vacancies at their own prices, that no other nationality has any right to employment; and they will ro on strike and fight and fight and go on strike so long as any of their number cannot have their own way. And they are of course rendered more bold hy the knowledge that the entire police force is "wid 'em." In the majority of large stores here, more particularly the dry goods stores, the condition of aftars is the same and seems to be growing worse Instead of better. To my knowledge several young men have lost what they had supposed wen permanent positions, simply because they were neither Irish-Americana on the Eleventh Pago.

nor Roman catholics; and others have failed to secure employment for the same reason. There are doubtless occupations (such as blasting: rocks, street cleaning, etc.y to which the Irish contingent which infests this country Is better adapted both physically and mentally than our own American people would be. But even in that they are unwilling to see another race given an opportunity to earn his bread. And while they daily hold ofTice3 and positions of every description which should be filled by our own peorle, and which are probably only retained through the influence of some political friend, they deny the rights of freedom in any sense to other nationalities. You may wonder what I mean by thus suddenly reverting from politics to a. question of nationality. I mean Just this that the majority of democrats are Irishmen and vice versa. Although I will admit acquaintance with two who are democrats and not Irish.' One of the members recently signified his intention of coming East on his wheel. Perhaps he meant only so far east as to attend the reunion. Of course I know nothing of that place, but If that young man means to come as far east as New York I will give him upon application a few valuable points of information before he starts out in search of employment. A brother-in-law of mine who Is a very successful business roan, declares that if a man cannot earn a livelihood in New. York he cannot earn it anywhere: and I quite agree with his opinion, but while success to a great degree depends upon our own efforts it Is well for us to knowin which direction our efforts can be most profitably turned, and also how we may avoid or resist the obstacles which stand between ourselves and success. "Calico Bill," If the Ideas gained from my letter to which you refer are good ones I am well plea.sed. But it is so long since the letter was written that I have really forgotten what it contained. You are quite at liberty to differ with me, but did I say the reason, or one of the reasons why there were many "unmarried ladles," etc.? I think the reasons too many to be enumerated here, and perhaps many of them are more practical than the one to which you refer. I ran not conjecture of what sort a "young lady" it could possibly be to become engaged to fourteen different young men before marrying. Unless the young lady were enormously wealthy, as well as being a coquette, that could not occur here, for by actual count there are three ladies here to every man. Sunset, by looking on the eleventh page of your Sentinel of Au;'. 23. ult.. you will find the name of one "old maid" who distinguished herself by noble work; and there are many others whose names may never be known outside the circle of those to whom she has brought comfort In distress and hope In the moment of despair. Hoping that all have passed a pleasant summer, and expresisng regret that I could not have attended the reunion, I am always yours for justice and right. JESSIE CLYDE. New York, Aug. 26, 1893. Sister's Grave. If I'se to be so ever big Un learn about all such As biger uns than I all know, I couldn't learn so much I cared fer. nen would make me feel So afful sad er brave, As know'en when my dear ma took Me to my sister's grave. 'Twas In a summer 'fore she died, Fer then the winds were warm that Blowed clean through the highest trees. An agin my ole straw hat. As she led me 'long the little path I alius folowed when" I went to feed the quinty pig We'd shut up in a pen. She led me to a little grove , I'd wandered in ftr hours, Not knowing that a little beafl That 'as purty hid with flowers Was where my little sister flept Out of the winds that srhed. 'Twas where dear ma had carried her And put her when she d:ei. She led me plum up to the grave , And said: "In days gone by When sister was the littlest bit Of a girl not big a3 I, She use to make the nicest beds With leaves like autumn drills. Un then lay down as much like she All by herself now lies." "She said she was most afful pleased Until the snow fell deep Upon her bed and made it cold. Too cold for her to sleep. She nen got sick 'fore summer com. ' And dear ma fixed her bed 1st like she'd done, and laid her there To sleep, fer she was dead." Ma's dead. And sister's and her grave Are Jist like Two In one. 'Twas cause ma wanted to sleep there 1st like ray sister'd done. And if I'd know so ever much 'Twould make me sad er brave, It couldn't make me feel so sad As little sister's grave. ORLANDO MYRICK. Center Valley, Sept. 10. .-t.-fc.Llx: Sab Rom. 'TT! The day was a thing of beauty. Perfect the cloud and sky, 'And the gentle sweep of the south wind Soft as a lullaby. The brook was murmuring sweetly. The daintiest, brightest things. To the birds who stooped from their airy flight To bathe their burnished wings. But never a lisp of the secrets ' ' That summer day I heard. From bird, and bee, and blossoming tree By myriad voices stirred. But my heart grew gladder, lighter, As I heard the rich, full tone. And th 11th t that shone on nature's face Illumines now my own. MRS. R. E. SMITH, Vv'iillh ' The Weavers. Oh! Weavers sklUed are my neighbors bold. And the pattern fair to see. While each day reveals some wondrous charm. In the pretty mystery. No blossoms rare, doth the surface bear. But it showeth suchTcunning skill, Such grace displayed, as through sun and shade. They work at their own sweet will. And soon silk lined, like a thing of life It swings from the old elm tree. No home more fair doth the broad earth bear For mother and nestling three. MRS. R. E. SMITH.

A Lucky Escape. Happily the attempt to bring Into fashIon white or light-colored stockings for day wear has failed, and black, which Is so much neater and better calculated to set off a pretty foot and ankle, still holds Its own. Paul Mall Gazette. The Wist Gratified. You have often wished for something to take the place of Pills. Now try a twenty-five cent package Simmons Liver Regulator powder. Take it dry on the tongue or make It Into a tea. It Is pleasant to take, and gives Quick relief two good recommendations. "Mrs. WlnaloWa Sootbtnc Syrup" Has been used over Fifty Years by millions of mothers for their children while Teething, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the Gums, allays Pain, cures Wind Colic, regulates the bowels, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea whether arising from teething or othsr causes. For sale by Druggists In ivery part of the world. Ba sure and ask for Mrs. Wlnslow'i Sooth. Injc Eyrvo 25c a. bottle.

A MICHIGAN MIRACLE.

DETWEEX LIFE ASD DEATH. A Slnirnlar Story of a. Dctrtot MoIdr A Terrible Battle Which Lasted, Months One of the Remarkable Incident b Bordering: on the Romantic (From the Detroit Free Press.)" ' Thomas Hagen was seated In a com fortable rocking chair at his cosy home. Russell-t., yesterday morning, when a visitor was announced. The gentleman arose and greeted the new comer with the grace of a diplomat, and as ha opened up a conversation It was evident that Mr. Hagen was a person of more than ordinary intelligence. To his visitor the remarkable changes and peculiar career of this man was a source of much interest. The wonderful transformation in his appearance within the past two years is itself worthy of the study of a scientist. Mr. Hare-.i a couple of yean ago was so weak and emaciated that today he docs not seem the same individual. Rheumatism was the cause of his tei rible sufferir.rs. He is a Detroiter by birth, having first seen the light cf day in this city thlrty-slx years ago. When quite a boy he was apprenticed to the molder's trade, and ever since he has followed thli avocation. lie is quite u. prominent member of the local stove-molders' union and can be found nearly every Saturday night in attendance at the meeting of the order. About two years aero Mr. Hägen became seriously affected with rheumatism, the result of working In dravchts of cold air. "The shooting pains of rheumatlFm are actually, I believe, the mo?t horrible penalties that can be inllicted on mankind. I cannot begin to tell you of the agony I suffered. I had a thorough experience in the art of torture, and no matter what I used to case the pain, It seemed as though I was dcomed to greater sufTeriner. I had a number of friends who took great interest in my case and recommended numerous remedies, which I tried without avail. Nothing seemed to do me any good. I was under the care of several well-known Detroit physicians, but their services were absolutely without favorable results. I wjs bedridden. Why, I could not move from one chair to another without asltance. Some days I would feel a little brighter than others. "But presently another attack of that Infernal rheumatism would strike me. leaving me a veritable wreck on the barren shores of humanity. "By accident I re.id two years aro a Canadian paper containing a remarkable Ftory of a miracle at Hamilton. Out. It was that o? a man who was tortured to death by rheumatism. He was induee-l to uee Pf. Williams's Pink Pi!!s for Pale People. He was immdiately cu-M. I doubted th truth of the matter at tir?t. but thotnrht 1 would try it. I had my ptcple hunt all over town, bin thy could not hnd the pills at any of the dru su.res. The cr.ly plae they were then sold at was ovtr in Windsor. Well, my relatives went over thee and purchased a few boxes. Great Christopher! but my mind goes back in ecstasy to the change which immediately came over me after usin? the Pink I "ills. 1 began to Improve, and in a few weeks rheumatic pains left me, and in a short time I was able to bo out and around. Prom that time I have been at work. "It was not long after I secured the pilr over at Windsor that I found they were for sale hero in Detroit at Brown & Co. 's. corner of Woodward and Cuneress, Michell's and Bassett L'Hommedieu's. Wood-ward-ave. I purc-ased th-m for 60 cent per box. I gu-5s you can tmy Uieni now at almost every drug store in Detreit. "I have recommended the Pink Tills to several of my friends around town, and although thir cases were similar to m1n they have ail keen cured. There Is nothinr vn the face of God's earth eua! to them for rlicumatim and other disuses. Until my dyine day I will prais the pills for beirif the czuo cf my present Ltppy and contented cor.iftian." Dr. WiUliuns's Pink Pills are not a ratent medicine In the sense In which thai nn is i:sus!!y undsrstoo'l. but are a ecientlfic pieparttl&n succesrfuUy usd in peneral ?ra.ctice i r many years before teeing- oferrd to the publie peneraliy. They contain in a condensed form all the elements necessary to rive mw life aj richness to the blood, and restore shattered nerves. They nre an unfailing siieciSt fer such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paraUeis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuraJsia, rhsumatism. nerveus heaJ(che. the after effects of la rrippe, palpitation of the heart, pala and sallow cemplexlons. that tire flini resulting from nervous pre-stratlon; C1 diseases depending upon vitiated fccm&rs in the blood. Eiu-h as scrofula, cbrrmtc erysipelas, etc. They are also a iijeeiflj for troubles peculiar te females, such at suppressions. iTcrularities, ana e.11 forms of. weakness. They build up the blood and restore the glow of health to pale er sallow cheeks. In the case f men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising; from mental worry, overwork, or excesses of what ever nature. These pills are manufactured by the Dp. Williams's Medical Company, Schnectady. U. Y.. and Brockvllle. Ont.. and are sola only in bcxes bearing the firm's trade marlc and wrapper, at 60 cents a box. er s! ho-xes for Ji'50. Bar in min that Dr. Williams's Pink Pills are never sold la bulk, or by the dozen or hundred, and any dealer who offers a substitute la this form Is trying" to defraud you and should be avoided. Dr. Williams's Pink Pills may b had of all druggists or direct by mall from Dr. Williams's MedicaJ Company from, either address. The price at which these pffis are sold makes a course of treatment comparatively Inexpensive as compared with other remedies or medical treatment. COXGRATtXATOBT WORDS. Messages on Account of the ArriTal of Bath's Sister. WASinNGTON". Sept. 10. Congratulatory telegrams and messages still continue to arrive at the white house expressing: the felicity of the public from one end of the country to other over th happiness which has Vten brought Upoc the chief executive of the nation and hla wife ty the birth of another child. Both; Mrs. Cleveland ajid tar babe aro as well as the conditlo is will allow, and everyone at the executive rnanSton wears a happy smile of contentment. Dr. Bryant is living at the whit house for tbe present, but the.e is no reason except his Intimacy with the family which would make it necessary for htm to da so. The day at the white houso was. spent very quietly, the drizzling coli rain, which has poured down all day. keeping those there lndoers all aay and detaining those who would from curiosity have walked through the whlt. house grounds today, from dolnjp so. Pimples on the Fac cured. Sulphur Bitters will cor the worst case of skin disease; from a common pimple on the face to that awful disease scrofula. It Is the best medlclnej to use In all cases of such stubborn and de?p-seated disease. Do not delay; us Sulphur Bitters and drive th humor from your blood. SCHOOLS AXD COLLEGES. Indianapolis 7 USIN'ESS EliYERSIT U Leading Collrffo fRitlarti A Short hand. Brrant birntuin. Fjptihl'hl WWKck. EI, vttor day hnl night. 10'U lormwslu3raCliilu)f fr in position. Widal known. or ifrinn;a. port to bK ligation. (r-t rodroaa, iriaBOMrKinac and ooiamrrcal antr. ( a ml a karakr . Lar-100' ty. Individual mwiruolioa by Xfarta. )nwwata Entr now. Write today far EUvsni pwcrt t.a Otalogue ni Piper ireo. Additm HLEB o. OS BORN. nd Typewrlti Sehwol, IJjanapou liaalneafl I nlirrtllr. Whi Blck. Kft vatur. )J?it, larfrct a,Dd bet euir- Individual tnMructic by i port reporter. Bouk-korpln. rnnieni1o. I E.iih.Onii Traininc. etc., frae. lier bordla. tuition. ru.T payment. IoUtoij ternrw ( our fra.lua. IWntlfnlllliatrM iOUlffuaiind Parr Cf. lit KU A 0IiOU-, IirahMUaaU, lttO. UCU IVn WHTU CanobUln plaaaant and pro9tIHCn AItU nuftiC.Il ! work bT addraaaiaf tb OONTKkXEVILLU MFO. CO.. MiNVlLI.lt, M. L, mffra. of hormnd;Piba. Bead 11 eteta for aa jla. partlonlar. and aoour agenr. MaaXloa Ulla papac

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