Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 November 1893 — Page 5

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1S93-TTVELYE PAGES.

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OFFICERS. President Will K. ijtrawn. Montpeller. Ind. First Vice-President -Torrence M. Jackeon. New Lancaster, Ind. . Second Vice-President Miss Sue C. Parker. Kalona, la. Recording Secretary Miss Pora Wenner. lieasant-ave.. Indianapolis, Ind. Correspond.' ig Secretary Miss Emma L. ,M-rker, Emerv, 111. Treasurer-Mbs Mary J. Kelly, Campbellstown. O. ! Kxjtlv Committee WilUfim A. Clark. IanviUe. In.l.. box W. S. Kokendofi-r. Montevallo, Mo.; J. C. McDonald. M';1'' ienn.; Mrs. J. P. Barnes, Drucetoii Mill;. W. Va. OBJECTS. Faction 2 of Article 1 of ConstitutionThe ohleet of the Howard Literary C luo i to encourare pure literature, strengthen norality. establish sociability, increase a "desire for mind improvement and literary attainments and to extend the work or leformation. MEMBERS. Section 1 of Article 2 of Constitution All persons of good moral character wno ere interested in th obiects of this organization and are wi.hng to work in accordance therewith are eh-ible to membership. .Ve most cordially invite every one truly and uncompromisingly interested In our objects to jin our club.' . , . Letters of inquiry should be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary with stamp. The Howard Literary has neither salaried officers nor contributors, and denends wholly upon its merits and principles lor success. Members only are entitled to the rare lenents 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 address as well as the nora de plumts 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 Jl to the Howard Literary Treasurer, as the club is allowed a small commission. Due credit and prompt action guaranteed. Members, on sending their photos to the editor for reproduction on thi3page. must rend nom de plume and also real name and address. The latter will not be published except by request of the sender. AN IMPORTANT MUCTINt;. A business meeting to count ballots will be hell at the residence or' the recording secretary Saturday. Tee. IS. All are cordially invited to be present. NVA K 1-2 I' I Encouraging NVords from Snppiio" Her Snmmrr Visitor. Friends One and All I ome to see if I can arouse some of the old enthusiasm that used to exist amnns us. I met our editor -n my way homf one evening this week and he said that things have been going wrong with the club thi3 Fummer. Our failing to have our reunion and election of officers has hindered things somewhat, and I am exceedingly sorry that these failures have occurred, but, when I remember that we are all busy people, and this has bf-en such a busy year and there have been so many failures, I do not wonder at ours, nor can I blame an3one for any of the delays. The fact that we are hot familiir enough with the constitution is evident, but pray tell me if any of us know it? I believe I helied write It and am sure I read it to the memU-rs assembled here in September, 1V), about six times, but I always have to resort to my little .printed phamphlet when I want to be pure on any subject. I wonder, why each member does not possess a copy of the constitution,' and hoje that the executive committee will see that they are provided in the future. I cannot tjnk our retiring oflicers axe to blame f.r the failures and delays. I am sura their intentions were g'xl. They have served us faith-fully through their terms of ottice, and I feci gia.tei.ul fur the good they have done. Let us not succumb now to what seems to be an ebb in the tide, but wake up .and try again. Our cause is too good to loose, and we can and must maintain it. I will try to do my part and hope now that the great fair is over and all have got back to their homes we will hi privileged to hear from all old members. I never would have thought that those who stood valiantly for our cause only a few years ago would become indifferent so soon. "Later On," do you hear? In looking over the pages I lind yon have not let us hear from you since I assigned you a subject about two years aco. Shall I assign you another subject? Well, come and tell us whether you think marriage is a failure or not, and Just bring "i'.itter Sweet" along and let her tell her side of the story. All you folks that enjoyed the great fair come ami let thos? that did not have that privilege hear what you saw ani learned I must tell you about my summer visitors and visit. One day I was agreeably surprised to have "Dora Dickens" walk in with "Evelyn" and "Ueatrlce." We only had a brief visit, but it seemed good to meet those who have enjoyed some of the good times with us in days gone by. Th next on program was my visit. After enduring week of heat and dust, one August morning, weary and worn from care and toil, with one week's vacation granted. I wended rny way to "Marie'" home in Ohio. My sister had proceeded me there and from the flattering reirtfi of the good time she was having I felt quite elated over the thoughts of going,' and I fairly believe I gained a pound in weight on the prospects of so many good things, at least that is what the scales Indicated after my short Journey over there. The two maids met me at the station and I Jumped into the buggy with them and enjoyed a nie drive of two miles to "Marie's" home. Supper was ready when we reached the house, and th! the lot of good things there wen? to eat, of the bet that the land afford. One would have thought they were expecting to feed thrashers instead of a city girl, but you may believe I did Justice to the meal. It made me think of all the poems and stories I had read about country dinner. "Marie" and I left her cousin and my slater to wash the dishes wlill he and I went after the cows. We strolled along leisurely, taking note of the pretty sunaet, and all that waa beautiful atxut us. and talked, of ouf

II. L. C. friends. When we got to the picture the brownies were waiting for us. "Marie" had to let down the bars, and that made me think of Whlttier's poem, "On the Farm." where the young man sail, "My mother need a daughter." I thought certainly this farm lienis a son. I shall never forget those pleasant strolls to and from the pastures and the little chats, we had. Some days we would make several trips, and I never was happier than when "X trio" said g't your bonnet and let's go and see if we can find the hog or lamb that had strayed away. On. such occasions "Marie" would give me lessons in voice culture. Instead of calling piggy she said something like "whoole," which I discovered was about the best tone my voice could produce, and I decided at once that I had found my calling. Perhaps some of your ears would have suffered if you had been within hearing. However, I enjoyed the practice very' much and I know it did me good, for the telephone girl wondered what had hapiened me for some days after my return. We had several nice moonlight drives, and the only thing that mated their pleasure for me was the fact that "Marie" was obliged to get the horse up herself, and then put him up when we returned. Then the thought, "This farm needs a son" would come to mind again. Well, "Marie" did not think it hard to do the things 1 thought men ought to do. She loves her home, was devoted to her father and all her pets. I am really afraid she will spoil her pet colt, which she calls "Fairy Moonlight." Thre happy days only passed to soon and I was sorry to leave her with whom I had spent such a pleasant week. Tho next week found me at my desk feeling better in health and heart and grateful that the world possesses such truly good ' and noble women as "Marie." In October "Kx-Buckeye Boy" made me two pleasant little- visits, but I fear that he will not second the pleasant, and will let him tell the story. "Beatrice" and "Bonny Volette" called again later. I tried to persuade all my visitors to renew their interest in the f lub and hope we will hear from them soon. My sister and I went out to help "lora Iickens" and others count the ballots last week, but failed to do so. We spent a pleasant evening trying to entertain "Xurse," who was quite indisposed and somewhat in need of a nurse herself. However, she was able to defend the club when her sister poked fun at our ballots, and said she wondered what a stranger would think of a "Comet" and "Cyril" for president, and so on. We hope to count the ballots when we call there again. "Iven." you must try to arrange to meet with us. You know women are not posted about such work as counting ballots, and we might make some awful blunders. I know they keep students busy at the C. N C, but you certainly can get away for over Sunday. I spent the greatest number of my years in Danville and have many pleasant recollections of my school days and th sports we used to enjoy on the ground that is the college campus now. A number of old C. N. C. students are In our city and I would be pleased to help you find them. I cordially welcome your friend to our club and hope you will succeed in getting him to join. Well, "(Jano," I think you must have had a nightmare when you wrote your last letter to the pag. or perhaps your living in Muncie and having been quarantined accounts for such an outbreak. Now that the quarantine is lifted, try again and see if you can come up to your old standard next time. Lear "Aunt Sue." you have my sincere sympathy in your bereavement and sorrow. May strength and grace from on high t given you to bear life's sorrows and trials. Wishing all a happy Thanksgiving, and hoping all will praise God for the many blessings we do receive from day to day throughout the year, with a welcome for all new memters and best wishes for all, I am, sincerely yours, "SAPPHO." Indianapolis, Nov. 25.

niA . ocn Monn, Old Mali! GrralDfM mil Other Interentlng Mat er Talked Abonl, Friends of H. L. C Owing to certain circumstances, one of which was being away from home some time, I have not been with you lately. Looking over some back numbers of The Sentinel, I find "Sunset" asking for a little Information. The time has been so long since you asked, "Sunset," that I know jou have found out the matter for yourself. But, by the way, the subject of old maid greatness Is a subject not to be sneezed at by any means. If we look at It merely in the literary line, we find her coming pretty well to the fore. The past has given us the Bronte sisters, Alice and Phoebe Cary, Miss Alcott, Nora Perry, Jean Ingelow, Sophie May and a host of others, almost, if not quite, as great. And tho present gives us Amelia 15. Edwards. Marietta. Holley (Joslah Allen's wife). Rhoda Broughton, Anna Besant, Gail Hamilton, who is now busily engaged in writing the life of Blaine, a relative of hers; Kate Field, the bright journalist, whose keen, critical insight so soon detects sham and inconsistency; C. F. Woolson, the much-ln-demand novelist and magazine writer; the great dialect writer, Charles Egbert Craddock. Grace King, Edith M. Thomas, Charlotte Young, old of years, but still fertile of brain; Octavla Thanet (Alice French), Oulda, the French writer of the realistic, philosophical school, whose dainty touch draws out the hidden ugly depths of human character and deifies the good In comparison; Miss II. V. Dodge, the great archeolog.st. and Miss Lamm the electrical engineer. We might in this strain go on at great length. Suffice It to say that woman has surely demonstrated whp.t she can do. and that on short notice. Married women are more plentiful In all fields of thought than unmarried, the reason of this simply being that almost all women sooner or later marry. Many of our most renowned women were old maids before they married. Many of our today's renowned old maids will Bomo day marry. Miss Faw-

oett, well, perhaps I better not call her an old maid Just yet awhile, although in some lands where they marry at twelve and fourteen she might be classed as that, and Mrs. Arthur Davis, she is not an old maid, either, although she might have been for all that I know. But these two women have almost, alone of themselves, removed the stigma of mental Incapacity forever from women. I have always held the sister, on an average, to be the equal of the brother in intellect. If she failed to show it it was because of false training and false social requirements. Yet, how often have I had it thrown In my teeth, "Where In literary lines has one woman hown the Intellect of Shakspekre?" And where, I might have answered, has, according to the critics of the world, one man since shown himself a Shaks'eare? Man, with his thousands of years of intellectual freedom, has only produced the one Shakspeare. Well. I'd keep still. I am Just a little bit inclined to think from this fact that man had but little to do with the development of a Shakspeare. It would not surprise me one bit if his mother Or grandmother wasn't responsible for that great brain. You know, it is said, that a man's goodness and greatness depends much upon the kind of grandfathers he had, and in this case I guess it was the grandmothers. Again, according to the forepolng reasoning, if, because no woman has equaled a Shakspeare In , literary excellence, this of itself proves all women to be without literary ability, then. I suppose, because Miss Fawcett has achieved In mathematics that which no man has yet achieved for she went beyond the requirements of senior wrangling then all men are devoid of mathematical ability. Get away with such reasoning. It reminds one of the narrow logic used In many forms of thought in ye olden time. Pity breadth and liberality does not distinguish all thought. Women, as all intelligence knows, has had but little time to show the world what she could have, or might do. She can date her starting point back to the invention of the printing press. The declmlnation of knowledge which makes all thought more or less free, made women to think also. There was many a shackle girdling her bodily, as well B3 Intellectually, which plainly belonged to the days of paganism, tnd to no other. There was the paralyzing blight of a responsibility, which had no place as to truth only in allegory or mythology. Women today are finding out that her greatest curse has come from the silly Idea that no difference how brutal her lord and mast?r, he alone must do the thinking. This mode of procedure has so dwarfed the intellect of woman that she, as a rule, has brought children into the world who are also dwarfed and circumscribed of Intellect, thus keeping ignorance and its consequent vice and crime in the world. Well, sister "U Thrates," I 'spect it would take an Australian balloting to determine between us as to church find a republican form of government not being at all analomous. There is one thing sure, those who talk of the church union speak of it in that way at least. You have the right of your opinion on the Brigjs controversy. But with all due deference to your opinion I still think you wrong. When Briggs taught what he did he was only teaching that which the history contained in the b'ble told for Itself, no more, no less. The Intelligent students and ministers knew this and there was nothing thought of It until publicly In a lecture a few of these statements were given, and one who, from the stand he took must have kn wn very little of the bible and a true and reasonable comparison of its parts, arraigned him. One assembly held him right, another held him wrong. But votes and assemblies are not inspired, and often they are not even wise. I hardly know how to take that word heretic you use. Guess I will appropriate It as my own. Yes, in the majority of cases heretics have been right right as far as they went; most of them were dreadfully afraid, though, of getting too far from the paternal wing. That Is the heretics of the last eighteen hundred years, and some before that time were used just a little too shameful also. The Jewish church and its great outcome, the Christian and Mahommetan, have always been jealous churches of their God and the attributes and teachings which they claim He has given. You all know what the Jews felt it their bounden privilege to do exterminate cruelly in the name of their God all who did not believe with them. And you nil know what the Mahometans think of one who denies Moses and Mahomet and the latter's teaching. But of these we have nothing in common. It is of our own I speak. Jesus and His followers were Jews. They conformed to the rules of the church in many ways, yet openly protested against it in others. Jesus went not out of the church to point out fts follies or preach against its creeds. And He was pronounced a heretic, and died for His heresy. The church which followed in His wake grew strong, grew bold and arrogant. It is only the student of church history who can have any idea of how at times it was rent with discussions as to its beliefs and teachings. The council and the sword settled the heresies, or the heresies settled the matter as time went on by proving themselves right. Up to the days of Savlnarold, and down to the days of Luther, men protested of churchly wrong and died heretics But, thanks again to the decimation of reading matter and Germany always ahead In free thought on all matters, Luther escaped the fagot. As far as I can see all heretics from Jesus down to John Wesley made their protests In the church, and I suppose it was the privilege of the church to kick out all that did not believe in its laws or creeds. John Calvin was not much of a protestor. He wag more of a builder. with old creeds for his bricks, covered over with new wordings perhaps, but Just the same in the principle. It is not to be wondered that from this church must come the greatest trials for heresy and the greatest need or remodeling. The day is passing when men of any century, whether it be of the first or the fifth, with St. Jerome, can arbitrarily formulate any line of thought and force men by fear of hell to prescribe to it. No body of men at any age of the world has a right to settle that as inspiration, which undoubtedly gives God a character which is blasphemy to give Him. The student of one hundred years from now will look back upon us as with pity. With pity at our lack of true reasoning, and pity that a man as orthodox as Briggs should have suffered for such small heresies. You say that one man should not rule. There is much promulgated as truth in the same line we are on, "U. Phrates," which is certainly and surely, taken from the reasoning of one man. As for Instance tho reckoning of time at six thousand years, I think you will find Bishop Usher's word taken at Its worth in these numbers. But that is saying nothing one way or the other, because if Briggs stood alone in the church, which he does not by a long ways, he is Just as liable to be right as a million are to be wrong. Neither numbers nor conscientious scruples always prove the truth. Because you and I may be conscientiously certain we are right in some certain thing does not excuse us if that thing be an untruth, never; nor if a billion Joined us in thinking it right would it add one millionth part of a fraction to its truth. We must use our reasoning powers on all sides of that question, and prove Its truth. We should never let anything take the place of our reasoning powers, and that which cannot be proven we should let severly alone. I will close this lengthy preamble by saying: If one member of this club found a law or series of laws in the club which he thought not conducive to right thought, were misleading in application and brought the founder of these laws and the club Into disrepute; In fact, really made more unbelievers than It did believers, I would say this member was doing decidedly wrong If he said nothing of his own views right here, and he would still be much farther wrong If he

ridiculed tho club and founded another. I

His place, is first to speak his mind here, then if the club cannot be brought to see as he does, let them use their prerogative, convict him of heresy and kick him out. It will be time enough then for him to sav his piece elsewhere. How is it; am I right? "IDA S." PEOPLE AND THEIR II AIR.

Some Rather Curlon SnperMltton Concerning the Human Hair. Sir John Lubbock, an excellent authority, writes that in many parts of the world a . mysterious connection is supposed to exist between the cut locks of hair and the person to whom it belonged. In ancient Greece, and even to this day. In some parts of India, in dangerous sickness the hair is sometimes cut off and offered to a deity. In Plutarch's lives, in his account of Lysander the following may be found: "It is not true, indeed (as some would have it), that, while the Arglves cut their hair in sorrow for the loss of a great battle, the Lacedemonians began to let theirs grow in the Joy of success. Nor did they first give in to this custom, when the Bacchldae fled from Corinth to Lacedemonla, and made a disagreeable appearance with their shorn locks."- But in a note the editor re marks, "This was the opinion of Herodotus, but perfectly groundless." And, again, in vol. 1, page 32. in the life of Theseus, the author writes: "As it was then the custom for such, as had arrived at man's estate, to go to Delphi to offer the first fruits of the hair to -Apollo, Theseus went thither, and the place where this ceremony is performed, from him, is said to be yet called .Thes-a. He shaved, however, only the fore, part of his head, as Homr tells us the A:antes did; and this kind of tonsure, on his account, was called Thesels. The Abantes first cut their hair in this .nanner, not in imitation of the Arabians, as f-ome imagine, nor yet of the Myslans, but ltecause they were warlike people, who loved close fighting, and were more expeit in It than any other nation. That they might not therefore give advantage to their enemies by their hair, they took care to cut it off and we are Informed that Alexander of Macedon, having made the same observation, ordered his Macedonian troops to cut off their beards, these being a ready handle in battle." Gray in his "Polynesian Mythology" gives an . instance of this superstition in the following language: "Whakatau landed on the coast, and before eating anything offered the prescribed sacrifice of the hair and a part of the skin of one of his victims to the gods, and when the religious rites were finished he eat food." The cutting cf hair in New Zealand Is attended with a great deal of ceremony, the natives repeating Incantations. When the hair is cut a portion is thrown into the fire, and a prayer is uttered to exorcise the effects of thunder and lightning, which are supposed to be caused bv the operation. Shortland says in his "Traditions of New Zealand:" "In one place in New Zealand the most sacred of the year was that appointed for hair cutting, and the hair cut from the head was deposited on some sacred spot of ground." Henderson, in his "Folklore of the Northern Countries," relates several of these superstitions concerning the human hair. The sudden loss of hair betokens the death of children, or ill health or loss of property. By some of the lower classes in Ireland It is thought that the human hair should never be burned, but should be burled, because at the resurrrection the former owner will come to seek it. It should not be thrown away, for if some bird should find and cany it off the owner's head would ache all the time that the bird was weaving the hair into its nest. Henderson relates the following of an Indiscreet maiden, who was to feel the consequences of making her toilet too near an open window. "I knew how it would be." exclaimed a Sussex servant one day to her mistrese, "when I saw that bird lly off with a bit of my hair in its leak. that flew out of the window this morning while I was dressing. I knew I should have a clapping; headache, and so I have." Still another superstition current in Sunderland is narrated by Henderson concerning a reiiK-dy for whooping cough. The top of the head is shaved, and the hair hung upon a bush or tree in the firm beüef that the bird, in carrying the hair to its nest, will carry the cough away with It. Still another remedy fir the same affliction used in Northhamtonshlre and Devonshire is to put a hair of the patient's head between, two slices of buttered bread and give it to a dog. The animal will get the cough and the patient lose it. These are only a few of the many superstitions concerning human hair and its connection with the person to whom it belongs once prevailing In different parts of the World. BE N ARD YS, Indianapolis, Nov. 23. INTERESTED IX HISTORY. Cyril" Ask Some Question nnd Refer to Ancient Event. II. Ij. C. Friends These long wintry evenings give us ample time to contribute to the page often, and none should be excused for lack of time. As soon as our new officers are Installed, and even now, let each one of us strive to fill the page each wevk and thereby prove to the world that we are not dead, but only 'sleeping the sleep of procrastination. I would like to have those members who are interested in the study of history to give an outline of their method of studying it. I am at present following the method of taking notes, and I llnd it a very good one. A. B. Hart, professor of history in the Harvard university, in an article in the October number of the Chautauquan speaks very favorably of the method of taking notes, but he says that students should be careful and not take too many. They should be brief and so arranged that you may have a general view of the subject. I take the Index and select out such subjcts as seem to have the motst bearing on the subject, though all the other matter is read very carefully. Prof. Hart also says to avoid wars and rumors of wars; but it seems to me that some wars are such a factor in the history of a country that to omit them would leave a cavity which could not be otherwise filled. After taking the?-e brief notes I copy them carefully on the typewriter and arrange the matter in a consecutive form. You then have a short synopsis of the history, and in simply rereailng it from time to time the matter will be firmly fastened on the mind. Every student knows that the easiest way to remember anything is to copy it several times, and in this lie3 the advantage of note-taking in the study of history. In Gibbon's "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" you see the sad picture of the gradual decline of the greatest confederacy of the ancient and perhaps the modern world. It seems impossible to enumerate the prime causes of the downfall of Rome, but the long continued peace after the reigns of the Caesars, In which the valorous and Indefatigable armies which had carved out this great empire were allowed .to sutsist In idleness and luxury, caused a general decline of courage and genius. Crime, superstition and ig-noi-ance. the destroyers of ancient govern Tients, were at work, and rock by rock, piece by piece, and pillar by pillar this grand structure was razed to the ground. From time to time valiant leaders would gain control of the throne, and by their armies would once more restore the empir to Its ancient boundaries, but upon their death dozens of usurpers would strive for the dangerous position .of emperoi and rend the empire by their civil wars. The barbarians surrounding tho Roman world were at last excited with the hopes of plunder, and time and again they invaded the Roman

I territories, until they were at last overpowered by the barbarous hosts and deprived of every vestige of their former greatness. By far the greatest pleasure derived

from the study of ancient history is that gleaned from the pages of ancient England. Here we see the formation of that great race and of that greatest of all languages which are controlling the spirit and grandeur of modern civilization. The first Inhabitants of Britain w?re supposed to have come from Gaul. They j were really barbarians in a rude state ' of religion and government, and th? influence of their neighbors shed but a iaint light of refinement over this island. The Influence of the Roman conquerors, who settled in this country at the commencement of the Christian era, diffused lav.- and civility among them, and they received instructions in the Roman language, letters and science. About the year 448 the Saxons or Germans invaded Britain first as allies against the Picts and Scots, but afterward as conquerors. They were the most distinguished of the barbirians of that age in their j manners and institutions, and the civiliI zation which they diffused among the in habitants so in began to exert its Influence. The wisdom possessed by some of these Anglo-Saxons in that age of superstition is rather astonishing. The foremost amongst these was King Alfred, who Is sometimes styled the founder of the fnglish monarchy. It seems almost Impossible that this prince, descended from barbarians, should rule with such wisdom, and could form a kingdom which still left the people their liberties. His courts of Justice might serve as a model of a more modern age. His encouragement of learning was the greatest feature of his legislation. He established schools everywhere, and invited over from the more enlightened countries of the continent the most celebrated scholars to diffuse knowledge among the most common people. He is considered the founder of the great university of Oxford. Perhaps the greatest expedient for the encouragement of learning was the king's own example. He applied himself continually in the pursuits of knowledege, and in order that he might not encroach on his time devoted to learning, he divided the day into three equal parts; that of sleep, the dispatch of business, and the third in devotion and study; and that he might measure the hours more exactly, he used three burning tapers of equal length and when each was burned out he promptly changed the routine of business. The last invasion of Britain was made by the Normans in the year 10GG, and from the intermingling of the languages of the numerous nations which had invaded England ' during a period of 1,000 years, is derived what is now known as the English language, which bids fair to be in the near future the universal language of the globe. "Tuscambia," our letter was read with great pleasure and trust you will contribute again soon. My old home is within three miles of your postoffice, and I have been wondering if we are acquainted. Please give me your initials in your next letter. I am very sorry that I will not be able to attend the meeting to be held at the home cf the secretary, and I hope those who are more fortunate will have a good time and gain a new inspiration to continue the work of the club. With best wishes and holiday greetings to all members, I bid you a kind adieu. "CYRIL." Peru, Ind., Nov. 23. FROM "IWAMD JOIIN.' He Want to See More Letter A Word Alton t (In- Children. Dear H. E. C. Friends I thought I would slip in my place before the ad lr.an takes possession of it and if I find him in it he must move over. That is all. He seems to be having his own way on the page this while. Whose fault is it but our own. Why cannot we live tip to our motto lietter than this? Sickness is my plea for not coming before this. Others may have the same excuse, but I hope not. Are you loosing your interest in the club? I am not by any means. "Iite Comer" that Is right. Wake tip the parents and those who have the care and training of children to their duty and responsibility of training them in the light way. What nlI. men and women they may grow up to be. There are too many that give very little thought to the right training of the little, innocent children. What they are taught in childhood is apt to influence them for good or evil. Children are children. Their young, tender minds must le impressed with wise anil thoughtful care. Their lives should be made cheerful and happy, for trouble and care comes all too sootv. There are some so strict with children that they dare hardly move, whilst others let them do pretty much as they please. When I see children that are let do as they please it puts me in mind of a true story I have heard about a lady who had an only daughter that she almost idolized, but let her have "her own way. One day tho lady proudly asked a gentleman friend what he thought of her daughter. "Well, if vou wish to know what I think I will tell you." said he, "I think you are raising a wolf which will bite you some day." This made the lady very angry at the gentleman and some years after she came to him in tears and said what you said has come all too true. The dear little children are all friends of mine. Sister "Marie." you have my sympathies in the loss of your dear father. You were doing the Lord's will in caring for him. What a blessing it was you were permitted to take care of him In his declining years. "Aunt Sue," we were so pleased to see you were able to write to the page again, but very sorry to hear of your sad bereavement You have our sympathies in the loss of your dear sister and brother. The Lord hath taken them home to Himself. We are here tut a little while then we will be called to join them in that better world. I will close by wishing The Sentinel and dub success and all a happy Thanksgiving. "INVALID JOIIN." North Vernon, Ind., Nov. 23. Coin of the Iteiilm. (Selected for the II. L. C. by "Ben Ardys.") i When friendship or love our sympathies move. When truth in a glance should appear, The lips may beguile with a dlmi-le or smile, But the test of affection's a tear. Byron. The old thoughts never die. Immortal dreams Outlly their dreamers, and .ife ours for aye; No thought once formed and uttered can expire. Mackey. That very law which moulds a tear And bids It trickle from its course, That law preserves the world a sphere And guides the planets In their course. J. D. Burns. Think naught a. trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year. And trifles life. Young. Look on the waves, their stormy voices teach That not on earth may toll and struggle cease. Ixiok on the mountains, better far than speech ' Their silent promise of eternal peace. -O. V. Holmes. What Is excellent As God lives Is permanent; Hearts are dust, hearts' loves remain. Emerson. Nothing falls of Its end. Out of sight sinks the stone

In the deep sea of time, but the circles ßweep on. Till the low rippled murmurs along the shore run. And the dark and dead waters leap glad in the sun. Whlttler. Ambition has but one reward for all. A little power, a little transient fame, A grave to rest in, and a fading name. William Winter. A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day. Is all the proud and mighty have"' Between the cradle and the grave. Pope. Our doubts are traitors And make us lose the good we oft might win. By fearing an attempt. Shakspeare. Indianapolis, Nov. 25.

The Chicago Aainntion. While in the quiet of his home so dear, Chicago's honored magistrate In chief. Enjoying from the day's care respite brief. With naught portending that should waken fear, A caller bold with heart disguised drew near, And without warning flashed beyond relief The instrument that bowed that home in grief. And ended Mayor Harrison's career. A pistol shot alarm the foul deed told; Friends sought the fallen victim's side; Into the street, with scarce concern, the bold Assassin took his way; and far and wide Fale Hps and trembling wires the tidings spread That great Chicago's honored chief was dead. Into life's calm was sent the painful word That wakened grief and sorrow everywhere; As startling a3 a pistol crack In air The painful news of how one rashly erred From heart to heart was sped till all had heard. And with deep grief aa human hearts can bear. The city like a sea of life was stirred. The loved and honored one was laid in state. The while that surging sea of life trailed past, There in the solemn pose of death to wait Till all the sorrowing had looked their last; Then on the cortege passed with solemn tread To Graceland. where the last sad rite was said. W. W. STOCKWELL. Nov. 22, 1SP3. Magdalen. ''All children of our common Father.' What, read it again unto me, Nay, bring the book nearer That chapter and verse I may see. Our Father! tender and loving. Faithful and just, say you. Watching o'er all of hl3 children. Caring forwhat they may do. Well, listen awhile In the shadow. Best suited to what I unfold. Of a life so worn and wasted, A heart so bitter and cold. Flowers? Thanks, but oh, for the sweetness. The beauty of those I see Whitening the dear old hedgerows In a land beyond the sea. There, where mother is waiting. Her soft eyes dimmed by tears, Watching in vain for my coming All of the wearysome years. Where joyous and gay I listened Entranced to the tempter's' tone, Worn like a flower on his bosom. Then crushed, in the darkness thrown. And the wee bit grave on the hillside Whose shadow forever I see, Ripples of baby laughter. Little arms reaching for me. Yes, but now I am weary, so weary, The words are fading from view. But I'll know when I wake in the morning That baby and mother are true. MRS. R. E. SMITH. THE HIGHEST AWARD. Royal linking Poirdfr IIa All the Honor In Strength and Vnlne 20 t Per Cent. Above It earet Competitor. The Royal Baking Powder has the enviable record of having received the highest award for articles of its class greatest strength, purest ingredients, most perfectly combined wherever exhibited in competition with others. The result at the Chicago World s Fair is no exception. In the exhibitions of former years, at the Centennial, at Paris, Vienna and at the various State and Industrial fairs, where it has been exhibited, judges have invariably awarded the Royal Baking Powder the highest honors. At the recent World's Fair the examinations for the baking powder awards were directed by the chief chemist of the Agricultural Department at Washington. The chief chemist's official report of the tests of the baking powders, which was made for the specific purpose of ascertaining which was the best, shows the leavening strength of the Royal to be 160 cubic inches of carbonic gas per ounce of powder. Of the cream of tartar baking powders exhibited, the next highest in strength tested contained but 133 cubic inches of leavening gas. The other powders gave an average of 111. The Royal, therefore, was found of 20 per cent, greater leavening strength than its nearest competitor, and 44 per cent, above the average of all the other tests. Its superiority in other respects, however, in the quality of the food it makes as to fineness, delicacy and wholesomeness, could not be measured by figures. It is these high qualities, known and appreciated by the women of the country for so many years, that have caused the sales of the Royal Baking Powder, as shown by statistics, to exceed the sale of all other baking powders combined. WORLD'S FAIR FINAMES. The Omoial Report of Auditor W. Iv. Acker man. CHICAGO, Nov. 25. The report of William K. Akerman. auditor of the World's Columbian exposition, was oflicially sent to the board of directors today. It shows that each day of the fair the net receipts averaged $tw.0W. The average daily receipts Were JS"..501, while the daily expenses were $22,4K. The report is epitomized tn a condensed balance sheet which was drawn up Oct. 31, in which the following showing Is made: Expenditures Construction expenditures, ?18,322,6'.'2; general operating expenses, $7.17,240; preliminary organization, $,671; net assets. $2, 1 d,&i; total. flXlM.HM. Receipts Gale receipts. $l).fUti.33i; concession receipts, JJ.&'S.SSl; miscellaneous receipts, $ri,u70: Interest. jss.St-q; souvenir coins and premiums on same, $2,4IS.rci; capital stock. $.".'i4.171 ; city of Chicago. $i,,Ui0; total, JS.151.116. The total receipts from all sources were ?28.ird.K8; the total expenditures were $JÖ.540,ü37. The balance as shown by the auditor is 32.610,&1. but from this amount are deducted such obligations as are In sight but not lncludel as any part of the expenditures up to Oct. 31. These obligations, which are for salaries, premiums, reeolnage of souvenir coins, olflce expenw.s, etc.. made a total of $74S.l 17. This amount, being deducted from the $2,61D,W0, leaves the net assets Jl.SG2.is3. Over to Knrupc with m Little Money Is always a timely topic. Economical Holidays in France, in Germany, and In Norway are a series of carefully prepared articles to appear in the Youth's Companion during 1S91.

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SECRETARY OK ST.4TK U KS 0 DI9 CKETIO.X I TMi: JIATTF.R, Attorney-General Smith in an Opinion nym lie Mutt Accept the Articles ol the Roby Athletic Club If the Law I Disobeyed It Is the Courts Func. tion to Interfere Runlness Will Xow Re Renamed nt the Old Stand by the Rejuvenated Colombian Athletla CI ul Governor Matthews SpenVa la Mrong Ternm. The Roby athletic club can now do business until the courts step in and declare the enterprise an illegitimate one. In order to be sure of his position. Secretary of Slate Myers the other day aked Attorney-tieneral Smith for an opinion as to his right to respect the articles of association .f the Roby athletic club. It will be remembered that the representatives of this association several times presented their articles to the secretary of state for incorporation and each time they were refused upon, the presumption that the association anticipated an infringement of the law. The attorney-general's opinion is a vie tory. however short-lived, for the Roby athletic club. The opinion is as followsii "Sir Answering your communiatlo:t asking for my opinion as to whether you should file in your office a dupllcat or certified copy of the articles of association, of the Roby athletic club, a voluntary association organized in Lake county, Indiana, I beg have to say: "Tho act approved March 7, 1-S7 (acta 1W, sec. 1, p. 41) provides that any number of persons may voluntarily associate themselves by written articles to be signed by each person who may b a member at the time of organization, specifying tho objects of the same, the corporate name they may adopt, to des-, ignate such objects pursuant to said act, the names and places of residence of each member or stockholder, with an Impression and description of the cor porate seal, and In what manner per sons shall be appointed or elected ti manage the business and prudential concerns of any such association for any of the purposes stipulated in said act. Htc. 1 of this act si-eif.eally names th purposes for which persons may voluntarily associate themselves and the char-' acter of the enteritises into which suchi associations may enter after organizations. "This section was nmended by the act approved March 6. IS S3, so as to enlarge the scope of the law concerning such associations and to extend to them the power to buy and sell merchandise) and to conduct mercantile operations, as) well as to organize associations for the purpose of dispensing charity to tha poor and to assist township trustees to oversee and care for that rnlsfortunate class. Sec 1 of the amended r. t of March 6, l'v'tf, was again amended by the act approved March 9, 1S!)1 (acts 1S:U, p. SS3). by authorizing the fi mnt'.cri of such, associations for tha purpose of Insuringtitles to real estate. Anain, sec. 1 of th amended act of March ?, 1SS1, was amended by the act approved March 2. 1S93, by extending tho U nth clause of said Fectlon to inciui organizations for the puriose of conti lifting "pleasure op health resorts, club, bo.itii g and bathing houses, sanitariums and gymnasiums in connection therewith, and for the maintenance of gymnastic or physical training schools, and for giving therein athletic exhibitions and other physical contests of science and skill." Columbian Athletlo Club. "It was under this amendment that the Columbian athletic club of Roby was organized and attempted to and did carry on a series of criminal prize-figljts, which have caused so much comment ( and no little trouble in this state. Theses unlawful contests were not authorized by the law tinder which said athletio club was organized, but rather In defiance of its legitimate purpose. In construing this statute It must be presumed that the legislature did not confer upon voluntary associations th3 power to violate the criminal laws of ths stat. or to carry on a business criminal within itself. "Hri'fly, therefore, the conclusion must be that the 'athletic exhibitions and other contests of science and skill mentioned In said act were intended by the legis-, lature to be of a lawful character and, such as are commonly taught in phj-sic-al training schools and gymnasiums an, der such regulations as would develop the intellectual and physical condition of those who sought their advantages. "When thus construed the statute under .consideration must be held to b within the legitimate scone of legislative discretion and that any attempt to operate an unlawful business undr disguisd of its provisions is a plain perversion oC the legislative intent and therefore un lawful. "Having reached the conclusion thai sec. 1 of the act of March S. 1S93. concerning voluntary" associations is a valid law enacted for a lawful purpose and not contrary to public policy. It necessarily follows that its provisions are open to those who desire to organize under it for any of the purposes therein stipulated: and it only remains to ba seen in what manner such associations may le organized so as to clothe therewith the powers of eorjorati.ns. "When written articles of association! are signed pursuant to the requirements of sec. 1, supra, they shall be filed in the recorder's office in the county In which such association may be format and recorded in miscellaneous records fi said recorder's office, and such record or a certified copy thereof shall be conclusive evidence of the matter and thing therein recited. Such is the express provisions of sec. 2 of the act approve! March 7, 1SS7, page 43. "Sec. 3 of said act declares that every such association shall, from th time such record is lil-d in the recorder'. office. le deemed and held to le a crporatlon and possessed of all the powers and privileges given to corporations bjf the common law; to sue and be sued; ti borrow money and secure the payment of the same by notes and mortgages, lnds or deeds of trust upon its personal and real propertv, and rent, leas purchase, hold, sell and convey real ani lersonal property as may l necessary and proper for the purpose of erectln? building" and for other objects of any such corporation. Such corporation la given, by sec. 4 of said act. discretionary power to divide its corporate property into shares and designate the manner that the sam? be held, sold, conveyed, assigned or transferred. Iut whether capital stock Is Issued or not Is purely discretionary with the corporation. "It Is by the provisions of sec. 5 of said act required to elect officers or , agents necessary to carry Into operation the objects of its organization, ami may adopt rules and regulations for the direction of its officers and memlers; and shall keep a record under, its corporate seal, whkh record may be read in evidence In any court in this state. "Sec. 6 confers upon such corporations the power to receive real and iersonaI property by gift or devise and to hold the same1 as a natural Tson. Such ara the provisions of the act of March 7. 18S7. and the amendatory acts of March) 9, ISitl. and March 3, The amend ments here referred to only cover tha provisions of sec. 1 of the act of Marcti 7, 1SS7. "From these provisions it is plainly seen that voluntary associations must file their articles of asoclatlon In th recorder's office of the county in which they are formed and the same must ba