Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 March 1894 — Page 5

THE HCUlATA ST ATE vrrvET, wkdxesdat .morning, march- 14. ish-i-twelve pages.

In unitv troT ! jreniality hanpiness. To encourage and cireu'ate pure lltcritliirc is t i mutually ail each other to a higher ami bettor life. 1TICKRS President Y. .S. RoUccd offer. MtntVH Ma. First Vice-President William A- Clarü, 3.3. Danville. In-). Second Vice-President Mrs. Tayl'-r. Arcana. 1 1 1 1 . Fiocordkig Socrrtary Mies 1 n Jicr. PJasant-avo.. Indianapolis Snrah 1 AVe!iJllfl. t 'orrct-pondiii:; Seor Mary J. Ionderi'ack. lock 'n 1." Trc.i surer Ariss JL-mnio Miss M a ry Wes'.ville, O. lüi.-drs, Ft. Jle' O'. ry. ". KXECL'TIVT COMM ITT1 .R". Robert x. Mu' l.oij, Wintei-p iilc. Ind. Miss Mary K. Swaim, COS Vermiliontt.. Danville. !). f. F. I'rr. l-ru. led. Mrs. Minnie Wt bo MöbT. ARoor.a, ?Kas. William K. Ft; Ik. Re nt jr. led. OBJECTS. Sec. " o" Apt. ! of "onstitution The lijrts of litis tlub shall ho to e-iabiish iability. strengthen g. morals in frooj.'ty, incre? a desire fur m'nd imXroveia.nt nrui literary a ttainment'i and to extend the work of reformation. M kmbkrship. S . -. I of Art. - r (.'(institution .MI persons of goi.-d moral character, who nr- interSucd In. the objects ot" this organisation, and are willing to work in a-c; dam therewith, are eligible to membership. See. I, Art. C All members of th- II. .. '. in go! standing shall share equally in its hiefits ami pi i v-peges. and it hall l tl duly of each ni e m b'.r to ei.-k. by 3imrl-. Vy word und by pen to pmnvto -tho objects ami iutnvfts ef the oh lb. Set-. 7 of P.y-I.aws Members r!ianp;in Iheir plaee of residence :-t all notify the record secretary ;' s'iih change. (;t:.i:n.b. Sc. its it shall be the duty of all officers to report to the president, from time to time, or noi'ii ls's renuest. the IrccreHs -f any hjjnesfs b"for- tle-m, nr of tbe I'ondition of. their respective fliers. ju)1 shall advise him f all matters jei-ta.iniiij t' the interests or -uvl-fare i.f tie club. We ur:-,'- the h. t. of readers of this fac. v.-io are '.overs of truth. i ae-piiiint "theniselvf-s with tho objects and merits of the Unv-ard literaiy. and lend us your aid by joining the club. Address the corre-portdintr secretary, with tamp. a.s p.-r al . and any desired inforniation will ic cheerfully jriven. The Howard literary has neither i-alavled ifliccrs ; n'.ri'ciitors, ai d depends wholly upon its merits and pi-hv.-ijdes for JUOt t-SF. Members or.ly are entitled to the ran? Leneiits of '.ar l"ok atalmie. AH leti"r; for publication must b; rarofully written on ene sid.o of the paper nlv. are-.iioanifKl bv the writer's real name arl address, as i plunK:, and plainly editor. J. Stewart. well as the ram addressed to tho Sentinel office, Indianapolis. Ind. Members in reiiewinc their subscription for Th" Sentin-1 will please be sure to send $1 (the subs ript'.on prlef of the paper) to the Howard literary treasurer, as the club is aliowul a small commission for the benefit of tho treasury. Prompt action suaranteed. Du for 3 sr4 are 2.". rente, payable duriiiK January and February to th treasurer. UNCLE EPHBAIM'S HOME-GOING. There wr two of them. Sworn rhums. inseparable- friends; a David and JonathriT' of eolor. A strong bond of sympathy held theni together both were a!en in the world without wife or child. Srto-ns: ties of the past knit them closely they hed known each other "enduiin' and sence d" war.'" One of th--i:;. T'r.ele Moses Jackson, was 1a.ll. strong, massive. A voice, deep as if it echoed thrui.ijfh cavernous recesses, yet soft as a baby's, eyes that twinkled nd ".winkled and shone out fmin his dusky face, an awkward, shambling jfait all brought l my mii:l ;m irresistible Fiigtcestirin of the rouifh. uinouth, yet kirnjly gnome of childish fairy tales. lie had buried two wives and fate bad left him in th later years of his life alone. He lived by jobbing about. That is. he had no regular wt i k, buL us the riesire arizwl him or his ne ds ilelr.aruled ho worked now a day in Mrs. M 'a garden, then a day of having for fr. H ; now a day ruttim? rord-wol, and aain ho put in a day's work at the mill. Often 1 used to see hint idling about the ferry of For l'.-s Itayou for days together; in winter seekinir the sunny fide of the old warehouse, and in summer tho shade, or, ierhaps, out in a little skiff lishiti";, to jrovide himself with mat for hU no?vt monl. The other of this pair of friend TTncle Kphraim "Webster, and he of whom I am tome to tell was a perfect contrast to his companion. lie was small, shriv-f-i. trojed. His eye.s oolorless, his fa nr. ashy brown. Iiis clothes appeared eimplv- to b hung on hi dry little fraiii? Und fell loosely about him. I'nlike Un le Monef lie haul never married. lut was, an anomaly among tho colored race, an old bachelor. Ho kept the lower ferry over Ford" Bayou, a rosltKii which, if ifcOt very JurnUlvo. at leat ould not be said to if very burdensome, s.very few per. pie pitserl that Way. th Vetter kept Mean ferry abe monopolizing the IxisIness. I wotider If I fdiall ever forget the figure he used . to present, hastening along the bank of tho bayou a he saw us oomir"g. bis knees bjnt, his tattered bat hanging ffbout his fac. h brisk wind carrying 1-ack Ihe tails of his ragged in long streamers brhind. and almst. it pern!. rady to lift up the little ferryman bodily and topple him .into the water. The tTr lived together. Tright. down by th water's edg", within a few hundred ft of the fwry. there stood a little ten by twelve cabin, their home. A very tiny chimney puffed out srrok" In col1 weather and a four-panei window faoed th rod l-Tllns: to th-e lü.ndins. bo that Lrv etonny weather Uricle

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nyii'aim co:ld stay indoors and watch fir the people coining to ivo.-s. 'j"Miey d'el their own c.kii'g; they patched, they sewed, and often I have Seen the week's washing, a dingy array, adorning the brandies of the solitary Tig tte lie-iir their door. They secnied to live raller an isol.ited life. Most of their o!d tir.;e friends had died, or the years had pot the link which bin. Is the older to tli younger generation, being childbvss; so', feeling themselves separate and apart fiMti those around them, they drew more ainl more within themselves and beeame more and more necessary to each otlict. Theirs w;s a lifo of humble poverty and to the out-ido observer idyllic in its peaceful content. Yet I. who pasd that way often and beeaMo interested in the odd pair, soon discovered that in th breast ef oio of them, at least, perfect contentment did nor dwell. I'm le Kphraim Webster was very anxious, to make money; was almost avaricious, it seemed. The dasiro showed itself in the loving glance bestowed on the dollar dropivwj into his hand each month

to settb f e- our monthly crossing, in the Kcrvons hate with which he hastened to put us over, fearing a little delay on his part might make us desert to the prosperous upper farry; in the eloquence with which he dwelt on the danger to life and limb which passenget on the steam ferry encountered through the panic of their horses at "them there new fashioned steam fixins."' while h d?srantd feelingly on his own interest in us. hi promptness and faithfulness in 'in-' always on hand to cross at any hour. He resorted to many little (Kid jobs to bring in ri -kles and dimes. lie played the part of village cobbler and sat up late at night patching and resoling old shos. II- got bis house rent free by watching over the warehouse by the ferry for its owner, II caught fish and sold to those crossing his ferry, and he raled a few chickens for sale. In summer he bought melons and resold thun to the thirsty wayfarer; no:. l,e .said, that Ik cleared much in money, but most of tho people ale them at his house and his horse an l chickens go: liv b nctit of the rinds and s(Js. Yes. Fnele Kphraim undoubtedly loved money and the general opinion was that he hud quite a sum hoarded up. I. who knew him better, knew that he hail an ambition, a master passion which mied his life. IV w knew of it, ami 1 quite ac.'idently found it out. I'ncle Kphriim had not always lived in this little coast village. The' land of Irs nativity was the land of cotton and rn. ,,f lirgi plantations and their inevitable a -companimem of commodious nvgro ouarteis. Following the plow all day long w:;h nvi:iy a whoop and halloo at his mule, his own special care and favorite, picking cotton in a iield full of m-ri-y negroes, hauling to the gin and th.n. crowning event of the year, happiest and merriest .-vison of sight-seeing, driving t'h four-mule wagon l.idon with cotton bai-s to the distant city; those were his occupations from childhood to manhood, and were as much a part of him as the breath by which life dwelt in Iiis body. To the his thoughts turned with th persistent fondness with which old age clings to youth. Though separated from them by thirty years of time his Imagination lingered alvays around the old quarter, where, when the dny's work was done, laughing crowds asemWev. jeting, telling taPand listening to the music of banjo and liddle. There the brief romance of his life was enacted, for there ho loved and won his sweetheart. Susie. There dwelt his father and mother, his brothers and siviers. Torn from all these in his first manhood he had drifted from hard to hand until the day of his freedom found him stranded here at Ford's Kayou. in a country totally different from his own, among people in customs as unlike those with whom he hid tien raised at if they claimed a different nationality. His ear. tun d to the mli of plantation sounds, shrank from the rasping anl jarring of the saw mills, his heart yearned for the givm hills of home, while his eye wearied en the everlasting stretches of pin s aul marshes. Distinctly I recall the light which transfigured his lace when I casually mentioned to him that I had been off on a visit -io M . "To M '. Then you must have been near C'hula!" h cried, with such animation stirring Iiis frame that iie seemed another being. It made hin oim hia heart and he poured cut his sorrows, and tol l mo of the one great ambition of his life For yewrs he luid been trying to earn money to go back to Chula. Once ). hail enough ai.d was getting ready to start wh.-n he was taken sick and after a long illness all that ho had went to pay his drug and doctor's bills. Again ho had almost enough, when ho was rob'oed of his last cent. For years after this he did not trj'. but gave way to despair. Then his o,d h 'ls and longings regained their mast ry oyer hint, and little by little he had again nearly accumulated the amount ho wished. It was a pitiful sum he neei. One hundred dollars would carry him back and buy some little tokens of remembrance for his long lost friends, and another hundred would buy a mule and give him a start, for the old man had a pride which forlmde his returning after all these years as a beggar. Many a man ha thrown away more in an hour's ret kless extravagance without a thought to it. but to the old darkly it represented tho savings of half a life. Its gain mea-nt dream fulfilled, happiness; its loss meant despair. "All things come to those who wait." 'tis said, and at length to "TTncH Ephraim" rarn the desire of his life. I never . saw a face so hope-lighted, po tremulous with Joy and excitement an his the day he left. Kven the parting with "I'ncle Moses." his rrieud of later years', fcarrely loft a trae of regret, for his veins were surging aivi throbbing with wert memories o youth and Its loves. It was in earlv fall and T used to think of him often in the day that came aft'r. as following tho windings of the whitfleeeed cotton rows In the company of his restored friend, drinking in the glory of the ( hanging season with all th bliss of a satisfied hearl. Thinking thus a I apptoarhod the 'bayou oiv evening. I W3.s mrprised to tee a familiar form sitting by tho ferry. Could it. be "Unel Eps?" Yes. and no. It was the ame old bent figure, but the face wa "changed. 'The hope which had irradiated It was gone and fn it ctead a duilaeei, a woeful blanks ezs had

come. What was tho matler? . would not talk much at lirst. but a few skillfully put questions drew' out hH story. x Whn he w'ont back ho found no trro-" of the old life left. The .,d j.lanlnlli n had passed into ether hands. Not a vestige of the quarters remained. Mis brothers and sisters had all died or moved away. So with most of his oldtim friends and the few who were left this was hardest to bear of till were flow to recall him to mind and accorded him a grudging hospitality. His sweetheart had married another. He was prepared for this, and had even provided a few trinkets for her boys and girK U would have been satisfied v.-ith a. tender talk over "old tims." but 8h had married a wx-tl-t o-.P cft.y "eolored gentleman" and looked with scorn unou her simple o!d lover. The jugged ends of past and present would not unite. Depressed .and dispirited, the old. mrui saw it, and in his trouble his heart turned to "Finde Moses" and the Hi tie cabin by the water as p. rfuro of peace. Could not fate, in pi I. v. h;ie stayed hr hand here and left the old man one consolation in his declining years? IJut she held yet one other blow for him. lie rame" lv-k only to find thnt "Fnolo Jrt;r;" was dead; drowned while fishing in the bayou. An aged tree torn up from its place In th- earth and hurled, bruised and broken. 1o the srmiiKl, can never again take root and live. Neither could "Fnel- Kphraim." with the very foundations of his existence uprooted and the hopes vh!h had been Iiis being for years crushed, take fresh hold on life and form new- ties. He failet visibly from day to day as h moped about the ferry. "Are you sick. 'Uncle Kphraim?" I used to ask sometimes, moved by his pathetic aspect. "No'm. not sick, but hit 'pears lak hit's mighty lonesome sem-e 'Mose' done gone," was his invariable answer. It was no surprise to me to hear one day that h. too. had "done gone." and going, his last murmured word was, "Chula." "All tilings come to those who wait." And. tlmu?:h in the. "City of the Pearly ;ates." the old man found not the "Chula" of Ids boyhood, let u hope that the earthly dreams of his hungry-., home-sick heart were lost in a heavenly realization, divine in its joy and perfect content. J KAN FALCOXEIl.

a mo vni I. V iii:vu:w, 1 lo tv the tVynndnt rerlroi oteI Ile-o-nt Con t ri ln lonn to llie lir-. D-ar Friends of the H. Ii. .'. I promised a letter to the page on th" world's fair, but hav thus far not found an opportunity, and come this week with a monthly review, trusting you will overlook all mistakes and pardon all shortcomings. The first letter in the first issue of the month of February was written by "Ida S." That brilliant and deep w-riter very learnedly discourses on religion, demons and science. In her contribution wo fin! this pathetic sentence; "Oh. science'. A pity you were strangled so long ago. and only now begin to live again." Next is "L,ono Tramp" with a letter on religious views, differing somewhat with noted minds of the present day, and closes with the following beautiful and Christ-like suggestion: "It ceitainly has been the purpose of all religious reformers to lenetit mankind. If they have erred let us try to 1-ad them to the right way. but not to drive them, lest i hey bid us pluck the beam out or our own eyes." "Tusctimbia" comes now with a discussion of Pan in the old mythology, and traces much trouble t him. and says 1 have reserved a few "shiners" for dire emergencies, and as I cannot with any degree of complacency be alienated from the household of Israel and as the time draweth nigh to renew, I have concluded to come down with the prcsciio"d amount of lucre for another year, and for your particular edilication geid on the armor and come to the help of the languishing on life's rugged, thorny pathway. "Tusctimbia" is for the household heart and soul, and we may look forward to much from his talented pen. Kx-Presideiit "Howard"' has an important letter on "Methods of Work," and starts the ball rolling by announcing subjects for the members of the minute corps for each week in Match, and earnestly begs for more volunteers in this corps. There are many who should enroll their names with this branch of the corps at once. Kucy A. Parker's contribution this w.-ek is a ve-y tomhing little story on "The "Wicked Son." And all who read this story cannot fail to note the power of the example they set before the children of tho world. Stories as thes. are welcome to the page and read with interest. "Hay K. L." conies wafting a southern breeze from Florida, and with bis vivid description of the wonderful flowers of that southern state tills the club with a desire to spend their winters there. "Jac Mac," judging by his letter this week, considers the black race Inferior to the-white and is not in favor of mixed schools. "Jac Mac" is an enthusiast in regard to the club and says: "I shall do more for the club this year than last and hope we may add many liam s to our roll." "Pen Ardys" has a letter brimful of thoughts from others that no one ca-i read without making nobler resolves to live a better life. !n this issue is a touching iw-in by that untiring wiiter. Mis. II. K. Smith, entitled, "Soul and Body." Here is one verse we pluck: Par the portal, close the casement. Thou and 1 alone, oh soul, And I bid the., stand and answer, .Mocking not the stern control. Our ex-treasurer, "Marie," comes with a very pleasant little 1-tter and says: "Let us all take hold to help our otficers make the H. J,. C. Itoom ibis year, and suppose "each of us bring a newmember or two." One of the gems this -week is the poem, "Blessed Moonlight." by "Dashing Nick," and here is the first verse: Oh moonlight, blessed moonlight, What stirs my soul as thee; What tills my heart with a brighter light, Than that thou givest me. Tho last letter on the page is an invitation by the president to "Fidelia Fay" to join our ranks; coiik. "Fidelia Fay," you will receive a hearty welcome, and all other lovers of truth and justice. Feb. 14 The letter occupying the fupt place in this week's issue is a description of travel by land and water in which "Alta Baker" gives her views of west ein scenery and life as she found them; and vividly describes her experience on board a Pacific steamer in rough weather. Those were my very wonlt. "Alta Baker," "I was so sick I did not care if I lived or died." and you are the first person I have heard express themselves in those words since my experience on the Atlantic a few years ago. Letters of travel are very interesting to the majority of readers, and especially travel by water, there is something fascinating about those large ocean steamers. The soco.id contribution is the monthly review by President "Comet," wherein wo find many rare gems and deep thoughts plucked from the various letters by our energetic leader, "Ben Ardys" graces the page next with one of Roumania's fairly legends, copied for the page. "Mary of - 'hampaigo" occupies the next place with one of her rare letters, urging those who frequently iit the pie aqd are not memher.' to join our club arid enjoy the bene, ills of a home" with us. one of her tpoughts is: "Wo must and will "form connections and friendships of Some kind, and let ns have the best we are able to reach. The best is none too good for the longing heart, for those who love tb good, and all the objects and aim of the Howard literary are Fuch." Yep, frlend. cuiiiC and make your home witji inj thjs

You must be a memwhy shall it not be ours? Next Is a bri-f 1-1 trr by President KvkrfndofffjYia which he urges the members to not forget the annual dues, payable lo the treasurer. "Artet th Hay Is Kmlod." a loem by Mrs. i;. K. Smith. describing our thoughts .at the close of the flay, is printed, and expresses practical thoughts in p letry. A s-.iniiet by "Alonzo Lora Hi.e" to "Willie Wilfred Fowler" ends the letters thi week". Fob. 21 The first article on the pag this week is a lengthy and deeply-interesting discourse by "Ida S." on the fmperfett translation of the mv testament, scd even ihe lite revision, she maintains. is not true t (he original msnufviit. She ends ho letter thus; "Our translators in the p4st translated to meet the narrowinind of the people turning out of the black ageB of idolatry. But. 'Lope Tramp,' the day is really coming when by translation we will domar.d to know the truth of the teaching of .Testis." "Tuotuiii'oi;:" conies again in mythology with a history of the dark-visaged blacksmith Vulcan, and en. Is with a ti;T at the political parties. Ne:ct "Advance" enter tho parlor ami chats with the members on the beauties and vastne.ss of the reeer.t fair, and gives a description of the manufactures and liberal arts building, which "Advance" says was the largest building in the world ever erected under on ro'f. ana any on" not seeing the fair cannot, form an adequate idea of the gradeu " and brilliancy displayed on every side. "C Phates." although snow-hound. finds an entrance to t!in page, with a new- plan for the distribution of literature at a small cost. We are in favor with your plan, "L Phrates." and know ninth good literature is' stowed away for the mice that many would be glad to rtad. She also mentions that the page. "Jean Falconer." glad to hear from her not induce her to visit Phrates-.'" old favorites of ' We wet e vcry and can you the page, "C "Blue Jay." one of the ex-officers, steps in to tell her friends she has imt forgotten them, and is busy as ever in the school-room: and also sends a valuable poem collects! from the writings of thirty-eight diffcrnt authors, by Mrs. II. A. Deining of San Francisco. "ai. We were glad to see "Farmer Boy X. 2" on the page, portraying the evils that l.ad to prison life. Where is "Farmer Boy No. 1." and the poetical "Farmer p.oy" of the Käst? In this issue President Cornet urges the members to enroll in one of the three corps. "Methods of Work" is a grand idea, and we believe it will create interest and renewed activity among the members. The last contribution on the page is a poem by "Hamlet." a song of praise to Mrs. R. K. Smith. "Maud Maple" continues "Parliament of Religions" in a deeply interesting communication, heading the list in this week's issue. Buddhism, as it is taught and practiced in India and Japan is worthy of more than a passing glance. Buddhist teachings certainly have a true moral ring, and every person reading thi letter cannot, fail to note the close connection of Buddhism and Christiai;. We are very thankful to "Maud Maple" for these noble sketches. We are very sure we never understood Buddhism as w1 do now and we never knew there was so much good and pure in that anejent religion'. "Happy .Joe" is with us this week in a serial story, written in that, happy, inimitable style tiiat shows "Happy Joe' is not a stranger with the pen. How glad we were to see "Incog's" familiar name on the page once again. From her letter we extract the following noble thoughts: "To be charitable is to give. seeking no return, not even thanks. There is another kind of charity unite as praiseworthy as the giving of alms, to be charitable in our thoughts and judgments of others. Perhaps there is no command of Chirst's that we disregard as often as his Judge not." A poem, "Wait and See," by H. Porter I,aylon, describes the olden days when we were young and bow quickly memory wi'l fly back to th se long ago days with keenest enthuia-m when we read these lines. "WYANDOT DKWDROP." I'pper Sandusky, o.. Match 1". i.i:i:s Kumt mv iri: hook. Seleel iitus Made for the Itcnelit of Hie 1 1 0 vii r l l.llernrv t'luli. "Pwixt wlu.t thou art and vvh:tt thou woiiidst be. I. et no "if" arise on which to lay the blame. Man makes a mountain of that puny word: Rut like a blade of crass before the scythe It falls and withers, when a human will. Stirred by creative force, sweeps toward its aim. Thou wilt b what thou eouldt be. Clrcnmtaiic Is but the toy of genius When a soul Burns with a God-like purpose All obstacles between it and its goal Must vanish as the dtw- before the sun. krla wfn:r:i.i:R win ox. "A CALM VIKW." "James Russell Lowell, while representing the United States at the British (onrt, attended a public- meeting wlier? soni" of the speakers deprecated the influence of Christianity upon men, and declared themselves able to get along without it. The poet diplomat improved the oppott unity to express his opinion of what godless society w ould If if it could I. . found. It is something for mothers to read to t heir sons as th" 'calm view' of a man w ho had made a success of life. 1 1 gives a reason, resting upon fads, for the faith that is a rock upon which every brave, pure life is built, and the wind and flood of temptation cannot prevail against a life so grounded,' said Mr. Russell. " 'I am a liberal thinker, but whatever defects and imperfections may attach to few points of the doctrinal system of Calvin the bulk of which was simply what all Christians believed it will be found that Calvinism, or any other ism which claims an open bible, and proclaims a crucified Christ, is infinitely preferable to any form of polity and polished skepticism, which gathers as its votaries the degenerate sons of heroic ancestors. who. having been trained in a society and educated in schools the foundations of which were laid by men of faith and piety, now turn and kick down the ladder by whi. h they have climbrd up, and persuade men to live without Cod, and leave them lo die without hope. " 'The worst kind of a religion is no religion at all; and these men. living in ease and luxury, indulging themselves in the amusement of going without religion, may be thankful hat they live in lands where the gosp?l they neglect has tamed the beastliness and ferocity of the men who. but for Christianity, might long ago have eaten their carcasses like the South sea isOnders. or cut off their heads and tanned their hides, like the monsters of the French revolution. " 'When the microscopic search of skeptii ism which has hunted the heavens and sounded the sens to disprove the existence of a Creator, has turned Iis attention to human society, and has found decency, comfort and security, supporting and educating his children unspoiled and unpointed; a plu-e where age is reverenced, infancy protected, manhood respected, womanhood honored and hunnn life held indue regard when skeptics can find such a place mi this globe, where the gospel of Christ hs not gone aim! lea red the way. and laid' the fiu;i da Hons, and made decency and security txjssible, rit w ill then be in order for I he fkeptli-al. literati lo move thither and there ventilate thir views, put so long 'as these very men ore dependent upon the religion which they discard for every privilege they enloy. they n ay well he?f tite A littl before they seek to rob thChristian of his hope .mn humanity of H fslth in Jod, who alone bis given tr.tn that btpc-A'f eternal life which

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s life tolerable and society possible, J r.-.bs de;i, ,,f i,s terrors a'd the and grave of its gloom.' " Union Signal. "Tin; roKT." "The poet, und r whatever name, nlways statu. . for the same thing imagination. And ' imagination in its highest form give him the power, as it were, of assuming the conseiousi. ss of whatever he sp;tks at'out. whether man or b.-ast. or rock or tree, jt js the ring of Catiacc. which, whoso has on. understands the language of ..all treaf d things. And as regards expression, it seems to nable the poet to condense the whole of himself into a single word... Therefore, when a great po.-t has said a thing it is finally and utterly expressed and has as many meanings as there are ni"n who read his verse. A great poet is something more than an interpreter between man and nature; he is also an interpreter between man and his own nature. It is he who f-dves us those key-words, the ssession of which makes us masters of all the unsuspected treasure-caverns of thought and feeiing and begin y w hich open under the dustv path of our daily life." J. R. Lowell. "HOW TO P.K AN AUTHOR." "Well, if you must have it in brief. get the best education you car. and keep on getting it. Study the best writers with constant reference to their matter and thflr manner. P into society, observe men and women, fill up your mir.d with facts, and exercise it by reflecting on many topics, big and little. Write. for practice merely, say for live years. and then for another five be content to see your efforts go into the fire or the county pater. After this period of probation you will perhaps find out whether you have any gift for writing or not; not everybody lias." F. i;. Al. in January. "A FRI KXDLY LKTTER TO ('IRLS." "I spoke of the 'world' of bo.'ks its 'realms and its regions; I might have said at once the 'woiMs' of books, for they are manifold, distinct, as are the worlds of lite. There are as many worlds as there are sorts and dil f. rcntiations of p op!e; and to each world I lite belongs its own provision and r source supply to its demand. What you find in life, and so in books, depends upon the world you nie in touch with and want to live in. The other worlds of other natures though they may bolder, and even intf rpeiietrate yours, aie separate, essentially, as distant planets. The persons, the scenes, tie- thought. Hie sympathies, that you are drawn to. you will lind and gather about you. if you allow the drawing. The frivolous tends to the frivolous, the earnest to the earn- , est: the large and loving and generous I come to kin and stimulus and work; the j selfish, narrow and grasping to their ilke i and opportunities; the coarse gravitate j to the coarse; the delicate and pure rise J to their level with the g.-ntle and re- 1 lined, 'A man is known by the company j he keeps.' Books are company: you may know yourself by the b oks you like to read. For every book i a little life j which you voluntarily cuter into and live for awhil". Yes. een very 1.1 racter, thought, ihapti-r. is a revelation of you to yourself, as are the tests chemistry to substances. What ymi take to you are of. What you choose a nd delight in yon acknowledge of yours If and growto mote and more. So the power of letters is most heavily responsible, their je. sources most critical to employ. "I do not. tare very much for 'courses of leading' that are mapped out and pers ribt (. I think it better to fee! one's way to things and bt one step bad and lnlp to another, as we leun the ncNt we want. If there is any knowledge that you desire get the first information you can upon it and you will then see what you need reach for. There will be a trail to follow, or rather, with star and compass you will make your own trail. I believe in using hrottsing; the little discoveries and li;;ht-ings-011 in looks delight and impress, and so stay by. in nirutal possession and result, more strongly than anything to whi" h you are led by the hand, that it may be pointed out to your precept ion. Be alive, and live in vour world: then you will lind all that belongs to ii. Whatever von love von will Darn people, things, pi. ices, birds, (lowers, t 1 set Is. stars, climates, habitations, races and their boundaries, men of history and their deeds, men of art and their works, thoughts, beliefs, bop -s and their recorded expressions. All are yours, just so far as you really want to reach and have thm: but you can have absolutely nothing from others until you have that in your ow n nature whi h makes receptivity for it. The air may be full of germs, of health or disease, but you will lake and develop nothing for which you have not the pro-deposition. The fii-st tiling to kn.iw then is yourself. Sei tie what von want to' get and then 'go for it.' "Measiiie what you find you enjoy by a high standard, one. perhaps, which ym have not reached, but yet may recognize and eject or p--r. no, according as it stands the test of value. Re sure you follow out the best that is in you and indulge 110 unworthy craving. The safe wav the way of a right, pure instinct is to enter no scenes, linger in no companionship in fiction, which you would not seek, or would be ashamed to seek. In real life." Mrs. A. i . T. Whitney. "U. PHRATKS." irtoi srrn." A Talk hi b .Innior Member of the lliinurd 'Literary ( lull. Friends, One and All I greet you. but have decided to talk particularly to the junior membe's this time. The approach of Raster calls to mind many of the pleasures of childhood; and, while 1 would not forget Him who ros from the dead to proclaim salvation lo the world lost in sin, I think Raster should bring joy to the heart of everyone. We should not only fill the air with songs of rejoi'-ing at His birth, but rejoice that He conquered death; that He rubbed the grave of its victory. Since lb has risen who "e die in Christ to live olli e W'i auai'i. is slain. Now, I want to toll the children who read the page something about L'asier sports. When a little girl I lived in a small village in tlermany. and I believe no other nation celebrates Raster so elaborately as the Hermans. My first remembrance of these celebrations brings to my mind a roomy old attic, where we were told to go and prepare nests and the Raster rabbit would come and bring us eggs. Kvery old hat that cm Id be found was carefully lined with green leaves by we little ones for there were three of our family and it was cusiomary to invite the neighbors' little ones. Sometimes we would find Faster lilies to help beautify the nests, and when this decoration whs done we placed them where the rabbit could come. Then we were told to go to the other part of tho house and listen till we heard the horn blown. Well, the rabbit was all a fraud; it was baked of a sweet dough, and was brought by the village baker and Perched in the attic window. Then tho baker would blow- the born, as is customary in C.crminy, inrtead of ringing the bell, ami we would hasten to the attic to lind how Herr Ost or Haas (Mi. Raster Rabbit) had served us; but. instead of finding the rusts where we had placed them. I hey wen? gone we knew not where and tlnrc sat the old rabbit with rot a word t say. We all "east inquirng looks at lie older ones, who had followed to see the fun, and Were told to scan h for our eggs. Now 'the frolic began. We riunage.l through every old box or article of storage, till. ojie.-liA one, we would, spy a nest oC bri? Id -colored egg. and.it was a pleasure to run lo the older ones, who stood watching our eagerness, und ask if the nest we .found was mirs; for each Jiest rcontaiiied one egg. on which the owner's nanfe- w.ls written, hutwo were too-youhg. Jo read our. own names. Some 'of the littleones would be nior fortunate -than 'others, and if on" failed to- find anjvisf; would .have to pay a

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J our share of eggs. vr:i, j can nanny leii now me neuen ti rabbit supplied the eggs for the nests, but think he must have been a kind of a Santa Clans. Ou- next move was to the sitting room, where we placed Mr. Rabbit in a comfortable position rn pm of the table and. adorning him with leaves, invited him to look on for th remainder of the day. Did it ever occur to you that the Kastor egg might contain a lesson 7 Since all things have a significance, the nse ,,f the egg certainly signifies something, and I will tell you what my conclusion is. For illustration. I will use a riddle that many ihildren know: In niarbel walks as white as milk. Lined with a skin as soft, as silk, "Within a fountain, crystal clear, A golden apple dmh appear. No doors there are to this stronghold. Yet thieves break in and steal the gold. Answer An egg. The unbroken egg. we will say. is an emblem of the sealed sepulcher. We break the egg and the gold is revealed. The seoulcher had no doors, but the angles rolled the stone away and th. gold of life was revealed to us. Perhaps that is why eggs are colored in memory of J list resurrection. However. I will copy a very pretty legend of the Faster eggs for you. ,; ' Trinity bells, with their hallow luisrs, ! And their vibrant hps and their brazen i tonsue. ! Over the roofs of the city pour Their Laster music with joyous roar, j Till the soaring note to the sun are rolled. ' As he swings along in his path of geld. "Dearest papa,' says my boy to me, ; - he merrily climbs iiMjn my kn-e. "Why are these ep's that vmi sfc me ' hold " ; Colored so finely with blue and geM? And v.-hat is the wonderful bird that lays Such beautiful eggs on Kastei- davsV" "You have heard, my boy, of the Man who died. frowned with keen tlvrn and crn.ii -d: Ce.l j And how Joseph, the wealthy whom reward Cared for the corpse of tin- martyred I.orl, And piously tomlied it within the rock, And closed the gates with a mighty rock. "Now, close by the tomb a fair tree givvv. With peduluus h aves and (lowers of blue. And deep in the green tree's shadow br.-a.-t A beautiful sin.eirg-bird sa t on her net. Which via border. il wiih mosses like malachite. I And held four eegs of an ivorv white. ' ! "Now. when the bird from her dim recss, ! lieheM the I.ord in His burial ilress. ' And looked on the heavenly face so rale. I And the dear feet piercel with the cruel j nail. I Her heart nigh broke with a sudden pans. And oat of the depths of her sorrow she . saug. i "All night long till the moon whs up. ; She sat and sang in her moss-wreathed ; up A song of sorrow as wild and shrill As the homeless wind when it roams the hiil: ' So full of fears, so loud and long. '. That t'ne grief of the world seemed turned to song. j "But soon there came through the weeping j nfcht t A glimmering angel clothed in white. ; And he rolled the stone from the tend away. Where the Lord of the earth and the h'-av- j ens la y : j And 'brist arose in the tavern's gloom. And in living luster came from the tomb. "Now. the bird that sang in th the tree. heart of ' Beheld this eel e-itial mvsterv And its In art light. And it poured was lill'd with a song on the -weet dethrobbing night; Notes clitued on notes, till higher, bicher. They shot to heaven like spears of tire. "Wien he the glitt--run white-robe, 1 angel Id j The y.irrowin; j And heard th song of the grieving I'U'u, following chant of mirth That hailed Christ risen again on earth, lb- said, 'Sweet bird, be forever blest--Thyself, thy II .'St !' and thy mss-wrea t In 1 "And ev r, my child, since that blessed night. When death bowed down the Lord of light. The eggs of that sweet bird change their hue. And burn with red. and cold, and blue; Reminding mankind, in their simple way, M' the holy marvel of Raster day." With best wishes for all this Rastertide. Sincerely yours, "SAPPHO." Indianapolis, March 8. T rem lire Trov r. "i'was a wee bit tin bos. In Fhape antique, and rare. A treasure trove to the merry vr.iup That met in frolic there. And eager bands are raised The dainty prize to win: To clasp the jeweled wealth. The treasured gems within. What! only a silken curl That round the linger clings; No jewel rare, or pearl Its sparkling radiance flings. Well, the secret none may gaes. For the years are warders stern. And never a trust the less Will the sealed books return. MUS. R. K. SMITH. Ulatiti. MysP rious isle of the sea. Whose secrets thee alone 1, d. What wondrous visions ef old 'ould thy solemn depths unfold. The wealth of a thousand isl. s, ilory and kingly power, Kartli in its Rdeti bloom. Life in its primal hour. Swept by the ocean waves A thousand fathoms deep. h earth, and sea. and sky. Will ye your secrets keep'. .MRS. R. R. SMITH. Tin- IIIoimI 1 tlie I.I lis" Runs the old sav ing, and everything that ever makes part of any oigan of the body must reach its place therein through the blood. Therefore, if ilm blood is pu'ilied and kept in good condition by the use of Hood's Sarsa pa i ilia, it necessarily follows that the benefit of the medicine is imparled to every organ of the btoly. Can anything be simpler than the method by which this excellent medicine gives good health to all who will try it fairly and patiently?

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HEWS OF THE WEEK.

The ice has gone out of Mackinac st-airs. Incendiaries have started many Area j at Omro, Wis. Dan Cough! in and family have gone ta I Hancock. Mich. A wind storm did much damage at ! Sheboygan. Wi. j Another case of small-pox i reported from Columbus. O. I The trial of Forger de France was Frank Tv'tlL. continued at Kalam.a7.00. Robbers shot and killed i iams near Newkirk. Ok. T. I Over 12,00" women have registered fof the spring election at Denver. ! People are said to be actually starving to death in Starr county, Texas. James Sanders has b-en prieated at Iventewood, Ii., for pension frauds. Parson Davie says the Corbet t-JacTc son fight will take place in London. The Maxwell column, ope .-mist a e. seta! the Alvor tribesmen in .?..nt is s-f. Billy Fdwards. the pugilist, was bad'y injured in a runaway at Hot Springs. Ars. The Fiah 'egid.-iture iern.-.ir.ed in sos. sion all Sunday, still in Thursday's 511. Louis p . lice got ninety Chinamen raid on 0jo:.g Son Wah's crap in a j'J i ril. No trace of the thirteen ntowibM n;:n-rs at Wilkebiiro, Pa., has ben found. The Ceercia federal grand jury aeks that a federtl prison be established in tha South. In a row at a debating school at Fol, I. T.. Bill Mctiallaeher shot and killed 'haviey Powell. The official call has been issued for th national meeting f i. publica 11 dubs at D- nver June ,. "old-hearing quartz has ben fonni i'1 the new ly-'iiscov et i 1 a-d'stos bed at 1 edit view, Minn. At Xew Yo;k Mrs. Ina Ce-sry, 1 barged wilh tunning a policy hop. has b--cn held for trial. T!'e Ley. AlotK'o T. Vond. a pioneep pr. SI sbyterian. dlopi.-d d"ud in Westmin r hcroh at i imaiia. ; Reports are that nothing but th hull I of the Kcirsarge is b ft. but that sh iwa j im siens of going t., pieces, j Heorge F. Uro n was acjuittej of tl. i murder of John R. Davide n at OwingI vide. Ky.. on bis sev- l.tli trial. ' Four nidskcl men held up a. gambling j house at 'oLcado City. 'ol.. but on! j t-ot a few dollars from the inmates. 1 .)at:i"s i:. Hillings, I Is and shi, J Itostoii, faetor'es at Marlioro. ha a signed. Liabilities, Jpm.ea'i; assets, j;),lift! I. At Krie. N. Y.. William Suyde:- anl ; his wife, boih over sevnty years oft i age, w ere burned to death in their coliH,;e. ; The 1,0'iisvHl" life saving crew re5'uli ' ihre medical students who were aboua lo go over the falls in an unmanageable skilf. ; Henry R. Hibson defeated John Gj lbnick, the incumbent, for He emigressiomil nomination from Know i' iTenn.l district. ! At Ktna Mills. Cal.. John Peters, aj I packer, alio! Rudolph Junkhis. a minn J of Weave rville, were caught and Killeiif ! in a snow slide. i At Detroit liny pounds of smucgiel I opium was ypiured. but "Dol" OuiUettv the smuggler, uunped fa m a Wabash train and escaped. It is reported that lO.oO'l madiar. Kniebis of Krhoi- will seed- and form", a separate order le aus- of üssaiisfac-' lion with Sovereign. Attorney Koiwalsky d-nies that he ever I old the o!i-e that Actor Curtis had confessed to him the mm tier of Police-' mau Traut of San Francisco. So reassuring are the reports front Ragie, the scene of the West Virginia riots, th.it lovetnoi- McCoi kle ol dettii the withdrawal of Company ". Thomas V. Ahl of Carlisle. Pa., hal been arrested on charge of bribery in connection with the selection of ;t. sitw for a soldiers orphans' school and home. A darkey "rouster" named Dick Withers was hit on the head and killed bv Pete Anderson, tic captain of the wa'o li on the steamer Chickasaw, tt Ai-mphis. The Rev. W. H. Thompson was arrested in his pulpit at Kast Birmingham, Ala. He is a fugiüve from Hie Mississippi penitentiary, where he was confined for murder. Henry T. Wiltshavv. the .ibseonJing clerk of the United States national bank, captured Tuesday at Ru'Talo, was committed to jail at New York in default of S'o,im' bail. Tie New- Brunswick rubb-r factor and the Meyer rubber company's plan; ai Mitltown. N. .1.. wiil close Indefinitely. These shut downs will throw aiout l.'i'l men cut of employment. The sitamer Briscoe, from Hatnbur Dec. H. i somewh'-re about s:ty mil off Pape Race disabled with part of her ciew practically starving. Relief ha bean suit from St. Johns. District Attorney Noble of lueeun county. New York, will d"' ide. after a private view of the play, whether or rvut tht re may be a second public performance of the pas-don pantomime. Near Kittle Ro k. Ark., a mulatto g'tlf was found hanging to a three. She l.a 1) been lyc.ched. but her identity as weip, as that :,f the lynchers, and the ciims charged against her. is unknown. The party which went Into the Bittet Boot mountains to the relief of Colgate, the cook of the "in 1 iti pally, who ra deserted on H 'l-'arwi'.ter. l as : lurnet without finding any trace of him. William T. Philiips h.-s sued the Belle. u Hudson mining company for $7..'""i. claiming ii has taken that mich me from his property in "lear Creek county. Colorado. His claim adjoins that of th ci lupany. A freight train of old tank errs on tht W estern New Vol k Jt- Pennsylv ania load ran into a landslide at Walnut Bend., ii.. and was badly wrecked. The ignited and He- cats were consumed. Fireman Alartin was kilb-d. Henry iles-m and !eorge Ford fought. seven tierce rounds at omalu for a lifI i c-do! l.i r purse. Olesott Won. 11-1 i weigh 'd ; and Ford 1.".. Botn fought ! -ai cdy and the wiener was the worse i punished man of the two. Ford wai j beaten by striking his le ad again-t .i : ring post. I 1 1 1 i r mill F-.r over live years I was a constant setferer with that most terrible and an coving disease, dyspepsia. After paying; mt hundreds of dollars, the only iuedi tine I found t'aat would do me any good was Sulphur Bit.ers. Six bottles cure me. Now I can eat well and am happ a:.d hungry. Rtlitor. i Guess How Many packages of Pearline have been consumed. Hundreds of millions ! Successful trom the very start, it is more successful now than ever. Kvery year the sales are piling up mcrcasinir. though c.verv ni'inth brings some newwouldhr imitation. Whv is it? If

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