Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1894 — Page 5

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In unity there 13 strength. In congeniality happiness. To encourage and circulate pure literature is to mutually aid each other to & higher and better life. OFFICERS. President W. S. Kokendoffer. Montevallo. Mo. First Vice-President William A. Clark, box 95, Danville. Ind. Second Vice-President Mrs. Sarah Taylor. Aroana, Ind. Recording- Secretary Miss Dora WenJier. Pleasant-ave.. Indianapolis. Ind. Corresponding Secretary Miss Mary J. Loudenback. lock box 13. Westville. O. Treasurer Miss Jennie Rhodes, Ft. Recovery. O. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Robert X. ' Moulton. Wintersvill?. Ind. M1S3 Mary E. Swaim. 60S Vermilionst.. Danvilk. 111. J. F. VR'ser, Peru. Ind. Mrs. Minnie Webb Miller. Altoona, Jvas. William E. Fulk. Decatur. Ind. OBJECTS. Pec. 2 of Art. J of Constitution Tho cbjects of this club shall be to establish sociability, strengthen good morals in society, increase a desire for mind improvement and literary attainments and to extend tho work of reformation. MEMBERSHIP. Sec. 1 of Art. - of Constitution All persons of good moral character, who are Interested in the objects of this organization, and are willing to work in accordance therewith, are eligible to membership. See. 3, Art. 2 All members of the II. L. C. in good standing shall share equal- j ly in its benefits au:i privileges, and it i thall be the duty -of each member to J seek, by example, by word an t by pen to promote the objects and interests of the club. Sec. 7 of By-Laws Members changing their place of residence shall notify the recording secretary of such change. GENERAL. Sec. 10 It shall be the duty of all officers to report to the president, from time to time, or upon his request, the progress of any business before them, or of the condition of their respective offices, and shall advise him of ali matters pertaining to the Interests or welfare of the club. We urge the host of readers of this page, who are levers of truth. to acquaint themselves with the objects and merits of the Howard literary, and lend us your aid by joining the club. Address the corresponding secretary, with stamp, as per above, and any desired information will be cheerfully given. The Howard literary has neither salaried officers or contributors, and depends wholly upon Its merits and principles for uccess. Members only are entitled to the rare "benefits of our book catalog-ue. All lettt-rs for publication must bo carefully written on one side of the paper only, accompanied by the writer's real name and address, as well as the nom de plume, and plainly addressed to thj editor. C. G. Stewart, Sentinel office. Indianapolis. Ind. Members in renewing their subscription for The Sentinel will please be sure to send $1 (the subscription price of the paper) to the Howard literary treasurer, as the club is allowed a small commission for the benefit of the treasury. Prompt action guanntepd. Dues for 1834 are 25 cents, payable during January and February to the treasurer. IVEX FERVS" miMiKT. ill Contribution of Kitrnrt from Various Sonrcfii to the Club. Dear 11. L. C. Friends It has been come time since I have been with you on the page, but I will say that I have been very busy in my course of work, which I will finish in a few days, after Which I hope to be- with you oftener. I earnestly desire that the club will continue to advance, this coming year nd more so than in the past years, and attain such a hold a3 may prove of lasting benefit. My best wishes and most earnest detires are with .you all , and may we In unity put forth our best efforts and doing so I fell sure of the result. I desire to express myself as being in full sympathy with a recent criticism offered on the page by our president In regard to a tendency on the part of some "to enter Into politics in their talks. This should be absolutely abstained from. I speak of it with the best of feeling totvard all. But any of you know, as well as I do, that nothing- is gained and almost always loss Is sustained. If you will bear with me a while I will give you a few extracts from a paper whlch I edited and read before the "Phllomathic society some time ago. The society 1 a local organization, somewhat after the plan of our own, and :2 highly recommend it to any of you Who may ever come here to school. The Intellectual and Moral Thinker from the fourth page I find these two: "Beauty is based on reason, for by logic the beauty of all things is brought out. portrayed and made beautiful." "Hope deceives while enjoyment undeceives, says a prominent writer, but It seems to m that hope is more often realized and felt, and awaken in the heart more surity than does enjoyment, for do not mny of the enjoyments merely excite a momentary and passing pleasure, and then after the effect leave the soul in a feeling of bewilderment and doubt." Character "Character must be kept bright as well as clean. Character, the Individuality in man; the Inner or universal man; the real being: that which distinguishes and makes an indivtduaJ of him should stand out to the world and society not only as a principal existing, but should bo fit Itself as to shed .a. radlence, an Influence if you please, tjpon all In Its circle of action. "It Is not only necessary that we establish character, for - ourselves, but more so that wt- so fit character within us that through It we shall prove a benefit and good to struggling souls around usfor If ourinüuenue serves only as a,

stumbling Mock to others" feet, their aim and character with us has b?en lost, and is not in us." B not too ready to condemn The wrong thy brother may have done; Erf thou too harshly censur them For human faults ask. "Have 1 none?" Eliza Cook. "How true to this, for in our judgments of others we almost Invariably heap a much greater judgment upon ourselves.

We are too prone to Judge others for the very faults greater In ourselves. Would It not be nrach bet-?r If we would give encouragement and praise where needed and allow the petty faults to quietly pass by, or gently speak of them, if It need fe, and show therein the evil and. by example, pr ve the worth of virtue? What will people say ? "This is a question thai many people are forever revolving in their minds and questioning themselves concerning nearly every act of thei lives. Wondering what this and that one' is thinking or saying about them. We fnd them in nearly every phase of society, courting and seeking the opinion of ethers. Having no stability or force of character of their own, no aim except to gain and attain popularity. What fools they are. There Is no individuality, no manliness, no courage, no principle in tham, for if we would bill Id up character we mustfully develop thoe powers peculiar to ourselves, given to us by (.-d for a special purpose to be worked by ourselves. "In their "-pinion there is no surety, no advancement, save to puff up one's van--'fy. while in the opposite there is progress, power, development and thought, showing that the possessor is a man. If we would attain any foothold in thought and intellectual attainments, we must strike out. isolate ourselves from the ilea of popularity, and learn to do and think for ourselves. This is the only way by which we can substantiate self-confidence in ourselves, and self-confidence is the power that sust.-tis individuality and permanence 1 1 thought. What is time? "Some one says time is eternity. Another that it is but a moment. Those are two very contrasting and widely different answers. The one is beyond, man's comprehension; the other within the twinkle of an eye. Yet, duty, opportunity, life, all are lived in this one moment. This- one moment is all we have or can claim. One thought is all we have. They come, they go, and others come, thus making up the years and life, and these, in turn, swelling Into centuries and generations, which go on to make up the vast eternity and unknown b?yond. Thus can it be well said, 'Time is a moment and eternity. The one is known, the other is unknown, and man, in his attaining education and knowledge, takes up the known and arrives thus at the unknown. Influence "Some one has asked. 'What is the hidden fore? of life?" I would answer It is influence. Then comes the query, what is influence? This is as hidden a mystery as the forces of electricity. There is no solution a,s to their origin, except from the Supreme God. It seems to be a ower a potent forte at play in nature and nature things: working in and among all existing things and imparting some part of its energy to each and every form of existence. It seems to be the law and the developing force in nature opening up cause and producing effects. The effects are vetv apoarent to man. but the agency is mit understood, nor can r.an become what he was intended to le until he fully understands its workings. Like mo?t other forces in nature, there 1 the positive and the negative effects, directly opposing one another and opposite Is the results. We may call them the good and the evil and all of us are to a greater or a less decree subject to and effected by both classes. As the energy is imparted to us we in turn are constantly imparting it to others, either consciously or unconsciously, but mostly unconsciously. It is like heat. Energy radiating constantly from the one object to another and as it passes to and from objects it leaves some of Its energy, either warming or chilling, that is shedding a bad or a good influence. Now we. as intelligent beings, accountable to a God in heaven, can take tip this energy and by education, and development can destroy the bad influence, that is, reject It. thus filling our lives and natures with the good, having only the good to impart to others. Then does it not behoove us, knowing that such Ls so, and that it might be different, knowing our individual resjxmslbllity to others, to ourselves und to our God. I say does It not behoove us to better our influence? . God sends his singers upon earth. . With songs of sadness and of mirth. That they might touch the hearts of men And bring them back to heaven again. In unity there is strength. In unity is found one; And Kreat the fcoctd done. If might was only right. If all human cuini'or Was united in the one Rood ' In one vast brotherhood lime could not measure our store. Friendship Friendship has been spoken of as the key to society. If so. it is not a substantial fastening, for what Is there so loose as the present state of society. There are continued evils being allowed to creep into good society. Trust und confidence is daily slandered and Imposed upon. The principles of true, friendship have lost t Ar fplrit and motives. Society is in, d more by impulse than by any genuine principle of friendship. If friendship was really 'mover of society then the state of things would be vastly different. Then Instead of selfinterest; and sensual pleasure, as the sole aim and object of general society, we would have a feeling and regard for individual interest In each and every one; there would not be such a vast and selfish presidency of one over another. We would stand more op an equal footing with our fellow-beings. Then there would not. be so much extreme Ignorance and vie on the one. hand, for each In his efforts of Interestin others would lift up and elevate thosre classes to a higher standard, and so doing bring their mind to a sense and realization of life and Its duties. This matter of friendship Is only a procrss of correct education and the more ittterest wa manifest and take In others .the

more do we learn and see in others and the better will we come to know ourselves, for he .who gives receives more than he gives. Friendship is a golden strand. Linking: souls into one band. THE LOVE IIS PARTING. (George to Nellie.) Nellie, thou art more- than life to me; I am clinging close to thee; Let thy precious love applied Keep me ever, near thy side. Through this changinsr world below Lead me gently as I k. Trusting thee I cannot "stray ; I can never los my way.(Nellie's response.) Tet m love thee more and more, Till this nesting life is o'er. For my soul is lost in love; Thou art sentle as a dove. Every day and every hour Let me know thy loving power; May thy tender love to me Bind me closer, more to thee. Helen Pinkvine. In conclusion I wish to say that after April 1. I will be at home at Anthony, Ind.. and would 1 glad 4o receive letters from any of our members. "Mark," I received your last letter and am sorry it was not so we could meet, but hope it will b my lot to meet you and many others at the coming reunion, which I hppe will be held in Indianapolis during the holidays. Yours for success. "1VEN FERN." "CHAItACTER HTriLDIX.'

-elected and Sent for Publication on the Page hy "Cano.'' Howard Friends From the looks of the page this week I have come to the conclusion that too many are like myself, neglecting our duty to the club, as there was but three short columns on the page, so I will visit you once more. In a recent issue of the "Christian at Work" I find the following article on "Character Building," which I think one of the best productions on the subject I ever read, so I reproduce it here, thinking perhaps it will interest others: "We are very apt to confound character and reputation together as being one and the same thing, and many a boy Is satisfied with earning a good reputation, when he is not equally anxious about having a good character. Reputation is truthfully defined as what a person seems. The ierson may be all that he seems and his reputation may be the reflection o his character, but it is sorrowfully true that the reputation and the character of a boy may be wholly dissimilar. He may carefully conceal from the eyes of his neighbors all that is wrong, and all that is inconsistent with his profession as a Christian, and therefore his reputation may be good, and his standing high as a Christian, a citizen, a friend and head of a family. All this may he be. and yet his chaacter be a worthless structure which shall fall as soon as the storms of temptation beat upon it, and thus prove its utter instability. "Reputation is the shadow. Character is the real substance. If the character is carefully built all throuKh a bov's lif-. reared with painstaking block by block, each part of the structure being firm and solid, there is but littl? clanger that his reputation will not be tqually good, but the reputation is not the thing to be principally desired. It is the character itself, to which we should look. "If we make a candid confession of our real leircs. I f:ar that most of us would have to admit that it is the reputation rather than ihe character for which we yearn. Not that wo do not ali wish to deserve all the go nl that Is salt about us, but the first thought in o:ir hearts is that the good shall be saiu. and tho deserving it, is an after consideration. "A reputation may be destroyed by some adverse circumstances, and leave the character intact. A man's character is like a lighthouse which stands out in the water steadfast and firm, no matter what alLiations of sun and storm, of wind and calm, play upon ii. If it had 1 n reared as it should b steadfastly and surely, nothing will bo able to iiv.0 throw it. and it will abide when all things earthly will be stripped from us. "We begin in childhood to lay the foundations of our characters. Everv deed that is well done, every action that is pure and true and good, is a block laid in this foundation upon which we are to build in after years the fair structure which men will see and know as our characters. If there is a weak place in it. that weak plae will sometime be the ruin of the whole, and all that is strong and fair may topple over, because one of the foundation stones is imperfect and has not been secure! v laid. "Character is not something that can be built all at once in a month or u year. Day by day we fashion it, slowly and almost unconsciously, and our buildii g does not end until v.e reach me enu u nie. hvery act. every thought and word has an Inlluence upon the structure we are fashioning, and if we realized this as we should, we would be more careful .if the little things Ave sometimes hold hy.t lightly, forgetting that they have a vital influence. Nothing is little really. It i.1 these small things in every-day life which are the most important, since they are noiselessly building a fabric that shall endure throughout eternity. Every-day life, with all its petty annoyances, it trials, its cares and perplexities, forms our opportunity for character building. It is not the great occasions of life thnt call for heroism, or other great qualities. No, these are occasions that show what our character is. and how it will stand the test of strain and temptation, but the character itself has been fashioned in those quiet hours when we did each little every-day duty that came to our hands faithfully and well, wh-n we checked the impatient work, restrained the irritable speech, and wrought as well as we knew each little duty that was "ye nexte thynge" in our path. "Overcoming the little daily annoyances that lie in our path help us to build up true heroism better than overcoming the great trials which come to us now and again in life's journey. If we had given up to these smaller trials, we would not have been able to overcome the greater ones, but faithfulness in that which is least, strengthens us so that when a greater strain comes we can meet it as we did the smaller tests and overcome all difficulties and obstacles. "Our character building .should have Christ as the foundation. If we build with a single eye to His glory, with His bve filling our hearts and the desire to please Him ever present with us. we need not fear that we shall build amls. Each act will be full of love to Him, and anything that we do with His love animating it is sure to be right. We can not go astray when we take Him for our example, our guide. "A consecrated life, one in which nothing has been too small to consider worth doing well, and as unto Him and His. glory, lays a broad, beautiful foundation upon which a symmetrical and strong character Is reared that shall endure throughout eternity. It will be built to endure. Let us take heed how we know that one's reputation is good, and that one has the love of one's fellows, but that should not lx the first thing in our ambition. Let our desire be first of all that our character shall be strong and well-built, so that it shall withstand the storms of temptation and prove to all who know iir that w have taken Christ as the cornerstone, the foundation which shall never be removed throughout all eternity." I would llk to see several of the old members come to the rog. "Later On," why silent so long? .. .. - On Deo. 4. '89. our brother, "CPy Chap." published his own obituary notice. Isn't it about time, the second on was published, as we have failed to hear anything from him for' lo, these many months. Th" "Luella Cornellla" has failed to respond since she last visited Dehomervllle, Utah. I expect that "Little Quaker" and "IT. B. Still" are too busy farming for us to ask them to come to the page. .."Ivanhoe," I thirk i wa will have to &iacl "Detective" to. sea

you. "Romping Rose." "Sunset" and "Winnie West." why are you absent s. long? With this I will cjose, and my next I will devote to review work. "GANO." March 22.

COMPETITIOX AXO MORALITY Dom f "ompetltlon Tend to EfTeet Mo ralitj f If So. In Whnt Wayf This question, although it has an plication as extensiv and varied as display of man's skill in all fields labor, is entirely without testimony apthe re garding Its good or evil effects on morality, so far as my observation extends. In the absence of opinions and evidence that might assist us in coming to a correct solution of this question, we are left, in an independent manner, to form a conclusion by our own intuition, Ierceptlon, or course of reasoning. In considering this subject we propose to look at competition as it actually exists in society, noticing its influence on individuals of different calling, and draw such conclusions as the facts In the case phall assist us to establish. In the mercantile world, prior to the days of "trade unions," there was probably more competition than in any other department of human industry, and in some localities competition Is still strong. To illustrate our subject we will suppose that in the town of C there are two stores where a general assortment of dry goods, hardware, groceries and notions are kept in quantities to meet all demands. Mr. A, the proprietor of house No. 1, is a man of high moral standing, and his integrity is beyord question. He believes in handling only goods of first quality and selling at a reasonable profit. Mr. B, the proprietor of housa No. 2, is in a general way a business man, ambitious to push sales at a good profit regardless of the quality of the goods. The profit on the amount of sales annually made at C Is but little mure than sufficient to supply the needs of the families of A and It and keep up the stock in trade; consequently, it is out of the question - for either A or B to think of riches while two stores are in the place and the trade is about equally divlded. What Is the consequence of this state of affairs? A spirit of rivalry is established and Mr. A, with his superior quality of goods hopes constantly to increase sales, while Mr. B send3 the impression abroad that his cheaper grade of goods have real merit and are the cheapest in the market. He is ambitious to control the trade of the place to such an extent as to force Mr. A to quit business or move away, which would give him the whole trade of the place, at a better profit thrm he could command with two stores in competition. Does this condition of affairs tend to effect morality? If so, in what way? We conclude that competition tends to effect sales at a less per cent, profit than would be accepted without such restraint. Competition may force a man to do a more just, if not a more moral act. than would satisfy his natural inclination, and yet his standard of morality might not be effected in th least for good. selfishness, or self-interest, spems to be the great incentive or spur to effort wherever there is competition, and the tendency seems to be to incline man to overstep the lxiunds of moral obligation and propriety rather than to elevate him to a higher plane of morality. In applying this ourse of reasoning to all other fields of labor where there is competition, to lines of travel where there is competition, to educational institutions where there is comt-etition. to different religious organizations where competition and a spirit of rivalry exists, we find the same general results to follow. While competition may have thf power to force a moral action it seems not to have the power to ' inspire man to adopt a higher standard of right by whic h to mold his character ,iu the direction of what is JiVU and angelic, but has a tendency to lead him to a lower rather than to it higher plane of morality. I should be glad to be able to write a different verdict on this important subject, but knowing what do of the people of the past since the days of Seneca and farther back in their rash and selfish endeavors for wealth and power, i can come to no better conclusion. It sejms to me, however, that public- sentiment might be so changed and society in its social relations be so modeled that competition would act as an incentive or spur to bight r planes of thought and action, but I do not believe that time will come until th?re is less mammon worship in the land less superstition in the hearts of men less votaries at fashion's shrine, w':en greater love, honor and charity shall rule tho hearts of men, and reason shall be enthroned in the temple of mind. We might add much in confirmation of the views advanced, but deem it unnecessary. It may be that others may look upon this subject from a different standpoint of observation and come to a different conclusion from the one that is piven as tno -conviction or my mimi. The field is wide, and open for discussion! and if 1 am in the wrong hope to Vie set rijht. Have been too busy With other duties to give this subject the careful consideration that It certainly merits, and consequently may have come to an incorrect conclusion. Whatever may be the verdict of our critics on this subject, while we hold to our present convictions the following lines v. ill express our decision of the "Effect of Competition on Morals:" LV what may our lift's ambition. In a race for wealth or iaurels. We conclude that competition Has no good effect on morals, But in shaping ovr condition Hat her tends to feuds and quarrels. W. W. STOCKWELL. Mead, Ind., March L'4. l,0K TRAMP'S TVI.K. lllx Dlnnerta t loon on Various Topi cm of Ururr.nl Interest. Tor the II. L. C A story is told of a lawyer who having advertised for a clerk, and there being a great many applicants, concluded to hold a sort of a civil service examination and hit on an original plan. He said he would tell them a story and from their comments would select his clerk. He said there was a farmer so badly worried by the depredation of a squirrel that he determined to kill it and shot at it as it ran into the barn, but set the barn on fire. He ran for a pail of water to put out the fire; had the whole family out there, including the hired girl. While in the barn the door blew shut. While the other applicants were anxious about the fire and the danger to life, one only wanted to know if he got the squirrel, and that one was the successful applicant. The lawyer thought he hrui found a born lawyer, one who could not be switched off the topic by a burning barn or hired girls. Maybe he was right, but I suspect had the topic been a burning barn and the Incident a squirrel running away from it his "born lawyer" would have forgotten the barn, the man's peril, the blooded horses and the hired girl and took after the squirrel, even though chasing a squirrel is a finable offense. But the lawyer was n one-idea man and he got a one-Idea clerk. So perhaps his scheme was a success. It Is often said, "You can always tell which tree bears th best apples by the number of clubs in and undr it." But perhaps it was not the apples but a hornets nest that provoked the clubs. When we read the wonderful feats of detectives we almost Imagine they are infallible, but their success is often merely accidental, and oftener their clews lead them-away from the guilty. Their theories are built upon the known facts and generally the facts are not sufficient to sustain the hypothesis. If it happens to be correct and a conviction is secured they are praised. If false but little is said about it. Some hypothesis is almoßt a necessity In Investigation, but the hypothesis should always be subject to the facts aii all possible facts ebouid bo col

lected to sustain or refute the theorj. Whenever a man is determined that his theory shall stand he ceases really to investigate, becomes a dogmatist. He is so enveloped in one idea he cannot believe anything else. Imagination is necessary, there is none too much of it. But patient search for truth is also necessary. The ancient philosophers tried to evolve all knowledge from their brain. They thought it bneath them to experiment. So that science, properly speaking, is a thing of modern times. Our scientists have very little if anything that is absolutely new in theory, but they tested the theories of ancient dreamers, refuted the many and established a few. Let us honor the prophet, but also honor the apostle. Truths are eternal; he who sees the truth is worthy of honor, but he who discovers it to the world is more a benefactor. Roger Bacon in the thirteenth century made gunpowder, but did not give it to the world and probably never conceived how useful it might be. John Wesley was an evolutionist: he saw the light but did not make it plain to others. He was only a tramp in the field where Darwin made a highway. It is often easier to get throuph a wilderness than to leave a way plain for others to follow. Theories are born, but demonstrations are often the life work of generations. The world is far too ready to think a thing established beyond confutation. We are prone to be dogmatic; we Jump to a conclusion and shut our eyes and stop our ears. It is assumed, for instance, that the stamina of the American people is waning. And we have a hundred theories to account for it. Most, if not all, are bare suppositions "such stuff as dreams are made of." Christian rations are more progressive than pagan "or others, hence it is assumed Christianity makes them so. The boy who watches the water-wheel all day to see whether the wheel turned the water or the water the wheel was more a philosopher. Let us reverse the theory and assume that Christian nations are Christian because they are of the more progressive races and the purity of their Christianity is in proportion to their progresslveness. Christianity was carried to nearlj or quite all of Asia, Europe and Africa in the early centuries of our era, but anything like purity survived in but few. It was introduced into China in the sixth century. I believe, and became a state religion, but soon perished there. The seed may be of the best, but it must find a congenial soil. Sometimes rye will thrive where wheat fails. Christ said of some of his precepts that not all could receive them, but let him who is able receive them. She who did what she could was commended. If we have only a mite to give, that is all that is asked. But do we give the mite? Do we do all we can? Especially in the obtaining of knowledge do we not condemn other beliefs almost without a trial. How many of the IL L. C's have carefully read the proceedings of the world's parliament of religions or heard the disciples of Zoroaster, Buddha or Confucius in defense of their creed? How few of us have ever taken the pains to dig through the sand of tradition and dogmatism and found our beliefs upon the rock of Christ's teaching as expressed in the best manscripts of the Greek, copies of which are now accessible to all. "LONE TRAMP."

J'OLITICS. A run more" Thinks We Could DIsctiMS Them Without (ettlntc Hot. Dear Friends In his letter of March T. the president says: "1 notice from time to time an inclination on the part of some of the writers to introduce politics on the page" which he thinks is detrimental to the interests of the page. Now, I have been thinking ihe matter over a little, and I find that my skirts have not at all lime.-- been free from the Infection of politic on pulling the latch string. But, dear friends, I never thought that I was seriously affected, or that the disease was contagi uis. Hence my hasty visit to the page to ask its pardon ere it is too late to implore its charity. 'Tis better always to .set the last mistake on its feet rejoicing before we risk the opportunity of committing another blunder. This I am anxi ms to do. with assurance that I shall try in the future to guard against everything objectionable to our worthy president. I have no desire to try to introduce politics on the page, yet I can't see for the life of me why we can't discuss politics a-s well as other subjects without beInpr boiling hot. I know that I could do it and keep as cool as a cucumber. But I am not the page by a long shot, and I know I'll feel better to keep in line with the crowd, although one can see that there is something that don't fit the eternal fitness of things. If we can't discuss all suhi-rt? without fear of giving offense, then I say our motto should ! cut down to our level, or we should ascend to a higher plain. Some of our best citizens draw the line- on politics. They should lay off the breeching and try to make it respectable. Then, perhaps, we Christians would not have to go before the ungodly to settle our church wrangles. We know what religious creeds' have cost the world in blood, and the angry disputes they engender, as much, or perhaps, more than discussing politics. Yet religious views are freely aired on the page, and as far a I know no one ha been hurt. Th; same ccuM be done with any subject before the people if we would practice what we preach. But you know 'tis not the "fad" to do that. "ARANMORE." Chambersburgh, 111.. March 17. FA It M LIFK. 'Tu Ml in ll n" (ilvc Some Iteason Why He Should Knjoy It. Dear Howards Although fortune ca.st my lot amid the struggling multitude of the Athens of Indian-renowned Wayne's historic . metropolis (Center ville), where you wouldn't see a farm in a meandering jaunt of several squares, where there are no meadows with their waving thistle tops, or barley fields ripe for the woodman's ax, yet I have always felt an abiding interest in the farming classes of this alluvial and delectable region, and opine that I know a thing or two of the noble pursuit you follow. It has been the ambition of my life to be a strictly honest farmer; to dodge oppression by toilsome, momentous and arduous duties, pertaining to the charms of rural life, and to earn my savory pones and dodgers by the profuse Inspiration of the hired man's brow. How Intensely charming life on a farm must bo. I can readily imagine the iron strength imparted to the muscles and the giant vigor to the human frame divine by reclining under the spreading i-entury-Hving oaks and observing the festive mowers gayly swinging their threshing machines, and then what a ravenous appetite one must acquire by entrancing beholding the constantly merry reapers digging their coin and raking and binding their sweet potatoes and their their pumpkins and fall apples. Frequently have I stealthily followed you as yon went forth on a torrid spring morning when the sparkling dew was on the grass seed, neatly attired In immaculate nankeen suits and alligator boots, with your ancient and inflexible corn shellers swung loosely over your ponderous shoulders to cut your winter's wood. . I have seemed to hear the transporting refrains of your sweet enchanting songs, sweeping from the distant field as you carefully gathered your luscious muskmelons. squashes, and beets into your your corn houses, as. mingled with the busy hum of your corn ecushers and dlrzily evolutlng air pumps, came the sylvan refrains and musical bleating of your cattle: and the lowing of your Southrtowns and poultry; then when fascinating and chariuipp

winter come and the sun prevent you from continuing your haying, and

the frigid east wind shakes off your lipening gooseberries and luscious currants, I can imagine no greater delight than to behold you gathered around your ruddy gas stoves mending your fanning mills, in preparation for your March plowing; or amusing yourselves with dime books on agriculture. Winter on a farm, how exquisitely delightful and entrancing; what an ecstatic and abiding pleasure it must be to odder the mammoth turkeys and geese in the dairy that are frequently utterly despoiled and raided by prowling poultry thieves; to listen enraptured with delight to thd musical clucking of the pigs as they clamor for their oats and hay and behold the giant brahmas. and Plymouth rocks, stealthily appropriating and stowing away goodly portions thereof; then when the winter night fdrds on her somber attire and the sll er-throated Jay bird and yellow hammer have ceased their enchanting songs and gone to roost on the well sweep I can formulate no greater delight than to behold you serenely gathered around your biasing fire places, replenished with huge shell-bark, Jack oak and ash' logs emitting ruddy glows of heat and comfort, utterly oblivious of the fascinations of the storm without and amusing yourselves with apple paring, knitting, base ball, Fevenup and other athletic games. I envy not then the gaunt, attenuated, pale, forlorn, consumptive, or the cadaverous, woe begone and melancholic dyspeptic bending from the blush of early dawn to dewy eve over his sordid ledger in the crowded marts of trade, or the pampered child of affluence who grows prematurely old amid the dissipations of the city. They know nothing of the pleasures, the transports, the eostaciea and bliss of rural life, and the congeniality of hard cider, catawby and elder wine and other ministering epirits, doubly enhancing the pleasures of youthful farmers and fortifying their vigorous frames against the vicissitudes of an ever varying clime, and the excesses of the light fantastic and the weed's depressing influences. Ye gods, if they did they would immediately transport their cities Into the country or transform them int. i a rculiural uxjiounitie bv net of legislature. "TUSCTJMBIA." A Silent City. When the winds are atill and the sky Is clear. And night drops over earth. And the bat flits by and you do not hear His velvet wings beat on the air; 'Tis then I lose my mirth. And I think of a vale in the North Where a city lies of an unknown birth. A city lies through the long, long night And the day's gray twilight, too. With naught to disturb but the Boreal light When it fills the North with its gold and white, Playing among the blu. And we, and that, and the skt?s that frown. And the clouds alone know of this town. I saw it once in the days Rone by. When I. with a dozen more. Was wrecked on William's coast to die, We thought, but Heaven heard our cry Along that frozen shore. They led us southward to our own And our thanks went up to the Father's throne. We were toiling along one bleak, chill day O'er the fields of Ice and snow, 'Mong Thills where gullies would crops our way. When we came to a long, steep hill that lay Cross the way we had to go; A rugged ridge, that, on either hand. Ran about a mile o'er the icy land. We halted a moment, then up we went. Climbing its rugged side; Beneath our packs we slipped and bent. And the liest of all was well-nigh spent When we reached its outlook wide. Where back we could see the road we come And ahead the one some nearer home. As they reached the top each stood as in death I was among the last. And 1 wondered much had they lost all breath Or did they behold Aurora's wreath. They stood in amazement fast; But I reached the top ami I acted, too, In the manner I saw the others do! For there was another ridge atiead. And the one on which we stood Was part of a circle, and instead Of a stretch of now in th? valley's lied Was a city fair and good! And its spires and domes were everywhere Piei-cinK the valley's chilly air. There were castls fair, like those in Spain We build with dreamy eyes; And palaces rich with a golden stain And through it all were broad streets lain. Like ribbons of darker dye. And each of the spires of golden light In snow was crowned with a wreath of white. And over it all such a stillness vast. Horrid and heavy lay. Not a brettth from below was upward cast. Not a single vapor floated past To the outer silent day; And we. on the Lights above, looked down And trembled with fear at this silent town. And away on the farthest side there arose A light of the deepewt blue. And o'er the place tike a wave it kops. Round tower and spire It wavers and flows And all are of the hue; And there is a. tint of a ghastly green And the golden light again Is s?en. And now comes over us such a fear As we ne'er before had known. We thought of our home of an Icy bier And we gasped in the ghoatly atmosphere And choked in the frigid zone. And standing stlU on that Ice hill's head The fear in our heart was turned to dread. A dread of the long, dark Arctic night, Of the Iceberg's blinding glare. Of the long snow fields that dim the sight Of the ghost like Aurora haunting- light And the emptiness everywhere; And climbing down we left the hill With a haunted brain and a broken will. We saw no home for a weary time. But at last we reached the end And my mind still runs in hellish rhyme On quiet nights to that wind-swept clime With its silent city, and If ever a man is haunted 'tis I. With that cursed place and its mystery. L. J. floadleea. On a mountain in old Cymrn, Far up its jagsred side. Is an ancient, rock-ribbed cavern, Close hid from all beside. The eagle wings his flight. To his eyre 'neath the sky. The wild goat climbs the dizzy hlght, But ne'er to mortal eye. Is the treasured wealth revealed. That the ages hold in trust. Deep in its heart concealed, The sacred, royal dust Of Britain's warlike quen, Her daughters, young and fair. That from that fatal f1ld, The hands of vassals bar. With Druid chant and wall. The rugged steep they climb. Above them, stern Van Ahan Rearing its peak sublime. With ancient mystic rites. Th dead are laid to rent. And Cymrn's brightest jewel Htlll slumber on her breast. MRS. R. . SMITH. I Cure Dyspepsia, Constipation I and Chronic Nervous diseases. Dr. Shoop'g Restorative, the great Nerve Tonic, by a newly discovered principle, also cures stomach, liver and kidney diseases, through the nerves that govern these organs. Book and samples free for to stamp. DR. SHOOP. Box X. Rsxlae, Wis.

INFLUENCE OF FARM LIFE.

DOES TUR 'MIMT. nKCOMi: RKPRKSED OR DKVIXOI'KD 1 Till; COl M ftV. A Farmer Bnj'n Ambition 1 A'ot Arnimrii mn It Should Hp-Suliirrlsrao tlnn CnttinK Scion Chlcnan Live Stock Industry ennlnct t nlie Feed Voor Been none fil and Profits of the Dairy Prices for Kutterüintn for the IIouKcUeeper ume Valuable Ileeipes. Some people object to th r'.t-ognition of any undesirable features .f ordinary farm life, but if they can be changed, we should boldly recognize their xistence. There is an undesirable .ide to farming, in nine instances out of ten. that interests, or should interest, all of us, and more should be done to change It. I refer to the fact that ordinary farm life. with all its association and methods, tends to repress rather thau to encourage developments of the mind and a realisation of the intellectual possibilities, rather than the physical. The successful business or professional man walks in a straight line and with energy, because he thinks in a straight line m ist reach his conclusions by the shortest safe route. Tlie farmer has all day or all week for reaching a conclusion about any point in his business, and his method of arriving at the conclusion can be an easy one no strain, and not enough friction to keep rust off. While a few may dissent from this peemluj; criticism of farmers, the writer aörrna with confidence, bseause he speaks after close study of himself and others. The country is full of capable men men who could learn to fill positions, whose occupants are i.ow accounted. gifted by the masses, and yet many of these men allow themselves to rust rather than to brighten. Such a school is a poor one for our boys. We ar rot led by association to do our best in the development of our minds have little to Incite, and much to repress and thu boy's ambition is not aroused as It should be. Have wa staled the case to Etrongly We are not dealing with exceptions, but the nation's average and a sober thinker, who Is not trying to make the American eagle scream in th attempt to be patriotic will, we think, say that nothing but facts are given. The remedy in. some ways seems plain, in other ways difficult. It must b hought in the home, social circle and school, and chiefly in the home. i:.meanM of books and papers higher ideal.must bt kept, before the young. Farm Ith? must be made a study. Kelf-respe t should be inbred In every boy and girl. There should be more utter disregard fertile opinions of those who talk, moro than they think ajid read, und more eaiV lng to leaf.i what tho thinking mind of the world are concerned in- Tho? who care for mental devekini4nt, culture and character should form a .social world that can place hiyh ideals befors the younger portion, of it, and make th toys realize the depth of the gvlf that exists betweon men and idle, debited, unthinking beings. We condemn pride, and yet it has saved many a boy. One too proud to be a loafer with the self -debased and debasing, one tuo ground to accept a low placa in the scale of mental power, when hi has been given a fair mind, one to proud to be a life's failure, one too proud t. travel down hill, bcaue many arouud him find it easier, and whwn the temptation is to gauge one's self by the litt! circle around one. rather than by th progressive and bright world, and one too p round to rust out intellectually, while the physical is developed by exertion, is safe. When all fanners study their business as some now do, and wheij. culture is accounted of more worth than dollars, as it now Is by some homo training and social friction will be able to removes the burden that tv-sUs upon nearly all who know that they have bee a put in this world for development, but Und the influences opposing rather th:m favoring the work they should have in. hand. Straight backbones, straight characters, straight thinking and ;i greater confidence in the results of hard study rather than in genius, all ttuiperexl with sufficient piide not to let one b influenced by those who seek inferior ground, are needed in greater abundance to help overcome the results of isolation of farm homes. Thousands of mich ma.v be found, where hundreds of thousands are needed. f country life Is ever mad a-s conductive to intellectual development as it should be. in order that the possibilities of the boy's life ma .seem real to him. Cutting Selon. Scions for trraftlng may be c ut and laii away any time now when the weather Is pleasant. The custom has long- been to avoid cutting scions in freezing weather. At such timt-s, while the scions may not be injured it is not good for the tree in pull the fnzen branches around, as Would often have to be done in the operation. It may occasionally be necessary, says the St-x-kman and Farnvr. to cut a few scions in severe weather, but the work should generally be reserved for the pleasant days that frequently occur in winter. In keeping scions until grafting time, what is required is not to let them become dry on the one hand, nor to keep them too moit on the other. If there are but few, they may be buried two or three inches under the surface in a dry place in the garden; or the lower ends can be stuck in thi damp earth in the cellar. When kept in a box the larger the quantity together the better they keep. In such case they should have moss (sphagnum slightly damp, placed among them, and they must be examined from tlm to time as tha covering of moss 'ends, though slowly, to dry out, and neds dampening occasionally, being careful not to dam-xu much at any time. The best moss for the purpose is to be found on old In the woods. In keeping large quantities of scions. Prof. Budd of the Iowa agricultural -o!-lege. recommends leaves, which tdioubb be gathered and used plentifully, on all' sides and among the bunches in packing than away. '. A little shriveling will i-ot be injurious; too much will render them worthless. The same- is true of keeping the t-vion too damp, by which a process analagon to the rooting of cuttings is induced, as may be seen by the formation of callus on the cut ends. Of course carefully tying each kind In a bunch by itself, and lablins, must not be overlooked. In the absence of regular labels, a few inches of the heavy end of one of the larger s-Mons tan be shaved off. snd the name written on it with a,, lead iencil. The iencil marks, with fairt treatment, will last for several months. SnhlrriKnlion. Subirrigatl n on the green bon. benches is a success, cjuite dv-dcdly so, says Farm and Fireside. There in a little expense connected with the fixing of the benches; but our winter vegetable; crop, lettuce and radishes, seem f do better in the ordinary fashion by pprinklinc A material advantage of lb subirrlgated benches is also found i'i the saving of time and labor. Sprinkling the beds takes a good deal of time wIlmi the weather Is clAar and the soil dri out fet. When beds hie arranged for Jett's EtiEbn Mm Cuf A GUARANTEED CUE' 0. Best ecc-producer on earth. Sold by .all druggists.