Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1849-08-09
Volume lX#.:##aN 9.


DeCduSe ne looks uOCn IN Inc NOUN.
Depth Of sea off Cape Hatteras nineteen thousand
eight hundred feet.-Coast Surrey.
A single lighted candle consumes nearly as much
air as a human being.
A woman who graces the window often, is like q
bunch of grapes on the highway.
z my wife" said a critic, sis The most eren tenn
Pered woman | ever saw. She is mad all the time.
Why are all the ladies in favor of ''Old Bullion l'
Simon (the rascalD says sit is because they're all
Benton men!
A Kentucky paper speaking of the extravagant ges-
lures of some of their lawyers, says they punctuate
their words with punches.
A paper down east says, the reader will see some
errors on its first page, which he will be so kind as
TO overlook.
A PRovERB TAYLoRIzED.-Instead of protesting
that Ignorance is Bliss we now say that " Bliss is
Secretary 10 Ignorance"
The gr eatest nuisance in a printing Office is a con-
tinual talker.-W Washington Democrat.
The next greatest is a continual smoker.
My brethren said Swift, in a sermon, 'there
are three sorts of pride-of birth, of riches, and of
talents. | shall not speak of the latter, none Of you
being liable to that abominabe nice :"
DOES NOT Pay HER BAKER.-Her most faithful
Majesty, Donna Maria da Gloria, Queen of Portugal,
has been cited in a Lisbon Court, to pay her baker.
1t is generally agreed now that Esq" at the end
"a - hoh hahhNs III hhdu InclduCt>, - n II
'quirk" in a hogs tail-more for ornament than use.
SURE.-At a late celebration of ST. Patrick's day
by the young friends of Ireland, this toast was given
-Woman-she needs no eulogy she speaks for her.
self.
A drunken laborer, recovering from a dangerous
illness, was asked whether he had not been afraid of
meeting his God No. said the poor pagan christ
ian, Il was only afeer'd o. tother chap -
1t is a fact that the members of the House of Re-
OrpSonfaflvnc Of tho Tpifa Ctata, - 1914 1871
Robert Fulton the use of their Hall, to deliver a lec-
ture on steam navigation, upon the ground that it
was a visionary scheme.
A melting sermon being preached in a country
church. all fell a-weckping but one man, who being
asked why he did not weep with the rest-"Oh -
said he, 81 belong to another parish"
at is a great blessing to possess what one WISH
es," said some one to AN ancient philosopher, who re-
piled:
sit is a greater blessing still, not to desire what
one does not possess"
"Mr. Simpkins has an abominable gait, do you not
think SC? 2"
"No, indeed, 1 think it quite handsome, especially
since it was painted"
Gold is the God of this world. Only whisper the
word, and its worshippers fall down on their knees.
Breathe it in the valley, and it is heard at the noun,
tain top. Tell where it can be found, and the mil
lions rush to the spot faster than they would go to
heaven.
WORTH REMEMBERING.-He who is passionate and
hasty is generally honest. It's your cool, assembling
hypocrite, of whom you should beware. There is no
deceit about a bull dog. It's only the cur that sneaks
up and bites you when your back is turned. Again,
we say, beware of the man who has cant in his looks.
A good-hearted Dutchman, who dwelt in Albany in
the time of one of the early governors, and who pro-
fessed to cure all cases of hydrophobia, paid a visit
to his excellcncy, and being treated to all the hospi-
talities of the house, was highly pleased with him !;
and ~slapping the governor familiarly on the back, he
exclaimed: "Gofernor. you ish a tam clefer fellow;
and | hopes you will pc pit NIT a mat tog, ant will
cure you for noting
"How," said a Judge in Missouri, to a witnes on
the stand; show do pou know the plaintiff was intox-
icated on the evening referred to!
Because 7 saw him a few minutes after the muss
trying to pull off his trowsers with a boot jack"
Verdict for defendant. See Blackstone-page 81,
vs.. Gin and Sugar.
UNNATURAL BURIAL.-A gentleman was lately in
quiring for a young lady Of his acquaintance. 'She
is dead, (" very gravely replied the person to whom he
addressed his inquiries. 'Good God! | bad never
heard it-what was her disease! - "Vanity," re-
turned the other; "she buried herself alive in the arms
of an old fellow of seventy with a fortune, in order
TO have the satisfaction of a gilded tomb"
The LAST NovELTY.-A new mode of advertising
has just come into vogue. admirably adapted to the
hot season. Advertisements are obtained for the backs
OF JAMS! lney are pasted In te fans ana then
thrown into peoples doors gratis. all over town. of
course no one refuses a fan, and whenever one is used,
the advertisement presents itself to ones eyes.
MAGNETIsM.-It has been discovered that all sub
stances whatever are magnetized, and that some OF
them-golG and silver, for example-point east and
west. The magnetic needle, too, has been observed
to be subject to violent disturbances; and these dis
turbances, strange to say, occur at the same instant
of time in every portion of the globe.
DR.. Buck, of Boston, thinks the term Asiatic chole-
ra is unnecessarily terrifying. He says if the old
name of cholera morbus were again restored, the
sanative effect upon the public mind would be aston
ishing, and none but the imprudent in eating or drink
ing would have any reason to fear the so-much dread
ed disease.
DoN'T Know THE RULEs.-On Friday night, off,
Ger Demire. of St. Louis, arrested Edward Connaugh
in the act of stealing dry goods at the FIRE. When
taken to. the callaboose, the New Era says that Ed
ward stated, in palliation of his offence, that he had
only been in the country a month and didn't know
the rules.
OFFICE SEEKINe.-we had our fill of ofice-seck-
ing in Al. "a youthful indiscretion" placed US in
that attitude once in our lives, and none other than
the actual terrors of the poor-house will ever induce
US to occupy the same relation again. or all the en-
Payments in which we have ever engaged, Office
seeking at Washington is the most degrading. We
had never before. and certainly not since, felt the
same self-abasement.-Fredericksburg (Md.) Neos.
DuELLING.--Tn ridicule of duelling, Franklin used
to tell the following story Zone person said to an
other in q coffee-house, ssSir, sit a little further of,
you smell offensively.' ''Sir, answered the person
thus addressed, 'this is an afront, and you must fight
me-" 81 will fight you. if you insist upon it," re-
Joined the frst--'.but how will that end the matter I
If you kill me, | shall smell too; and if | kill you,
you will smell worse than you do ct present."
PyRAMIps.-Those of Egypt are over three thou
sand years old. The largest is over four hundred
and ninefy-nine feet highs six hundred and ninety
three feet on each side at the base, and the founda-
t. n..-.. &C E..r lunlroI nnd nirhfu fhna