Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-02-07
ALL SORTS Or PARAGRAPHS.

Many minds that are not far reaching are
over reaching.
Gen Grant has ordered all embalmers of
he dead to leave the army OF the Potomac.
There are pulpits in christendon. from which
PRAYERS may be received "a curses.
-Mercenary politicians and s,raws shows
which way the wind blows
TIE son of plain, humble farmer IA often
rake. A farmers rake is the only valuable
kind.
"A receiver of stolen goods in Cincinnati had
his whole stock taken from him last week-an
exhausted receiver.
Within the past eight months upwards OF
400 papers have died. in consequence Of the
eIorbtant price of paper
Girls toys cost more than those for boys
$500 coo worth OF dolls were made In France
last year. and only Sl50,0O0 worth OF guns,
trumpets aud swords.
Like flowers from heaven. dreams often pass
through ale whole nights of men. leaving only
strange summer perfume, the traces of their
ishng.
The oldest paper in the world is published
at Ptkin. China. 1t is printed on silk, and has
appeared every week for more than two thous
and years
"A little boy in Trinity church choir, New
York. gets salary OF ST., 900 per annum for
singing
- BOYS, | am on a down grade. aud cant
reach the brake" were the last words OF Cali
forna stage driver, dying. surrounded by his
brethren oil the Whip.
AL the places VI amusemen, in New Or
leans were closed on Sundays by military order
for the first time. on the o.h UT he lqn1.
saloons are 10 he IN ide TO follow the tx ample
--Jack-on Haines, the American skater who
is now in England has made il5 .0pO by his ex-
hibtions. lie goes to Paris next. he seems to
have slid into his fortune
"A cotemporary finds fault with the practice
OF putting Latin Inscriptions on tombstones Bu
what appropriate place than a graveyard
can there be for 4 dead language.
New Haven. Connecticut. is getting alarm.
ed aboutthe small pox Tue disease is not con
fined to the poorer classes but several severe
cases have appeared ia the families OF the most
prominent citizens. II has also broken out in
the Knight hospital. t.ttre
The Rev. Mark Traft0u Of New Bedford.
Massachusetts, who has had an overcoat stolen
from him SAYS & ct II the thief will read the = Me
thodist Dis -ipline" which ia in the pocket lie
will lie rn someth ne 10 his diva rtsge
Seventy two Degrees of Doctor of Divinity
have been conferred by American colleges upon
clergy men in the United States. and twenty nine
degrees of Doctor OF Laws UPON various in
diyiduas. during the past year.
The English charge d'afflires and consul
general Al Luna states that there is no doubt
that Peru offers great natural facilities FOR the
cultivation of most excellent cotton. which would
become most important article of xport IL the
cotton growers had access to capital to enable
thSm 70 procure the requisite labor
- The recent discovery of sovereigns in circu
lation worth not more than seventeen shillings,
caused the Bauk of England to examine al the
sovereigns N their vaults The number was
nine hundred thousand. which were rung seps-
rately by four te.lers IN aO0at ten days Only
three-of the seventeen shilling coins were dis
covered
Eugene vii. il l. said appear at the
next ball y, the r uileries il dress Of new man
Measure. pattern oi which vas sent bv maker
NJ Lvons. and which has had immense success.
Ii is maze OF silk and silver. the reflections of
which are 80 splendid and the shades 80 soft that
the general aspect resembles the effect OF the
waters OF lake his stuff has already receiv-
ed the name Of drsp &c Phoebe.