The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07
CURRENT COMMENT.


Poor Carlotta lives In constant fear of be-
ing poisoned.
The widow and children of Field Marshal
Gablentz have been granted pension OF
$1,000 by the emperor OF Austria.
Give the girls chance. II men will not
bind themselves to take care of them, they
should at least see TO 1t that they can take
care of themselves.
Mrs. L. j. Jennings Miss Henriques),
wife of the editor of the Times, is about to
appear in theatricsls for the benefit OF the
poor.
Mr.. Sumner died comparatively poor.
Public money never stuck to his fingers.
About al he had were his books, his, pic
and dwelling which was given to him.
Miss Nellie has received the most cordial
letters from the parents of Mr.. Sartoris, and
tits evident that very warm welcome awaits
her in hew new home. Mr. 5. owns a farm
in Wis onsin.
There is an immense dissatisfaction in the
republican camp, and its best men are won
dering whether reform is hopeless within the
organization. This, it must be confessed, is
not the attitude of a vigorous and efficient
party.-Harper's Weekly.
The charge of the women's suffrage bill in
the English house OF commons, has been
transferred from Mr. Jacob Bright, the late
radical member for Manchester, to Mr.. For
syth, the conservative member for Maryle-
bone.
Let the grave cover all that was inimical
to southern ideas and sentiments in the de-
ceased senator, and let us only remember
that he would have put away from the fede-
raj archives all show and sign of the triumph
of countrymen over countrymen.-New Or
leans Picayune.
A bill reported favorably to the Pennsyl-
vania Senate. aiding the enforcement of tho
marriage laws, empowers clergymen and
others having authority to join persons in
wedlock TO swear the parties and witnesses
in order TO ascertain whether the parties are
eligible.
Bradlaugh is again stumping England and
is drawing larger audiences than ever. His
speeche-, however, as formerly, are not re-
ported in the newspapers. His speeches
seem to be of kind that report themselves
He is said to be enthusiastic in his praises o.
America.
Exeommunicate Butler and Butlerism
As well might the Romish church sxcom
municate the pope and the college OF cardi
nails. Haven't the Massachusetts people
been trying to excommunicate them? Eve
rybody knows that. If there is any excom
municating to be done, Butler is the pontif
who does it.-Chicago Times.
Mrs. Livermore tells of a genius she me
among the hills of New Hampshire. II,
certainly ranks as the American Worth. Sh,
says. he was the chairman of the lecture com
mittee and she, staying at his house, will
the habit of looking into things, found he
way into the work-room of his milliner,
establishment. There were dozens of bon
nets so tastefully trimmed that her eyes, ed
uacted by the ethics Of Boston, at once re
cogniZed the touch of an artist. There, too
we've dresses in every stage Of completion
delightfully."- planned. Asking who trim
med the bonnets, the work girls tolC
her, the master of the shop. Who designed
the dresses? The same man who selected
every yard of trimming and attended to tn,
finishing of every dress that was sent out
His fame was wide in the hill-country, anC
the Dartmouth college ladies thought they
couldn't wear a bonnet unless IL caml
through his hands. He sketched in crayon
and painted in water colors. His house wa
full OF delightful trifies-the work of a maj
who had earned his own living since he wa
eight years old.
The Alliance, in referring to the presen
agitation in the minds of the people upol
many moral and religious subjects, says tina
never was there so little disguise or hypoc
risy as now, and never was the world in 3
fair a way to reach just estimate of me-
and things as they really are at this time
Before a tree press, and free pulpit, and
free and enlightened public sentiment, on
sham after another shall be torn of, an
right and wrong in church and society an
state be laid bare, and truth and error stan
forth undisguised. Nothing shall escape
The pulpit, the press, the home, the schoo
the church, the state the rights OF woman
the social evil, amusements, the problems {
labor and capital,- are all to pass in review
and, we believe, to take higher and fsire
shaping for the future. Nothing of truth o
good shall be lost by the increasing new or
der Of things. Mountains shall be levele
down and valleys lifted up, old prejudice
shall disappear, but the highway Of trut
and right becomes easier to all minds an
hearts.
The Springfield Republican propounds thi
conundrum anent the Connecticut election