The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-23
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

NV brethren, 1 am sorry TO say that
have fallen into the practice of telling more
nor the truth, and have shed hogsheads of
tears over it myself" ''Eb's brother, when
he heard him go on this way, worse nof
ever. said that when he got out he came so
near So wearing as the Methodist discipline
would allow him.-Lake MahOpac Herald.
The widow OF j. G. Roberts, prominent
lawyer ofDss Moines, Iowa, recently sued
the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company, of Hartford, for the amount of a
policv OF 81 800 on his life the company re-
fusingit pay it on the ground that he died
by MS own act, his decease being dei3rium
tremsns, and the court decided tor the
widow.
Wagner's great undertaking at Bayreuth
has taken another decided step forward to
success. In consequence of further assist
ance received from the King of Bavaria,
funds are now available for the complete
stage decorations, scenery, costumes, dc.
The scenery will be from designs by the
painter Hoffman, the machinery is To fur
nished by Brandt. of Darmstadt, while the
completion OF the building Is under tue di-
rection of the architect, Bruckwaid, Of
Leipsic.
They don't stand any nonsense in Arkan-
sas. A stranger in Little Rock asked a gem
tIeTnan for a postage stamp, and, having
been acc0mmO lated rendered him three
cents in payment, when he flung them on
the floor, aud exclaimed eNcitedIy: IF you
were not fool, sir, you would know that sn
Arksnsian doesn't pe1die postage stampsw
No apologies would be accepted, and the
irate man walked of, mutteTing about his
offended honor.
Murray, in London, has in preparation,
with an original map and illustration, THE
Last Journals of DIR. Livingstone" includ-
ing his researches and wanderings in East
ern africa, from 1865 TO within a few days OF
his death, edited by his son, Mr.. 4. Steele
Livingstone. The volume comprises all the
journals sent over by DR.. Livingstone in
charge of Mr.. s anley also the journals that
have been transmitted since, well as the
papers received by the foreign office.
NJ Bsssemer is about launching his ship
with cabin balanced in the center "a pre-
vert sea sickness. ard Captain Dicev has
at Blackwell lust com Ileeed a vessel in
tended to cross tho channel withOus the
usual distressing and violent motion. The
idea of Captain Dicey is that OF two ships
connected 10y an arca throughout, and be-
tween the two are the paddle wheels, which
are thus in the middle. Should the expert
mert prove successful, the short rolls, or
cDOps of the cross seas, will be counterbal-
aucAd by the double keel whil9 the pitching
may be overcome to great extent by the
length of the vessel.
The trustees of the Boston Public Library
have forbidden the circulation of Marie
ITowland's book, Papa's Own Girl" on
the ccOund that 1t is coarse; so Marie has
written them an open letter, charging that
this : not their real reason. but they are
afraid OF the reform principles il advocates.
The Object Of the book is, to give expires
sion 20 the legal and social disabilities OF
women, and, further, u the outrageous in
justice OF our industrial system, bv which
the producers of wealth are so robbed at it
that the army of paupers is yearly increas-
ing"
The extent to which women are coming
into notice as successful artists, both here
and IN England, is remarkable. At a recent
club reception in New York, fully IWo-
thirds Of the pictures on the walls were COW
tributed by women artists, while al the last
Royal Academy exhibition in london the
number of pictures exhibited by women
were about ten or cent. of the whole num-
Der, being at least three times as many in
OyOrEiOn as were exhibited % wears age
Ana II shoald not be forgotten that the most
sue ,ossiul picturein the Royal Academy this
season was painted by woman.
\ curious sale of autograph love letie
took place lately in Paris, in the Rue dies
B)ns Enfants. There were letters from
Nine de Parabsrre, Nine. de Chateauroux,
Alms de POmpadOur, Nine de Ia POpeliniere,
and others. Not few of these amo5ory ef-
fusiOns were addressed To the all -coUuueriDg
Ddc de RIchslieu. and there was hardly one
free from the most astonishing faults OF
grammar and spelling, the fair authors ap-
parently having as lofty contempt for the
laws OF Orthography as fJrthe code Of mo rails
The leiters-prObaOly ON account OF their
cOntents-sold very vel.
Grace Greenwood aud Sarah Fisher Ames
have united themselves in literary mar
riaZe, and propose, like the 10 Johns, to
= climb the hill tOgather" Grace
Greenwood, who has long been known rs a
delightful personator of comic character
Though her exhibitions have been chieny
confined TO private circles, has lately had ex-
eellent success in public, particularly in
Washington. Mrs Ames, the widow IL the
late Joseph Ames tie we'll known artist, is
a lady of great personal beauty and in look
ing the characters that she represents tpar-
ticuisrlY that of Lady Macbetb) has no ri
va on the stage. These two ladies, who
have long been great personal friends, have
now united their accomplishments. their
repertOires, and their hopes, and have deter
mined TO try the labors and achieve the re-
wards of a lyceum tour next winter.
In the late speech of George W. Julian, at
the abolition reunion in Chicago, he said this
in regard to woman suffrage: 1T is said, !
know, that women will abuse the suffrage il
granted TO her, just as it used to be- said the
negro would abuse his freedom ii emanci-
pated. IL is said she is unfit for the ballot
just as it used to be said the negro was unfit
for liberty. 1t is said that the ballot in the
hands OF women will destroy the family
and "upheave the whole social system
just as it used to be propbesied tnat enamel.
patton would breed bloody instructions
and lay waste the land. In the light of tht
past these wretched attempts to escape tin,
real question are unworthy of notice. Con
servatism believes the heavens will TAIL wheI
Justice triumphs. 1t always ignores thu
lessons of experience. 1t forgets that al
that has been done for the higher education
of women, for enlarging the sphere of he
activity aud usefulness, and thus testing
her relative capacity for work, and for re
forming our laws in respect to her persona
and nronertY rights. has proved to be mos