The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-12-27
The Homeless Poor.

They are ptied, and taught, and fed;
That Is only sister woman
Who has got neither food or bed,
And the night cried, '-sin 10 be living"
And the river cries. "Sin to Do deadI'
Look out AZ the further corner
Where the wall stands blank and bare
Can that be pack which a pedlar
Has LETT and forgotten there7
His goods lying out unshetered
VIII be spoilt by the damp night air.
Sayi-g6ods In our thrifty England
Are not left to lie and grow rotten
Foreach man knows the market value
OF silk and wooden and cotton
But in counting the riches Of England,
think our poor are forgotten.
Our beasts and our thieves and our chattels
Have weight foe good or for i'll,
But the poor are only His Image,
His presence, HIS word, His will;-
And 80 Lazarus lies at our doorstep,
And Dives negleets him stir
Vassar college has list Of 33S lady stu
dents.
The poet Whittier lives with the utmost
simplicity, and expects to survive hundred
years.
Partisan ladies have taken TO dying their
pet dogs. One dame goes further-she
dyes her horses, driving four Of a brilliant
magenta.
In Russia collins covered with pink cloth
are used for children and young unmarried
persons, crimson for women, brown for
widows Black is in no case employed.
1t was recently stated by Sir Thomas
Chambers, at meeting in England, that no
young lad is brought before the criminal
courts whose fall is not due TO impure lead
ing.
The house bills granting pension TO Mrs.
Elizabeth Custer, widow of the late General
g. A. Custer and 10 Nara and Emanuel
Custer. his parents. will be passed by the
senate this session.
Mrs. Wurtz Dundas has enlivened Phila-
delphians by appearing on Walnut street IA
a Russian carriage drawn by three ponies
abreast, the two outer ones trotting and that
in the center galloping.
Miss Constance o. Brian, member of the
new {English) Shakespeare society, is the
author of an interesting and pleasant article
on "Shakspesre's Young Men," published IN
the last number Of the Westminster Re-
view.
The Smith sisters have won their suit
against the Glastonbury, Conn, selectmen
for damages for the sale of their land for
nonpayment of town tax OF SAG and have
been awarded IS and costs. the damages be-
ing merely nominal
Why are so many ladies left handed? In
horse cars and oninibuses the female passen-
gers generally have their right hand gloved
while the left is bare, and they use the latter
in taking change to pay their fare shaking
their hands or in making gestures There
may be diamond ring in question as 10
this Arrangement
The geologist of the Burlington Hawkeye
thinks that toads get into rocks by digging
down with toads' tools. This is incorrect
they get into the rock because it is a sort of
trap."-IIersld ?. |. Man. Wrong again.
They were simply toad in while the rock
was fluid, and there wasn't enough of the
Backtrackian about them TO get out again."-
Philadelphia Bulletin. Too conglomerate
with your reasons. AS usual woman is at
the bottom of it Silicate puts them in
Port Chester Journal.
Christmas day falls on Monday this year.
| 1t fell on Monday also in 1865, and on that
occasion the following was unearthed from,
| il was stated, the Harleian MSS, No. z, 252,
| folio 153 4.
II Christmas on a Monday be,
A gr- at winter that year you'll see,
And full of winds both loud and shrili;
But In summer, truth to tell,
High winds shall there be. and strong,
Full of tempestS lasting long;
! While battles they shah multiply,
| And great plenty OF beasts shalt die.
They that be born that day. / ween,
| They sh III be strong zach one and keen;
| He shall be found that stealeth aught;
4 Tho thou bs sick, thou diest not.
| The year lsOO WAS Inc year OIL Lne AcblrO-
| Prussian war, a year of disastrous gales and
a year Of cattle plague. Again in 1871
Christmas day fell on Monday. The
twelvem nth following that day saw Us
! with cattle plague in the north, and some
great storms. but as TO "battles" we must
go back a few months in 1871 for the capt.
ulation OF Paris and the conflict with the
commune. We have now Monday Christ
mas for the third time within dozen years
PARIS, November 876-The favorite names
now for bulls and dogs are Trochu and Bis
marck; the latter especially. TO show the
hatred to the German Prince Bismarck. nom
dun chieni After the Franco German trea.
| ~ of peace had been signed. Prince de Bis
| marck, while on his way home, stopped one
night in chateau in Lorraine. An admira
able pointer evidently the pet of the house,
| lay bssking on the rug before the large wood
fire of the dining room. Dinner was order
ed. The prince sat at the table. bis feel
turned towards the fire, slipping coffee. The
family, too. had wheeled their chairs to
front the fire. An officer entered and be
gan: prince de Bismarck this name
the dog looked up iaquiringly. This move
ment did not escape the prince seye, and the
prince expecting the truth bismarck nom
Fun chieng said in a tone OF command
+" Here Bismarcki" To the embarrassment
and CONSERVATION of the family the dog rose
and laid his head on the princes knee. The
prince took lump of sugar from the sugar
dish and gave il TO the dog: Poor fellow
see you have good teeth aud good claws
try your best to use them a. have done
mine. in your masters service. and God
keep them icr Us both, poor fellowr