The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

Ihe members pledge themselves to discOn-
tinue "the absurd practice of doffing the
fort, Mayence, Dillenburg, Weisbaden and
Binegn on the Rhine, have each a society
devoted to this important reform.
Last year Colonel Tourtelotte of General
| Sherman's staff was in New York while
Moody and Sankey were holding one of
their monster revivals, and persuaded by
friends he went to it. Imagine his amaze
ment when Mr.. Moody, in giving out the
hymn TO be sung, said: 1--WE will now give
appropriate, as the hero of that fight in
which our spiritual combat was figured is
| present among us, Colonel Tourtelotte the
gentleman with the long fair beard"
The Washington Star reporter. in describ-
ing the reception of the grand duke by the
| president on Wednesday, saws of the Rus
Sian minister: "He is not handsome, but
he is graceful, and quite gracefully he
chaperoned his imperial charges. He wore
the full court dress of his nation. The coat
was marvel of gilt and tinsel, but the pants
well, they looked like the yellow pair of
nankeens that ex-Congressman Brooks used
to wear, other than that they had stripe of
silver tinsel running down the outer seams"
Jay Gould lives right among the fashion
ables, but he never goes into society" His
name never appears on the list of officers of
public meetings. He drives out, but he is
seldom recognized, for his face is not fa-
miliar one. He is the power of Wall street,
| yet is rarely seen there, all his business be-
ing transacted by telegraph. He never dissi-
pates, but he can take glass of wine or
smoke good cigar with thorough satisfac-
| ton. In appearance he is one of the plainest
rich men to be seen in New York. There are
| few residences in New York more tastefully
or more richly furnished than his. 1t is in
the center of the fashionable churches, but
he is not regular attendant in any of them.
In the fall of Edward s. Rand, the dis
tinguished Boston lawyer, the best of all bus
| mess morals is again enforced. He enjoyed
a large and profitable practice, was pillar
Of church and society, an authority on hor-
ticultural matters, but lived beyond his
means. Other peoples money, little by
little, was appropriated to supply his own
lack, and, breaking thus from the restraint
of the cardinal virtue, honesty, he plunged
naturally into the vortex OF passion; cngulf-
ing marriage, home and business associations
in one awful maelstrom OF disgrace He
now repents at leisure, behind the bars of a
prison, the first false step of bright career
No man who lives beyond his means can be
sure that he will come OF more easily than
| Edward s. Rand.
The other day NJ. Menier, the great Paris
ian chocolate manufacturer, called on the
manager and offered $400 for two songs to be
sung by Mile. Albani at ball he was about
to give. The manager refused, as by the
terms of her contract Mile. Albani is not
allowed to sing in any private house BE
sides, he remarked" she refused an offer of
$500 from the Baron de Rothschild for a
similar performance only the other day"
"Well, (" responded NJ. Menier, 81 will double
his offer Tell Mile. Albani that will pay
her 81 600 for singing any two songs that she
may select at my house next Friday night"
Unfortunately. the terms of la diVa's con-
tract prevented her from accepting this mu-
nifcent offer.-Lucy II. Hooper
One day last week Prof A. +. Macdonald
lectured on "Chronic Mania" before the
medical students of New York University,
and brought from the city hospital for the
insane, Of which he Is medical snperintend-
ent, some of the patients to illustrate his
theme One he had specially selected in or
der to show the class that IN subjects of
chronic mania the hair is stiff and bristly
but, to his great astonshment, when he un-
covered the patients head, the poor fellow s
hair was Just as sleek and smooth as his own.
"Why, my man." he exclaimed, what have
YOU been doing to your hair?' "Well, you
see, doctor" was the reply, ''they put too
much butter on my bread this morning, and
| thought ii was a shame to waste 1t, so /
rubbed it in my hair"
In Paris hanging is the most popular mode
of suicide, and drowning comes next; in
London one is as fashionable as the other,
| and throat-cutung, which is seldom
practiced in Paris, ranks third; in New
York poisoning is the favorite form OF self
murder, and shooting is second choice, with
hanging throatcutting and drowning further
down in the list. A sensational form OF
suicide, very common in France and very
rare in England and America, is jumping
from public buildings. Charcoal burning is
also favorite mode of death in Paris. Dur
ing 1876 there were 20S cases in London, 9l5
in Paris and $50 in New York. The death
rate from suicide in proportion to popula-
ton is double in New York to what it is in
London. AS every other person who kills
himself in this city is of German parentage,
the high proportion of suicides is readily ex-
planned. One thing is noticeable: in each OF
the three cities the proportion OF deliberate
suicides is steadily increasing.
The other day a bloated specimen of hu-
manity, who looked as if he were tasting the
cup of bitterness to the dregs, staggered up
to the lunch counter of a saloon on Kearny
street, San Francisco, and begged for plate
of soup. "rll give II to you," said the sa'
loon man, ''but you mustn't come bumming
around here" The seedy person devoured
the soup ravenously and then begged fo'
now get out" ''only little bit,'' pleaded
the man. "well, here, take this" and
he of the lunch counter handed ever
a well polished ham bone. Now get out
of this, and don't you come in here
again" With a wolfish look at the bottles
behind the bar the man shuffied out. Old
New Workers who used to crowd the Olym
pic theater night after night to witness the
then great sensation, "The Streets OF New
York, y would not have recognized had they
seen him, in the person OF this wreck of hu
manity John X. Mortimer, the great Badgel
OF the play. Yet IL was he. and as be walkec
: out of the saloon with the bone under hi
! arm he needed no additional properties h
give with stirring effect the famous eArre
scene OF the play. Poor Mortimeri his din