The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-03-14
ALL SORTS.
Scarborough.

a wind that bore down the storm-torred
Snowflake and spray together;
wreck g jagged timbers, sharp and brown,
That shivered, and swayed as the tide went
Red roofs high in the quaint old town.
A headland grim. with castltd crown,
Mid waste OF withered heather.
A gray sky and gray sea,
And noise like rolling thunder,
As the foam flew fast on the bitter blast
That tore the wave asunder;
A go den sand reach, long and low,
Black rocks that mid ages of ebb and flow
Guard the beautiful bay, where long ago
Came ships with the Raven fiag at their PROV
For slaughter. ire and plunder.
A gray sky and a gray sea,
And two who stood together
With hands ciosed-clasped as hands are
That are parting, parting forever;
Two whose pale lips qnivered to say
AS for all we struggle and weep and pray
Young hearts must break In llfe's fever-play,
And links are light TO sever.
A gray sky and a gray sea,
Where white gulls stopped to hover;
Their broad wings flashed as the great waves
Where by lover fingered lover;
Those two may nevermore meet again;
But the wild March wind, with its cnafe and
Win for aye recall the passionate pain
or that farewell tryst by the stormy main.
When hrst-love's dram was over.
-Mscmillans Magazine.
to dispute the authorship of the novel called
"Kismet" with Miss Dudu Fletcher, Of
America.
Philadelphians have paid S. 500 for a
house to be used as a home for aged couples.
The institution will be open TO all sects, and
applicants must be over sixty.
N - -
who died in Washington several years ago,
once told bookseller of that city. to whom
she went and asked permission 10
borrow a copy of her brothers poems, that
everything belonging to Poe had been taken
from her by certain parties for a mere pit
tance, $40 or S12, and afterward sold at high
prices to English publishers. -rr- =
A Texas newspaper informs its readers
what kind of people they want in that state
They have twice too many doctors and nine
teen times too many lawyers In fact they
propose to ''swap off" lawyers at the rate of
40 lawyers for one northern farmer They
would like few more good preachers, and a
great many less poor ones. But the great
want is farme s; five million good farmers
will receive a welcome within the borders of
Texas But they want ''earlv rising hard
working, sober, good managing men,"
That the late Canon Kingsley was devoted
ly fond of plants of all kinds none who
knew him or have read his books will doubt
Eversley rectory is literally covered W tn
vegetation, consisting of magnolias, wistar-
las, japanese honeysuckle. ceanOthus, roses
and ivy. That garden, which is of but small
extent. consists of mixed border of hardy
Towering plants and creepers, seen on the
right of the picture and a solitary circular
bed on grass plot at the opposite end, filled
with similar plants
A factory lad Joined burial club in Man
chester, England, and informed his sister. a
lass ol Is, that if he were to die the family
would get $50. The girl came to the con-
clusiOn that his death would be good in
vestment for the family, so one morning she
got some vermin poison and seasoned the
can of tea which he carried to bis work. Ii
gave so peculiar flavor to the tea that, after
tasting it, he emptied the can. He men
toned the circumstance to his parents at
night, and they discovered a sediment of
vermin poison in the can. The girl, when
arrested, confessed her guilt. Il did put
the poison in the bottle" she said with sweet
simplicity. 81 thought it would kill him,
and we needed the burial money"
The worst and most lasting effects of the
business depression are not seen upon the
surface They lie deep in social life, and
are not easily traced. Unfortunately, there
Is dS vet no DtTItCttu SfSlclu vi etdtctitc OA
marriages, divorces, births, abortlons, the
causes of sickness and death. prostitution,
theft, and other crimes. Such statistics
would throw stronger light upon the sub
ject of human progress and decay than any
other facts, and il is TO be regretted that our
census report, admirable go far as ii goes,
does not deal in these important figures.
Individual investigators have collected val
ued social statistics of localities, but there
has been no attempt at general system.
One day to Charlotte Cushman came an
affected lady, who said. with the evident de-
sire to exhibit her very superficial learning:
my dear Miss Cushman, do you read Em-
erson?'' No. replied the famous actr 81
bluntly without the least attempt to appear
wise "Is it possible you do not admire En-
erson?" with look of utter astonishment.
Quite possible" Miss Cushman said no
more at the moment but after a little she
launched forth into a beautiful and dramatic
recitation. Her finished rendition OF sew
eral of EmersoD's most brilliant apothegms
was simply magnificent, ending with, BE
yourself; do not imitate-every great man
Is unique" using the words as il they we're
her own, and uttered as only Charlotte
Cushman could utter them. Her purpose
WAS obvious The lady had not recognized a
single line OF her 'favorite author" why,
thought you did not read Emerson" said
one. "Nor do /; but have looked through
him."