The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-06-27
ALL SORTS.
Senator Hamlin, Of Name, is jealous and
successful gardener

Senator Hamlin, Of Name, is jealous and
successful gardener
And now they are calling Gail Hamilton
"Not-Afraid of-her-Ink."
Minister Noyes has been buvinga new
wooden leg with which to make mis- appear
ance at court at Paris. 1t will replace the
leg he lost at Atlanta.
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has given
a gold watch to the agent of the Boston lee
ture bureau who travelled thirty thousand
miles with him in the west during his
recent tour.
Connecticut church festival committees
are charged with placing little wads of cot
ton batting in their dishes of strawberries.
The children can't eat so fast and toothless
old sinners don't have to do any chewing.
In Jacre, South America, to avoid the
mountains, the postman passes monthly
down the rapid Chamoya tied to a log of
wood, with his letters secured on his head.
and thus keeps up the intercourse on both
sides the Andes.
An. Ottawa tailor advertises that last week
he had eight out of seventeen suits left ON
his hands through the inability of the Gus
toners to pay, and he invites the merchant
tailors of the city to call and see the names
of the delinquents.
Salvini has been starring at Berlin with
extraordinary success. He not only drew
full houses but the audience was invariably
composed or the cream of Berlin society.
HIS lngomar, Othello and Hamlet are pro-
nounced immense successes
The prince Of Wales arrived in Pari In
meet the Princess on the morning of Sunday
the Sd, and almost at once carried her off to
breakfast ca fete d-tete at the Restaurant de
Madrid in the Bots de Boulogne and vet
there are slanderers who call him a bad hus-
band
The human body expands imme nsely with
age When eleven young men are seated on
one SIDE OF street car, they can easily sit
up little closer and make room for pretty
girl, but seven of them can monopolize an
entire seat to the utter exclusion of an old
woman.
1t is proposed TO extinguish, by purchase.
the rights of succession of the duke of Edin-
burg-heir presumptiye to the duchess of
Saxe-Coburg and SAKE Gotha-and transfer
them TO the hereditary prince of SAKE Mein-
lngen, thus forming state to be known as
Saxe-Thuringen
Mr.. Motley not long ago wrote to General
| Wilson: 81 have had the strongest admira-
ton for Mr.. Bryant ever since my college
days, when first began to know his poetry
| by heart. One of the pleasantest events. to
me, of nay last visit to New York was the
making of his personal acquaintance-a
privilege which had long desired"
One day when Southey and Coleridee
were drinking their wine after dinner.
young cousin of their host John Poole.
rode up and said, II bring you great news.
Robespierre is dead" Whereupon Southey
put his head between his hands, exclaiming,
Good heavens, l would rather have heard
of the death of my own father" 1t is fact
fhof in fhoca dave
picious of the poets that they sent down a
spy to watch their proceedings.
At certain restaurants the custom is to pay
the ladies who attract customers a certain
commission on the bill of themselves and
companions The other day newly mar
ried couple visited this restaurant and the
groom ordered costly dinner for two in a
private supper room. In due course the bill
is called for and settled, and the waiter
adroitly slips a fve-franc piece into the
young brides hand, and whispers to her:
From the boss sHe says to bring him again
bring him often-bring lots of EN-"
Gladstone is six feet high, and carries his
head erect and thrown somewhat back,
which adds TO his stature, apparently. His
figure is well developed, muscular and large
boned, and his weight somewhere about 100
pounds His eyes are full of fire, deep-set
and keen. His cheek bones are high and his
jaws are broad and somewhat bold-typical
of his Scotch ancestry and descent His
general contour is easy, though angular.
His complexion is swarthy, and indicates
predisposition towards biliousness. He
neither dresses well nor neatly. He wears
high-quarter shoes that are almost slovenly,
and hat hungry for good brushing. In
the style of his shirt collar Mr.. Gladstone is
peculiar. The great commoner affects a
flowing style of linen sdeboards that are
constantly in play with his tireless jaw
bones. AS whole, he would not strike the
iooker-on as an exceptional man. His walk