The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-10-16

Pitch In, old boy. We shall stick to this
country, feather or no.-CincinRati Saturday
Night.
They are working political conundrums
at London minstrel shows. This goes well
with the audience. One of the corner
men asks: "How could you convert Mr..
Gladstone into coDservatve? The reply
Is: spin him round and round until he be-
comes Dizzy"
When Benjamin Franklin arrived in
Philadelphia he calmly walked ND the street
with loaf of bread under his arm. But he
couldn't do 1t nowadays. Somebody woald
steal his cread before he got balf a block
away from the eriver.-Phila6elphia Chron-
icle
A poem commences, Under the willows
he's lying" He must be a tramp. They
lie under all sorts of trees. One was dis
covered lying under an axletree the other
morning. The owner of the wagon made him
wheeiright round and leave.-Norristown
Herald.
From Scotland Yard-Sergeant: "How's
this, Jones? What do you mean by coming
of my beard, SIR" Sergeant: Then YOU
must get up earlier and do it, or-or. ANY
how, you must not grow 1t while on dooty."
Funny Folks.
The Chicago Times asserts that the nick
pockets who visited the city during the fire.
mems tournament have all drowned them
selves in disgust at the discovery that for
three days they had been operating in a COM
munity where every man had taken adyaa-
tage of the bankrupt act.
That artist on the Graphic who has the
handling of pictures OF war always has three
or four officers in front of the men, waving
their swords and foaming at the mouth.
Some one should tell him that infantry Off
GERS are always In the rear of the line, and
they never forget their positions, either.
Minnesota preacher is discoursing on.
Who is the Devil, Where is the Devil, and
How the Devil Can be Overcome" and the
Detroit Free Press calls the attention of the
chicago Times to this personal assault. The
old, old Storey. Give man a bad dog and
hang him.-New York Commercial Adyer-
tiser.
A skeptic, who was badgenng q simple
minded old man about a miracle and Ba-
laams ass, finally said: ''fIow Is it possible
for an ass 10 talk like man?' "Well," re-
piled an honest old believer, with meaning
emphasis, Il don't see why it amt as easy
for an ass to talk like man as it is for man
to talk like an ass"
Having been presented with Bosnia Austria
10 hOW lAsbblhB lOi IL. III lOu, JOuu, Sdlu
dying man, II will give $10,OO0n LWby.
fatner," said the son, ''you know you
haven't dollar in the world" "Of course
L haven't" exclaimed the Indulgent father,
You must work for it, John-yoa must
work for it!'-Graphic.
At a public reading recently a cockney
was attempting to recite a part of Bailie
Nlcol Jarvie, but with Indifferent success. A
brawny Scot in the audience, indignant at
the rutless murder of his native tongue,
bawled out, "Whaar's yer awksent, nuns
why, you've got itl' answered the cock
ney, to the intense delight of the audience
The Virginia City Chronicle is led to be-
heve that the ehronlG borrowers are getting
sharper every day. Have you got change
| for $5?" asked one over there Certainly"
| said an innocent looking fellow, who pulled
out handful of silver. Then loan me
So 50,n said the other without a tremor In
his voice. and he nailed the coin right there.
An item on its way around states that DIR.
| Babcock, the inventor of the chemical en-
gine, is a drunken outcast in Oakland, Cal.
| 1t seems that this statement is slightly in
correct In several tri1ing particulars: (D
| Babcock is not a doctor; (2) he never was in
California; 81 he is a professor of chemistry
| in Boston medical college; (4) he don't
| drink; (5) -; but these facts are sufficient
| TO throw tinge of suspicion on the item
from California.
A colored brother was telling his young
| friend that he ought to CINE the church.
Said George: II would, but de temptation
4 TO do wrong is too strong for me-" "Whar's
| yer backbone, dat yer can't rose up an stand
| temptation" exclaimed Brother Peter. 81
was dat way myself once. Right in dis yere
| town had a chance TO steal a par of boots
| mighty fine ones, too. Nobody was dar to
see me, and I reached out my hand and de
debbil said take 'em. Den a good spirit
| whispered TO me to let dem boots alone"
AN you didn't take 'em?' mo, sah-not
much l took par o. cheap shoes off de
shelf, and left dem boots aloneP'