The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-02-27

They are popularly composed Of Jet, shell or
ivory, but there very costly ones of old gold
with pendants. and others of wrought gold
set with diamonds and pearls, or rubies and
| diamonds
! Actual facti A pious man was going
through the Boston common, one Sunday,
ana came upon some ,ycunssters playing
marbles" Boys" said he, "Boys, do you
know what day it is?' One of the imps
| turned to bystander with, Here, can YOU
| tell this man what day it IS, he don't known
A serious attempt has been started in Paris
to prevent the use of rich toilets by actresses
on the stage. The chief critics frown on it
| and demand the discontinuance of this lux
| ury. They say that If the costly dresses can
not be initiated in cheaper material, 1t would
be well to do away with their use entirely.
The queen is said to take so warm an in
! terest in the parliamentary debates with
respect to the war that she has abstracts of
ali the speeches telegraphed to her as the
debates go on. The prince of Wales, it is
added, never fails, when he has an opportu-
nifty. to proclaim his admiration of Turkish
valor, and his profoand distrust and dislike
of the Russians.
All Paris is shuddering at Salyini's death
scene in LA Morte Civile" He is stretched
on a fanteuil, and when he expires. his head
bent towards Emma, he seems TO fall like
building that gives way. He rolls towards
the footlights, while all the other person
ages run from him in terror with a great
cry. Then the entire house rises, sobbing
and clapping hands.
Mark Twain says that though the report of
his becoming editor of the Hartford COurant
was incorrect, he was exceedingly gratified
to receive number of subscriptions for that
newspaper on the strength of it. His Joy
was only clouded by the reflection that an
equal or larger number of persons must have
written to the editor of the Courant discon-
tinuing their subscriptions.
The wife of Colonel Robert Ingersoll is
thus described by the Times, OF Chicago:
"Mrs. Ipgersoll is tall, has a prominent nose,
large dark eyes, heavy dark hair, arranged
high In twist, wears rich jewelry, copies
nobody's dress or manner. does just as she
pleases, and asks no odds. She is as much
of fayorite, as original and wicked in her
views, as her husband: is charming, and
therefore dangerous, say the orthodox"
Minister John Welsh is president of
merchants fund association in Philadel
phia which extends aid to persons who were
formerly merchants in good standing in that
city, and whose failure left no stain of dis
honor upon them. There are now 80 persons
on its list Almost all of them are more
than 90 and many of them more than so
years old Their identity is known only to
the board of managers.
Visitor in Sundayschool addressing the
school children-What is the ostensible
object of Sunday-school instruction?
No answer.
visitor-What is the ostensible object of
Sunday school instruction?
No answer.
Visitor-What is the ostensible object of
Sundsy-school instruction?
Small boy I'm feeble voicel-Yes, sir.
1t has been said that fewer children are
born of American percentage in New York
than in any other city of the continent. The
New York Times says the reason is that be-
getters of children sre frowned upon by
landlords, boarding house keepers. and
maids of all work, until one of the first laws
of nature appears TO be a social crime. The
possession of small children seems to be es-
teemed an audacity or an indecency, if not 3
mixture of both.
The veritable ''Mary (who) had little
lamb whose fleece was white as snow" Wis
tied the Old South spinning bee yesterday
afternoon and told the ladies present the
story OF the lamb. When she was nine years
old and was living on a farm one morning
she went out into the barn where she found
two little lambs, one of them nearly dead.
So she took il into the house and sat up all
night nursing it. The next morning the
lamb could stand on its feet, and grew
stronger every day. Owing to her loving
care the lamb became so attached to Mary
that 1t followed her about and one day to
school. where she hid it under her desk, so
that the teacher did not know it was in
school until Mary was called up TO recite.
Then the lamb came out from its hiding
place, and made the children laugh and
shout so that the teacher was obliged TO turn
it out. The poem wss written by a friend
of Mary's (the venerable Mrs. Sarah Josepha
Hale, who has just retired from the editor
ship of Godey's I.ady's Book soon after the
lambs visit to the school room. Mary was
married many years since, and lives near
Boston She brought in some of the first
f1aara of har famous little nat