The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-06-25
GENERAL NOTES.

~ says Undt, although Tie JOD was oOhC NY
home talent, it was equal to the pest work OF
professional burglars.
A SPECIAL cable dispatch says that on Friday
the reception of Rev. DIR. Talmage at Noting
ham, England, was,in numbers and enthusiasm
unprecedented. The receipts from the first
lecture were over $1,000. Applications by
thousands are pouring in for him for sermons
and lectures.
in a bad way. His health is giving way, his
powers are failing, the Re1chstag doesn't sym
pathize with him, the ministers of the various
States look coldly on him. and he can't be al
ways pushing the cart up hill. Such was the
burden of recent speech.
TIE Bank of France has an invisible photo
graphic studio behind the cashiers desk
whence licensees can, at signal from the
latter, be taken. The camera is much
used, too, in the examination of documents
An erasure is often obvious in the photograph
of a document which is not seen in the docu-
ment itself.
THE Kentucky mule is beginning to appear
on the tramways of England. Among the live
stock recently landed at Liverpool were 20
mules-fine, large animals, with the drawing
power of a horse and much greater endurance.
These mules stand the voyage well, all landing
LII SOOu COAulllOus precisely ds SllpptQ COiue
hundreds have been shipped for Natal, where
they will be found useful in the present emer-
gency.
SENATOR CHANDLER introduced on Saturday
in the Senate another Brazilian subsidy
scheme. It differs from the one that was de-
feated in the House last year, principally in
providing for three instead of two lines. The
new one is to run from San Francisco. The
other point of importance is the payment of
the subsidy. This country is not to depend on
the payment of like sum by the emperor of
Brazil.
Ex-SEcRETARY robson rather throws a
damper on the sensational story published
last week in regard to the project of kidnapping
Mr.. Tnden, in case he made any move to Sc
cure the presidency after the decision of the
electoral commission. In an interview with a
New York World reporter Mr. Robson said ::
sThis whole story is a yarn spun out of the
sensational imagination of Senator Conk-
ling's former friend and editor, and therefore
how is it possible for me to say more?"
WHEN the car entered his box at the Grand
theater, st. Petersburg Immediately before
his departure for LivadIa), part of the audi
ence arose and shouted: "Long live the carp
The greatest part of the public, however, SUBJ
stituted the cry of.A constitutIoni'' A tumult
ensued, with the usual interference of the
police; numerous arrests were made, and the
sovereign, after while, retired from his box.
The heir-apparent remained, and was at once
saluted with enthusiastic applause and re-
newed cries of "a constitution"
THE youth who carried off the honors on
Saturday at Vernon, Ind, in the contest for a
naval cadetship, according to the Madison
Courier. was the youngest and smallest of
nrlaft and ha rn6 flaa ,rf-x
clearly and fairly. Benny Thorn
ton is his name, and the
Courier says he is bright and noble
boy as lives. He is exceedingly eager for an
education, which thus tar has been hard work
for him to obtain, as he has assisted in earning
a living for his widowed mother. The Courier
concludes its remarks concerning him by say
ing that with him duty has been a practical
watch word, and if he serves in the American
navy, as we believe he will, Jefferson county
will have furnished the nation with another
brave and intelligent seaman-one worthy of
the home of Rear Admiral Collins and the
gallant Taylor and Webb"
THE plan adopted by MIR. Jerome Marble, of
Worcester, Mass, of travelling in his own pal
ace car, is not only positively comfortable, but
comparatively cheap. He told a correspond
emit of the Northwestern Lumberman that the
entire cost of a trip of seven weeks made by
himself and friends, covering 900 miles on the
Northern Pacific, was but a little over $500 per
head. The charge made by the railroads for
hauling his car is but their regular first-class
fare for passengers occupying the car, provided
1T carries a minimum number of II. Mr.. Mar.
BILE further said that his entire car expenses,
exclusive of the amount paid to the railroad
companies, but including board, were 81 cents
daily for each person. This is probably due to
the party Ii wing on the game they shot. Mr.
Marbles car includes IL double berths, and is
In three compartments. One end is devoted
to offices, the other to lAvator1es, etc. The
middle is sleeping room by night, and lux
urious parior, including piano, library, etc.. by
day-a far pleasanter place on a wet night af-
ter days shooting, than a soaking tent on
sloppy ground.
THE New York coroner is endeavoring very
faithfully to ascertain who killed Mrs. Hull
The affair is still involved in mystery. Nancy
Francis, the colored witness, was examined on
Friday. She has been somewhat suspected Of,
at least, completely in the murder. Upon the
stand she repeated every question put to her
by the coroner. She affected q dislike for her
race, and questions about colored beaux or col
ored acquaintance excited her anger and con-
tempt. "No, sab - she said, deed don't
visit no cullud folks. was tole not ter hev
nothin' ter do wild 'em fore come North"
CHARLES DICKENS on the last day OF his
life wrote four letters, OF which possibly the
most generally interesting is this to ~. N.
NJ, which has just been printed for the first
time: "Gads Hill place, Higham, by Roches-
ter, Kent, Wednesday, Sth June, 1870. Dear
Sir-It would be quite inconceivable for me
but for your letter-that any reasonable reader
could possibly attach a scriptural reference to
a passage In book of mine, reproducing q
much-abused social figure of speech, impressed
in all sorts OF service, on all sorts of inappro-
pirate occasions. without the faintest connec-
ton with its original source. / am truly
shocked to ind that any reader can make the
mistake. 1 have always striven In my writ
ings to express veneraticn for the life and les
sons Of our Saviour, because 1 feel It; and be-
cause I re-wfote That history for my children
everyone Of whom knew 1t from having 1t