The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-10-08

the competition, the deficiency in horses being
made up by beasts picked up ON the ground,
and their success was such as to drive all
observers into the widest demonstrations OF
applause. The heavy-hearted Light Guards
looked on and realized that they had not
earned the first principles Of cavalry service.
THE leading men. says the Washington Star
"of all political parties in Missouri have come
together heartily in support of the movement
to erect monument to the memory of Gem
eral Frank Blair. Nothing but praise is heard
now at the mention of his name, and yet that
State denied him the United States senator
ship but q short time before he died."
The fastest long-distance voyage on record
was made by the steamer Durbin with tele-
grams from Zululand to England. She left
Table Bay a little before 8 p. M, and averaged
29S miles day to Madeira, where size stopped
on April IA for four and q half hours. She
made Plymouth at I'm. on April 20. The
entire distance, about 5000 miles, was run at
an average Of 1871 knots. Faster speed has
been made across the Atlantic, but this is the
best for SO long a distance.
HERE is an anecdote, told by Charivari of
the late Baron Taylor, the patriarchal philan-
throplst of Paris, who died on the 9Th inst,
in his ninety first year. One day he was WIS.,
tied by poeticaI monomaniac, who inflicted
a string of verses upon the patient baron and
then begged pecuuiary assistance. The baron
opened his purse and offered bank note,
which the verse-maker promptly transferred
to his pocket, expressing at the same time
profuse thanks for the encouragement he had
received. "You are mistaken, my friend"
replied the baron, ITO aid sick man is not to
encourage his maady."
| LADY census-takers will be a novelty OF the
pay i-f hon x,r;t Ha
liarly adapted to some of the requirements of
canvassers, but what these requirements are is
not stated. If an inventory of personal prop
erty was desired we can easily understand with
what superior intelligence the lady census
taker would inquire how many "monie" cloth
dresses the female American citizen possesses,
and il that lace was real ValencIennes, or that
crushed grape scarf or Parole belt was the only
one in the house. And then there would be no
fooling her az to the ages of the family; for If
there is one thing a woman can do better than
another 1t is to tell at CLAN zee how old people
are-especially those OF her own sex. The
number of babies in the family and the date OF
their advent woull also be one of the most
correct tables in the next census report. Other
advantages, too numerous to mention, make ii
not only expedient but absolutely necessary
that lady census-takers should be employed
for the canvass.
CHARLES READE published savage warn
ing against body infringing on his drama
tization of "The Assommoir." The London
Era printed a letter which said that anybody
had as good a right as he to appropriate Zoia's
work. Reade responds as follows: 81. An
anonymous letter writer, whether he sends
it to a gentleman by the post or points it at a
gentleman in a journal is caitiff who hits
and hides. This unpunished criminal is the
orst disgrace of literature; his efforts and his
conduct are the main cause of its low condI-
ion in England. 2. Charles Reade and his
peers are the glory of letters, and the men who
keep the literary character from falling into
universal contempt. ). When an anony.
nous letter writer attacks Charles Reade In
his business, 1t is as il Newgate were to pass
structures on the chief justice of tine queens
bench. 4. Every word this anonymous letter
writer has written is either falsehood, an
equivocation, or fallacy. his very signature
is n lie. He is not "French boy" but an
English skunk. France would not own him
I say that Zola is legal proprietor of tile
drama 'L'Assommoir,' and what 1 say i:
always the exact truth, no matter where say
it. In that character lola receives money
nightly from the French theater, and in thai
character he receives IL from me-"