The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-10

the men attacked the detective, oyerpowered
him, Notwithstanding a revolver of which
he made use, administered severe castiga-
ton, and left him more dead than alive in
the gutter The oyerzealous detective was
picked up by some policemen and carried TO
the hospital.
A sweet, sirup-like liquid sexudes from
the bodies of plant lice (aphidesl, which feed
upon the younger portions of trees. This
''honey dew as il is called. is frequently so
abundant as to cover the ground beneath,
and in many places is usually spoken of as
''the oil from the trees" Bees gather the
sweet oxidation for the purpose of making
1t into honey, and ants are also fond of il.
ltwas his first appearance at church, and
in order that he might sit perfectly still and
keep his little chatter between his teeth, he
was told that big dog would bite him if he
didn't keep that quiet The little fellow
cast several chances up and down the aisle
and at last, Just in the most interesting part
of the minister's prayer, startled the con-
gregation by piping up: Mamma, where
is the dog?'-St Louis Dispatch.
The P0lled Angus breed of cattle have
been yearly rising in, value. In 1850 the
late Mr.. McCombie held his first sale The
| highest price then realized was f35 sterling
| (S175); in 1857 the highest price realized was
$50; in 1850 1913 was obtained; in 1861 the
price went up to S36S; in 1871, 1915; in 1874.
1896; in 1878, s725. and in 1880, in season
of great depression among English farmers,
the closing out sale was made and the high
est price obtained was $1,4ls
1t was in the Galveston Opera House
The two gentlemen were from the country
After the curtain fell on the first act one of
them, who had been readingthe programme,
said, in an excited manner: ITS an in
fernal swindle, just got up to take in stran-
gers" ''What's swindle?' "Here il says
the next act is two years later. wonder if
they think we are going 10 stay in Calves
ton, at two dollars day, for two years, just
TO see this thing out?' They went out and
saw the ticket mau about it.-Galveston
News
Rev. Mr.. Genefiux fell down stairs last
Sunday morning with fiower-vase in one
hand, a pitcher of water in the other a
lamp globe under the other, and china
saueer tucked in his coat-pocket He was
trying to carry all these things down stairs,
and he succeeded. But when he got thepi
to the bottom. and his anxious wife
screamed from the head of the stairs to
know if he had broken anything, he took
an account of the stock, and calmly reported
that che had broken everything but the Sab
bath" The only thing" petulantly COM
mented his careful and economical wife,
that we could afford to break
In Providence, r. l., on the 10Th inst,
there will be a gathering of Eddys from all
parts of the United States, and perhaps rep
resentatives of the family from England
also They will meet to celebrate the two
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the
landing of John and Samual Eddy at Ply
mouth, Mass, in 1880. Samuel and John
were the sons of William Eddye, vicar of St
Dunstan's Church. in Clanbrook, Kent, Eng
land The vicar died in 1916, and at least
two of his children found their way to the
Western wilds. They sailed from Boxted in
the good brig Handmade, and were of the
last company of the Pilgrims. properly so
called. .-ff.
Recorder: James Webster, you are &C
cused of robbing old Nose of four dollars on
the corner of Galveston avenue" Prisoner:
Eyes, sab; l is oh de 'pinion dat de miti-
gatin circumstance ought to be tuck inter
consideration" What mitigating circum-
stance do you refer tor" s'De trouble tuck
not to hurt his feelings / knows what de
ole man suffers when he has to part wild a
dime, so / fixed it SO he nebber knowed
when he parted wild de cash." That was
very kind in you. How did you manage itg'
81 jest chloroformed him out oh pure kind
ness wild club before / ran my hand in his
pocket. He is mighty wiry ole man when
he is awake, and you has to get 'sessment
fur campaign purposes outen him. Gal
weston News.
1t was C. +. Denecourt, or the ''Sylvanus
OF the L crest, as ne grew 10 De aHectlOnate-
ly called by the people of Fontainebleau,
who first made its beauties accessible main
ly, if not wholly. to the American tourist.
He was born in 1888. near the forest, and
after serving under the first Napoleon, whom
he adored, came back, broken and wounded,
to die there. But the solitudes he thought
would be his tomb became his remedy.
Knowing every splendid tree and curious
site, he noted it. and. marking out Indian
trail for himself, conceived the idea of max
ing little foot-paths to lead to these special
spots. He cleared thus $50 kilometres of
road, and planned at least twenty different
walks. Fayorite sites and trees were named
after favorite heroes; he branded each not
able object with blue or red star; he paint
ed blue arrows on rocks or trees to indicate
the route, and, though now dead five years,
his map and guide-book still direct the wan
derer.