The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17


I'm lord of the iap-jacK clan;
To no pancake will play second fiddle,
And cater to mortal man.
I'm found in palace or hotel the same,
The tables my native heather;
vanish when spring kisses soft DER the plain,
And l vanish In winter weather.
Burlington Hawkeye.
Oblivion is the flower that grows best on
graves.-George Sand.
"Up to the hour of going to press" she
said her beau had never Rugged her.
Many man slips three-cent piece into
the contribution box with ten-cent air.
Milkmen rarely have water on the brain.
They put it where it is far more profitable.
A fellow who had been to the circus spoke
of his girls cheek as splendid side show.
Lovir' cottage is more common than
lovin' the cottage mistress-Boston Tran
script.
A determination to be amiable is an ap-
preparation for the improvement of the river
of life.
The Lowell Sun recommends 'patent
inside" for a country editor troubled with
dyspepsia.
Many preachers seek to impress their
hearers with the fact that life is short, but
AOA RNS ~ IA thCA SOiAhOhc-
Every mans work, pursued steadily, tends
to become an end of itself, and to bridge
oyer the Loneliness of life.
Somebody notes that love is more inter-
esting than marriage, for the same reason
that romance is more enticing than history.
An old fashioned spinning wheel is the
proper thing for the parlor, but old fashioned
spinning yarn is confined to the backyard
fence
"What a blessing it is said hard work
ing Irishmsn, shat night niver comes on
till late in the day, whin a man is tired and
can't work any at ALL"
The man who owns fine gold collar
button with diamond set in the center,
always considers it cooler now and more
comfortable to go without necktie.
"Landlady,' said be, "the coffee isn't
settled" "No," she replied, "but it comes
as near to it as your last months board bill
does and that man never spoke again
during the meal.
al haven't work enough for another SER
want" said lady to girl who applied for
situation. "Oh. yes. you have. ma'am.
len take precious little to keep me busy"
was the naive response.
81 tell you," says rabid free thinker,
''the idea that there is a Ged never comes
into my head" "Ah, precisely like my dog.
But there Is this difierence-he doesn't go
round bowling about it."
An Irish porter, closing a shop one rainy
evening, took off bis coat while putting up
the shutters. When asked why he went
out in bis shrt-sleeves in the rain, "Shure,"
said he, 'don't want dry coat to go home
inf"
"Introduce to me your intended" said
his friend. 'She is not my intended; she is
my wife. " "Pshawi you were hugging and
kissing her almost in public" Eyes, but we
have been married only month, and had
forgotten that she was my wife"
Darling, Kiss Me Sweet goodnight is
the latest song. One young man sang it in
the presence of his gicl the other evening,
and just as she was about to act In accord
ance with the words of the song her dear
papa put in an appearance and filed the
youths coat tails full of boots.--Danbury
News.
Don't you think" said a brother lawyer
to Judge Underwood, shat Jim Pierson is
the. greatest liar of n lawyer that you ever
saw?" al should be sorry TO say that of
Brother Pierson." replied the Judge; "but
he is certainly more economical of the
truth than any other lawyer in the cir
cuitp' Si'''-