The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-04-13

The man who speaks to the point has
sharp interlocutOr.
There's a meter in every hymn, and a
him in every meet her.
The largest ant is the elephant, and the
worst uncle the carb-uncle.
A single game OF cards for $4,000 was
lately played in club at Nice.
There are great many substitutes for
tobacco. We know of a man in the country
who smokes hams.
The meanest qh in the universe lives in
Philadelphia. PA" she said Il do wish
you would lend me your lovely red nose to
paint my cheeks with"
When we hear u man boast of the length
OF his ancestry we are reminded of the
quaint saying OF the farmer: The older the
seed the worse the crop"
do not marry a widower," said the old
lady. "A ready-made family is like a plate
of cold potatoes" "0h, I'll soon warm
them over, replied the damsel, and she did
1--WE men of the Bourse," he said to his
friend, ARE much illuminated. | have
now been ut the Bourse for more than ten
years, and / never knew but two rascals who
amounted to anything" "And who is the
otherP' asked the friend.
Since sheep was first burned to test the
cinerated in the lie Moyne Crematory at
Washington, Pa, four of them the present
year. OF the subjects" five were from
New York, four from Pennsylvania, one
| was from Ohio one from Indiana, and one
from Massachusetts,.
II want TO find out who is the master of
this house" said the man with a book under
his arm 10 the vinegary-looking woman with
a pointed nose and a very small top-knot who
g. l.;
she said with arms akimbo, you just walk
| around into the back yard and ask little
| spindle-shanked deacon you'll find there fix
| ing up the grape-arbOr and he'll tell you il
| don't boss this ranch he don't know who
does. Now, what do you want of me?'
Mr.. Samuel Deacon was q somewhat cele-
brated Baptist minister. He was notably
homely of cOuntenance-so homely that it
seemed as though he must have been made
| up of the odds and ends that we're left over
He was quite sensitive about his appearance
withal and wrote the following lines to
ward off the shafts of ridicule:
The carcass that you look at so
| Is not Sam Deacon. you must know:
But it's the carriage-the machine
| Which Samuel Deacon rideth in.
A correspondent of the London Echo
writes that matrimony, an expensive luxury
/ at all times, is rendered still more so in En-
| HlHIlU DH Tx uDOu Inc
duty is seventeen shillings an ounce and
the revenue derived therefrom is about
100000 per annum. The fashion of wear
ing very thick wedding rings has greatly in
creased the revenue of late years, viz. {: from
$50, 900 to 100000. The correspondent adds:
Foreigners may we'll laugh at our calling
ourselves free trade Nation. In no other
country in the world is wedding ring
taxed"
Verify it is hard to carry out total absti-
| nence principles. III the Investigations of
NJ. Muntz are trustworthy, there is no longer
much comfort or credit in refusing the mild
stimulus of wine sauce, for alcohol is found
in spring, river, sea and rain water and in
sugar. Nay, more; il probably exists, in the
state of vapor, in the very air which the
teetotaller in common with the rest of man.
kind, is com PEELED to breathe. Moreover,
little would be gained if he should refuse to
breathe and die for his principles, for his
mortal remains would absorb alcohol from
the earth In which they were laid and smell
to Heaven"
An interesting incident in connection
with the departure of the Princess of Wales
for ST. Petersburg took place Immediately
before the train was set in motion A favor
lite dog, joss, accompanied Her Royal
Highness TO the station, and was with much
difficulty confined to the waiting room till
her departure. After frequent plunges the
fine animal slipped her collar and dashed
out upon the platform just as the train was
i'm motion. The Princess remained at the
carriage window waving adieux to friends
and acknowledging the hearty farewell
cheers of the dense crowd of spectators, but
Her Royal Highness evidently did not per
ceive the efforts of the dog to overtake the
train The devoted animal was last OBJ
served following the carriage down the line
still in pursuit till he was ultimately lost to
view in the outer darkness. Up to late
hour he had not been recovered and fears
were entertained for his fate along so danger
Gus track.