The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-11
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Beaconsfield.
Painters and TUNES are short. So are many Of
the husbands who pay for them.
If Minister can receive the title of "Dr" why
can not physician have the title of "Rev?''
He was fond of singing revival hymns, and his
wife named their baby Fort, so that he would
want to hold it.
GENERAL ROBERT TooNBs Will lecture at Column
bus, Ga, in behalf of a Public Library to be es-
tablished there.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, the American Minister
at London, is sixtytwo years DID, but of fresh and
youthful appearance.
GENERAL MCCLELLAN has been invited by the
veterans of Antietam to help them celebrate their
next anniversary, September IL.
CARLYLE once wrote to popular author of the
Mark Twain school, asking him: And when, sir,
doyou bring out the comic Bible?''
THE President rides in saddle every evening
after office hours. and usually goes alone. He
rides leisurely and uncommonly well.
THE Paris Figaro hears that Minister Morton s
wife speaks French like Parisienne, and that he
will give numerous fetes next winter.
FIGHT life's battle in the easiest way. Remem-
Der that it is the sutler, not the soldier, who
makes money out of the war.-Boston Transcript
THE following receipt for eloquence is given by
'down-East'' orator: "Get yourself chock full of
the subject. knock out the bung and let nature
caper."
! HANK" MONK who drove Horace Greeley on
the memorable stage-ride "across the continent"
is now driving regularly on the stage line between
| Carson and Lake Tahoe, in Nevada.
/ TrrYr so,,,a of ,ol;+arass hoe haa, raaohad IN
Chicago, where the young men when they step
on a lady's foot bow and exelaim: "a thousand
pardois; really your foot is so small that didn't
see it."
"MY dear" said an anxious matron to her
daughter, lit is very wrong for young people to
be throwing kisses at each other" why So
mamma? I'm sure they don't hurt if they do
hit"
RICHARD A. PROCTOR is preparing to turn his
telescope on the star route. At least he is inter
ested in it, and has been heard to remark that
this star route seems to be a big thing and that
he had better see into it,"
PROFESSOR SWING says "the coming man will
be temperate, chaste merciful, just, generous
charitable. large hearted, sweet-tempered, Chris
tian good neighbor and a faithful citizen"
/ And he might have added, he will be some time
in coming.
WHEN President Lincoln's old home at Spring
field, ILL.,, was torn down, which happened butt
short time ago, an enterprising lad bought up all
the shingles, and with little scroll saw has made
them into brackets and other ornaments, which
he sells at fifty cents piece.
! SENATOR MAHoNE's favorite position in the
Senate is mentioned by the Washington Star as
lone of ease if not of grace" 1t recalls some
chapters of Dickens The doughty Senator leans
back in his chair places both feet on the top of
his Senatorial desk and watches everything that
goes on.
If the President allows mere political consider
atoms to impel him to withdraw nomination
from the Senate, he is contributing uncon-
sciously, 1t may seem, but none the less eff
fectually, to continue the system which regards
the offices as the spoils of political struggles
New York Graphic.
BEYOND a few adventures floating in every
| society, who like mischief for mischiefs sake,
and are ready tomorrow for whatever would
summon them, the American people are pro-
foundly devoted to peace. We would not raise
hand for all the domains that ever belonged to
the Montezumas-New York Herald.
THE celebrated cypress tree that had stood near
the city Of Sparta, Greece, for over $500 years,
and was described by Pausanias 400 years before
the coming of Christ, has been destroyed by
band OF strolling Gypsies, who camped beneath it
and left it burning. 1t seventy-five feet high
and ten feet in diameter. The people of Sparta
greatly mourn its loss.
THE Empress Josephine changed her linen three
times day, and never wore any stockings that
were not new. Huge baskets were brought to her
containing dresses. shawl5 and hats. From these
she selected the costume of the day. She pos
sessed between 200 and 400 shawls, and always
wore one in the morning, which she draped about
her shoulders with unqualified grace.
WHAT! President of the United States an
| open, avowed, shameless and sharp dealer in the
spoils of office! The nominations President Gar
| field had made were either fit or unfit. If they
were unfit, they should never have been made.
| If they were fit, they should not have been with
drawn. President Garhe has lowered himself
immensely and immeasurably.-New York Sun.
THE duty of the Democratic Senators now is to
sustain the President in his perfectly Constitu-
tional withdrawal of the other appointments,
and to confirm Collector Robertson who has
been duly nominated and bears the unanimous
Endorsement Of his State Legislature. No 'cour-
tesy of the Senate" will excuse any Democrat
who turns traitor to his own party and gives aid
and comfort to the Dead Rabbit gang of Conkling
rioters by his voice or his votes.-New York Star.
NICHOLAS. the Grand Duke who has been ex
lied from Russia for his supposed relations with
the Nihilists is a cousin of the Gar and an invet-
crate scapegrace. His escapade with the Ameri-
can adventures, Miss Hattie Blackford, better
known as Fanny Lear, brought him into unenvia-
BILE notoriety. He was the black sheep o. the Ro-
manoffs and what with stealing diamonds, play
ing Don Juan and engaging in Nhilist plo.s. there
was no other resource left but to put him where
he can do no further harm to himself or The ruler
of the Russias.
THE Countess de Saint Cricq. descendant of
the Chevalier Bayard. lately died at great age.
She was an intellectual and womanly woman,
and as an instance of her goodness.of heart it is
related that she kept at her country house an old
| donkey that had been accustomed for thirty
| years to go to market with baskets on each side,
filed with farm produce. He had grown SO
weak and so old that he could no longer bear
laden baskets, and so to spare him the mortiica-
ton OF staying at home on market days she
would send him regularly to market with empty
baskets.