The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-23

reply. Maori shook his head, repeating "the po-
tato Is cooked The meaning attached TO the
phrase by experts is that the English have dealt
with TIE Whit as the fire does with the potato,
and that any discussion between the potato and
the fire which has cooked it is useless.
THEY were talking Of literature when she re-
marked: How admire Hogg. His tender Fms
fairly bristle with good points" 81 am partial to
Bacon" said he, land consider Hogg a boar"
Ibid you ever study the metrical rhythm Of
Hogs feet?'' she asked. ''Yes, but do not find
so much wisdom interlarded as in Bacon's prose-"
Then they sat down in one chair, and he held her
Akenside.
LADY in society asked a friend, in confidence
TO tell her what was the meaning OF the express
sion savon frere. why replied the friend,
"savon means soap and frere a brother, but
can't see any sense in putting the two together,
can your Indeed, can not, and that's what
has puzzled me, for a lady said yesterday, in my
hearing. that she admired Mrs. L. because she has
so much savoi, frere," shade Of the late Gen
eral Co. Could she have ment savoir faire?
IN the winter swallows collect by millions lin
Louisiana swamps and feed on what the French
call swallow trees, species OF willow. They will
settle on the trees in such myriads as to break
a
mustard-seed shot from a double gun will some
times kill thirty or forty dozen at orce. They are
dressed and sold in the market for fifteen cents
dozen, and are used by French and Creoles in
making "jumbles," preparation of nee aud
meat fish or game
MADAME TRoLLoPE's Folly" the quaint old
fashioned building erected in Cincinnati more
than fifty years ago by the mother of T. 4. and
Trollope meant the building for a bazar for the
sale of fancy goods and put about 900 into her
venture. 1t was a failure and she went home to
England and wrote her book about America The
building. which has ever since been popularity
known as 'siadame Trollopes Folly" was the
scene of Cincnnsti's first Industrial Exhibition.
GENERAL GRANT is one of the busiest men in
the country. He is to-day in Mexican railroad
enterprises, has interest of $4,000 in broker
house here, is President of the New York Inter
national Exhibition Company, and Director in
Victor Newcomb's new Bank of the United States.
It is understood that $3.50 600 has been raised for
him. and his stomach holds out, Notwithstanding
the innumemble dinners he takes while he looks
down upon all his critics with substantially
and composure terrible for tnem to regard
Gath"
senger railway car in Philadelphia one day last
week, had her attention attracted TO a very hand
some diamond ring on the finger of a gentlemanly-
looking passenger beside her. The lady left the
car and proceeded to a store. where she made sew
eral purchases, but on putting her hand in her
pocket for her purse found il had disappeared.
and in its place found the diamond ring that had
attracted her attention. A jeweer pronounced il
worth $500. II is supposed the setting Of the ring
caught in her pocket, and it stripped from
the finger of the thief The pocket book contained
about S1O and the lady is the richer 10y $780, This
is fairy story, and will be vouched for by sew.
eral persons.
AT a recent meeting of the British National
Temperance League, held at the Mansion House
and presided over by the Lord Mayor Of London,
it was stated that temperance branches have
been formed in the Army in large number OF
regiments, brigades and depots, and that the
number of teetotalefs in the service was about
&C. 600, of whom 5000 were in India In the Navy
the progress of the cause is equally satisfactory
Seven years ago there were only twenty four
temperance branches in the Navy; but now there
is one in almost every commissioned ship in the
service, and more than 200 OF the men in the
Navy registered abstainers, while OF the 1000
boys in training for the service, more than hall
are pledged to total abstinence. Admiral Sir
William King Hall, who addressed the meeting,
said he took the pledge about eighteen years ago,
and that he believed there were now about 1000
abstainers, pledged and unpledged, in the Navy