The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18
PERSONALS.

PERSONALS.
SECRETARY BLAnrE. IT is reported, intends to
give the annual address at Kenyon College this
summer.
GATH" says Justice Miller, OF the Supreme
Court, IFS the sblest man yet produced west of the
Mississippi River"
A MARYLAND Judge would not permit Mrs.
Belva A. Lockwood the female lawyer Of Wash.
ington, 70 appear in his Court.
Ex-GovERsoR C. c. wAsHBuRs calls Minnespo-
lis Mimi, the most prosperous city in the United
States. and says that it ought to sprinkle its
streets.
AT last. by majority OF one vote. Mr.. Jay Gould
under the name of Stanley Matthews, of Ohio,
has been confirmed by the Senate as Judge of
the Supreme Court of the United States.-New
York Sun.
In regard to the alleged difficulties between
Mary Anderson and her fathermanager, the
newspapers don't seem to know which to accept
as the true story-ner alleged original statement
or her alleged contradictory card.
Mr.. r. MONTGOMERY SEARS bought the Brattle
Square Church in Boston at auction on Monday
for ss1 900. An attempt had previously been made
to raise, by subscription, sufficient to pur-
chase the Church and to preserve II for religious
service and musical purposes. The building cost
SIS, 900 ten years ago.
Ex-LIRUTENANT GOVERNOR KNIGHT, of Massa-
chusetts, Is charged with being entirely too init
mate with lady not his wife, and the East Hamp
ton Congregational Church. of which Mr. knight
is q member Is going to investigate the charges
Mr.. knight says that his attentions to the lady in
question had their handspring In purely Christ an
motives.
DORSEY is a good type of the Radical swindler
"a species of being who can look virtuous and
lowly and good in the very tolls of detection.
There is a real poetic fitness in his presence at the
head of the Republican National Committee.
We wonder how the people feel now about the
party around whom "all the morality" worth, I"
intelligence" and responsibility" rallied in the
late campaign.-Cleveland Plain Dealer,
DIR. McANALLY, of the St. Louis Christian Ad-
vocate, is arfaying himself against the Jump
Jim Crow" style of Sunday-school music, and de-
mands the introduction of select Church hymns
"to the exclusion of the jejune, wishy-washy and
sometimes senseless poetry-if poetry it may be
cllled--and the sloppy music that excites moth
ing of devotional spirit and trains the children
altogether OUT Of harmony with the music Of the
Church"
SOME time ago a paragraph went the round OF
the papers saying that Boston Corbett. the man
who shot wilkes Booth now lives in a state OF ex
tfene poverty a little farm not far from Phila-
delphia The fact is that he lives near Concordia,
Cloud County, Kansas, and Is in comfortable
circumstances. He is an occasional exhorter in
the country meetings and the people say he Is
1.-The rattliDgest talker ever heard of in these
parts"
or Washington Irving Mr.. Curtis says. in his
Easy Chair" that he one day met him at his
publishers at the time when Putnam's Monthly
was first beginning. The veteran writer was very
gay and cheerful full of encouragement. and said.
with his twinkling eye and piping voice: "But we
old ones had the advantage Of you; there are so
many Of you clever young fellows that you trip
each other up" Like Longfellow in the later
day, Irving had always the wsrmest word of cheer
and sympathy for every younger brother or sister
in letters.
THE late Emile de Girardin was In appearance
not unlike the first Napoleon, cultIyating with
care a certain lock that curled over his forehead
that would almost have sufhced to denote him
amongst a crowd. even to those with whom he
personally unacquainted. No better illus.
tration of his indefatigable nature can be fur
nished than his own reply TO the question why he
did not offer himself for election 10 the Senate.
On the suggestion being made TO him recently,
the aged politician, whose Cross Of the Legion Of
Honor dates from 1S42. answered: az am not old
enough"
THE New Orleans Christian Advocate says: at
is about time that the South should cease to
make poor mouth and that our people, in.
stead of complaining of the losses OF the War. cu
tivate the grace of Iberality. For many genera
atoms, we fear. the War will be pleaded as an
apology for our Withholding more than Is meet
The truth is the Southern people are generally
In very good circumstances. We must uproot
this chronic delusion about the poverty OF the
South. and quit ourselves like men In meeting
our own responsibilities"
GOVERNOR SMITH. of Wisconsin, has issued a
proclamation reminding the people that May 30
Is a public holiday In that State. and recommend
ing that they unite cordially and reverently in
strewing the graves of the Union dead with flow
ers. Wherever 1t is practicable" he says, "let
the strewing of flowers be supplemented with
paradesand music and orations and If in any place
public ceremonies are not held let some patriotic
and publicspirited man, woman. or child, see to
1t that no soldiers grave Is without tribute OF
spring flowers"
THE following good story of the Emperor VIII
liam is related by the Berlin correspondent OF the
Boston Post: Last year. while hunting in silesia
with the Duke of Mecklenburg and the King of
Saxony, the aged Kaiser proposed returning TO
their castle on foot. but soon becoming weary OF
the walk, he hailed passing wagon and requested
the driver to take them home. The peasant COM
Piled, but could not long restrain his curiosity
aud soon remarked: 4 suppose it is all right, and
you look all right, but will you please tell ne
who you are? i am the Grand Duke Of Mecklen
burg >Oho-o-OP exclaimed the rustic; and who
are your Il am the King of Saxony.' Ohio
ahemr calculated their driver; and you, mister
who are your am the Emperor There, tina
will do my fnends,' grinned the peasant and
dare say you would like to know who am.
am the Shah of Persia, and when it comes to tok
ing can take my part as we'll as the next man.
The three sovereigns were oonvulsed with laugh
ter but the peasant drew long face when n
found that he had been the ouly joker