The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-06-22
PERSONALS.

FIFTEEN thousand dentists torture the native
American.
THE revised has made 1t read 'bowls of wrath -
instead of "phials." 1t was too much trouble to
get the corks out OF the phials.
AN Irishman drinks whisky; a Frenchman,
wine; an Englishman, ale; a Dutchman, beer,
and an American anything he can get.
Hon. EMORY SPEER, of Georgia, the youngest
Member of the House of Representatives, is about
to be married to a Washington lady, the daughter
OF an eminent physician.
SENATOR BUTLER, of South Carolina, and Gen
eral Gibbon, U. S. A, commanding at Fort Smell
ling, near st. Paul. are at Winnipeg, Manitoba,
on a pleasure excursion.
Mr.. CHANG TsAS VII, who has for several years
past been a distinguished civil officer in China, is
mentioned as the new Chinese Minister to Amerf-
ca. He will arrive during the autumn.
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, of Newport, Cumberland
County, New Jersey, died last Friday, aged
eighty-six. Twelve children, 100 grandchildren
and forty REORGANIZATION attended his flu
neral, unless some one has-blundered.
Mr.. RUsKIN is now quite well again, and is
concerning himself, it is said, with the orderly
and decent interment of the dead cats and dogs in
his own immediate neighborhood of Ccniston.
The villagers throw their defunct animals into the
beautiful lake, and the excellent critic doesn't
like it.
JoHSP. HOWARD, of Burlington, VT, who, on
Monday last, gave $50, 600 to the Univerity of Yer
mont has signifed his intention of erecting in
University Park a colossal bronze statue of the
the old University building on the occasion of his
visit to Burlington in June, 1925.
TWENTY years ago a man never had a chance
after an English dinner party of even a Whit of a
cigarette, bpt that is far from being the case now.
Thackeray was once heard to apologize for his
early withdrawal from the table upon the plea of
an engagement elsewhere. But gil you not
have a cigar first?" inquired his host. "a cigar;
on. that is my engagement, was the frank reply:
and he remained till a late hour.
AT the London Geological Gardens there is an
elephant who eats buns out of your hat. Lord
NorthbrOok, who had heard of this. bought a
bun, put it in his hat and gracefully presented
the dish to the elephant. Unluckily this hap
pened 70 be the wrong elephant, and one whose
education has been neglected-for he took hat
and bun together. handed them into his capac-
iOus mouth, and munched them contentedly
amid the inextinguishable laughter of the on
AOOhCAc. IOAd INOANAlDl1OhA mas " Z 1CCONGINl
from the effects of this laughter. Everybody ask
him How about the elephant?'
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND says he asked a
venerable orthodox clergyman what he thought
of the revised Testament, and he said it remind
ed him. when he saw how little of the good old
forms of expression were retained, of a man who
went to a rich but not a very religious neighbor
and asked il he had a Bible in the house. "Yes.
I think must have a Bible, - said the man; 81
am pretty sure / have got IT," He went into the
house and came out with a half dozen sheets,
having probably torn up the rest for wrapping
paper. and said: "Neighbor, / didn't Know /
was so near out of a Bible, but there is almost
everything else in the house."
Mr.. FREDERICK DOUGLASS visited on Tuesday
the estate of Edmund Lloyd in Maryland, whence
he departed as a slave fifty-six years ago. He was
received with great courtesy and kindness by the
great-grandsons of his former owner, and ON en-
tering the old hall, where he had often played as
a slave-boy, he was invited to partake of the hos
FATALITIES of the house. Mr.. Douglass was visibly
affected at the great kindness and confederation
shown him, and drank the health of the family.
1t became noised about among the colored people
that Mr.. Douglass had arrived, and on his return
to the boat he was met by a number of the de-
scendaRts of the old slaves with whom he had
been acquainted when a boy. In the converse
ton with them he revived many of the early in
cidents of his life. Mr.. Edmund Lloyd and his
two brothers accompanied Mr.. Douglass back to
the enter, and after an expression of his graft
tude to them. and a God bless him." for their
father, ne departed.