The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-03

dow. looked up and could see no one, so con-
Guided the Lord had sent IL 10 me and | was
thankful. have never been in actual want since"
A DRIVER OF one of the Bellevue Hospital an
balances says his horse can not be forced out of a
walk when he has a corpse in the wagon. lie cites
instances where the horse has dropped from
trot to a walk when the patient expired while on
the road.
A FEW days since, while Two Alpine tourists
were making the ascent of the Hudstein. in the
Canton Appenzel. they were attacked by an eagle,
which, after circling avound them, tried to swoop
down first on one and then the other After de-
Tending themselves for some time with their alpen-
stocks the tourists beat nasty retreat IL IS sup
posed the eagles nest was somewhere IN the
neiglborhood
THE Engineering states that vessel constructed
OF paper was recently launched at St. Petersburg.
She is driven by steam. Her dimensions are:
Length, twenty-five feat; greatest width, five feet
with only few inches draught OF water. The re-
cent trials OF paper for railway material, the above
journal adds has led TO its present employment.
For many years paper boats however, have been
made and used in this country
Two brothers of the name OF Lawes. on creating
a disturbance at the Dublin Theater. were called
to order by the celebrated Felix McCarty, who was
in the same boy. One of them, presenting his
card, "You shall hear from one of us-our name is
Lawes." "Lawes, is it," quoth Felix. Then III
give you an addition to your name;' and, exerting
his well-known strength, he handed them both out
of the box, exelaiming, Now. by the powers,
you're both outlaws"
JUDGE BLEAzE. of Newbery, N c., having inn
paneled Jury TO try criminal case. arose and
said that witnesses and others have so little regard
for the sacred obligation of oath in these days
that ne fell constrained to say word on the sub
ject Then, with a wave of his hand, he asked all
present. TO stand up. whereupon he uttered a SOL
emn invocation OF Divine presence and guidance,
tify the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth"
Mr. +. NJ. SHIELDS OF Coopwood. Miss. is the
inventor of big gun just patented, which he
calls the Mississippi Sweepstakes" and describes
thus: 1.-THE gun shoots 900 balls at the explosion
of one cap. 1t viii kill and wound 500 men out of
lOOO men ut a distance of 100 yards. 1t has forty
nine barrels all combined in one, and eacl barrel
shooting degree and twelve minutes on
horizontal plane from the others Shooting dis
lance OF 100 yards it will covera space of 100 yards
filling want long felt"
Two Cincinnati policemen found on their beat
little black dog with one of his legs broken and
unable TO walk. They took the animal to the sta
ton and splintered up the broken limb, and in a
few days he all right again. Ever since the
dog has clung to the officers, running with them
on their rounds all night long and taking luncp
with them. During the day he puts up at shoe
makers snOp on the beat, but when darkness comes
on lie starts out and soon finds his friends, and
never leaves them until morning.
Is the water of salt Lake a ba:her can lie on the
surface of the water without any exertion what
ever, or by passing towel under his knees and
holding the two ends he can remain in amy depth
of water Kneeling, with the head and shoulders
out of water OF by shifting il under the sOles of
the of feet he can sit on the water The one ex
erion, in fact is TO keep ones balance: none
whatever is required to keep ahoat. The only
danger, therefore, arises from choking by acct
denlaliy swallowing some OF the water for the
strength OF the brine is intense that the muscles
OF the throat are CONFUSED and gulation en-
sues.
\ Boston man known as Mountain Dic'5'' has
been arrested for having four wives. lie i young,
very good looking and intelligent. but has been a
wild boy all his life. lie served awhile in the Re :
ular Army, but becoming enamored Of q Cheyenne
sQuaw, deliberately shot OF a finger that he might
procurea discharge. Having got that he married
the squaw and returned with her to Boston. But
he had been the possesor OF Two wives before he
went into the army. and they raised a row when
he brought the squaw home. He abandoned her
ana married white woman, whom ne lived with
little time He furnished no support t0any OF
his wives. but left them shift for themselves Ii
they couldn't get work he said thew might starve.
CHARLES RAwGISs. thirteen years OF age, man
aged to steal ride across the Atlantic after good
deal OF trouble Left an orphan in Liverpool when
five years OF age, he lodged in boxes. lofts and
stsirways, depending alternately on charity and
the garbage cart for food to keep him alive, and
wearing anything he could get for clothing, Jim
my WEIGH, old fellow ledger. came to this
country a short time ago, and ever since Charles
has been on the lookout to cross the pond. Pre-.
Stunning that every steamer which left Liverpool
came to America, he got carried to Germany once
| as q stowaway, and had to get back to his old
quarters by the same method Getting his b .a-ing
more accurately. the next time he succeeded in
reaching Boston and fin ding his old friend who
was delighted to see him.