The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-07-11

for you.' "Wby, indeedl IL not SHat0gs
q charming place-the society, the balls, th >
music, the wa.ersf" "Ah, yes; bitter waters
of disappointment. was there last year,
and three broken engagements was the re-
sult--snd still-and still" "Unmarried."
"Yes. Don't 60 to Saratoga"
1t is fortunate now that the feet of the
kitchen girl who lights the kitchen fire with
kerosene has become some v hat blase, that
the young lady of the house comes to the
fore and demonstrates tina. death can be
also achieved by washing kid gloves in
nspihs, putting the gloves on and going TO
the fire to dry Them. The process is some
Whist mere laborIous, but then it Is vastly
more elegant.
The late Baron de Rotbschild once took 8
cab TO his ofices, ard alighting, rendered the
proper fare. The cabmsn received il, bu.
kept his hand open and looked at the money
Significantly, which cSused the Baron TO In
quire whether it was not right. "Oh, yes"
replied the csbman, otis quite right, but
your sons usually give me double" They
do, do theyf" was he Bsron's reply; "well
they have rich father, and afford il; have
net"
The gas bill is less and the ice bill is bigger;
The ear fare foots up TO q terrible figure;
The sun smites your head like a pedagogue's ruler;
on SIT In QrAuBnt ana get c1lu, out no cOoier;
The seaside is sought for the sake of immersion;
Yon spend your last dollar 10 join an excursion;
The insects OF night grow more lively aud numer-
The 8y. in his Franks, is more fe1dishly humor-
Gus;
Your hat from your brow is more caroessly tilted
A couple of hours and your shirt collars wilted
You sit in the shade and grow GUNNER and GUM
mer,
And taste all the joys of roasting hot summer
Ancient history of base ball: We read q
J. G-al laro hall
man, second base man and third base man,
and also Of the short stop man. and it occurs
TO US that Cain wss probably the original
first base man, Judas Iscsriot second and
Nero third, while the wandering Jew may
be regarded as the original short stop wher.
ever he went. Noah was propsbly the frat
pitcher, for he pitched the ark within and
without.
Girl on a ladder
hopping of winder,
L0Dg comes man,
With no one to hinder,
Climbs up the ladder,
Puts his arm around her,
Smacks her on the mouth
Y forty horsepower sOunder-
Naugty mani
The girl turns around.
With sudden stop,
Reaches for the man
To use him for mop,
Gets q good, strong hold
No one nigh TO hinder,
Goes night ahead
hopping off the winder-
With the man!
Mr.. NJ. D. Conway, writing from London
TO the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette about
the Fisheries Exhibition, says: judge by
the appearance Of TIE American Bar" that
the United States understand the close con.
Dection between fish and thirst. A large
framed poster gives in detail the names of
ninety-four different kinds of American
drinks. The fact that the war is ended and
the Union restored is delicstely shown in
the three IS penny ''long drinks" re'pec.
lively called ''Stonewall Jackson" "Presi-
dent Lincolnn and General Grant," placed
side by side. It will be interesting. perhaps,
to your teetotsl readers to know that small
placsrds are widely distributed with the
names Of these ninely-four drinks printed on
a brillisnt background of stars and stripes.