The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-31

duce bin this session substituting the guilIotine
for the method now In vogue. in consequence OF u
horrid scene at a recent execution.
PRINCE CHARLES, of Prussia. who died on Sun
day. was as ioveterate a smoker as General Grant.
For sixty years past he had smoked from twenty
to twentY-four strong Havana cigars daily and he
lived In good health end spirits 10 the rather ripe
age of eighty-three years.
SOME six yeara ago the Empress of Germany an
nounced in the Onicial Gazette that she would
henceforth decorate with golden cross every fe
male servant who had passed forty years of her
life in the same family. A recent issue of the
Official Gsz site publishes list of the recipients
of this royal favor since 1876. and they number
SeS In these six years, the relations between mis-
tress and maid in Germany must be more salts
factory than in this county.
UTAH Commissioner Pettigrew thinks that DO
lygamy will die of itself He has observed that
the young men of education are not polygamists
He noticed as singular the fact that only thirty
five persons out of 600 who registered last year
were polygamists. He attributed this to the advice
of the wiser men among them that polygemis.s
should not attempt to vote under this Commits
sion. lest they be placed in the act of opposing It,
Their present attitude seems one of Cancellation.
THE recent anniversary OF Daniel Webster's
birthday brought out some new stories OF thai
statesman. To a Boston lady. il is said, be once
declared that of one thing he was proud. namely,
his success In carving and serving roasted goose
to ten persons. He had ten hungry Marshfeld
farmers 10 dine with him. At one end of the
table was a roasted turkey, and at the other the
goose. When asked which he would have each
guest said Goose" And carved that goose -
said the great senator, exultingly $50 as to mske
it go around; and that was something to be proud
Of"
WHEN a handsome Providence woman fell upon
the icy sidewalk the other day five gentlemen gal
lantly rushed to the rescue and helped her into a
neighbOrlDg store. She said she. feared her
leg was broken, and then each of the anxious at
teDdants wanted the others 10 run for the doctor
while he remained to cheer the sufferer The lady
said she would prefer carpenter rather than a
physician, as the injured limb was wooden one,
and ten seconds later Eve estmable citizens. who
suddenly remembered imperative engagements
might have been seen silently vending their way
to their several places of business.
ONE OF the persons who were not swindled dur
irg the Graveyard Insurance craze was Mrs.
Frances George more familiarity known as Gran
ny smith, Of Harrisburg, Pa, who died last
Thursday at the age of eighty The ole woman
was capital subject for speculation and it is said
that her life insured at the time for an sggre
gate of 10000 by dozsn different operators She
never refused application and never failed to
intimate that the people who were going to max
so much mOney.by her death could well afford to
the comfort of her last days by small presents in
the shape OF money or provisions. Thus she con
trived 10 get on snugly for a considerable time,
and lived TO verify her prediction that the swind
ling Companies would be dead before she was
THE late Clark Mills was man OF original ideas
and determined to carry them into effect Thir-
ty-one years ago, when he built furnace in
Washington, In which to melt the bronze for his
great statue of Jackson, scientific men ridiculed
him for constructing it partly under ground
Away down there, they SAID, thery would not be
enough oxygen for fire to melt bronze. He an
swered that he would secure sufficient heat by
preventing its escape through the chimney. 0na
South Carolina farm, he said, he once knew a
heavy iron chain TO be missing. After a long
search it was found melted into shapeless mass
at the bottom of a charcoal pit. III there was
heat enough confined in that pit to melt iron, he
felt sure that he could melt brorze I'm his half
underground furnace. SO he persevered, and the
logic OF events in time proved that he was right.
THE statement has been widely circulated that
the oldest living United States Senator is Joseph
Cilley, of New Hampshire, who was ia the Senate
for short term from 1916 to 1877. The shreve.
port Ls Standard calls attention to the fact that
several ex-Senators are now living who antedate
Mr.. Cilley's term of service The Oldest of all
is Ex-Governor AL xander Mouton, of Louisiana
whose venerable f7uIe is occasionally seen on the
streets of New Orleans. and who resides in the
Parish of ST Martin. Governor Mouton served in
the Senate for the full term from 1887 to 1913.
Among Others mentioned by the Standard are
General David K. Atkinson, Henry A Foster and
Simon Cameron. General Atkinson was long
the presiding officer Of the Senate, which he en-
tered III 1888, and is still enjoying vigorous old
age at his home in Missouri Henry A. Foster
succeeded Silas Wright in 1884, and Simon Cam.
eron became Senator as early as 1915.
SIR SAMUEL MARTIN. well known as a Baron of
the Exchequer in London, after eighty-two years
Of vigorous existence expired on January az his
temporary residence in London. The London
Times says OF him: "His great practical know-
edge, his shrewd common sense, ana genial
humor made him extremely popular with law
yers, juTies, and the public. His judgments were
remarkable for brevity, and many stories were
told of the rapid decisions with which he was
want to cut the knots of litigation. AS an advo-
cate, he had borne in mind the golden rule not to
perplex the jury with too many details, but
to put his best point TO them. and to
put it strongly. As judge. he would like
wise seek to reduce matters to q small
compass After a mass Of contradictory evidence
had been given and Ions speeches had been
made in case which Mr.. Baron Martin was try
Ing, he summed up as follows: Gentlemen of the
Jury, you have heard the evidence and the
speeches of the learned counsel. If you believe
the old woman in red. you will find the prisoner
guilty; If you do not believe her. you will find
her not guilty His kindly nature sometimes
overlooked In charity to those whose wees csme
before him In Court. A wandering boy fiddler
had been robbed by gypsies aud left tied to tree.
The scoundrels who had pillsged him were. discov-
cred aud sentenced by Baron Martin. The lie rned
Judge made inquiry about the prosecutor found
he vas alone Ia the world, used influence to ge
him into school, aud regularysent him hamper
while he was there. The object OF this wisely
directed assistance now occupies respectable po-
sition IN life"
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