The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-07-18
The soul of victory

Wrote out its lesson on the map OF Time
Where Ambition taught its creed, and Labor
wooed
The soul of victory
TABLE GOSSIP.
Not everything that totters falls.-Mon-
tesquieu.
Long prayers will not save man who
gives short weight.
Handsome underclothes have never been
in such demand as at present.
White Danish kid gloves, embroidered
with lilies of the valley, are worn BY brides
maide.
A doctor thinks tight-lscing is a public
benefit, because it kills of the foolish girIs
and leaves the wise ones to grow into WON
en-.
IT'S folly indeed that one should care
The sweets OF lie TO analyze;
To drink ones I'LL of the perfUz1ed air
Is the only way TO be truly wise.
Mr.. Emerson said: "It is an economy of
time to read mono bu. famed books"-those
already stamped with the approval of gener.
atoms.
Man milliners are on the increase in
Europe. They are employed in all tie fss l.
ionasle milliner establishments IF Paris ald
London.
Whiskey softens the brain, hardsns the
heart, limbers the knees, stifens the breath,
loosens the tongue and tightens the money
market.
That human symphony in black was quite
right when he said that in our Intercourse
with the world "we ought to have our peck
cts stuffed full of charity"
Nothing is our own; we hold our pleasures
Just little viii G ere they are fed;
One by one life Tobs Us of our treasures;
Nothing IS our own except our dead.
Adelaide Proctor.
A weapon is anything that can serve TO
wound; and sentiments are perhaps the
NEST cruel weapons man can employ to
wound his fellow msn.-Bslzac.
If we bad 6 keen vision and feeling of all
ordinary human life it would be like hearing
the grass grow and the squirrels heart beat,
and we should tie of that roar which lies on
the other side of silence.-George Eliot.
A Philadelphia clergyman preached on
the text, "ThOu shalt not tempt the Lord thy
God," and illustrated it with, HWe pray to
the Lord to give US health, and tempt him
with filthy streets, sewer gas, and bsd wa
ter.
A great controversy is raging in England
over the question OF reform In women's dress,
The London Lancet condemns the divided
skirt" as well as corsets and the weight of
clothing worn by women. On the other
han0, the divided skirt finds stsnch advocates
among the ladies.
Why are not the woolen goods for won-
ems clothes shrunk? The demands of the
time warrant the same provision for women
being caught out without waterproofs and
umbrellas as for men. But those who be-
lieve the world vas made for men must now
recognize that it must be made over for
women.
The proper "csper" this year is to tack 8
little tin sign on your door telling where
you have gone to spend the summer, and
when you will be back It is feared that
this will be temptation TO good deal of
white lying. 1t takes q good deal of
courage to write out the announcement:
"Gore down into the country to sponge
of my father-in-lsw. Be away al sum-
mer."
A Washington lady told Mrs. Gen. Sher-
man that the reason why the General had
such mania for st. Louis was because call
the ladies there will let him kiss them, here
they WON'T" Mrs. Sherman admitted that
the"General is rather handy with his MOUTH"
and "does nearly all the kissing for the FAM
ing her share; perhaps be wouldn't like to
have her go "hsndy with her mouth"
It happened last evening that one of our
citizens had occasion while at home to want
ten cents in change and asked his wife for 1t.
To his surprise she went to the ice chelt,
from which she took her wallet and gave
him q dime. "For heavens sake" inquired
he, "whst do you keep your money in the ice
chest fort" With an expressive shrug of the
shoulders she replied, ITO keep tit melts
away pretty quick" He saw the force of the
remark.
The railway to Pixies Peak viii be COM
pleted next summer. This road will be an
endlefs cable, strung about fifteen feet above
ground and viii be operated on the principle
Of cable street railway, with the diferenc
that the cars viii be attached beneath tn
cable instead Of above it. The cable will b,
supported on pillars about 1G0 feet apart
Tie cara will hold two persons and will run
st the rate Of four miles per hour. 1t takes
two hours and fifteen minutes TO reach the
TOP of the peak from Manitou. The peak is
14,147 feet above sea level, and Manitou is
1897 above, OF one mile and half below the
peak. 1t is between eight and nine miles in
sir lire from Manitou TO the eummit of the
peak.
Who marries for love takes g wife; who
marries for fortune takes mistress; who
rnarries for position takes lsdy. You are
loved by your wife, regarded by your mis-
treFs and tolerated by your lady. You have
a wife for yourself q mistress for your home
and friends, q lady for the world and So
ciely. Your wife viii agree with you. your
mistress will rule you and your lady will
mar age you. Your wife will take care of
your household, your mistress of your house,
! your lady of your appearances. II you are