The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01

he faltered perceptibly. and as be sat down
by the side of the minister of the parish he
whispered: doctor, don't know to whom
those eyes belong which are directly facing
me, but they are quite too much for me, and
can not preach" Mr.. Webster was re-
spopsible for an extempoIaneous discourse
that morning.-Boston Advertiser.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD attributes his re-
marksble health at eighty to his custom
of walking down town to his Office every
morning theoretically advising people to
follow his example, which statement leads
Town Topics to quote the saying about
mans foes being those of his own household,
Mr.. Cyrus w. Field, David Dudley's brother,
being one of the principal owners Of the
Il" roads.
JOSEPH Cook says that preacher stand.
ing with cigar in one hand and the Word
in the other is spectacle which arouses at
tention. A Boston clerical smoker asks
why Mr.. Cook should arouse more attention
with cigar in his hand than when eating
Aapjacks or holding bootjack. There is
no more wickednsss,' ne adds, ''in a cigar
than in plate of hash, and one is not more
congruous with what Mr.. Cook calls the
Word than the other"
INVITED to deliver the st. Patrick's Day
Grafton this year before the Irishmen of OF
tawa Canada, Mr.. John Boyle OReilly, of
the Pilot BOSTON,. inquired OF the English
Home Sc cretary if Her Majestys Govern
ment would on that occasion grant him n
munity from arrest on British soil for his
completely in the Fenian operations of 1866.
The answer was that such immunity could
not saioly be granted" So, although his
countrymen in Canada are still anxious for
him to visit them, says the Plot. las he can
not afford to alarm his family and perhaps
seriously interfere with his business by such
an experiment, it is not probable that he
will co."
A WHILE ago some gentlemen, among
whom was Senator Lamar, made morning
call on Clara Morris. They found her at
breakfast, although the hour was noon. Ia
her lap was her packet of morning letters.
She amused her friends by reading to them
some of the thoughts of her uncommonly
bright correspondents. The Senator saw an
envelope, and said: That's Watterson's
writing. Do let Us hear what he has to say!'
The actress complied, and read the first four
sentences through, which turned out to be
this: "Clara, ] am satisfied you are my enc
my. If not. why do you speak so severely
about my friends? Why, o why, in your
last do you allude to your admirer and my
hero, Lamar, as Old Soap Locks? 1t is terri
ble." Tableaul The brilliant company, the
Senator included, were sensible enough to
dissipate the situation with laugh.
FLORENCE MARRYAT has been on lecture
tour in this country, and che is used up by
it, "Before l came to America" che says,
~ was urged to wear my prettiest dresses,
because Americans appreciated things oil
that kind. Those beautiful gowns have been
ruined, sweeping the dirty stages OF the lit
tie concert halls through the oil regions and
mining towns of the West. OF Canada can
not complain, but since entered the United
States my tour has been one continual round
Of hardships. Lwould get off the train in
the evening to be driven through the rain OF
snow to the hall. Then / would frequently
be obliged to change my travelling dress in 9
cold dressing.room, and then, after a steady
two hours of talking and singing, would be
Obliged to hurry on my travelling costume
again and drive in the open carriage either
to another train or to some dingy country
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