The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31


Hanging OF the ragged edge is now rem
dered lettering on the slippery brink"
The fellows who are waiting for the office
TO seek the man are getting awfully tired.
According 10 the London Times, the price
of diamonds has stea lily fallen from Sl5 TO
$40 per karat.
The Bible Revision is said to have cost tho
University Press of Oxford and Cambridge
more than 100000.
A young lady who keeps an autograph al
bum expressly for male signatures refers to
it as her him book"
A noted Arabian chieftain, Abdel Kaier,
always maintained thst the two gre enc
emies of the horse were rest aud fat.
France and Greecs have 100 holidays sn-
nusIly; Russia &C. Belgium g., EogiaDd Sc
and the United States so, Taeae include
Sundays.
a scientist now declares that the tip OF
the nose is the home of the soul. Ii has Ger
tsinly often shown where departed spirits
have gone.
A jamestown, Justice decides that
profanity is not punishable a. Law waen
caused ny neighbours hens scratching up
the defendant garden.
New JERSEY sends wife heaters 10 the peni-
Tertiary for one year. 1t doubtless however
allows their wives TO send them goodies dur
ing their imprisonment.
Yes, observed the WIDOW. 1t y as rather
disgrace to have him hanged, but you don't
know what relief it is Tor me to know
where he is at night time"
4 Cincinnati girl drowned herself inst be.
fore she was goihg ID be married. No reason
was given tor the deed other than that she
was en- ged to Cincinnati man.
Halo, old man. what on earth are you
going to do?' Dine. of course" Dine9
Why, it's only three O'Clock" Il know, my
va m I'm
When a woman IL giving her husband a
BIT OF her mind be should try 70 imagine
what it would be like il he was Mormon
and was having seventeen such bits served
up to him.
There are about 200O 600 commercial trav-
ele in this country. Their average salary
Is 81 800 q year and expenses. Oyer p coo
belong to associations for mutual protection,
life insurance. etc.
Fifty.four unfortunate gamblers have de-
atroyed themselves at Monaco thas fer dur
ing the present season. The Princes con
science must be al uncomfortable bed
fellow II he ever considers the source Of his.
income.
Two girls IN Sacramento. Cal, who
thought Il would be fun TO black their faces,
unfortunately got coloriDg preparation
that won't wash Of. 1t acts ike dye on the
skin, and chemists cay it viii probably
not wear of for months.
II mas 0eGn well announced tHef anybody.
on eiths r eide, prominent or likely 20 become
so, in Afghanistan was of Irish descent.
Now Dublin paper states that General
komaroff grandmother Was al IrishScman
Of the name OF Mcnamara.
On the streets of Calhoun, Ga, recently
there &ere three old men talking together,
al members Of the Baptist church, who had
been married seven times, and tie aggregate
age al the three was 90 years All are active
and in good health for men OF Their sgs.
In russia man aust pay his taxes before
be pays the preacher, or doctor, or under
taker. An American simply moves q few
miles cnt OF town aud the tex gasherer can't
touch him It is for such blessings as these
that our foretather3 tt in the revolution.
The lumber TOR IS 600 clothes-pins cost s.,
and the clothes pins are worth $3.50. Four
kinds OF saws. a revolving polishing cylinder
OF iron aud kiln are requisite for theiT
manufacture, and the poor creature who.
makes them has only 80 per cent. profit
when he sells them for one cent.
The length Of the projected railway from
London 10 Bombay is estimated s. nearly
600 miles the route contemplated being
through Paris, Madrid, lbraltar. Tapeierss
Tunis. Tripol, BssOrsh, Kslas 70 hurAchu
and Bombay. Ii is expected that the JAR
Dey Will be made IN nine days, or al average
OF thiriy.hve miles per hour.
! II is estimated that the total stocs OF gold
ia the world in use as coin, or O. co n. OF -
! banking reserves in one shape o. other IS
about 81 SIS, 500, COO OF which total bnGland
/ has S6l2 $50 COO: Franco $500 90 %. Uar-
many. 1888 500 900; and the United sia,es.
| SAL 10 600. Other nations come IN ior
shares varying from So SIS 600 IN the case Of
Holland, 10 Sl47 IA 900 inSpsin.
The Kansas Supreme Court has been called
upon to decide a point probably never before
| raised. II seems that when tue jay went
| out one OF the number PROPOSED 10 open
| their deliberations with prayer, ano trere.
| upon proceeded TO pray 'slong aud loud"
| The verdict was sgaiDst the defendant,
where upon his lawyer moved 70 set aside:
| on the ground of undue influence exercised
by one Of the jurymen By means Of public
prsyer In the Juryroem."