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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
Home Journal

A girl, if she cannot always choose,
can always refuse, and generally her diff
ficulty is this-it is evident that this
man is making love to me. do not
love him, but think might do SO if I
chose; shall | choose or shall / forbesrs
1t is here that the power of choice comes
in; and it is here that the voice of pru-
dence must be heard, if it il to be heard
at all.
In such circumstances a girl will act
wisely if she pays considerable attention
to the general opinion that is held of the
gentleman In question by his professional
brethren or his business acquaintance.
1t is, in short, not the man who is agree
able among women, but who is well liked
by his own sex, who is the man to choose
as husband.
There are certain persons, however, of
the opposite sex who are almost as good
judges of mans DISPOSE ton as those of
his own, and they are his sisters. A girl
can always tell how a man stands with
his sisters; if they are really fond of him,
she may feel almost sure that he will
make good husband. A mother, Of
course, always speaks well of ner son; it
is not what she says of him, but his be-
havior to her, that is TO be looked to.
And the lady may feel certain of this
point, that as man now treats his
mother and sister, so he will treat her ak
months after the marriage
All this may seem very cold blooded,
very far removed from the tender feeling
which the courtship induces.
But, after all, girl has choice to
make, a choice upon which the happiness
of her whole life will depend; and there
is always time, whether she notices it
or not, before she parts with the control
of her heart, at which she ought to listen
to her Judgment.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
a Lively Fright with = Grizzly.

1t was in 1879, in little canyon that
opens out into Clear Creek" said Mr..
Perrin.
81 wandered off into the moutains in
search of herbs TO spice up some new
stomach bitters was dispensing TO the
bows. The day was warm and had JUS,
thrown my coat, and was walking along
just above the walls of the little canyon a
mile or so from Clear Greek.
was startled by crash among the
brush Just behind me, when upon look
ing quickly around / saw grizzly COM
ing for me, his Jaws wide open, his long
red tongue protruding from his mouth,
his sharp teeth cleaning, and his hot
breath almost burning my face, he was
so close. / was struck with dumb sur
prize for a second, but regaining nv
presence of mind, ] threw my coat over
his head and made break for the rail-
road.
He soon disentaDgled himself and
Joined in the race. Ii was no walk
away for me, can tell you. had heard
that bear couldn't run well on q side
hill, so caught on to a brush and swung
down the wall of the canon, which was
not very steep at that point, and rushed
on. But he was too cute for my tactics.
He ran along above to head me of.
Finally he ventured too near the canyon,
and, losing his balance, rolled over. To
my horror he tumbled down upon me.
And then we rolled down to the bed of
that creek together. Right there was
fought the hardest bear fight that ever
occurred in Colorado. We fought for
three-quarters of an hour.
"How did the fight come out?" came
in a chorus of hoarse whispers from the
party that had been listening eagerly to
the recital.
THE bear killed me-" said Perrin
coolly, as be led the way to the side
board.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
Texas Siftings.l


Lord Coleridge, when he visited this
country stood with William Evarts
on the banks of the Potomac opposite the
city of Washington.
do you know, Evarts," said his Lord.
ship, II have heard that George Wash
ington, was a man of great physical
prowess. | was told that he once threw a
silver dollar from this spot across the Po-
tOmac."
you must remember, my Lord
said Mr.. Evarts, that dollar would go
a great deal further in those days than it
would now"
The gloom that the recital of this old
story had thrown over the gang was
waited away by our friend in the long
ulster, who said:
81 would suggest that Evarts might
have said something else"
WHAT"
''He might have said: 81 never heard
that he threw a silver dollar across
the Potomac, but history tells US that
he threw an English sovereign across the
Atlantic"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
TRIALS OF A LITERARY MANS
WIFE.

Oh. I'm the wife ola literary man, and Jolly
good time have /;
SO jolly indeed. that many an hour have sat me
down TO crV.
That fellows enough 70 worry horse he's
most peculiar man.
He scowls at me when he wants 10 write III even 4
rattle pam
He sits down there in his easy chair, and he puts
his pipe in his mouth,
Aud then he proceeds to stare and frown, nor
looks east west north, south,
But strait at his feet, and he tumbles ms halr,
and merely ask him why
He don't get up and cut some wood you should
see HIM then, oh,myl
You would think he'd snap my head right on, ana
ne SAYS "you should and ought,
Leave me to do my literary work when yon see
I'm wrapped in thought,
"Your work saws l. ssif YOU call that work
you've precious easy time,
What call work is saving wood; not hammering
away at rhyme.
Toronto Grin.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
Birds I'm Borrowed Plumage, and
What Their Folly Leads To.
| Boston Budget

1t appears from recent revelations that
many rich people are in the habit of hir.
ing their diamonds with which they
shine resplendently ut balls, parties,
and that the untold wealth which they
display upon their persons, to the aston
ishment and bewilderment of the vul-
gar, does not belong to them any more
than the ''private" carriage with the coat
of arms upon it for which they pay so
much day.
They are reslly birds in borrowed plu-
mage, though they put on more airs than
the peacock whose "unnumbered eyes"
belong to himself and to no other biped.
And after all, how much pretence there
is in what we call society. We bow
down before rich men or women because
they are reputed to be rich, when in
reality they are no better if so we'll off as
ourselves.
We take the shadow for the substance
SO often that we are incapable of dis
tinguishing one from the other, and we
make our sslaams TO bejeweled and
bedizened madame or sir, who may be
but one day removed from the common
Jail. When they are discovered to be i'm
posters we shake our heads wisely and
say, social hyppcrts that we are: 1--WE
always thought So" Then we rush
on to worship the next idol, who usu-
ally is no more worthy of our adora-
ton than the one we have just de-
throned.
Meanwhile the philosophers sit and
smile at our folly and say that the world
has not improved since the days of dog
enes and his tub. Fashion in dress
may change, but history constantly
repeats itself in the struggle for short
lived social distinction. Everything
is sacrificed to it, Banks are robbed
by their cashiers, mercantile houses by
their bookkeepers, manufacturing com
panies by their treasurers, IN order that
their families may shine the butterflies
of a season. The crash comes of course at
last, and they retire to well merited OBJ
security. But they have plenty of follow
ers. There are always new creatures to
Autter about the fame, though inevita.
BILE destruction await them.
Vive la bagstelle. Let the diamonds
glitter though they are not your own.
The world believes 80 for the time being
at least, and you are comparatively hap
py while yon play the old, old game of
diamond cut diamond
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
Great Men at Table.
[ Baltimore Herald

There's President Harrison who died
80 quick after he got into the White
House. They all say he died from
excitement, nervous prostration and
all that. But the man who waited
on him said he died from too much din
ner.
He had been in the White House but
few days when he told the water he
had brought from Indiana to get him up
what he called a regular old-fashioned
South Bend dinner. That was Mr.. Har
rison's home in Indiana, and his order
meant cabbage, picked pork, fresh
roast pork, peas, cucumbers and sweet
potatoes, with corn meal fritters for
desert
That was on day that Mr.. Webster
had long talk with him. Mr.. Webster
was in his cabinet, and he said: 'Harri-
son, if these id Office seekers don't kill
you, that dinner will. Well, sir, he
never saw a well moment after that din
ner. He had indigestion, headaches,
and swimming in the head, and they say
his mind wasn't right till he died. 1t
might have been something else but be-
lieve that it was that dinner that caused
his death.
The old cook at the White House said
she had cooked for five presidents, but
that Mr.. Harrison could eat more than all
os them put together. Why, sir, he could
eat two whole white head cabbages and
pork to correspond. with corn cakes and
molasses, at one time. The story at that
time was that when he was in the army
he always ate double rations. and the
commissary did not charge him extra
for it. While he was fighting in the
army his favorite dish was raw pork and
hard tack, and the other officers used to
sit around and watch him get away with
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
[vick's Floral Magazine

This is not flower that laughs, but
one that creates laughter, if the printed
stories of travellers are to be believed.
1t grows in Arabia and is called the
laughing plant, because its seeds produce
effects like those produced by laughing
gas.
The flowers are of bright yellow and
the seed-pods are soft and woolly, while
the seeds resemble small black beans,
and only two or three grow in pod.
The 3stives dry and pulverize them,
and the powder, if taken in small doses,
makes the soberest person behave like a
circus clown or a mailman, for he will
dance, sing and laugh mos, boisterously,
and cut the most fantastic cspers, and be
in an uprosriously ridiculous condition
for about an hour. When the excitement
ceases the exhausted exhibitor If these
antics falls asleep. aud when he swakes
be has not the slightest remembrance Of
his risky doings.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
Health and Science.
lDemorest's Monthly.l

A good many years ago an epidemic
of disease was supposed to be wis
itation," or Judgment" and prayers
were offered up that it's progress might
be stayeI. Nowadays, when indi-
viduals or neighberhoods are attacked
with typhus fever, diptheria, or any
one of the long range of malarial dis
orders, there is an immediate inquiry
as to the condition of that house, or
that neighborhood, and the disease is
traced to its source of rotten vegeta-
ton, putrid filth, foul air, bad drainage,
or some other of the uncleanly causes of
zymotic disease.
For this advance We have to thank
physiological and sanitary science, but it
will not help us much To know thing
unless We act upon our knowledge. Ii
will not get rid of the causes of disease
to know what those causes are, unless we
20 vigorously to work to counteract them.
1t has been ascertained now beyond a
doubt that infectious disease is primarily
occasioned by living germs-that these
germs have their origin in dirt, over
crowding, bad air, putrid vegetation,
imperfect drainage and the like con-
ditions. 1t makes no difference whether
these conditions are found in tenement
house, cottage or palace-in the streets
of the city, or the green lanes Of the
country, the result is the same-it is
sickness and death.
1t is not entirely gratifying thing
to lazy, irresponsible people to find that
health, and the best conditions for living
useful and reasonably happy lives, are
within their own power, and that they
are responsible for their fulillment. 1t
is so much easier to keep on in the old
way, to pile up refuse, to let the drainage
go, to build house like soap box, and
transfer the consequences to the shout
ders of Providence, or the Almighty. But
it is too late to do this now. Providence
has been made responsible for the re-
suits of our shortcomings long enough,
science has discovered that they are
within our control, and that it is oW
business first 20 discover what the
laws are that govern health and dis
ease, and then adapt ourselves and our
circumstances to the obligations they
impose.
There is no occasion, in the nature of
things, for persons to be born diseased.
or die prematurely. A pure and temper.
ate life, in healthy location, and amid
healthy surroundings, are fair guarantees
for green old age.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01

A Virtue Not to He Disposed Of, Or
Dispensed with.
Boston Sunday Hersld.l


Boston Sunday Herald
The old monkish doctrine that poverty
is holy is not of much weight in the secu-
lar period, whose gospel is political econ
omy. The soft climate of Syria and its
eternal sunshine permitted and permit
an Incidence and carelessness as to a
provision for the morrow which in our
rigid latitude would speedily lead to the
extinction of the human race. The
most thrifty of the nations, according to
all accounts, is the volatile, pleasure.
loving, sensuous French. Nautilus him.
self would be delighted at the self-con-
troll Of the French peasant in the matter
of a family. He obeys the primal COM
mand in Genesis just 80 far as it is pru-
dent to do 50, and no farther. When
the warmth of the French temperament
- taken into account, the average
Frenchman must be admitted to be a
model of self-control and foresighted
calculation. Meantime. the population
II France remains not stationary, but Its
increase is slow, and her soldiers grow
more noticeably understood. However,
a manikin, armed with breech-
loader, is as effective killer as giant,
with the added advantage of not being
% good a mark for the enemy, which
FalstafF regarded As a great merit IN his
recruits
Economy in France has long been re
duced to a system, as everything else
has been. The French are philosophers
In the matter of expenditure, and OF
utilizing everything to its utmost fibre.
H1s this proverbial French economy is
supplemented by territory more for
tunately situated, perhaps, than any
other of the same extent on the globe,
and by an industrial skill which makes
all nations tributary to the artisans and
manufacturers of France. Within her
straitened limits, straitened by COMPARE
son with our own, France has North
and South rs distinct as We have, which
extend over 80 large part of CONT
nent. In Languedoc she is semitropi
cal, aud has all "the wealth of light OF
khe South" along the shores of the Medi-
terranean, while in Brittany, with its
&eend-haunted Atlantic coast she has the
bracing cir of New England or Scotland
Fraaee IL, indeed, self-contained.
neik-snDcing country, with . great var'-
ETY. al Peoduct, climate and scenery
Oithis hs< own BORDEN 90 that hes
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
WHAT II A KISS?
Definitions Ksthesfc. Scientific AND
Conn mouDlaee.

Commonplace.
The puzzle editor Of the London Truth
recently offered prize for the best briei
definition VI kiss. An immense mum
Der of answers were received and many
of them published. The following list,
containing the best of them, makes inter
esting reading:
Language all can understand.
In any age and any land.
a kiss is declaration of love by deed Of mouth
Mydefnition's commercial one.
A bin presented, and stamp thereon
The right ofs mother,
The toy Of a fiirt.
The hope Of n lover.
The true ones desert.
Kisses are moths that steal from out the night.
Flutter awhile. and perish in the light
Aspeechless token
OF things so sweet
They cant be spoken
A kiss is merely contraction Of the oybicularis
srismuscle.
Loves proof impression taken both before
And after letters. Oddly. too, the more
The prints repeated the impressions stronger,
monosyiiabic form Of communication. com
posed only of labials. frequently used a. con-
junction, although an article, and more common
than proper.
II fit material for a kiss you seek,
You need but two lips and little cheek
Two par of lips and a couple Of fools
The best definition ofa kiss,
Why, barely, two mouthsful Of bliss
II may mean little, il Oft means much.
And oftener nothing at all:
And it's always of a. soon as it's on,
And IL is never the same to all
Common and proper yet no speech il hath.
Nor IL it e'er part. lttakes away
The breath, so that we .'te.l il not in Gath"
Noun il may be, yet u its leading function
To lead the lips to form sweet conjunction.
The salute by labial COTTON. the sweetness 81
which depends upon the age Of the parties.
most unasthetic result Of the close contact
oftwo faces sometimes exquisite often danger
Gus, and always unsatisfactory.
What is a kiss1 Simply this:
Four lips meet, two hearts greet;
Sans deceit. union sweet!
Rapture, bliss That's kiss.
To pout your lips and place them, sir.
To others close; and then.
BY suction to compress them, sir.
within:
And when this doth distress them. sir,
To open them again.
Humid seal of fond affection; promise Of future
k.ss,
Outward Sign Of inv srd passion. such thy ce6ni-
ton kiss
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
[Philiadelphia Press.l


An officer of the Nineteenth district
station house, Eight and Lombard
streets, last night brought in well
dressed, slightly intoxicated man with
yalise whom he had found holding an
animated conversation with lamp post,
and threatening to pulverize it if it
did not direct him to the New York
depot.
II told him / would bring him to the
depot" whispered the policemen to the
Sergeant
Gimme ticket for Moo York." said
the prisoner to the Sergeant, laying
elghty-seven cents on the desk, all the
money he had.
Here you are, sir. One through ticket,
including lower section sleeping berth, I"
said the Sergeant, handing him ticket
for rattle.
Cali aboardr' shouted the turnkey, in
tone that would have caused an ordin-
airy station hand to blush for his own I'M
wOrthiness.
'Whoopl" came from one of the pa
trolmen in imitation of a locomotive,
while another picked up his vslise, and
throwing 1t on the stretcher that stood
in the corner, wheeled it around the
room, completing the deception and
making the would-be traveller believe
he was in a railroad station. He was
quietly led to a cell and soon fell into
slumber.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
Free Press

Free Press
Mister" began small boy, as he en-
tered Woodward avenue grocery yester-
day, "ma bought some msckerel here
last night"
Eyes"
"And in making change you gave her
No, didn't haven't mad quarter
with hole in it for a month";"
"But ma says you gave her a"
Don't believe it-don't believe it, ]
remember, now; gave her half-dollar,
a quarter and nicke."
Ma says you gave her gold piece
for penny, and here it is
Good gracious alive but so l did-so
did. remember now that gave her
a dollar bill and lot of small change.
Bub. what's your name and do you think
YOU can eat three sticks of lemon candy ?
lhl ii does me good to finds honesty and
eward it"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
(Ayr Recorder.l

We don't mind taking country pro-
duce occasionally in payment for sub
scriptions. but We do object to having
our subscribers send in eight and ten
year old roosters with note attached to
credit them with pair of chickens.
We got sample of that kind the
other day, and after the wife had boiled
one three days it had the audacity actu-
ally to flop out of the pot and crow.
There has got to be a line drawn some
where.
We don't mind using considerable
6rewood in cooking them, or the exertion
in carving, although this is weakening us
considerably; but when it comes to crow
ing it is like the last straw on the prov.
erbial cameps back
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
His Mmlnay Accounted For.


Plumbers Wife (-itting by his bed
clad in an embossed velvet gown. and
with 1926, 900 worth Of Jewels scintilar-
ing on her ears and finger Ills he dan.
gerously i'll. doctory
Doctor-"No, indeed. He is the most
comfortably off of all my patients"
"But what makes his right arm and
hand shake sO!'
That's only scrivener's palsy
PALSY" she exclaimed, with a clasp
of her jewelled hands; "what could
have 50 Frustrated my dear Algernon?
"He has been writing too much with
out rest" smiled the doctor. He tells
me he has been steadily ut work day and
night, for four months pas, making out
his annual bills"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
A MAN BURIED ALIVE.
Following CheerfuIIy His Own
Coffin ShrOud 10 His Grave.
fOverland Mail


In the village of Chim-long, where the
Basel Chinese Mission has a station, the
following sad event has lately taken
place. A man of 60 years of age was
afflicted with leprosy, and lived in a hut
within the village The villagers often
urged on the old man to remove his hut
outside the village, and live on the hills
to prevent contamination, promising that
they would always provide him with food
However, the leper did not wish to leave
the village, nor dared his relatives press
him to do So
Lately it happened that the leper was
lying asleep in his hut. His son came
and wanted to bring him something to
eat, but, calling into the hut, he received
no answer from the father. There was
soon gathering of the people, but no
one ventured to 60 inside the hut. Some
stones were thrown at the door, to see
ii the man took any notice of it, and, as
there was still no sign OF life in the hu.,
the general conclusion was that the occu.
pant was dead.
The resolution was forthwith taken TO
have the leaper buried. His son went to
a ighbOring village To engage coolies
for digging grave and carrying the
corpse out. During the absence of the
son the elder of the village came to the
scene, and, learning how matters stood
boldly opened the door and entered the
hut, when 10 and behold it turned out
that the leper had only enjoyed sound
sleep.
However, the coolies had been engaged
for certain sum of money, and came
along with the con, ready to do the work
which was required OF them, or at all
events to recrive the promised paw.
After some deliberstiOn the villagers
unanimously put it before the leper that,
as things bad come to this pass he hed
better make up bIs MIND and allow the
funeral of himself To go Oh. To this the
unfortunate man consented, and took
leave of his danghter-in-lsw and two
grandchildren, enloing upon her to feed
the two pigs we'll and al-o take care of
the poultry.
A coffin was now provided, and the
shroud redeemed from the pawnshop.
A fowl Was killed and rice and pork
provided As farewell dinner for the
leper.
Next morning very early the process.
sion started from the hut First came
the coffin carried by the coolies and be-
hind it walked The leper to his grave,
the sou and the elder bringing up the
rear carrying the shroud and the pot
which contained the opium. Having
moved up bill to a distance of about
two miles from the village, the party
halted and grave was dug. The leper
took last meal and then swallowed the
opium. After this he put on the shroud
and pair of shoes, and laid himself
down in the coffin, when the coolies put
the lid on it, without waiting till the
leper should have lost consciousness, and
lowered the c"ffin into the grave.