The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-20
SOCIAL GOSSIP.
To fret about a little trouble

To fret about little trouble
Only makes the trouble double
True politeness creates perfect ease and
freedom.
Oblivion covers millions. fame immortal
ICES but few.
a man must stand erect. and not be kept
erect by others.
II is wise man who goes fishing during
house cleaning time.
strive not to be embarrassed, embsrrass-
ment is 80 embarrassing.
The spring style of boots and shoes, like
corporations hive no souls.
Men are frequently Ike tea-the real
strength and goC dGess is not pro psrly d.a
out of them until they hsYe been q short
time In hot water.
1t is said that Washington officials prefer
brunette to blonde female clerks because
they don't sass back SO freely.
Miss Parry EMU wac almost sorry. msuama,
that you spoke 50 rudely TO that poor little
Mrs wilkins.
Good people sre happy. All the ieers.
jseIs ard cynicism in the world only MAKE
that simple fact the more prominent.
Kind words prevent q good deal of that
perverseness which rough and imperi0as
usage often produces in generous minds.
Mamme-well, my dear, pray where is
the satisfaction OF being in the first society IL
YOU can not snub tRcss who are oat OF it,
Life.
A dog that knows where to find a bone il
wiser than 8 scholar who bas not Learned
how to make a Hving.-John Swinton's
paper.
It Is only lately that this world has been ct
to raise folks IN. And there are very few
spots favorable TO The occupation yet.-Tne
Pstrol.
R. G. Ingersoll: had rather I've on earth
with the woman / love, with the world fnll
of trouble, than live in Heaven with mob )dy
but man.
Yes" said pretty Miss Shocks as she ca ne
heme from party at 5 q. m, Il was deter
mined to be the last to lesve. I hate that
borrid Mrs. Blinks, SO L WAS resolved she
shouldn't have the pleasure OF s,a adering me
after I'd gone"
The growing good of the world is partly
dependent on Dnhistoric acts, and that
thing are net SO Ill with you aud me- as
they might have been, is half ewing 10 the
number who lived faithfully hiddeH life
and zee. in unvislted tombs. George Eliot.
1--WE can not 9ll be heroes.
And thrill hemisphere
With some great daring venture,
Some deed that moess a. fear;
Bat We eau I'LL q lifetime,
With kindly acts aud true,
There's always noble service
FOX HOOtS SOuls 70 ~
"a day that is too full usually holds mauy
questionable duties, bat its first positive one
| is wisely to choose what we viii allow to be
| crowded ont. That eur strength shall be as
our day Is 2 promise for thu days as God
sends them and not as our pride, ambition,
| or iG3patience. makes them"
~ sm positively opposed to having a choir
n the chasc9," said old Mrs. Piesy to her
husband, altar listening to the half operate
airs of the service. 1--WE have no account of
cho1Is in the days of the apostles" no"
| growled Mr.. Pleiy sadly, but You know
| they bad other methods Of torture that were
| almost as bad"
| Nations and individuals alike fall to ruin
when they forget God" ald 90 into vain
| idolatries of self and self qualification. The
| best histories which baYe come down TO us
| have been written by man who felt pro.
| foundly this conviction. For ems thing, aud
| a rather important one in such matter,
| they were afraid to tell lies.-J. A. Froude,
in Youths Companion,
Bridal journeys are unknown in England.
| 1t is the usual practice in the circles of the
| gentry and nobility for the newly welded to
| make only Sigh: change Of base, il home
| is left at all, and such q change is generally
1 a visit TO the home of some intimate friend
! or relative not far away. Among the mid
| die and humber classes honeymoon tours
| are the exception and not the rule.
| A Pittsburgh philosopher says: There is
/ something wrong with the way in which
/ young men of to-day shake hands. 1 either
| get shake which lnpresses me with the
| idea that the other party doesn't care
whether we shake or net, or / suddenly feel
| my hand grasped with Tise-lIke grip which
| makes my back ache. The young man Of to-
1 day wants to show either his languidness or
| his muscle"
| To test the purity of water there has been
\ found no better or simpler way than to d
| clean pint bottle threefourths full of the
/ water to be tasted, and dissolve in the W atsr
4 half teaspoonful of the purest sugar-loaf
1 or grsnulated will answer; cork the bottle
/ and place it in a warm place for two or three
| days II in twenty-four TO forty-eight hours
/ the gater becomes cloudy or milky it is IN
fit for domestic use.
1t is as true today as ever that the ruling
/ passion is strong in death. Dan Mace, the
| famous driver, is reported to have given ut
| torrance to this metaphor when ne found he
/ was nearing the end: 'l have turned into
4 the home stretch for the last heat of my race,
| and l am close to the line" Similar was the
/ remark of the California stage driver who
had embarked for the last journey with
4 death holding the reins: "BIll," said he, in
q hoarse whisper to asympathizing comrais,
| Pm on the down grade, and-l can't reach
| the brake"
Miss Phoebe Conzins, the only lady deputy
marshal in the United STATES, has just re-
turned to ST. LOUIS from 3 visit to WsIh.
| ipgton. She was deeply impressed, she
| says, in an interview with the President.
| and fell in love with Miss Cleveland. Or the
latter she says: "0f all the occupants OF
| the White House whom l have known.
think Miss Cleveland is the one with the
| greatest mind. I never knew Mrs. Garfield,
but have been told, though abe is most ex.
| cellent won an she was not AS competent 70
be The first woman of the land as Miss Clsys.
| land"