The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

WHATEVER stress some may lay upon it, a
death-bed repentance is but weak and
slender plank to trust our all upon.-Sterne.
Q OLD men love the past, young men..ove the
future, but if you want to tickle a girls
fancy give her present, -Pittsburg Chroni-
cle-Telegraph.
1T is always a mans fault when he be-
comes drunkard. Drink never take to a
man. The man takes to drink.-New Or
leans Picayune.
''NExT to pretty woman L love a fast
horse" says Sam Jones. Just over the Cana
dian boundary lines are good many Ameri-
cans with that same dual sentiment.
FoR truly deep feeling let me call your at
tention to negro waiter who has to stand
by while the hotel guest whom he is serving
eats watermelon.-UticaO Observer.
IT has been decided that a naval cadet who
throws kisses at girl is guilty of ungentle-
manly conduct. Quite right. He should
carry them to her and place them gently on
her lips.-Philadelphi Call.
BETTER times are coming, and business
men and bankers say the outlook is bright
and encouraging. Let everybody feel good
and hopeful. This country is bound to pros
per and go ahead.-Utica On. W Press.
INSTEAD of grieving over his lost voice, Mr..
Gladstone She I'D initiate Mr.. Tilden, whose
highest whisper is heard through an extent
of country compared to which England is
but cabbage patch.-Philadelph Inquirer.
IN eight States excellent laws against the
circulation of depraving literature have been
passed, and only require faithful execu-
ton of them to defend, especially the young
people, from their moral poison.-Zion's
Herald.
THE rumOr that Mr.. Tlden proposes to go
on the war path madly intent upon captur-
ing the Presidents scalp is pleasant enough
reading, but probably not true. Mr.. Tilden
is an old man now, for whom scalps. politi-
cal or otherwise, have little charm.-Phila-
delphia Times.
If there are any vestiges of q sectional
spirit remaining in the country they do not
appear to be at the South. Some of the
plankS Of the platform of the Mississippi
Democrats have a close resemblance to those
of Republican platforms of twenty years ago.
New York Times (Ind.).
WE do not even allow ourselves time for
simple bodily rest. We begrudge Saturday
half-holiday. In the whole year we have
four days for National holidays. 1t is work,
work, work, and what is worse this passion
for work has for its object simply the getting
of gain.-lndianapolis News.
THAT fine old-fashioned word '.discrep-
ancy' is coming into vogue again, and is
used in Massachusetts, to describe the rela-
tons of an unfortunate cashier with his ac-
counts The Massachusetts, cashier of the
future, instead of being known as a defaulter
or a thief, will probably be 'discrepant' or
'discrepancist."- detroit Free Press.
SINCE the United States has really become
a Nation it is obvious that uniformity in law
and its procedure is not only desirable but in
many respects necessary. 1t is apparent that
in many matters not within the province of
| the National legislation the legal interests of
| the States are identical, and that the wide
| diversity of statutes and decisions is an OBJ
stacle to the highest prosperity of every Sec
tion.-Chicago Tribune
more to do with Austrian politics than a
| Drum Major with the movements of the reg
ment in front of which he marches. A
toothache of the Empress of Austria, or any
other woman is probably as important in
its relation to the sum of human happiness
as any other incident of the conference. 1t
is to be hoped that Her Imperial Majesty
will summon courage to have it out.-New
| York Times.
THE opinion that Grant did not know men
| is a mistake He was fond of sketching of
public man in sentence or story. Lin
coin had his special admiration. He always
spoke of Lincoln as the greatest statesman
he had ever known. His regard for Conk-
ling was profound, and it is curious to recall
how that high-tempered, imperious and
lofty spirit gave to Grant in return an al