The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-03
CURRENT NOTE AND COMMENT.

A SCHOOL MISTRESS at Yankee Springs,
Barry County, was dismissed because she
would not eat fat pork. TOO much style"
the people ssid.-Lsnsing Mich Republi-
can.
A NEW YORK divine boldly declares that
''roller skating is a device of the devil. !"
Maybe 1t is; according to report the devil
could not well cultivate ice skating ia his
own domains. (0.) Herald.
THERE were only five fatal cases OF small
pox in Massachusetts, last year. the smallest
number of any year of which the record is
known. The whole number of cases was but
nine. This shows the value or official pre-
csutions.-Boston Traveller.
A MEDICAL journal informs Us that the
Juice of two lemons taken in water twice
day for couple of weeks will clear the
system Of all humor." From a careful peru
cal of Mark Twain's latest story, wa infer
that that gentleman has been sucking lem
ons at pretty lively rste.-St. Louis Globe.
Democrat.
THERE is little doubt that the sentiment
of the country is in favor of providing for
Grant out of the National Treasury. In
fact, the country could not very we'll afford
to have it said that the last years cf bis life
were spent in poverty. He has refused aid
from his rich friends, and the Republic,
therefore, must take care of him. Nearly
all the Southern Senators voted for the bill,
and it is safe 10 say that their action meets
the approval of their constituents -SaYan-
nah News (Dem.)
GENERAL BUTLER declines to express any
opinion on the question of whether it is or
Is not right to use dynamite for purposes of
promiscuous murder. He says it is a de-
bstable question. II ii is, we wish he would
debate it and take the affirmative side, be-
cause about every body else seems to have
taken the negative, and the General is never
so entertaining as when he undertakes to
show that the overwhelming majority of
mankind are teetotally in the wrong-Boston
Traveller.
TIE idea of debating to the President of
the United States what he may or may not
set before his guests is such an admirable
one that it ought long ago to have suggested
the necessity OF regulating the Presidential
habits in other respects than thoss of eating
and drinking. The antl-tobacco people
ought to forbid Mr.. Cleveland to allow the
introduction OF tobacco in any form into the
White House. Visitors should be required
to surrender their cigars on entering the
door, checks, of course, being given for
them, so as to enable them to be redeemed;
and capacious vase should be placed in the
front hsll in which Western statesmen
could deposit their supplies of chewing to-
bacco. Placards should be hung in every
room IN the house forbidding visitors to use
tobacco CT to strike matches on the WALL
New York Times.
NEAL Dow, when asked what amendments
to the temperance laws will be asked Of the
Maine Legislature, said: 81 can't give them
to you before they are submitted 10 the
Legislature. But you can say this: We in
tend to make liquor selling unpleasant and
uncomfortable to those engaged in it.
The people of the State have adopted Con-
stitutional amendment by 10000 majority
which says the Legislature shall enact laws
for the suppression of Hquor-selliDg, and If
the Legislature does not do il it is their re-
sponsibility. We shall ask them to do IL. I
might also say that We shall ask to have the
penalty for the first offense changed to fine
and imprisonment instead of fine or i'm
prisonment. And we want those imprisoned
for liquorselling made to work upon the
roads in q convict's dress, as the County
Commissioners propose to abolish workshops
in connection with the jails. A little hard
Il Ill 4.
We also intend to ask that the punishment
for transporting liquor may be increased
from fine of $50 to $500"