The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-11

Telegrsphing is as cheap now - postage
was half = century ago.
Queen Victoria has an allowance OF 81 49,
600 for household expenses.
James X. Polk laid the corner stone Of
the Washington monument.
Forty cents a word is the rate of cable
grams over the Atlantic cable.
Paper ia now used IN Germany instead of
wood in manufacturing lead peucIis.
"He sin't no vioIinist, but he can Just i'd
die a cat off the fence" was the way a c0un-
Try cbap put it.
The room in which the inauguration ball
is to be held in Washington is $40 fee. long
and ia feet wide.
South Carolina, it is stated. is the only
state in The Union that does not make pro-
vision in its law tor divorce.
Just sixteen years ago the interest on the
National debt amounted to Sl43,0 900, 600 q
year. II is now $4,000, coo.
There is little nourishnent tor sn empty
stomach in tie statement thai tue country
is suffering from oy~er-production.
The clock in Trinity Church toTer, New
York, Is the heaviest in America Ii takss
two men over an ho1c to wind it az.
According TO the Atlanta Constitution,
the most popular invitation to drink is
Let's 20 in and make an assignment"
Mics Annie Boyer, NJ eccentric English
lady, hss just died at Middleton, Del, at the
age OF eighty-two, with toe nails three Inches
long.
Following is from ths weekly official state
men OF the Bank OF France: Assets, Sti2,-
25S, $50; discounts. SI5i 559. l40; profits for
The week, 1918 $50.
Twenty-Five years ago Charles Foster, of
Bucksdeld, Maine, invented wooden tooth
picks; o three thousand millions of them
are annually cold.
The bsppiest policemen in the world are
thought to be II Mexico. There are never
any fires, the people 20 to bed early, aud
lzdies do their shopping In close carriages.
".Just q yaar ago," said a New Hampshire
msu, "ruy brother dropped dead on this spot
Of apoplexy. Tom wss--' But at this
point be went TO Join his brother, dropping
dead OF the same ailment.
Hs cent be placed or the 6rst square of a
chess board and continually doubled the
amount sitter the slKiy-Iour squares have
been covered will De more money than the
inLs bitants oi the world posses.
Nicholas Aie1audrowich, C~zaroEltch of
Russia, has been betrothed to one OF tae
youngest daughter of the Grown Prince OF
Prussia, thus forming another tie between
the Ronsnoiis and H9zsrz)ilsrus.
a socisi scientist has disc5vsrsd tina. Jos
Smith. TIE foaneer Of M~ormaSisn, was q
Vefmonter.' Brigham Yu1ng, too, Was a
Vermonter. John Il Noyles. father OF the
Oneida Community, .ss a Vermonter,
Er msn whit wuz once "a fool but what
alrter erwhile gifts ter be q smart nao is
wiser cen de man whit WIZ a,!uS smart; for
hahn been a fool fore he waz wise he's
got de 's~pey1ence o. do smart man IN 30
fool.
Tbs receipts at she Mex York custom
h0nss 10 the year 1851 were Dates. S.27,-
IS rs IL; miscellaneous s. CO.. 6GL.66 Foe
apiolrts received in 1888, were: Dates.
si5S.G9i 554 Sc: miscellaneous, Sl,372 TO- %;
Csc. ease tDr 1854. $50 @lJ Sd.
tls Il curions faot that the skin OF the NJ
yeSi %ir13ickt res ions teeis c1os t. tia touch
III Sne { om u0rtneTa cines, even ia the
run, On r r0TDir 2 July or august day. Il IS
IS IL, CD 81 a mystery u toe yiu:t1c ss the
ctoii ess which fosny Il tropcsl iruiT r.
inins uuoeT the screening rays al the sun.
When }.Yinr and tune books began to be
introduced into cr0rch service 4 fss5idloas
peTfon was SO shocked at What bs called the
devils music that be Left the meeting oae
Sabbath and ran bous Ace lsucs Il neigh
Der the next day. he said: We'll. did you
make the dev3 asuce iest ni4ht?' No.
was the JsFss. hut VI .asda bi.a ran.'
an Ohio othce.sesker rate 10 Judge Tao
man, Of TIE civil service Commission, ssy Iog
tie ga0.sd I'll ctIice under tha new s6aniuis
~srStIcn, aud as his health va net very so1l.
ht Sgnfsd snTethlrg easy that paid yers
we'll. aud ne wanted 1t Ia the dfy. Another
Of JUDGE ID0msn's r0rresp sndenis tells
him: 81; has been said tAat | am 4 Dsmo-
ora;, hut / want il understood that l have
been burn aud raised Il Rennbtcaa all
my life, with very lew exceptions"
s!ss, that o0e il born III blight,
Victim of perpetual Slight
When thOH lGokest OB ois face
Thy heart saith, ''Ssoiher. go by paws.
None shall ask thea wast thou ccesg.
Or care d rash iot What thou Enowsst,
~ listen Ken thou i~eyiiest,
reuen bar where thDu lieSt,
Or nav tny sDpperts sOt6eDs"
Apn another y born
To uase lie SUI iofgo.teu.
-EDer-Dn.
IN England, France and The United States
fhs average wealth per irhshitant IL as
follows: Eoglaud. s12i9, France, S1.032;
United States. $685.. tn France there IS
p Ore wealth ia land for every innAbitaut
than IL England The f'cencn aaye als)
more bullion. The English hare ufore in
cattle, bousts. always. IaogAoies and sun
or'ss The Increase IN pop1'sfi0u IN the
United States bss been very sres5. aid rem
dere the Increase cf wealth. per head
materially less.
Dsrss come little sei3shness N prap'r, de
fust thing yer know. / amt GOT much 'speck
fDt dc 'iigion o DE- man whit slls down Oh
his knees an sxe5 90 Lawd ter GIN him dis
an gin him oar De kinder 'iigion ! hkas1s
;er see CT loan turn loose sushin' stead o.
akin for suthiH' all de tine. / nah knaxed
men Whit 'hoUeht DAT Ga had dome e.
nsRfty great duly when ia went ter church
a. sSe6 re Lave Ter bless EN-. De Sabiour
vs'n'f dat srfeT nan. il strikes ma. he Was
al de time openin' His han stead a I'll De
time shettin' it.-Arkansaw Traveller,
The Old Man's Costly Coal"
Soon the wintry winds will whistle
The town aud country Ger.
And the young man and mis- miss'lI
Not stand ia the entry door.
But beyond, within the ra-l0r.
They wlll seek loves biissfui goal,
While The ffe st.n keeps a burning
p the Cd nau's Costly coal.
THE Waiter and His Tip.
Boston TTansc. trLl
Tbs eOmpetent waiter never returns thanks
for = 7 .. he sweeps Il UP with snch other
crumbs "a happen'fo be on ths table cloth,
end pnts II in his pocket viii q noncha
laree which, being interpreted into words.
ssys, Oh. yes. III lake il. as g gravity. not
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