The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-19

plcrcaubuCeccc tuhb UhQc every u6INc III NY
head crack with pain, and every nerve in my
stomach squiTm like sn enrsged angleworm,
until finally il wss simply q Question as TO
whether l would stay in the room and see
my friend die, and die myself or 90 out into
the fresh air and take drive through the
wilds of Indiana, while he stepped into the
unseen ferry boat and rowed across the Styx
unattended, save by the grim angel alone.
This is one OF the reasons why / think /
shouldn't make good minister. l dare say
&C uld get along In the pulpit well enough,
for the average sermon doesn't tax ones in
tellectuel forces over much, but when it
came TO the real work of ministry" with
pastoral calls, to patience, to long suffering
and tender for beaIance, when the real work
of the Master was laid to my hand, l fear
would be very inadequate aud imperfect
servitor. But can see myself In the pulpit,
as solemn as an owl outside, bat "hckled as
Punch" inside, by Tesson of the develop
ment of my bump of humor in the presence
o. a thousand continuous, all potent irri-
isDts. Now Ut man is really made in the
image CT God. what an en- lrmous field of
speculation does CT cation open up TO Us when
looked at from the standpoint of divine hu-
NOR. Here is this race of billions, with bat
four failures, your eyes, your nose, your
mouth and your irs. Did you ever see two
people absolutely alike? Nov whatever else
the intelligent Ingersolls of the earth are
power that started this interesting face
HAD BUMP OF HUM)R.
Look at BIB Iogersolls great, round, open
face. Take him In his entirety-his little
round head is bald on the top, his little eyes,
mere apology for a nose, and tremendous
stomach. No ore knows better what he has
in bis head than l. No one appreciates his
better qualities more thoroughly than /. l
am very fond of him, yet can imagine his
maker looking a. him with great deal OF
sstik faction, and contemplating the triumph
of the iDeersoll mind over the lngersoll mat
ter. The divine bump of humor must have
found infinite satisfaction in | saw this
afternoon. IL was actually on dead level
with the cheeks of either side of IL, until it
came 10 the esd when il bulged out like q
toy balloon, or 8 ssu age that had been ep-
ped On and tisttened to the earth, with the
exception OF che bub0us end. l saw an ear,
TO be exact, two ears last night IN Wallack
Theater, the lObes of which actually touched
the shoulders OF the lady" who possessed
them. There is no necessity OF following
the line of Illustration. The m 7st hamerO us
reader OF mine has. lopg ere this, tackled the
odd creatures at the bottom OF the sea the
strange shapes In the forests OF Sooth Amer
lea, the odd creatures found upon the banks
of the Congo the queer little jiPgars that
make prairie life Lively, the strange fashions
neither animal nor vegetable. h0vering be-
tAeen the two varieties. the UNIQUE c0loring
everywhere. as for the differences in man
kind, in the human races, CO existent as
I they are with the infinite, is there not some
thing about every one that suggests smile
while do not hundreds and thousand pro-
woke laughter, reprsssed upon the lips OF the
well bred alone. / was standing Oh Broad
way this sfie, moon waiting for hanson
aud, by the way, We have SEINE very stylish
| darE cololed hansous here now, and the use
of them is becoming q1ite the thing-when
l saw walking ong his bs ok toward me, a
/ man whom recognized at once as Angus
| tine Daily. | wanted to speak to him, soon
caught him, and said Il saw you walking
| along. l anew you by your back" Now,
after had finished my walk with him, this
! train OF thought occurred to me. Gould l
swear, could have sworn in court of JUS
| iice, in case of greater or less impor 'ancs,
| that | saw Augustine DAILY on the street to-
/ day, prior to having seen his face? | come to
the conclusion that could, for although the
Lord made Adam in His own image through
| ont, inside and out, he yet gave to every in
| dividual features, 8 fscs and peculisrities of
| body, which renoer each and every man a
dist c. entity, recognizable behind. as well
| as before. And | contend thai this is true
| OF women, in their ridiculous fashions, as
/ well as OF men. You may think that wo-
man, with sn alpine hat and feather and
! lit o make believe shoulders, in her wrap,
1
/ earthly Use, al q SIS ungSinlp as it is unsstis-
| factory couldn't be Disseminated from an
/ other dressed precisely like her. You are
/ mistaken. Try IL on your mother, your wife,
| your sister, your daughter, your intimate
irienCs. You will soon fad you can tell
| them By their bacss, jast as we'll as by their
fRces. / will men ton few public charsc
| tiers. I was sitting IN the Lyosum Thester
| the other night when General Banks walked
| down the elsie. You know Banks? He
/ used 10 re your Governor. ] hadn't seen
! him in ten or fifteen years, and, although
4 10 that time the color OF his hair has changed
| from iron gray to white there was the same
| peculiar, square build about his head. the
same erect sol6ierly figure, the sa me peculiar
| set to his entirety
THAT MADE HIN NAN OF MARK
when the Prince Of Wales was here in 1860.
/ think told you this before, bat, whether
did or Tot. will now. On the trip from
Boston TO Portland, l sas in seat with the
| Duke o! Ne9csstle. The party were to en-
bark from Portland the next day for home.
l had been travelling with them sixteen
weeks. ] asked the Duke OF Newcastle, who
| was the Mentor OF the party-and the tor
mentor of the Prince much of the time
which OF cur public men had most impressed
| him. He replied without moments hesi-
! taiicp, Fernando Wood, Mayor of Ne y
| York. and Governor Banks, of Massachu-
sets" | thought about it after ward, snd l
cane 10 the conclusion that the reason those
/ tRo men impressed him was that they both
| stood very straight, carried themselves with
| great dignity, were thoroughly posted In
matters OF official etiqu site, and were their
! frbck coats buttoned close up to the cnin.
| The MT ment saw this figure going down
the aisle in The Lycsum, said TO my COM
panion, That's Banks" Having seated his
| lady, be walked up the aisle az ain, and sars
enough ii was Banks. | would know Banks
anywhere by his back. / should know
Ex-Governor Rice anywhere By his
back, and his walk. Nsgtness personi6sd,
brick alert, guick-noviDg with side way
ewing. He is always the same, sad Looks to-
day precisely as he did twenty five years ago
! TAKE John Stetson of your Globe Thesier
leave ii to any newspaper man, or Other
| person familiar with Stetson's face and build
| to determine whether or not they could By
| arr nnLsihiliiH mistake bis sturdy. atocEy