The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-18

when it will be cheaper 10 feed children on
candy than on bread.
A Tennessee doctor defends the chewing
of gum. Az il takes the place of snuf-dip-
ping In that region. undoubtedly il Is a
thing TO be encouraged.
The use of tobacco is to be absolutely pro-
hibired in all the government schools OF
France, on the ground that affects inluri
ously. the ability to study.
There is to be faith-cure convention held
at PittSburg this month. Ii is expected that
there will be large attendance, if sickness
does not keep the faithful away.
Lille Devereux Blake says the election
inspectors at jamestown were agitated when
the women came 10 the polls and offered
their votes. There were 200 of the determined
women.
Modjeska sent to Mrs. Mccullough, the
wife of the dead tragedlan, the following tel
egram: To the widow OF the great actor
whose kindness guided my first step on the
English stage. tender my heartfelt sympa-
thy in her affiiction.'
Mr.. Joseph Hatton writes from Borneo
his discovery that the Dyac ks not only eat
monkeys. but wear their skins, retaining the
original caudal appendage in the rear, which
no doubt is the origin of travellers tales
about men to whom such adornment is
natural.
The day i drawing to its close.
And what good deeds since first il rose
Have pre- scented. Lord to Thee,
As offerings OF my ministry
What wrongs repressed: what fruits maintain
ed2
What struggled passed? what victory gained
What good attempted and attsined2
--Longiellow's Golden Legend.
A practical country girl explained her
reasons for coming TO the city She said
that girls sought the city; Because the city
holds all the advantages We want. There is
the public library. There are the churches
with their beautiful music and comforting
service. There are the picture galleries,
there are lectures, there is everything We
want and cannot get in the couktry."
Flats are increasing in unpopulsrity in
New York, 1t is said that there are nearly
1000 OF them for rent in the city. One OBJ
lection is that it is difficult to learn who are
the fellow occupants of the building, and the
latter may have dangerous diseases without
ones knowing it. Another is the number
of unwelcome persons who live in them. In
Boston the popularity of these houses seems
undiminished, and they are increasing at a
rapid rate
The Queen of England will enter her year
of jubilee in June next. Lord Brave sug-
gests that for celebrating such an event long
preparations should be made throughout the
empire. He says that when George III.
entered the tiftieth year of his reign debtors
were freed from prison, professions, attended
by the king in person, were made to St.
Paufs, and the celebration was renewed
with extraordinary splendor in India the
following year.
Foreigners say American women entertain
well. They do when they entertain accord
ing to their native customs but when they
serve roast beef with Yorkshire pudding to
an EDglishman and macaroni to an Italian
they make a mistake. An American meal
should be served in American style, both as
to dishes and ceremony. We have food fit
for the gods among our native viands, and it
needs only the tact of a truly American
housewife in serving it to make it very en-
joyable.