The Indiana State sentinel., 1885-08-05
SOCIAL GOSSIP:

Ladies as well as gentlemen now wear trav-
cling caps.
Tkore are eight times as many bow-legged
men as women.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not
steered.-Anon.
The proper study of mankind is woman
st. Paul Herald.
Corsage bouquets are now placed in the
belt, trihe to the left side.
The Lord loves a cheerful giver; but gen.
erOsity with another mans money is not rec
OgniZed.
Confucius: The injury of prodigality leads
to this, that he who will not economiZe will
have 10 agOniZe.
A bitter word may make n wound that
will never heal. A kind word may win a
friend that will never turn.
The United States consumes more lemons
| than all other countries combined. Also
more corn whisky.
No two human beings walk alike. The
| hinges of human gaits turn the same Tay,
| but with different results.
Reformers in general no matter how sim
cere or self-Sacrihcing, are about certain to
be dubbed cranks as the sun to rise and set.
fairhlass heart thu roses say
AS TO His band the Master said >
The soul in dust will never stay
Have we not risen from the dead?
Some one once asked Victor Hugo if it was
not very hard to write poetry. 1T is either
very easy IL is impossible was the re-
ply.
| People who employ cambria for mourning
emblems ought to know better than to leave
the shiny side exposed. Dull black is the
mourning color.
Prints and the pretty, old-fashioned chint-
yes are making headway again in Paris, and
quaint and sweet they look when worn by
neat and young figures.
There is a Russian proverb that 'a dry
spoon scratches the mouth Some of the
howlers for place, who howl in vain, should
appreciate the proyerb.
Robert Grant says the American girl thinks
for herself. Correct. And she doesn't keep
her thinks to herself, either says bene-
dict, who knows whereof he speaks.
Already the indications are that the ia
nous Filtration Walk" at West Paint, will
be better patrOnized than ever this season.
This is the lane on which "two's company"
three dense crowd.
Let those people who are so uncommonly
clever and learned have a great tenderness
and pity for the poor folks who are not
dowed with the prodigious talents which
they 1.-THE wise folks haye.-Thackeray.
Some people are born to i'll luck An old
woman of our acquaintance has pasted near
ly 5000 medical recipes into book during
the past forty years, has never been Ill day
in her life, and she is growing discouraged"
In the East the husband calls his wife
after her first son, and the wife the husband
after the same manner. If there first born be
named Joseph they address each other as
Mother of Joseph" and Father of Joseph"
respectively.
The female students of the University of
Mississippi, who were only recently admit
ted TO its halls, have succeeded it is reported,
in winning all the prizes. Just how much
the traditional southern chivalry may have
contributed to this and is not stated.
Don't fret if on the scroll of fame
They find no place to put your name;
No doubt there's some one much TO blame
For the oversight.
When Gabriels trump will put it right.
Don't fret.
At New York luncheon last week, instead
of corsage bouquets and cards, at each cover
was tiny fragrant growing plant, surround
ed by variety of garden flowers, the pot be-
ng concealed by broad band of yellow sat
In ribbon with the guests name inscribed
hereon.
A dreadful philosopher says: Society is
loaded down with msidens past their prime
who have refused to be marked down or go
at a sacrifice. They will not be slaughtered
like dry goods, preferring to become mum
mics, or, like fruit, to decay rather than not
fetch their price"
Lillian Whiting remarks: ''The standard of
society should be that of our greatest intel
lectual possibilities rather than the actual
attainments of sophomore young ladies and
gentlemen" Lillian has doubtless attended
a number of commencements and heard nu-
merous essays this season.
After next year, it is predicted, the south
ern Presbyterian widower who wants to
marry his deceased wife's sister will be able
to do so with the sanction of the church.
The action of large number of the presby
teries this year indicates that the clause in
the confession of faith which has heretofore
stood in the way of snch marriages will be
stricken out.