The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26
SOCIAL GOSSIP.

The queen has asked that Oliver Wendell
Holmes be presented to her.
woman eighty-two years of age made
final proof on a quarter section OF Kansas
land last week.
1t was a characteristic remark of President
Lincoln about common people that God
must like them because he makes so many OF
them"
We have occasionally wondered that some
enterprising American does not start paper
containing nothing but head lines. We are
sure many Americans read nothing else in
their papers.-TOronto Week.
Mr.. Benjamin Pierce Cheney, of Boston,
presented to the State of New Hampshire
the bronze statue of Daniel Webster which
is to be unveiled at Concord on the Bunker
Hill anniversary, June II.
Marriage is slice of bread and butter,
spread with jam, given to overgr0Wn child
rem. The jam soon disappears, and nothing
remains but dry bread-though even that is
sometimes appreciated. -FrenCh Cynic.
If the worlds vale of tears,
Smile till rainbows span IL,
Breathe love that life endears
Clear OF clouds to fan 1t;
OF your gladness lend CLEAN
Unto souls that SILVER
Shows them how dark sorrows stream
Blends with hopes bright river.
Lucy Larcom
"While practicing law "a number Of years
ago." says Judge Tourgee 81 had a peculiar
will case. An old lady who was slave hol-
der, dying, bequeathed her colored man,
John, and her dusky maid, Jane, who sus-
tanned to each other the relation of husband
and wife, to the trustees of the church, ito
be used as far as possible for the glory of
God / was curious to know what course
was taken, and upon investigation found
that, after meditation and prayer, the pious
trustees sold their living legacy at auction,
and with the proceeds sent missionary out
to China"
Whittier wrote note to the manager of a
carnival of authors in Scranton, Pa, re-
Gently, to guide them in making up the
scene of "Snowbound," which he thus de-
scribes: ''The great kitchen of 'Snow-
boundn had old-fasnioned, STRAIGHTFORWARD
chairs, small and large rocking-chair-bot
covered with patch-a desk in one corner
with few old books on it, a large round
table in front of the great fireplace, all of
maple. A small bedroom occupied one end,
against the partition of which hung two
warming pans. There was no carpet on the
floor, but one or two braided mats. A small
linen spinning wheel was usually occupying
place In a niche made by the projection OF
the chimney. A cupboard with old crock
cry and chinaware was conspicuous object"
The American Congress of Churches as
sembles at Cleveland, Ohio, May 1921.
Governor Foraker will preside, and make
the opening address Tuesday afternoon, 18th,
at 3 O'clock. The address of welcome will
be given by Rev. Dr. Laid, of Cleveland.
The first discussion will be, True Church;
Its Essentials and characteristics. This
discussion will be introduced by papers from
distinguished diyines. AT the evening ses-
sion Tuesday, the discussion will be upon
Religion and Our Public Schools" Papers
on this topic will be read by the Rev. G. H.
Parkhurst, ID. D., and Judge J. NJ. Smith, of
Buffalo. Addresses will also be given by the
Rt. Rev. r. Gilmore, Roman Catholic Bishop,
of Cleveland, and the Rev. ]. Coleman
Adams, OF Chicago. The programme for
Wednesday and Thursday will include pa
pers and discussions on 1.-The Present Neces-
sity for Restatement of Christian Beliefs"
'The workingman's distrust of the churuh !;
It's Causes and Remedies" and "Read)ust-
ments in the church to Meet Modern Needs {"
with other topics and addresses. This Con-
gress is the same that met last year in Hart
ford. 1t is entirely unsectarian ia its
methods, and invites discussion of its i'm
pOrtant themes from the standpoint of the
church universal, with the largest possible
expression of personal conviction