The Indiana State sentinel., 1886-01-13
SOCIAL GOSSIP.

Half the strength spent in growing would
often set things right
The second volume of Blaine's Twenty
Years of Congress- Will be issued the latter
part of this month.
The widow of Ex-President Polk was able
to assist at a reception on New Years day,
which was the sixtieth anniversary of her
marriage.
More than 2,7OO claims are to come before
the United States Court of Claims. The
rule with American citizens is still, as ever,
TO claim everything.
Mr.. Edmund G. Stedman said very de-
cisively the other day that he would write
no more criticism. He had completed his
critical purpose in writing about the Ameri-
can poets.
An American missionary was laboring to
convert a Chinaman, but found himself non
plussed when the listener retorted: ''You
think you know everything. Tell me then
why you wear those two superfuous buttons
on the back of your coatr' Though those
buttons have now Outlived their usefulness,
they must have been sewed on at first with
purpose. The two buttons are generally sup
posed to be relic of the days when every
gentleman wore a sword. The buttons were
used to support the sword belt.
And the crank Oh, what a power he is,
and how wide and picturesque is the figure
he cuts in the world He is the man who
stands between the genius of the two classes
the lunatic and the drifter-absorbing a
part of each, exploding his honesty in furi-
Gus gusts, and reforming us wherever he
goes He isn't distinct. de fits hither and
thIther and while he never sinks into the
easy and luxurious Indifference of the drifter
or rises to the sublime height of the genius,
he ranks second to the latter. His relaxation
is the humor of the world. He lies, steals,
and levies on the world at the point of
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decided will, and always honestly.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The chaperon system is getting foothold
in the large American cities. In Paris this
plan is used to the exclusion of all others;
but in America it was almost unknown down
to a quite recent date. A lady writer con-
tends that the chaperon is becoming neces-
exclusion of so many young men from soci-
ETY. through inability to meet the necessary
expenditure of society man. The larger
the city the greater becomes the necessary
expense. This state of affairs puts the soci-
ETY. ladies in an uncomfortable majority over
the society men, and recruits the ranks of
''wall-fiowers'' to an alarming extent. So
the chaperon becomes a benefcent lnstitu-
ton, and young ladies will enjoy a greater
independence of movement than ever be-
fore.
The Bulgarian and Servian Socities of the
| Red Cross for the care of the wounded, find
| their slender meanr heavily taxed to relieve
| the sufferings of the present war. Both have
| appealed to the international Committee of
| the Red Cross who have sent notice of the
| pressing need to the Red Cross Societies of
| the different nations Clara Barton, Presi-
| dent of the Red Cross for the United States,
says "We may venture to remind you how
| small their means appear how long a winter
is before.them, how slow the healing of gun
shot wounds, and the recovery of men worn
down by the exposure and hardships
| of military campaign. These woes have
not altogether faded from our own sad mem
| ories, and whatever methods may be adopted
will be best suggested by your own judg-
| ment and experience. Communications ad-
dressed to President American Red Cross,
| Washington, d. c."