The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-29
HERE AND THERE.

During the last sixteen years D, 600
sailors On British ships have been lost at
Hes.
The lower the price of coal the more
grstefull the community Binghamton
Leader.
William FinIay, of Glasgow, has started
to wheel a barrow to Rome and back. Hs
hopes to do il within year.
Those must have been middling good
cigars after all that the st. Louis commit
tee took to Wsshington.-Chicago News.
Photographs OF the man who stole 90
cent piece from the eye of Watson Sher-
mans corpse at st. Ignace are being sold
for the benefit of Sherman's widow, relates
the Detroit Tribune,
The dog corps in the French army is be-
ing carefully trained at Belfort. Large
dogs are chosen. Every day they are
shown soldiers in German uniforms, and
are taught to fly ct them on sight.
Electricity has done much for ciyiliza-
ton, but its possibilities, IL seems, have
not bseD exhausted. An electric birch"
has been invented by which refractory
school pupils can be punished to nicely
and no marks be left.
A play bill has been discovered of the
Kilkenny Theater Royal in '93, announcing
the performance of The tragedy of Ham
let originally written and composed by
the celebrated Dan Hayes, Of Limerick, and
inserted in Shakspeare's works"
A well known old Philadelphia gossip
was counting on her fingers the othar day
some of the fashionable people whose mar
riages were the result of runaway matches,
md in not single instance had they
turned out wel.-PhiladelDhia times.
II. Rider Hsegard's new story, "a Tale
of Three liOos,n was through inadvertence
LEAD ed "a Tale of Three Liars" in a we'll
know That zaoka apo hn
1 e edlter isn't yet through answering
municAtions as to who the other two
aye.
city girl, writing 10 her cousin in the
country, said she thought il might be nice
enough on n farm In the summer time,
in the winter when they had to harvest
the winter wheat and pick the winter
sFples.-Saugerties Telegraph.
Judge Walter @ Gresham gives this as
MS idea of the qualifications OF q good
Judge: "Modesty, knowledge discernment
integrity, health and sand" By the way,
there are good many people who think
these are among the capital qualities for
good President-Chicsgo Advance.
Arrangements are being made for the
opening Of an "Irish Village in London,
for the purpose of exhibiting Irish products
in process of manufacture. The ex-
bibition will be held on the site of
the late Japanese Village, in connection
with the Irish and Scotch cottage indus
tries, and will be under most distinguished
patronage.
Gentleman-You are shift ess niggar,
Rastus, and no good to yourself or the
community. This is the third time you
have asked me to 90 bail for you. Rastus-
/ knows it. mistsh Smif knows it. an
If you'll 'commodste me jes' wunce mo-
IN skip out de fust thin in de mavnin'
an nebber show up agin; deed I WON'T
The Epoch.
Washington Hastings, a prominent Re.
publican of Delaware, fa7ors Gresham for
the Presidential nomination. Mr.. Has
tiDgs says that the Republicans of his
State have not yet abandoned the hope that
Mr.. Blaine will be the candidate. They
think his letter resembled in certain par
ticulsrs report that the Delaware peach
crop is failure.
a ludicrous incident occurred in Middle
town last week. A farmer, after bringing
NJ, milk to town, fell in with SONS boon
c5npapions. Finally he forgot that mis-
~ife had accompanied him, and jumped
irtc the sleigh and drove nome, leaving
the woman in the village. She chased
R-fuEd after him and, learning that he had
1T without, her, boarded the cars and went
lone in that manner.-Mlddletown Press.
have Just received your kind invitation
to the dinner OF the Natives of Maine, "
ct Worcester, Mass, and regret very much
THAI n y duties here VIII prevent me from
accepting. / am sorry not to be with you,
especi, lily If you think / could do or say
arvth'ng to help assuage the sorrows OF
exile, which must be dreadful to those who
drew their frst breath in the balmY air Of
Maine and have once tasted the Joys OF 8
perfect civiiization.-Congres Reed.
A medical journal states that new ex.
periments have changed old theories upon
the best methods OF treating frost bites. a
physician froze sixty dogs into q condition
OF completely suspended animation
twenty Of these were treated by tbs usual
method of gradual resuscitation in a cold
room, an6 OF these fourteen persisted
twenty were treated in warm apartment,
and eight OF these died; while of the re-
naming twenty, which were put at once
in hot bath, all recovered.
Every man when be takes up his cards al
game q whist holds one ont of 635, Ola, :.
$50 600 possible hands. As for the tsta
the players, IT Is 50 enormous as almost t.
exceed belief. Mr.. Babbsge calculated
that II million OF men were TO be engaged
dealing cards at the rate of one deal each
minute, day and night, for 10000, 900 Of
years, they would not then have exhausted
all the possible variations of the cards, bat
only one-hundred thousandtb part of them
About two years ago conductor OF q
street car in Philadelphia was discharged
He had not q cent in his pocket and had
wife and children TO support. In THU
emergency be borrowed $40 from friend
made bucket-shop investment and
doubled bis money. His luck has stuck bJ
him EVER since, and he is now worth
s4O,t CO. He cleared S27, 900 last year. Hi,
good fortune, however, should not serve a,
an il cenfiVe 10 other poor men. Two
Honths nom Low the Philadelphia 70
feTrsd 10 may be penniless.
A eeotlemsn who il about TO build {
home in TIE suburbs wishes 10 know wha
point OF the compsss his house must facs
in order that tie sunlight may shine equal
Nv on all It's four sides Houses are gener
ally built 10 face one OF the cardinal point
of The com psss, and the north side 10 hard
~ touebts BY the sunshine. The gentle