The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-24
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HI pTlnCc Ol " dlCS lIllU his LlldL CLlll-
dren ought not to be allowed to read Shak-
speaIe.
THE oldest unitarian minister now living
is the Rev. Thomas Treadwell Stone of
Providence, who is over ninety years of
age.
TIE political and the personal friends of
the late samuel Randall are making de-
termined effort to erect suitable monu-
ment TO his memory.
TENNYsoN is q great reader of novels, and
so absorbed does he become in such litera-
ture at night sometimes that it is hard to
persuade him to 90 to bed. Like many
less distinguished people who indulge in
this practice he rises late.
THE latest news from the Nicaragua
canal is that it is progressing slowly but
surely. So progressed the Panama canal
up to the time of its abandonment. IL is
a noteworthy fact that tardiness of per-
Torrance usually attends the chewing of
the mOrsel bitten off In excess OF the
chewer's capacity.
WHEN, at the celebration of his silver
jubilee, the sum OF $4,000 was presented
to Cardinal Manning, he at once began to
devise means to bestow 1t Wortbily and he
said at the time: 81 will die as a priest
ought to die, without money and without
debts" He kept his word, for he left an
estate of only $500.
II is highly gratifying to learn, on the
authority of Mr.. George Pullman, that his
company emphatically disapproves of the
custom of giving tips to the porters on
their palace cars. This emphatic disap-
proval has never been advertised very
extensively before. 1t looks now as though
one of our staple Jokes were seriously
threatened.
MARGARET FULLER used to be accounted
very wise woman, and doubtless she was,
for Mrs. Sherwood credits her with having
once said Never talk about yourself,
your diseases, your domestics, or your
dresses Talk about your friends interests,
not your own" Perhaps it was by putting
that precept into practice that Miss Fuller
gained her great celebrity as cOnverser.
WHITTIER writes as follows to an English
correspondent of his: L have never de-
sired or hoped to found a school of poetry
nor even written with the definite object
Vi liiuDtlNlns ObLltib w lOAAOM CAdias-
pie. 1 have only written as the spirit
came and went, often unable to give utter
ance to the best poems that were In my
heart, the utterance being holden, but it
has been the GROWING 10y of prolonged
old age that my life has not been entirely
valueless and that / have been allowed to
see the end of slavery in my country"
SIR MoRRELL MACKENZIE household
expenses were very great. He kept six
teen servants, besides a private coach for
himself and another for his wife, and
spent every cent OF his $4,000 yearly in
come. Both the distinguished doctor and
his wife were very fond of society and
their home in London was the resort Of
brilliant people. 1t was a rare thing tor
q caller to find them alone in the evening,
and even then they were in full evening
dress, Mrs. Mackenzie blazing with dia-
monds. The doctors three daughters are
said to be very handsome girls, and all as
fond of society as their parents were.
Dr. RIcHET, the famous physician, who
died a short time ago of pulmonary con-
gestion in Paris. described and analysed
the course of the ailment infinitely and
with the greatest precision for several
days preceding his death, for the benefit
of his attending physicians. one of whom
was his son. His last words were, when
with hardly any vitality left he told
them: when the phenomenon which
YOU have Just ascertained has occurred
every chance is lost and death is only a
question of seconds. In fact, yOu see 1t,
am going to die. | am dying" And so
the man, who was his own clinical sub.
ject, died.
"THE many friends of Ensign Niblack,
U. S. N, will be glad to know that he is
fast recovering from an illness which kept
him in the army hospital at Fortress
Monroe when his ship, the Chicago. sailed
for Montevideo. This young sailors
record for 1891 is excellent. His admir-
able report on Alaska was published by
the government he won the naval prize
essay which means $1,000, a gold medal
and a life membership in the Naval insti-
tute he was Acknowledgement Of the naval
brigade OF the squadron OF evolution in all
landing drills this summer; he evolved a
reform signal code which IS in a fair way to
be adopted by the navy; in November he
went on Admiral Walkers personal staff
as secretary and wound up the year with
pneumonia. Your head is all right, En-
sign Niblack. Pay more attention to your
body. The navy needs such fellows as
/ yop." Kate Fields WASHINGTON