The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-03-30


unchristian spirit that we canno but
wonder at them" Thus wrote JohnNew-
ton a century ago. Observation AT eX'
peTience avouch il now. as then
| Why is this? Is IL because we brace
ourselves to meet great emergencies. so
that they find us prepared. whil little
perplexities and daily trials takeus un-
awares and surprise US unto wrah and
outbreak? Whatever the cause, It's as
much the part of true religion &C beget
equanimity in trifle5 and self-cotro IN
daily affairs as TO make US heDes and
heroines amid shipwreck and deah. Hap
piness does not depend upon the Fourth
OF July, but on wash day and sTeeping
day.
One of the master artists is sal, 20 have
mixed his colors with his brains. That is
a strong combination; there isbut onG
better-mixing our brains with cur heart.
There are facts connected Will the ring
finger, remarks an observant moralist,
which render it in peculiar manner an
appropriate emblem of matrimonial
union. 1t is the only finger whose two
principal nerves belong to two distinct
trunks. The thumb is supplied with its
principal nerves from the zodial nerve, as
are also the fore-fneer, the middle finger
and the thumb side of the third or ring
/ finger, while the uinar nerve furniihes the
little finger and the other side OF tie third
or ring finger, at the extremity OF which
the two nerves are joined il ealunion.
/ 1t thus seems as il It were INTENDED by
nature 10 be the matrimonial finger.
That the side of the ring finger nsxt to
/ the little finger Is connected with tie ul-
mar nerve is frequently proved by COM
mon accdent-that of striking the elbow
against any hard edge, when. If the nerve
/ Is touched. a thrilling sensation is felt In
/ the little finger and on the same side OF
the ring finger, but not on the other side
OF it.
A professional politician is one who
serves God Just as far as he can without
| offending the devil.
The family bible of George Washing
/ toms mother. now owned by Mrs. Lewis
! Washington of Charleston. W. Va, has
! been loaned for exhibition at Mt. Vernon.
| 1t has a cover of homespun cloth put on
/ by its original owner The Washington
! Post eays that the book is wonderfully
| well preserved. all the leaves being intact
/ save the first five or six, which were torn
! out and placed in the corner stone of the
! Mary Washington monument at Freder-
/ icksburg. Va. The first entry In 1t is OF
/ the marriage OF Augustine Washington
/ and Mary Ball In 1871. and the next is Of
the birth of George Washington, Feb. IL,
| 1882 %. S..
DR.. NJ. y Hoge has been forty-seven
years pastor of the Second presbyterian
church in Richmond. Va. Only one Of
the original members of the church ID
now living.
Responsibility is personal. Before God,
face to face. each soul must stand to give
ACCOUNT w. Robertson.
We cannot always be doing great
work, but we can always be doing some
thing that belongs to our condition. To
be silent. to suffer, TO pray, when we cam
not act is acceptable to God.-Fenelon
Unbelief does nothing but destroy. 10
makes the world moral desert, where no
/ divine footsteps are heard, where no
angels ascend and descend, where no liv-
ing hand adorns the field. feeds the birds
of heaven, or regulates events.-hrIns-
. Wdchcr.
Freedom In religion must not mean
/ freedom from religion.-BishOp II. W.
/ NdrrGn.
lie doesn't like study. it "wsakens his eyes"
/ But the right sort of books will insure surprise;
, Let it b. about Ind ans, pirates or bears.
And he's lost for the day to all mundane aftairsi
/ BY sunlight or gasight his vision is clear;
Now, isn't that quser7
At thought of an errand he's tired as q hound,'
I Very weary OF life aud Of ''tramPing around"
{ But II tn res band 4 circus In sight,
lie will follow it gladly from morning till night
. The Snowman viii capture him some day, fear,
For he Is 20 queer
II there. work in the garden his head "aohs' to
And his back ia so lame that he cant d bit."
/ But mention base ball and he's cured very soon,
| And he'll dig for & woodchuck the whole sfternooa
Do you think he plays 'Possum" he seems quits
But isn't he queer7 [sr. NICHOLAS
Bishop Taylor's "self-supporting mis-
sions" received last year S29, $685. and ex.
pended about the same amount. The
bishop is now in London, whittier he has
gone to complete arrangements for build
ing new steamer for the river Ksssai TO
enable missionaries to reach the populoua
and healthy regions beyond.
"Are there not women? ?" asks Emerson,
who inspire us with courtesy; who un-
loose our tongues and We speak; who
auoint our eyes and we see? We say
things we never thought to have said, for
once our walls of habitual reserve vans
ished. and left us at large. Steep us, We
cried. in these influences for days and
weeks, and we shall be sunny poets, and
will write out in many colored words the
romance that YOU are"
Pain from Indigestion, dyspepsia, and
too hearty eating, is relieved at once by
taking one of Carter's Little Liver Pills
Immediately after dinner. Don't forget
| this.