The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-03-16
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CONGRESSMAN JOHNSON Of Indiana is said
to be the most rapid talker who has ever
been heard in Washington, and is the de-
spair OF the professional stenographer.
THERE are lots of wives in the world
who never know that their husbands are
'jovial and whoe-souled," except when
they see it in the papers:-AtchisOn Globe.
HENRY ARTHUR JONES, the English play
wright. who wrote The Middleman" and
THE Dancing Girl" is described as "a
long-haired man, of rather short stature,
who beneath his soft felt hat and lon 2
locks mas fund of original and interest
ing ideas"
MARGARET MATHER is at least candid in
her plea for divorce from her husband.
She saws that she no longer loves him. If
faded love is ever accepted as a reason for
untying the matrimonial knot divorce law
yers will have the richest branch of their
profession.
OBERLIN college has been enriched by
the will of the late Julia Dickinson, a
wealthy Michigan lady, with bequest of
$4,000, one-half of which will be used as
an endowment fund for chair of lady
principal and the remainder for the de-
partment of physical culture for women.
THE health of the Baroness Burdett-
Coutts is anything but promising, and the
need of the attention of four doctors dur
ing recent case of chills would indicate
that her friends deem it necessary TO have
every means of professional assistance at
her service so as TO ward off possible COM
pications.
GOVERNOR RUSSELL of Massachusetts,
was devoted to athletic sports few years
ago, and by this indulgence managed at
various times 10 break his nose, one finger
and both arms On two other occasions,
while yachting, he has been in such peril
as to think it was "all up with him. p
NeW York Tribune.
Mrs. POTTER PALMER is trying to arrange
to have a woman's paper published in con-
nection with the Chicago fair and to have
it controlled and published exclusively by
women. Politicians and party heelers
prophesy that such venture would be
dismal failure, but Mrs. Palmer and her
friends think differently.
REQUESTS OF $4,000 each to the Boston
museum, Harvard college and several
libraries, made by Mrs. w. s. Appleton of
Boston, were conditioned upon her dying
without heirs. This little feature of her
will seems to have been overlooked by
some OF the supposed beneficiaries and
great disappointment results from the dis
covery.
\ HUNDRED thousand children of Den
mark, with penny contributions, have
procured a crown of gold, to be presented
to the king and queen on their golden
wedding day. The gilt is wrought to rep
resent corn-ears and cover-leaves, and
interlaced with ribbon bearing the in
scription. 1.-The children of Denmark have
woven this crown for the occasion OF the
golden wedding of King Christian N and
Queen Louise, on May %, 1892"
KEEP thing seven years and you may
find use for it. The captain of a schooner
now in port at Baltimore has reason to be-
lieve this old proverb. He has been carry
ing crutches on his vessel for seven wears,
TO be prepared il case any OF his crew
should be so disabled as to require them.
They are now in use for the first time, and
it il the captain himself who is using them,
he having been crippled in gale that
played havoc with his vessel on her latest
voyage.
ANemplove of the Congo free state writes
that he had in his service black man
who was almost always accompanied
by an ape, of whom he was very fond.
One day the native appeared without the
animal. What have YOU done with your
monkey" asked the white man. Mon
key? Me eat him up" "You ate him
Are monkeys good to eat, then ?" "Um-
taste same like white man. said the ne
gro, with an air of keen appreciation
Youths Companion.
TINS story of Potter Palmer, told BY the
Chicago Ne1us, is supposed to date back to
the time when he was a poor man. He
and his wife were drivingdowu Safest. in
a somewhat dilapidated family buggy one
day, and passed Marshall Field rolling by
in fine carriage. Mrs. Palmer viewed the
splendid equiDage with proper feminine
| covetousness. Potter" SAID she, iii ever
marry again I'll marry a rich man. I"
"No, my dear" replied Mr. Palmer, dryly,
don't do it; you know you did it once
and made failure OF il"
Fail - Col