The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-02-15


The Louisiana lottery, chased out of the
United States by an indignant public
opinion focused in law, has bought from
impecunious little Honduras the right to
continue it's nefarious business there. In
consideration of 100000 and a royalty of
from to per cent on sill lottery tickets
sold, Honduras offers to this outlaw an
asylum and agrees to legalize it's traffic.
How cheap-in Honduras. In that bar
gain ii was the lottery that got swindled.
Very well. Now let the United States
quarantine Honduras.
Sneers. like curses. often come home to
roost. The favorite occupation OF the ouid-
nuncs OF Europe used to be sneering at
political corruption in the United States
OF late these gentlemen have had plenty
OF occupation on their own side OF the
water. There was the bsccarat scandal
which convu sed the aristocrstic circles in
England. Then came the Panama scan
DIAL in France. Then the Guelph scandal
In Germany. And now We have the bank
scan dal in Italy. Signor Gioll,ti. the
premier, found il convenient, it seems, to
use the governmental funds for electioneer-
ing purposes. Needy politicians helped
themselves and proceeded to squander
the Loans" upon the protiigate women Of
Rome and Naples.
So. then, it appears that political cor
ruption 10 not the speciality of Uncle Sam,
but is weakness common in all systems
of government-even in monarchies. Fie,
he, gentlemen
Zeal without discretion is wrong
headed; therefore let zeal spur on discre-
ton. but discretion rein in zeal.-St Ber-
ndrd.
Whosoever INDUCES even in little mat
tiers. In hard judgments and hasty sneers
and loud railing against men who differ
from him in re igion or politics or In any
thing else is desdenin0 his own sense of
right and wrong and sowing the seeds of
that same state of mind which, as the Son
told the phsrisees, is utterly the worst
INTO which any man can fall.-Chdrles
Kingsley.
A blgot is a man OF respectable opinions,
but very ordinary talents defending what
Is right without judgment and believing
what il holy without chari;v.- Cbatfeld.
Truth ia one thing and cynicism is an
other thing. Truth is not salad, il il,
that you must dress it IN vinegar p w. "
PutshOR.
If there is a God to swear hy, is there
none in whom to believe. none to whom to
pray ?-Prieri0.
Tell me. my soul. why art thou restless
Why dost thou look forward to the future
With sucn strong desire? The present is
thlne-and the future shall be.-LOnqfeI-
IOW.
Some people are like the drone bee that
never makes honey. They are always
learning. vet never coming to knowledge !:
WAYS gathering, yet never retaining be-
cause what they gather Is tut into bot
tom ess sack. The longer a bee Ies,s upon
a flower the more honey it will gather
ST. Francis DE- .SILes.
It's perilOus to tamper with a chart
Those parts which may he OF little i'm
portancs to one captain may keep another
oil the rOcks.-An0n.
Sef-righteousness is like bad debts; the
more g man has the worse he is od--Seba
Smith.
The beggarly robes of the first Adam
must never be put on with the white raj.
ment of the second Adam.-Seeker
My father, in speaking of the manner
isms which are affected bv a ce tain school
of thought-the subdued air. the artificial
tone and other forms adopted as indica-
tions OF Fanctity-Once said something
which greatly impressed me 1t was
this: Let us be- natural until We are
divine. "-Auken.
Decorum and conventionality are not
the most needed virtues just now w.
Alexander
An Improbable servant shall be pun.
ished as much as a prodigsl son.-AnOn.
The straits and the isolation into which
unbelief plunges one are effectively de-
scribed by Hume. the historian: II seem
adriQhted and confounded by the solitude
in which l am placed by my philosophy.
When l look abroad on every side | see
dispute contradiction and distraction.
When l turn nv eve inward find moth
ing but doubt and ignorance. Where am
!? What am l? From what cause do
shall | return? l am confounded with
questions l begin to fancy myself in a
very deplorable condition, surrounded
with darkness on every side"
Poor Humel No wonder his Christian
mother said to him when he told her 10
get rid OF her "preiudices," meaning her
Christian faith: "Ny son, can you show
me anything better"
One thing can be said of Christianity
it flashes light into the darkness that
Hume bewailed. Infidelty never kindles-
it only makes the darkness blacker.
Christians often complain of q want of
light on this, that, and the other point
Use whatever light you have-that will
always bring more light. A belief in the
Immortality of the soul is automatic. Be-
gin with that Prepare your soul for that
Immortality. Who cannot 90 that far I?
The moral law, too is gene ally received.
Practice the duties laid down therein.
He who does these things Is far on the
road to sanctity. Why choke yourself
with fish bones OF difficulty when there is
so much good meat to eat?
Duty is almost always connected with
now. Believe now. Repent now. Do
right now. Today is ours, tomorrow is
God's.
Sin is something TO weep over, never TO
laugh at whether the sin is ours or
another'e. It's the most formidable word
In language; the most fearful fact in hu-
man experience.
Doubling Thomas.
street Il Smiths Good News
Little Son-"Did it snow like this wen
you was bow"
Father-"Pve seen il over my head"
Little Son latter reflection Was you
lying down or sittin' up?"
The Wrong Flower.
Istreet & Smiths Good Newsl