The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-10
EFT CETER

When a real estate agent begins TO ga
down hill he loses ground very fast
Texas Siftngs.
NJ Paderewsh is. according to Lon-
don paper, completely fascinated with
the game of billiards.
| Mrs. Gladstone owns property at
Niagara Falls. Canada-three acres of
land worth about Il, 900 an acre.
Starter-'I met man this morning
who said 1 looked like you" Smartly-
Tell me who he is. and I'll go and
/ knock him down" Starter-'I did that
/ myself. "-Tit-Bits.
DR. Emdee-"Your trouble. my dear
/ madam, seems to be with the liver"
+ Mrs. Slimdiet-"I don't see how that can
! be: the boarders don't complain, and
never eat it"-Broolzlyn Life.
First Tramp-.These Fffth-ave. people
J are very unreasonable with US" Second
! Tramp-"Yes; never give money, and
! lecture you for being dirty" First
4 Tramp-"And yet. when 1 rang and
asked for u bath only, was refused. -
! Life.
J Mark Twain is turning cynic in his old
| age. Whoever has lived long enough
| 10 find out what life is" he says.
knows how deep a debt Of gratitude
we owe TO Adam, the first great bene-
| factor Of our race. He brought death
! INTO the world
! Prof Tyndau was extremely senst-
! tive in his latter years on the subject
Of his health, and carefully hid his all
mcnts from his nearest relatives. One
/ Of the best traits in Prof. Tyndalls char
acter is little known. He was one OF
/ the most charitable men in the world.
Miss Helen Nicolay daughter Of the
! Lincoln biographer, s. one Of the clever
/ est Of amateur artists, and her delicate
/ little landscapes are always well hung
] and honored at picture exhibitions. Miss
! Nicolay is also an invaluable assistant
/ TO her father, and helped with the seven
! times read proofs Of the Lincoln biog-
/ raphy.
| Charlotte N. Yonge, the novelist, has
a pretty home in Hampshire, England.
/ Her house lies at the foot Of the most
dangerous hills on the road rom South
/ ampton TO Winchester. The school,
! houses Immediately opposite her doors
! were built from the proceeds Of The
! Heir of Redclyffe," and many sums are
! spent in transformations charity.
Miss Oy Yoke, a young woman OF
/ Chinatown, San Francisco, is trying to
! obtain a medical education. For three
/ years she has been supporting herself
! by nursing the sick among her own peO-
! PIE. She has made application at some
! Of the san Francisco hospitals, but the
! othes nurses have raised objections.
! and a. prevent trouble the directors
/ have been Obliged to bar out the young
! Chinese girl Oy Yoke was sold to
| highbinders by her parents when a baby
and brought to this country. While still
a baby she was taken charge Of by the
Methodist mission.
: The journeys of the emperor Of Ger
many cost him a great deal Of money.
( According to an article recently pub
! lished in a German paper. over 800. 900
marks. or 100000. were spent on the
trip to ItaIy and Austria undertaken
soon after he assembled the throne. A
heavy trunk in charge of a privy coun-
/ cillor on that occasion, contained eighty
! diamond rings $50 decorations, many OF
/ them jewelled: fifty scarf pins, thirty
I necklaces, with diamond pendants; six
! handsome sabres, three large photo
graphs of the emperor and his family.
/ framed in gold; thirty gold watches and
! 100 gold cigar-holders. with diamond
| ornaments. The emperor pays his own
] expenses when travelling on German
railways.