The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-24

'Poverty's Palace" and the borrowed
money will be used to put lecturers and
organizers in the field.
London women now smoke cigarettes
after lunch in the best class Of west end
restaurants and no objection is made.
Ephraim Bull. the originator of the Con-
cord grape, is seriously i'll at his home in
Concord, Mass. from injuries received last
autumn by fall from ladder.
The value of fur seals shipped from Alas
ka and sold in the London markets since
the territory came into the possession of
the United States is given as nearly $780,
00O,0Oo and of other furs as N6,OO0,000.
A maiden lady of Baltimore named Mary
Rickert bought cents worth of laudanum
at each of eighteen drug stores, put all
of the doses together and swallowed it at
the supper table. She refused ali efforts
to apply antidotes and, when a bath was
suggested by one of the frantic household.
said: 81 have taken a bath and have my
burial clothes on beneath my Dress
Many persons cannot believe that crepe
is mace of silk because it is not glossy.
Genuine crepe is of pure silk from which,
by secret process of manufacture, all the
gloss has been taken. The peculiar wrin-
kles which are supposed to be a character
istic of the goods are caused by a solution
of gum into which the cloth is dipped and
dried without pressing. Crepe can be made
smooth by washing and ironing.
please help the blind" was the placard
that hung on the breast of a mendicant
on the Bowery in New York. A kind
hearted pedestrian took a nickel from his
pocket and dropped it in the hat but it
fell through a hole in the crown to the
sidewalk. The pedestrian and the blind
man both hunted for it, 1t was down
crack out of sight, but the blind man
found it first. 4 policeman who wasn't
blind took him in.
The oldest lodge of free masons in Amer
lea, st. Johns lodge of Boston, recently
held its 160th annual meeting, at which the
new officers were installed by Wyzeman
Marshall, who was master of the lodge IN
1858, 80 and so. The lodge possesses two
carved punches of grapes that are the
original tavern sign adjoining the front Of
the Bunch of Grapes inn, in Boston, where
the first lodge of free masons in America
was established in 1888.
This story is told Of Chicago's merchant
prince. Marshall Field. a small boy in his
employ approached Mr.. Field and asked
for an advance in salary. How much are
you getting a week now?" asked the mer-
chant. -Four dollars and a half sir" And
how old are your Twelve sir" ''Why.
my boy, at your age l wasn't paid that
maybe you wernt worth it to the firm
you was working for, but I think 1 am
The German emperor William has made
a rule that governs the game preserves
and vast forests belonging to the Prussian
crown property. 1T is that all the guests
who shoot over the preserves be debarred
from taking the game which falls to their
guns. 1t is gathered by servants and sold
en- bloc to game dealers. If a guest wishes
TO obtain the body of any animal or bird
which he may have shot he is obliged to
pay the fun market price to the treasury
Of the department of the grand master Of
the hunt.
Russell Sage, whose fortune is estimated
to be at least 100000, was assessed in
New York on 81 10000 worth of personal
property. He made a very vigorous OBJ
lection to the assessment and claimed that
his personal property was not worth nearly
that amount Bonds are subject TO taxa
ton as personal property, while stocks are
not. Mr.. Sage has a good store of bonds,
but he claims that their value has shrunken
greatly on account of financial depres-
sion At all events he does not want to
pay his taxes as assessed.
Lucky Baldwin's estate in San Gabriel
county, California, comprises $1,000
acres and is worth Sl0,0oo0Oo. Here
were bred and trained the horses
that have made Baldwin's fame and
fortune. Everything is conducted on
the most practical plan at Santa Anita.
The stables are plain and single and horses,
worth from $500 to $4,000 each. live in
plain wood box stalls. The Emperor of
Norfolk. the king of Baldwin's stable,
horse that won Baldwin $4,000 in one year,
is content in cheap pine STALL
The ocean and lake coasts of the United
c-Hsa lions NJ
the life saving service, which is attached
to the United States treasury department.
Since the introduction of the system in
1871. about S5.5O0.OO0 worth of property has
been saved and over 10000 lives saved and
protected. The cost of maintaining the
service during the year was about N,25OO00.
Coast guardsmen only serve seven months
in the year. They are not on duty during
five winter months. a bill is now before
congress advocating that guardsmen be
given extra pay and kept on duty the
whole wear.