The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-28
The OMNIBUS

1t is said that the gold product OF Mon
tana VIII this year show an increase OF
| 40 per cent. over that OF 1898.
Great honor is due those women who
have the courage TO be old maids rather
than heartbrok n wives.-Ram's Horn.
Tommy-'What you cryln' about cry
baby?" Jlmmy-"Aw. You'd cry. too. n
/ your pants made outer yer sisters
| Old bicycle Observation-Disclosures TTi-
/ bune.
Minnie-'What do you understand by
/ the term platonic affection p " Mamie
! 1T usually means that the young man
/ Omaha Bee.
Owing TO the fact that farms may be
had upon the sole condition that they i'm
prove the land. many Norwegian immi-
! grants have settled I'm British Columbia
rather than in the United States
Miss Blithey interested in science)-
! "Can one get a shock from a telephone?"
! Top Spifkns Gntent on ethicS)-"That de-
! Ponds, my dear young lady. who is talk
/ Ing at the other end."-Harper's Bazar
! And now a ghost has made its appear
! ance in the young ladies' seminary at
Delaware, o. That ghost understands his
| business. II we We're spook we wouldn't
/
patch
! In the Vermont house Of representatives
| II is very common TO see members who
wear no neckties, and one gentleman has
! also discarded collars as an article OF
| dress. II is determined to show that he
wears no mans collar
John" she said gently. 'ff was YOU
I'd let elections alone an jine pro-
| gressive euchre club" What for?" he
| exclaimed. Because in progressive
euchre they is sech a thing as a BOBBY
prize "-Washington Star.
She "a woman's rights woman)-"Do
! you believe that woman should have the
right Of being the equal OF man." He
! We'll, if she wants to let herself down
so far 1 don't see any reason why she
! should be prevented. N Y. Press.
Dashaway-"Tha WILSON'S have asked
me to Thanksgiving dinner at and the
| Quigleys at Z. and l don't know which
| TO accept" Stuffer-"Why don't you do
/ ~ l do?' Dlshaway-'W What's that?"
Stuher-"I'm going to both"-N. Y. Her
A collection of Australian stamps has
! just been bought by a London dealer for
! $4,000, the largest price ever paid for a
stamp collection. The collection was be-
| gun in 1872 and includes stamped en-
| Neiopes, postal cards and wrappers.-N. Y.
/ Sun.
| The house OF magDates has finally ac-
! cepted the Jewish religion as an integral
part aside from other religious confess
/ slons in Hungary. The contest was a
| long and tedious one in the face Of the
! fierce and relentless opposition OF the
! clericals and anu-Semitic factions.
Well sir" said the vivacious lady to
the artist who was painting her portrait.
you haven't finished already. have you?
! Or has the hour expired?" Neither.
| madam" replied the artist; Il am wait
| ing for an opportunity Of seeing how your
| chin looks when in reporse. Life.
Mrs. Ahmen Corner Qn whisper. as
the collection is being taken)-"Who is
the man in the next aisle with the basket?
| Isn't it wonderful how he seems 10 be able
! 10 make everybody contribute" Ahmen
! Corner-"Not 50 very wonderful. He
! used to be ward man on the New York
police force. Buffalo Courier.
A cedar tree 407 feet in hight and meas
uring seventy feet in circumference at the
base has just been felled near Oc0sta,
! Wash. It was sixty feet to the first limb
| Of the tree, and the limb itself was seven
| feet in diameter. il is estimated that the
| tree will furnish 100000 feet of boards.
| enough TO make over a hundred car loads
| Of shingles.
The Vermont legislature has passed a bill
| designating the red clover as the state
flower The vote taken throughout the
state resulted as follows: Whole vote
cast, 1871; red clover received 9.572;
daisy, 1851; buttercup, 945 scattering, f.
| SOS. The clover was selected on the
| grounds that 1t IS indigenous, fragrant
and most useful.-N. Y. Recorder.
The New York Tribune says: AN En-
| gish judge the other day dismissed an in
| dlctment against a pickpocket who had
thrust his hand in a mans empty pocket,
| on the ground that as there was nothing
| TO steal no offelse was committed. If an
| American judge had done such a thing the
| Saturday Review would have made ii the
! text of an able article showing that the
great American republic is a failure"
One meets now much oftener than for
/ merly men ana women going about with
the peculiar eyeglasses worn by persons
who have submitted TO treatment for
cataract. The pupil of the eye looks alb
| normally large as seen through the glass
| lens that takes the place Of the destroyed
/ natural lens. The ease and certainty with
| which the operation for cataract is now
| performed have induced many purbllnd
| sufferers to submit 10 1t.
Many persons used to believe in the
mushroom stone" though the diction-
aries now merely say that it is a fossil
resembling the mushroom in form. Ac-
cordng to tradition the true mushroom
stone, If put in a favorable place and
| watered occasionally. will produce several
large edible mushrOC ms a week. and an
early writer on the subject says that half
\ a dozen Of these stones viii furnish a
! family with mushrooms for several years.
The railway marks invented by the
| Hungarian Minister Lukais vii! shorty be
adopted on al Hungarian railways. For
the future no traveller on Hungarian rail-
ways viii be troubled to stand waiting at
| the ticket Office for his ticket. He vii. be
| in a position to make out his ticket for
| himself on a blank card he wiz write
| the name Of he station from which he
takes his departure, and that of the sta
| ton he means to 60 TO, and he VIII stick
on to the remaining empty space on the
card as many railway marks" as his
journey viii cost The bank cards viii
be obtainable at al tobacco shops.
A young woman wrote TO Crane, the
actor. begging him for his autograph with
"a few bright lines" Mr.. Crane cut out
four strips of silver braid. pinned them on
a piece Of paper and wrote his name be-
meath A well known comedian bitterly
complains of the thoughtlessness Of people
who are always expecting actors 70 be
accommodating and SLOPPY. One night he
accepted invitation to a reception, and
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