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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

WHETHER life is joke or tragedy is hard
So say. On Friday last, at Lawrenceville,
Ga, T. w. Stephenson was hanged for the
murder of his aunt By his request brass
band played golden slippers as he stood on
the gallows, while the condemned man ban
died jests with those he knew in the crowd.
In the midst of one OF his well-nigh blasphem-
Gus jeers the trap sprung and the sentence was
was dead. With him it would appear that life
was joke, to be flliped away as an empty
nutshell not worth consideration.
AT about the same hour in New York
city fearful panic occurred in
one of the crowded hool-houses
A dragon-ly entered one of the windows and
began circling about the heads of the pupils
Ii created such terror that panic ensued
and in moment a rush was made for the
stairs A dreadful catastrophe would doubt
less have ensued but for the presence of
mind OF the teachers in charge, who kept
nearly all tine children in check until order
was restored Those who got out raised the
fearful cry OF fire" and for time it looked
as though the ,, 100 children in the house
would precipitate themselves recklessly
down the stairs to certain death. Here life
was precious. The first alarm, and without
waiting to learn the source or character of
the danger, was enough to impel ali to run
for their lives.
Life is tragedy or joke according to place
and circumstances. 1t is a joke when it is
allowed to float carelessly away like thistle
down on the idle winds of summer. 1t is a
joke when flung away in desperation or
dissipation; tragedy when man clings to it
until wrung from him. The lives of some
are more valuable to the community than
are Others Generally he who sets a light
value on his existence sets a correct one,
and it matters little how soon he ends it.
But there are exceptions, and sometimes in
moments of despair a life has gone out long
before its usefulness was at an end. Then
there are those who cling to life with a des-
perate tenacty; men whose whole existence
has been blight and curse, and who could
easily be spared, to the evident advantage of
society. The measure OF the value of human
life has been variously estimated and as
with all things earthly this value will vary
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11
ABOUT PEOPLE.

T. B. ALDRIcH, the poet, dresses like a "ddde,"
and wakes his mustache.
JOHN JASPER is nearly sixty years old, and the
older he grows the more he believes 'de sun do
move" Jasper is tall and very black
Mr.. GLADSTONE is said not to be great man
but that he tries TO increase the strength of his
Liberal party by Offering his autograph to boys
whom he meets.
THE Right Rev. J. l.. Spaulding, the Roman
Catholic Bishop, of Peoria, ILL.,, was among the
passengers VINO arrived. Friday, by the
steamer Republic, from Liverpool
In Lord Ronald Covers "My "reminiscences"
Dsrae is quoted having once said: "My
idea OF happy future state is one of those long
midsummer days when one dimes at O'clock"
1T is reported that Mr.. Maokay, the million
are, contemplates the erection in New York
city of a gigantic hotel 1t Is to be eight times
the size of the Fifth Avenue Hotel and is to con-
tain almost every thing under its roof.
THE other day friend called upon Mr.. T. B.
Aldrich at his Office in Boston, which overloOks
the old Granary burying-ground, aud made a
casual remark on the pleasant surroundings.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

GREAT BRITAIN with her boosted colonial sys-
tenn has plenty of room for her surplus popula-
ton. She is responsible for pauperism in Ire
land and she, NOT the United States, must be
made to hear the consequences OF her own mis-
government Brooklyn Eagle.
THE policy OF evasion will secure no protec-
tionist votes after all because everybody knows
that If he wants II protective tariff he can get it
only by voting with the Republicans. The Dem
Ocrats may cheat him, and probably will. The
Republicans are the true OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
York Herald.
FIVE of the Ph1nix PARK assassins have ex-
plated their crime the scaffold, Scores of
those who were incrminaied in like offenses
either III prison or on their way there. And now,
a net result. what has assassination or dyna-
mite explosions done TO help the cause of free
dom in Ireand2 Cincinnati Commercial Ca
zette.
II ia disgraceful and intoleraDle that when
needed reduction in otlice-holders is contem-
plated Congressman should rush to Washin gton
TO plead ahd intrigue with the President to
''saVe their friends" Mr.. Arthur and Secretary
Folger ought 10 pay not the least attention to
these congressional Uff1ce-beggars,--New York
Herald.
Now it seems that while Mr.. Hendricks did
not fully estimate the passionate cry from the
hereaved shotgun sovereign 'States for the old
ticket, he was really in love with Mr.. Tiden al.
the time, drank sparkling water with him at
Saratoga and was ready to commune with him
In the wilderness. There has not, however, at
any time been any doubt that Mr. hendricks has
Thought 1t inexpedlent TO give the first place on
the Democratic ticket to Mr. MoDOnald.-Cin-
cinnatl Commercial Gazette
IT lynch law in the Westl is not as in older
communities, the occasional passionate ont
break. but a public force which impedes the
course Of the law by making atravesty of Justice
ana doOmS many innocent men 10 "A popular jury
fierce and untamed as that which formerly de-
manded the sacrifice of victims IN the arena. 1t
is "a thoroughly di-graceful condition of affairs
snd might well occupy the the attention of legis-
lators aud thoughtful people in the communities
so afflicted. Philadelphia Times
THE Influences which tend to the equalization
of wealth are stronger and more lasting than
those which tend otherwise. II 1t is insisted
that appearances contradict This proposiIon it
may be replied that if they do 1t is owing TO tenn
pOrary causes. AS IA gold field settles down to
regular mining processes when the first finds
have been exhausted, so will money making in
general IN the United States. Wealth will come
in smaller lots, and be more widely distributed
among its wInners.-St. Louis GlObe-DemOcrat
IT is declared on good authority that less than
half of the insane are In confinement yet all the
asylums are overcrOwded. The condition of
many asylums is frightful. The patients are
huddlet upon one another, left IN filth. and
given the least possible care. That radical
change is imperative in the care of the Insane is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

In the good old free-trade, Democratic
days of 1860 salt sold at $3.50 per barrel
Under protective tariff the salt ''monopo-
lists" have run down the price to 70 cents
per barrel. Protection encouraged the man
ufacture of salt until compe tition, thus fos-
tered, compelled the reduction above noted.
The same results may be observed in most
other branches of manufacture. Protection,
instead of building up monopolies, invites the
greatest home com petition. until, at last, the
proper economic base is reached, the supply
being equal to the demand, and the profit
reaped is not great enough TO invite more
capital to invest in that particular industry.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

THE Manufacturer, published at Holyoke,
Mass, gives utterance to the following:
''Men trained in business affairs know per-
fecty well that prices of labor, like all other
prices, are determined by the relations of de-
mand and supply. Wages are higher in the
United States than in England because, with
unlimited resources, population is not yet so
dense, and the competition for employment
not SO sharp as in the Old World"
Granting that your statement is an axiom
needing no proof, are you prepared to say
that free trade will increase the demand for
American labor? Is there any body simple
enough to believe that with England's 5,000,-
900 mechanics brought into unfair competi-
ton with our own, there will be more work
to do in America2 1t is a proposition so
ridiculous, so utterly absurd and impossible
that it requires the exercise of unbounded
patience to reply to it calmly. If there is
any reason in the world why free trade
is urged it is that we may buy manu-
featured articles cheaper than we do
now under the operation of a protective
tariff If such expectations be realized it
England will do the work cheaper than we
do, and If they do, they will be given the
first chance over the workmen OF Holyoke,
and of every manufacturing city and town
in the United States. Money is conscience
less. 1t will buy where it can buy the most.
If the men of Manchester will work for 90
or 80 per cent, less than those of Massachu-
sets, the Spectator in cotton goods will be
very certain to buy in Manchester in prefer
ence to Massachusetts,. 1t is to pre-
vent this and to compel capitalists
United States to spend it here, that
the tariff law is laid A certain number of
mills in America supply the demand under
protective tariff that makes IL cheaper to
buy of them. The tariff removed, and it is
cheaper to buy in England. Does anybody
imagine buyers insane enough to buy in
America when they can buy cheaper in Eng
land? Plainly, then, with the decreased de-
mand upon American mills and men, GER
tain number of the former will be compelled
to close and send their employees adrift, while
the receipts and wages of those remaining
must fall to figures on level with those
beyond the Atlantic The Holyoke manu-
facturer is correct: the price
of labor is determined by de-
mand and supply. A protective
tariff keeps up the demand for American
made goods and prevents the supply of labor
from being literally overwhelmed by letting
in upon our mechanics and operatives the
100000 half-paid employees of English fac
tories and mills. Now that the mills of
Holyoke have got upon solid ground by
means Of the tariff, they are ready, perhaps,
to throw down the bars. The mills and men
of Indiana and the great and growing West
are not yet ready.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

"OHIo is the nursery of great men, and a
large percentage of them are Democrats"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
What is needed for Democratic great men
in Indiana just now is a hospital. The pre-
its effects than at first supposed. 1t is not
known exactly how it happened, as all with
in range are buried under the wreck, and
can hardly be reached before the summer of
1894
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

A QUESTION of interest to the travelling
public has been decided by a Pittsburg court.
William Gardner sued the Pullman Palace
Car Company for $500, of which amount he
was robbed while sleeping in one of the cars
en- route from Philadelphia. The plaintiff
claimed that the company was bound to
maintain reasonable watch at nights to
prevent theft, and failing to do this was
liable for property stolen from passengers.
The defense took the somewhat remarkable
position that as Gardner had kept his money
and watch upon his own person, and
had not offered to deliver them to
the company, and as the company, ac-
cording to invariable rule, would have
refused to accept the custody of the valua-
bles, therefore the passenger must run the
risk of loss. The court ruled that as the
sleeping-car company advertises itself to The
public as providing suitable cars in which to
sleep, they implicitly agree that arrangements
Sleep and that reasonable watch over the
safety of his person and property will be
maintained by it while the passenger is help
less from sleep to guard himself; and failing
to keep such a watch the company was liable
for the loss The jury returned a verdict for
plaintiff for $317.80. This ruling is said to be
without precedent, all former efforts to
make sleeping-car companies liable having
been defeated. 1t is expected that an appeal
to the Supreme Court will be taken by the
Pullman Company in this case. The final
decision will be looked for with interest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

The Spotless Proves of Kentucky is equal
TO any emergency. On Friday afternoon a
party of ladies from the Millersburg Female
College, accom- panied by several gentlemen,
among the latter Prof. G. T. Gould, got on a
selves Gould and two other opponents of
Spotless Proves, sought to GUST the Rev.
Elisha Green. beating him with heavy
brass-bound valise and injuring him Sc
yerely. Green is over sixty years old, and is
very highly respected in Paris where for
more than quarter or a century he has been
pastor of colored church. The women of
Kentucky are bound to be protected, even
at the expense of the aged and decrepit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

HERE now, comes Lieutenant-commander Cor
ringe, who is to demonstrate the practicability
of American ship-building. In answer TO a
question, he asserts that he expects to be
abba to compete with ship-bulders on the
Clyde most emphatically, and when asked upon
what he based his expectation, answered. "rhe
price of American iron is now but little more
than that of foreign iron. 1t is OF enough better
quality TO make il cheaper than foreign iron."
Will the able free-traders gnaw on the file
awhlle9 Mr.. Gorringe is one of the men they
have been swearing by; yet he says American
iron is better and cheaper than foreign iron,
tariff and all. 1t was the protection to Ameri-
can manufactures that brought this state OF
things abOut.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

SPEAKER CHAPfS, of the New York tidal-wave
reform Democratic Legislature, when he "eft"
the chair at the close of the late session, took
the chair aud desk with him, probably as a me-
mento Of his distinguished services in behalf of
REFORM The two articles of furniture cost the
State Sls4 BY parity OF reasoning each mem
Der should have walked off with his individual
chair and desk, and the Governor might have
taken the State-house for his share. Great is
humbug reform, and New York Democracy gets
the profit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

A THIRTEEN-YEAR-oLD boy in New York has
obtained verdict of $4,000 damages for the
loss of leg. The boy was run over by a
coal cart, the result being the loss of his left
leg The first trial resulted in divided jury
Eight for plaintiff and four for defendant
In the second trial ten were for plaintiff
and two for defendant. The verdict is the
largest known for years against private in
dividnal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

THE lot of the postmaster is getting to be an
unhappy one. While the first and second classes
of these officials in deep affection on account
of being ordered to attend to their business the
smaller fry are In trouble also. There lie the
Pennsylvania man who was appointed postmas-
ter at a town consisting Of a saw-mll and sa-
loon and tried to make it city by disposing of
a thousand dollars worth Of stamps week, and
now an Ohio man has been snatched up His
postoffice was in a corner of his grocery store,
and any customer who asked for letter was told
to help himself. The results Of this being con-
trary to the peace and dignity of the Common
wealth the postmaster is in durance vile.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

weather, although Fisher raped repeatedly for
the brakeman to open the door. Finally, after
being carried nine squares beyond where they
wished to get off, Fisher broke the glass in the
door and opened for which he was arrested. He
brought suit for damages, and has been awarded
$500 for ill-treatment and $4,000 for false I'M
prisonment. There is too much red tape and
too many senseless rules about many corpora
tons, and the iron bound manner in which they
are enforced, TO the discomfort of the public, is
decidedly undemocratIc. The verdict In this in
stance is righteous one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

EVEN man whose best girls relatives are all
deaf and dumb cannot be too cautious. Bal
timore breaoh-of-promise case will turn upon
the evidence of deaf sister of the girl plaintiff,
who was present when iG Is claimed the Young
man popped the question. She has learned clip
language and Will swear from her observation
of the chaps mouth that he proposed matri-
mony A young man really seems to have no
safeguards nowadays.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

MR.. LIVINGSTONE, Of Trenton, N. j., ought to
be convinced by this time that no is a bad man.
year ago the vestry OF MIR. Livingstone's
church decided that he was malicious SANDER
er, and altogether detrimental to their parish.
and that, therefore, he should be deprived OF his
pew. This insult endured; but when the
vestry further resolved that 1t would receive no
more donations from this black sheep then the
patience of the prescribed member gave way.
and he appealed to civil authority. The Supreme
Court has just ruled in effect that the vestry did
right, and that they perfectly justified in ex-
Polling so Objectionable a brand fromthe church.
Mr.. Livingstone will now make his offerings to
the Lord through other sources.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

PART of the evidence as to tho insanity of a
New York woman is that of her uncultivated
neighbors, who testify that she cut up valuable
shawls into cushion-eovers. This is what comes
of living in an questionable locality. Probably
the woman was only aesthetic, and was trying
to follow one of those nigh art rules for house
decoration beginning: take an India shawl"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

THE principal amusement on the Maritime
Exchange at present Is betting on the arrival of
rival ocean steamers. Here is new incentive
to beat the record, and the natural result will be
to increase the speed beyond the limit OF safety.
and it will not be long until one of the crack
steamers will never be heard OF again after leav-
ing port, and the customary amount Of specula-
ton Will be INDUCED in.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

AND now the Partisan dudes are given to put
ting English names on fashionable follies, Just
now Gle Riding and Coaching Club is on top,
and the fun is being done to the death. IL Is
pleasing to reflect that French snobs will prove
themselves as incomprehensible, II not actually
as idI otto as their American cousins when they
essay foreign tongue large skating theater
in Paris has long been known as the LIE Skating,
and is pronounced as though the ST. was dou-
bled-skatting.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

THERE is satisfaction over the verdict Of SO, 500
damages in favor Of George F. Fisher against
the Manhattan elevated road, of New York
City One night in December, 1879. Fisher
and two ladies boarded an uptown train, getting
on the rear platform of the last car the gate be-
ing left open, that no obstruction was offered,
and were obliged to stand exposed to the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

in the minds of men. Among the most re-
priced because it is actually worth more,
and with the desperate and dissipated it will
be lightly esteemed. because of little worth
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11
Very Like n Whale.

Lafayette Courier.
The indianapolis Journal Is as big as a
Bible this mornng-seventeen pages good
reading. 1t is decidedly metropolitan, and
in enterprise reminds us more and more of
the Courier every day,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

THE report that Governor Porter would
call an extra session of the Legislature is
certainly without foundation of truth. The
Governor has said repeatedly that he would
not call special sessionif he could borrow
the money to conduct the State government,
and we apprehend there be no trouble in
that regard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11
A Better Paper than 1t Ever Was.

Saturday PeVpIe
There is no question of the fact that the
Journal to-day is better paper than it evor
was, and indeed is by all odds the best news
paper published in Indiana. 1t is credit to
the State, and so looked upon by the press OF
the country. Its opinions have weight
among all classes,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

THE Northern Indiana Editorial Association
will meet at Fort Wayne on Thursday and Fri-
day of next week. The programme is unusually
attractive in the topics selected for discussion.
and the meeting promises to be very successful.
Colonel G. A. Pierce, OF the Chicago News, will
deliyer an address on Thursday evening. Colo
mel Pierce is a close observer and accomplished
writer, and his hearers are certain of both enter
tainment and instruction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

THE Democratic bummers have stirred UP a
hornets nest by their raid upon the beney-
olent institutions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

THE day for deceiving the intelligent voter
in this country by a cheap juggling on the
tariff question has passed by.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11
He Is Naturally Reticent.

Pittsburg Commercal-Gazette.
The question is how English manages to
hold his tongue while Hendricks and Me-
Donald are firing their smoothbores so fire.
quently.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

JOHN JACOB AsToR has bought a strip Of
ground eight inches wide on Pine street, New
York. for s., 600 That is at the rate of $500
per foot, or 1925 900 for a thirty-foot front
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
Is the present fair ground located the old
Camp Morton ground or not2 READER.
OMEGA, Ind
IL is the same ground.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11
A Good stroke of journalism.

AndfGWb ENaWIner
1t is certainly good stroke of journalism
when a country weekly can scoop all the
dailies by coaxing Mr.. Hendricks from mis-
accustomed perch on the fence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

"THE rumOrs af1oat that changes were cOntem-
plated In the management of the Institute tor
the Blind, and also that Of the Deaf and Dumb
are positively without any fOun0s,icn in iact."
Indianapolis Sentinel
The Sentinel simply does not know what 1t is
talking about Changes are contemplated in
both institutions, and have been attempted, just
as the journal has published. The future will
show that the Sentinel is totally in the dark
as to the purposes of the bumners of Its party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

THE Cincinnati Commercial Gazette is nov
attempting 10 defeat Foraker by publishing
alleged campaign poetry.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

THEsE Turks are a harem-scarem lot, and it
may give Minister Wallace trouble in keeping
our commercial relations with them in desirable
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11
Never Can Crawl Out.
Wabash Plaindealer.

Wabash Plsindealer.
Mr.. Hendricks will never be able TO crawl
out alive from under the debris created by
his own explosive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

AND the man that fools with it will bC
presumed to know that it went of.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

EVERY reasonable doubt should be con-
strued in favor of its being loaded
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-11

IT is said that Haverly 'thinks OF retiring
Most people do under like circumstances