The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-06
manners, ard general disregard for the pro-
prieties of life, he is just about such a man as
st. Louis paper might be expected to make.
MINOR MENTION.

the young man, making mlsstep, fell over a
bluff; but, fortunately for his neck, caught and
held by projecting shrub twenty feet from the
top until the girl tore her petticoat into strips
and rescued him. Had the case been reversed
and the young woman's life been saved
by the man, all established precedents of
history and romance would require him to sub
sequently offer himself in marriage. AS it is, in
this instance, however, some speculations are
being INDUCED in by persons interested in social
affairs as to the proper course to be followed It
cannot be expected, of course that
the young lady will feel it her
duty to propose to the youth herself;
the assumption Of the masculine character of
rescuer does not seem to endow her with further
privileges. What the young mans duty in the
premises may DE is what puzzles the gossips To
set their minds at rest they should read Holiness
scribed at some length. A muscular young
woman rushes into a burning building
carries out on her shoulders a handsome
man who is i'll with fever and helpless. He
RECEIVERS, in the course of time, from the fever
and tho shock and marries the muscular girl
precisely as he would have done had he dragged
her from the turning house. With the ques-
ton thus settled by so high an authority on the
proprieties nothing remains for the New Jersey
man who fell over the cliff but to marry the
New Jersey girl. Circumstances do not always
alter cases.
IN shooting scrape at Macon, Ga. on Thurs
day night, Samuel Jemison and Edward Stro
hecker killed each other. The tragedy resulted
from an old trouble, but was preeipitated by
tensions failure to invite Strohecker to drink
when others were asked up to the bar. Stro-
hecker followed Jemison to neiehboring res
taurant. and began firing at him without a
word of warning, and Jemison, without
saying word, returned the fire, killing
Strohecker almost instantly. AS Jemison
reeled to fall, he cried out II am dead!" The
friend who caught him said, "Well, if you are
dead, you got your mani" To which the dying
man responded, "Yes, believe have but
1 am killed" He was right in both things.
His antagonist died in few min
utes and he remained only till morning
But what kind of talk is this to 90 before imma-
ture minds inclined to imitatel There are many
who will regard the conduct of Jemison as cour-
ageous and heroic. His Indifference to murder
and death will be held to be to his credit because
of his sang froid. But neither nor both change
the character Of his offense He invited trouble
tie evidence shows, and was ready
for fight to the death. Both men were muir
derers. and both towards when compared with
genuine heroism. The line between true and
spurious courage should be plainly drawn
for the bentt Of youth unable yet to dis
criminate. Indifference to death is an order of
courage below that of brute, and ill becomes
any man.
WHAT has taken possession of the Juvenile
mind that it tends to suicide more than usual9
On Wednesday a thirteen year-old aon of Dr.
Stuart, of Schenectady, committed suicide be.
cause he had been reprimanded for slamming q
door hard enough to break the glass in it. On
the same day, at Atlanta, colored lad of the
same age blew his brains out because his mother
didn't want him to play with a revolver. On the
same day, at Akron, O., Allison Sanders, aged
nineteen, killed himself without a moments
warning, giving no reason for the act At
Bloomington, ILL.,, on the same day, James CORR
dan, aged eighteen jumped into we'll and
drowned himself because he feared he would
become an invalid; and in this city, on the same
day. young girl, aged nineteen, committed
suicide without any well-defned reason. 1t is
bad enough for old and world-weary people to
take their own lives, but it is hard to understand
how the young and hopeful can do it, There
must be something amiss in the education of
such youth.
AFTER long-continued and stubborn opposition
on the part of conservative New Workers,
street-railway line was established on Broadway,
to the manifest benefit of that thoroughfare
The success of this line melted the enterprisng
owners to attempt the conquering of fresh fields
and they are now endeavoring to secure
right-ofway on Fifth avenue; but
the opposition encountered before was
as nothing compared with that which meets
them now. Fifth-avenuites are enraged to
think that the dissertation of their street can be
seriously contemplated and hold indignation
meetings, sign petitions without number to the
State and municipal authorities, and refer in
strong terms to the 'conspirators" whose evil
designs they wish to defeat resident of Fifth
avenue would prefer to walk down his beloved
street, even though he were lame and halt, and
had only fvecent fare in his pocket rather
than to enter so plebeian vehicle as streetcar
before his own door. But the probabilities are
that the alternative will be presented to him.
INDIANAPOLIS is not the only city whose con-
fding people have deposited their money in
banks to receive small portions of it back in the
remote future, when what is left of the assets
has been realized upon. The Penn Bank, of
Pittsburg. which closed something over year
ago. on account OF peculiar financial transac-
tions of its president, has just announced it's
first dividend of 81 per cent AS the first dv-
dend will be the last, these creditors, among
whom are a large number of laboring people,
will not greet the merry holiday time with as
much 10Y IS they might otharwisa do