The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-12
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

| Miss CLEVELAND it is said, has taken deep In.
eres in the old Shakespeare Bacon controversy and
is devoting much time to investigating the evidence
offered in support of the theory that Bacon the
dramas attributed to the playwright who produced
them Without wishing to dampen the literary ardor
| of the mistress OF the White House, respectfully
suggest that influence should be exerted to
make it clear that her distinguished brother wrote the
| letter to Mr. Curtis signed with his name, which
promised such inexibe devotion to the principle of
| vilservice reform.-Boston Record
II is quite impossible for Intelligent America to
sympathizc with the government of Russia which is
in FORM an autocracy. and. in fact brutal and cor
rupt oligarchy, against power to which civilization
owes much it TO England. As for the seuti
ment of individual Americans toward individual En-
glishmen, that is quite another matter 1t depends
altogether upon the character of the individuals con.
cerned. But do not believe there is community
| in the United States In which Engshman who is
likeable human being, finds himself dsliked be-
cause he is an Engshman, or finds his nationality
disadvantage to him in any respect wha.eyer.-New
York Times.
THE trouble with who ride hobbies is that they
argue themselves into exaggerated estimate of the
evil they combat. Opium eating is one Of the most
destructive forms of dissipation but it is also of
the rarest among civilized people 1t has no hold upon
the women the girls Of this country and it could
| not make any Roadway without becoming matter of
notoriety 1t would not be left for single physician
professor in normal school to discover genera al
vice of this character and the testimony of one man
is not sufficient authority the subject There are
! some bad habits among and girls, but opium
eating and excessive drinking are not among them
| Chicago Tribune.
THERE be sympathy for party that fools
away OF its strongest districts by sheer stupidity
when the control of the Legislature hung in the bal
ance and to attempt to retrieve the bluner by
ing the successful candidate the seat to which he was
elected, would simply add villainy to imbecity Tho
Democrats have lost the Illinois Legislature where
they had the power to it, and that folly is ire
trievabe. The Republicans now have q fair majority
in the Illinois Legislature, and they entitled to
elect senator unless their division shall defeat
it. The thing that the Democrats can't afford to
do is to make bad worse by trying to hold by trickery
what they lost by tornfoolery philadelphia Times.
THE minds of children not like rubber bags, TO
be stuffed and stretched and stuffed again until they
full that you get nothing out but are like
climbing plants which need to be taught to climb for
themselves. The most valuable lessons are not those
learned in the schoolroom. If the teacher by means
of training lasting during six eight years has
opened the of the pupils that they see has
trained the faculties to be of USE it matters not
whether the pupil remembers the date of Arnold
treason, or the manner of William the Conquerers
death. The the long tedious reviews and ex.
aminations superseded by rational system
savoriug of the intelligence Of the times and less
of the drill room the better for pupils teachers and
| parents.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Bur it seems to US ia al those efforts to educate
public sentiment on the subject of divorce the re.
formers only cleaning the outside Of filthy plat-
ter. Miserable divorces grow out of more miserable
marriages, and marriages are 80 often miserable
among us because they have become, in too many
cases, mostly mercenary partnerships, founded on
money fashion, with single spark of the pure
old.fashioned love and the reverence for God which
make the relation the one most sacred and enduring
| Whenever q nation becomes corrupted by love of
money the ambition of dplay the first sign of its
decadence is disregard for the sanctity of marriage
We heed only to look at Rome before It's fall to En-.
gland under Charles, and Francen the first empire
what social life is and its probable end Let
the churches and all good honest people take care Of
marriage. and divorce will take Of itsef-Phia-
| delphia Press