The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-19
GEORGE PARSONS LATHR0P.
New York City Begins to Feel the Effect
of the Spread Of Cholera in Europe.
The Revelations of LondOns Wickedness and
What Talmage Will Probably Say to Aris-
tocratic Snners-Books Of Travel.
Correspondence of the Indianarolis journal.

few people in the metropolis. There is pa
thstrc silence and quietude in the great hotels,
which are full of activity during the greater part
of the year; the mansions of Murray Hill are
deserted, and many homes in New York which
formerly have enjoyed the uninterrupted pres
ence Of their proprietors, are now closed for the
summer With what ease the dread of cholera
taketh a city, For it is fear of an invasion by
this thrice armed foe which has caused the in
habitants of New York to take refuge in
the country. OF course, it is the habit
of those who can command the means in New
York, as in other cities, to recuperate in the
country during the heated term; but the recent
exodus has been so general and so precipitate as
TO leave no doubt that it is refuge, rather than
recuperation, that the citys inhabitants are seek
ing Yesterday man died in Brooklyn of
acute cholera morbus. He was seaman just in
from Spanish port, and rumor started to the
effect that he had died of Asiatic cholera I'm
mSdiately panic spread through the neig Dor
hood, and in an incredibly short space of time
several families on the blocks adjoining had
gathered up their household effects and left for
parts unknown. This extreme nervousness on
the part of the people is well founded. 1t Is not
my purpose to cause needless alarm, but let no
one cherish a sense of security under the i'm
preston that all necessary precautions are being
tAksn. Why, l happen to know that ship
fruan Southern port, which carried case Of
yellow fever, was not only admitted to New
York harbor but allowed to lay at one Of the
docks until the present time. The disease was
given an inoffensive title and no suspicion was
raised. Happily there is now no further danger
from this instance; but what may we not fear
from such Iaxity on the part of the authorities
when Contagion travels in the wind
The disclosures Of the Pail Mall Gazette have
been the sensation of the week in New York,
as well as in London. They naturally suggest
the query as to whether this great city does not
hArbor some such hideous monster under the
surface But the general opinion here land
think it is the correct one is that the conditions
of life in New York, as in any other American
city, are such as to preclude the possibility of
such inveterate beastliness as has been brought
to light in the modern Babylon. The exclusive
ness of aristocratc London; its authority, his
tory and traditions its old time ability to silence
challenge with an austere and all-suficient
wave Of the hand, which, translated into
language, would mean: LET no mortal think
of judging me'-all these things have served as
the bulwarks of patrician crime The demo,
cratic methods of New York life would prevent
extensive development of those crimes of which
London stands accused were it not provided
against by the statutes was talking yesterday
with famous detective. Said he THE crime
of procuration is not carried on to any consider
able extent in New York. You will be surprised
to learn that Philadelphia is in that respect the
worst town in America" Particulars were given
Let it suffice to say that | was as
tonished. Although these revelations may
not lead to a revolution in England
let us hope they will bring about one among
thet element of American society known as
Anglo maniacs. 1t will furnish a test for the
chiyalry of American dudes.
Dr. Talmage has just arrived in London, and
it is safe to say that he will help strangle the
serpent He will give the aristOcrats Of London
some pretty plain talk, and he will add several
degrees to his former estimates of the tempera-
ture Of the lower regions They will never
have heard any palmer talk than they will get
from this Brooklyn preacher. ! had long talk
with him the night before he started. He I'M
eertOok to tell me how he had become a great
preacher why" said he, 'the secret of effect
i've speech lies in bringing out the pivotal word.
There is, or ought to lie, in every sentence a
pivotal word around which the rest reyolve. If
this word is brought out properly, the maximum
effect will be given the sentence. When [ grad
uatsd from college, was elected to be the class
orator, worked very hard on my Grafton until
1t seemed to be about right, when, agreeaby
with the regulations, l gave it to the president
for criticism. In a week or so he handed it
back so cut and slashed that hardly recognized
II. Whole pages had been taken out bodily and
Others entirely re written. Well, he. continued
Laughing heartily, Il was so unspeakably dis
gusted and Inundated that | decided upon a
bold step. In spite of the mutations 1 delivered
1t as had written it, word
after had finished the good Doctor came and
shseE my hand as he said: 1 never heard
better bit of writing delivered here 1t is equal
10 anything in Dickens Now you see when he
read the thing in manuscript he did not get the
force of it as when it was read by the one who
understood the relation of all the words" Be-
hola how easy it is to be eloquent Look out for
tie pivotal words The Doctor told me that he
Was going to Europe for rest which is probably
true inasmuch as he refused 10 write series of
letters for which he was offered 500 each.
4 book OF travels, as a rule, shows US but the
sunny side of adventure. The hardships and
sufierlngs of the traveller are not unpleasant to
look upon when the misery is over; but many
young traveller has been tempted to fling in
his lot with the pioneer by reading books of
adventure in which the art of the writer has
cast glamour over the trying episodes of the
traveller. new and notable book has just
Tremboldt entitled Under the Rays of the
Aurora Borealis' copy of which has been for
warded to me. The statement make above is
touehingly confirmed by a passage concerning
his visit to the wintry world Once" he says,
81 was on the point of breaking my chains and
flying from this desolate dark spot to the warm,
bright world without The cause was quite
accidental, the effect. perhaps, comic. In an
English novel was reading came across situa-
ton in which the lovely heroine throws
a rosebud from the easement of
her bower to hei lover A rosebud!
What commotion of feelings did not the word
create in my breast! For time all my thoughts
were eentered on this idea, engrossed with the
sancy of the charm which lay in that one word.
Alas | saw in Imagination the land where the
nightingale sings in the rose-bush. while before
me- lay the frigid desert where no plant can be
cultivated. no rose bloom" Many traveller at
this moment is languishing in inaccessible wilds
with similar feelings in his heart At the club,
one evening this week, friend showed me a