The Indianapolis journal., 1885-02-15

the lady, followed by suit to break the deed
of trust, put another face upon the matter. The
elder Williams stated to the court that he con-
sidered his sons health too precarious to justify
him in assuming the responsibilities of married
life, and that he persuaded him to make the deed
as preliminary measure to breaking his engage
ment. Why he had refused to surrender the
property after the couple were finally and irrev-
ocably united he omitted to explain. The son
maintained that he was coerced into the signing
of the deed, the nature Of which he did not fully
understand, by threat from his father to dis
close to the fancees parents certain irregular-
ties of conduct of which he had once been guilty
The case, as disclosed by the evidence, appeared
to be one in which parental authority and dictatiou
had been carried to an unwarranted degree, and
this was the view evidently held by the court
which has just issued an order declaring the
deed null and void The affair owing to the
prominence of the parties, has caused an i'm
mense amount of gossip, which, it may be sup
posed, will now be at rest.
Rev. SAMUEL H. VIRGIN, of New York city,
is not afraid to talk like man of brains, and a
Christian of common sense, upon the nonsense
| Of faith cures" In recent sermon he said:
"The healing of ills by prayers alone has be-
come widely advocated over the country, and it
is turning the word of God to ridicule. Certain
persons have wrested passages from the natural
| trend of the Scriptures, and point to them as
authority for their belief Jesus healed the sick,
but he did it continually by means, an object
| lesson. He nowhere rebukes condemns the
physicians Paul took for his associate the
Apostle Luke, who skilled and trained
physician. 1t was DR.. Luke who looked after
his bodily infirmities, felt his pulse, and gave
hiY1nC Gn4h W. &c
people is often devoid of common sense. They
will not even use mustard plaster for fear that
it may disturb prayer. There is no authority in
the Bible for this phase of skeptical philosophy
which they have adopted. Some
questionably have been healed through
their agencies, but these cases have been mainly
OF nervous or imaginary troubles. Because most
OF those who teach this folly have been good
and Christian people, little has been said hereto
fore of their weakness; but 1T is time for
sensible Christian people to condemn the prac
tce The murder is less a murder when
the patient dies in the arms of matron who is
praying for him in faithcure hospital where the
proper remedies within reach are not made use
of. The system is deformity that Injuries soci
ETY., the body and the soul. The boards of health
In every community should be required to inves
gate and report all faith-cure hospitals. The
po1ce should arrest those individuals who stay
the use of proper remedies in cases of sickness,
and common Christianity should deny what has
become scandal to common sense If any man
wants to avail of such experiments, let him go
to the wilderness of the Black Hills or to the
crater of Vesuyius"
AN Eastern scientist has invented trap for
catching bacill alive. He goes to church, or to
the opera, other crowded spots where these
evil little beasts most do congregate, sets his
trap and when it is filled, goes home to expert
ment on his catch. There is no good reason
why this invention should not be adapted to
more practical uses It is we'll known that the
germs of disease must be taken into the lungs or
stomach before they become dangerous Prop
erly arranged, this trap might be attached to the
face so as to cover the mouth and nose. without
wholly concealing those organs or interfering Sc
riously with their normal functions. The mi
crobes of consumption cholera, floating about
in the atmosphere seeking somebody to devour
would in attempting to pass into the human
system breath, be detained in the trap
and the wearer go his way in proud
freedom from infection. The snare would. of
course, prove somewhat annoying to those who
object to interposing any obstacle between their
| facial beauty and the gaze of the admiring
world. but against the advantages secured this
objection would not stand If by wearing muz-
zles immunity from cholera and fevers may be
secured, why, muzzles will be worn. The idea
in this paragraph is not pre- empted, and any in
genious person wko wishes to take advantage of
it by making or wearing the snare is at liberty
to do SO,
THERE is no reason why the public shouldn't
have its patent medicines cheap hereafter if the
merchants will bestir themselves. The manu-.
facturers of proprietary pills, and powders, and
bitters, met in Philadelphia the other day to dis
cuss whether or not they should longer continue
to protect druggists by refusing to sell to dealers
who would mark down" the goods. 1t was de-
cided that they could not afford to do so, but
would sell for cash to any customer and let him
cut rates if he saw fit Henceforth the country
merchant or the proprietor of "bazar." may
be expected to lay in supply of patent cure-alls
when he buys his stock of dress goods or notions
NEW grammar has just been published in
England which has some new features, among
them sound alphabet The author gives the
following example of its use, which will be of
interest to the students of phonetics in this
country:
Swete Auburn! luvliest vaie ov dhe plane;
WHARF heth and plenti cherde dhe laboring sware;
WHARF smiling spring its erliest Witt pade
And parting sumerz lingering bloomz delade
Dere luvli bancs of inosens and eze,
Sets ov mi yoothe, when everi sport Good pleze
Hou ofen hav loitered ore thi creme
WHARF humbn hapines inderde eche sene!
REV. DR. DE LA MATYR is lifting up his pow
erful double-bass voice, in the city cf Denver, in
favor of the equality of all men before the law,
the Tabor Opera-house proposing to exclude col
ored people except from places specially set apart
for them. DR.. De La Matyr will always be found
on the side of what he thinks is the under dog
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