The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-02
CURRENT NOTE AND OPINION.

the habit of regarding himself as a states
man, and it will take some weeks before he
will. 1t will come in time, though.-Den.
yer Opinion.
THE biggest-brained man in the Union,
the grandest product living of free institu-
tons, the stslwart, big-hearted Democrat,
Allen G. Thurman, should be made Secretary
Of State.-Nashville World DEM.
A ROW is the best thing in the world to de-
velep the latent energy that exists to
greater or lesser degree in every man, 1t is
the channel through which greatness crowds
lis way to the front Boston Globe.
BECAUSE Mr.. Richelieu Robinson referred
to the Bsyard anti-dynsmite resolution as "a
ridiculous specimen of funkeyism and lick
spittleism," a Delaware paper is cruel
enough to call him the wild ASS of New
York."
The Tenn essee Legislature, now in session,
anticipates warm debates and no end of
trouble over the question of State control of
railroads, which was an issue in the last cam
paign and which the present Legislature
must settle.
EDWARD EVERETT HALE has shocked his
Boston congeners by writing in the Febru-
any Hsrper's that sn event "transpired, !"
when be meant that it occurred. They cav
that man who would use such language
doesn't know beans.
A KANSAS editor informs us that he did
not attend the late Editorial Convention at
Kansas City for the simple reason that he
had no railroad psss, and did not receive the
notice in time to make the journey on foot.
Kansas City Times.
"'Tain't no use tryin to drive a woman.
It's mighty like when We tryin' to drive a
passul o. hens come into the house; and We
chase EN- up and say 'Shoop and gifts ,em
Almost to the do; and they iist run straight
past it.'-Aunt Losh in True" by George
Parsons Lathrop.
JERRY McAULEY was carried to his grave
amid lamentations that king might.envy,
to fnd that the poverty he had left here had
been turned to great riches in the hereafter.
No one who looks at the pecuniary results
OF mis- twenty years OF Christian life can
doubt his Sincerity New York Mercury.
THE practice of vivisection is form of
cruelty which should not be prohibitei. 1t
is necessary in the pursuit of knowledge,
not otherwise attsinable, intended to con-
serve the life and health not only of hui
man beings who inaict it but Of the brute
creation who suffer.-Philadalph Record,
EXPERIENCE proves that a white clergy
can not get into close enough relationship
with the negro population to accomplish
their effective training, and that a clergy of
their own race can and do achieve far larger
and more satisfactory results in this peculiar
work-The Church Messenger, Charlotte,
n. G.
JEFF DAVIS little speech over the old
Liberty Bell" has thrown the Republican
press into hysterical condition. Mr.. Davis
is only useful as a bUgaboo, and when he
talks in a peaceful, patriotic harmonious
way he becomes public nuisance in the es-
timstion of the esteemed Republican editor.
New York World (Dsm.).
We verify believe that If Schuyler Colfax
had been registering, high-living, half-oon.
scientious man, the political schemers would
not have struck at the fair fame of as honest
a man as was ever compelled to abide even
for moment the presence of lobbyists and
their gang of confessed bribe-giYers.
western Christian Advocate.
The rancor, the malignity, the bitter
hatreds that fourished during the war have
grown weaker year by year until it is to be
hoped that they have ct last been buried for
ever beneath the memorial flowers which
every May sees scattered with impartial ten
derness upon the last resting places OF the
blue and the gray,-Fargo Argus.
AMONG the amenities of debate in the Sem
ste there has been no more amusing spec
iacle than "Old Joe Brown" defending rail-
road discrimination, with little "Jack"
George and big Zeb'' Vance tngging at each
side of his pumpkin brown beard and set
ting up argumentatiye pins, which the great
Georgian blew down with a breath.-PhiIa-
delphia Sunday News.
THE lack OF liberty OF any kind in Russia
is illustrated oy a court sentence which was
pronounced at Odessa not long ago. A ma
tive of that place became converted to q
creed somewhat resembling Methodism and
took to preaching. He was accused of hav-
ing denounced image worship as practiced
IN the Russian Church. was arrested and
tried under the old Law OF blasphemy. Not
wIthstsnding that he had the most incon-
testable proof that he did not use the words
imputed to him. he was convicted by jury
and sentenced to Imprisonment for three
years and nine months.
TIE proneness OF idiotic partissns TO forget
decency and consistency when they think
that point can be made at the expense of
an opponent has been comicslly illustrated
in the comments OF sundry Republican
papers upon Mr.. Bsyard's snti.dynamite
resolutions. These papers dwell upon the
possible influences upon Mr.. Bsyard's politi-
cal future OF the animosity of the dynam-
tiers, forgetting that at the recent election