The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-25

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not a Nihilist, but who is profound student,
in entire harmony with herself. All Of which is
entirely satisfactory to the American public, who
dislike to see one of their countrywomen
"bossed around by a soulless representative of
| an effete monarchy. What the public most de-
sires, when one of its members marries for
eigner, is that harmony shall exist between the
couple; it is not insisted upon so strenuously
when the two are of the same nationality.
THE question of plants in bedrooms is still
being discussed by medical authorities. At a
medical conference recently held in France it
was demonstrated to the satisfaction of all the
Swans there present that plants, az long as they
are plants only, may safely, and even with ad-
vantage, be admitted to the elysium from which
they have so often been exiled. These pretty
ornaments, as learned writer now declares,
far from being hurtful, are beneficial, inasmuch
as they exhale a certain amount of ozone and
vapor, which maintain healthy dampness in
| the air, and besides that are destructive of the
microbes which promote consumptive tendencies
IN human beings 1t isonly flowers, and not the
plants which bear them, that do the damage.
Ferns are innoeuous roses and sunfowers are
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while they are in bloom" This is all right so
far as the medical questions involved are con-
cerned; but the discussion does not touch the
real objection to plants in bedrooms, which is,
that whenever the man of the house has to get
up after the catnip tea or any other sort of
nip" he invariably falls over them, greatly to
the damage of his shins and to the disturbance
of his usual serenity. Plants should never be
| in a bedroom.
THE opinion is advanced by several London
| papers and is echoed by certain New York jour
nails, that Edmund Yates has no other course
| open to him than to resign from the several
clubs with which he is connected, in order to save
| expulsion which seems to be considered the in
evitable alternative. AS Mr.. Yates is in prison.
| serving four months sentence for libelous
paragraph which appeared in his paper during
his temporary absence, and was written by a
titled woman contributor, it will probably not be
| clear to the ordinary comprehension why Mr.
Yates should be expected thus to abase himself
oy Withdrawing from the clubs and tacitly &C
knowledging himself unfit for association with
the members. His imprisonment is, under the
circumstances, neither disgraceful nor degrading
and the reason why he should be put under
social ban is not apparent at this distance On
the contrary, common sense of justice would
seem to urge that sympathy be extended to him
by his friends and associates. If he is wise he
will refuse to resign, and should the expulsion
come he may feel serene in the consciousness
that if stigma exists, it rests not upon himself
but upon the clubs which force him out because
of misfortune That at he -eeetlld net avoid
A YOUNG woman in PitLsburg having just died
from the effects of having her ears pierced,
newspaper readers may look out for moral essays
on this heathenish practice of mutilation-they
may look, but will not find such essay in the
Journal This paper, as is we'll known, is in
favor of woman's rights in the broadcast sense,
and if she sees fit to beautfy herself by ear-pierc
| ing, or by planning down her features and wear
ing mask, no objections will be offered. The
| journal is in favor of the most liberal treatment
to the woman who wishes to improve. The inn
provement kills sometimes, but risks must be
taken if anything is accomplished
| THE heroine of Henry James's newest novel
has pale green eyes, pointed features, colorless
hair, and smile like streak of moonlight on
prison wall: she is also subject to fits of shyness,
during which she is unable to meet her own
| glance in the mirror. This charming creature
lives in Boston, and her discoverer calls her
| type. Mr.. James has been msled. Boston women
with green eyes. sharp faces and wintry smiles
may be numerous enough, but as class they
look themselves firmly and admiringy in the
| eye whenever they encounter a looking glass.
There may be one such bashful woman, but only
| one, and James has got her.
| RASPBERRY wine" is made after the following
recipe by manufacturers in Rochester, N. Y:
"Put' about sixteen gallons of water into
common wash boiler add forty eight pounds of
sugar, one pound of tartaric acid, and some ana
/ line dye for colorng After stirring with stick
until dissolved. add quantity of orris root cut
with pint of alcohol to give the flavor of rasp-
berry wine"
Vast quantities of the compound are said to
have been sold at prices which brought the
dealers handsome profit. What it brought
the consumers aside from the stomachache is
not narrated
| SOME opposition having been raised to the
chanting of the Lords prayer in public school
on Long Island a number of mothers of the
children in attendance, and presumably mothers
in Israel, visited the citizens who objected, and
! happened to be merchants, and threatened to
withdraw their custom and to organize boy
cotting system against them unless they with
drew their opposition. The Lords Prayer is
now chanted as before, but its sentiments do not
appear to have taken very deep root il any
part Of the community.
| LOOK out now for ministerial denunciatons of
the methods of Sister Woodwork. of Hartford
City. Envy, pure envy. If one of the masculine
pulpiteers could sweep whole patoons of sinners
to their knees by-a wave of the hand, as she is
described as doing, he would be at it every night
| of his life Sister Woodworth's powerful right
arm outSullvans Sullivan.