The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-01
MINOR MENTION.
ballet.

ANEW YORK special says "One distraction suf
fered by S. s. Conant missing editor of Harper's
Weekly, was the copyright question. AS an en-
ploye of the Harpers he was bound to oppose the
present movement for the international copy
righting of books; but he was, on the other hand,
member of the Authors Club, an organization
devoted quite infuentially to the agitation of
writer's grievances through piratical publication.
He was popular man with his fellows, and yet
it came to his ears that some of them regarded
him as an emissary of the enemy. He felt this
keenly, and it may have been the melting cause
Of his disappearance while mentally unbalanced
The publishers regard the passage of an inter
national copyright measure by the present
Congress as now impossible. They have killed
it, they think, through the help of Congressman
Will English, of Indiana. He has put forward,
as substitute for the bill formulated by the
Authors Club, one which would restrict the pro-
lection of foreign authorship to dramatsts, leav-
ing other writers just where they are. This can
not pass either, but it has sufficed to damage
the chances of the other. The publishers have
had lobby advocates in Washington for month
THE decision in the Bradlaugh case disqualifies
any man who is professed atheist from holding
a seat in Parliament. PROGRESSED atheists are
not, as a rule, the most admirable and useful
members of society, but it may be doubted if
hypocrtical assumption of religious beliefs tends
to elevate either the person who thus adopts
them or the community in which ne moves. The
honesty of future members of Parliament will
depend on whether or not their political ambi-
tions are stronger than their possibly heterodox
theological convictions AS matters now are, it
would probably not be safe to probe too deeply
into the opinions held by certain of the present
M Ps, who are not godly, however churchly
they may be. So long as their outward profes-
sions are proper they need not apprehend any
trouble-a disclosure would be mere embar-
rassment, and nothing more
CLERGYMEN's wives appear to have some infiu-
ence down in Long Island if the preachers them
selves do not. Since Mrs. Downs left her reyer-
end husband and ran away with the deacon, there
has beeh a regular epidemic of Opponents in
that locality. The latest case is that of young
business man who has hitherto been regarded as a
mode, of department He has left his new and
attractive wife, and fled with young woman
also 'snighly respectable and we'll connected
separated from the fascinating creature whom
he ''loved dearer than life, but an argument ad-
vanced by an officer of the law led to change
of opinions, and he now finds himself lone or
phan as we'll as virtual widower.
HARRISBURG statesmen are sagely discussing
matrimonial bill intended to put stronger bar
rers in the way of marriage between minors
than now exist One Dutch member who
favored the measure because young man had
stolen his sixteen year old daughter from school
twenty years ago, was honest enough to close
his speech advocating the bill with this remark:
81 hafe god dis mooch to gay: dot hees clutch
ment vos better nor mine, as he hafe made
mighty fine hoosband." This postscript, which
was received with much applause, was consid-
cred the best argument offered in behalf of the
opposition.
SHOULD Miss Agnes Booths salvation army
sacred ballet and drama be success sfnl, it may do
away with the apparently growing necessity of
the regular orthodox churches giving all sorts of
cheap theatricals. When such schemes as Miss
Booths can be seriously suggested in the name
of religion, and with all manner of outre mani
festations" every hand, is it not high time for
that revival of common sense in religious mat
ters which the Journal advocated week agol
SINCE DR.. Holmes has shown that Emerson
was addicted to the PIE habit, and himself in
dorses the philosophers conduct as rather COM
mendable than otherwise q boom may be ex-
| pected in the manufacture of that Wand. If
enterprising pastry -ulakers do not invent and