The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-07
MINOR MENTION.


in the United States. and the going back of the
vast funds to the people, for it is impossible that
they can be longer held together. He who got
all the millions together and whose business tact
was enough to add to the rolling SNOWFALL" of
wealth, is no longer at the head of the grand en-
terprise ne founded and perfected. and there is
no one to take his place. Thus passes the glory
of the world. Others will now come il to pos
session of the wealth. Whether they will en-
ploy it as wisely as did he who is dead must be
demonstrated in the future 1t must be ad-
mitted that while Alexander r. Stewart piled up
wealth by millions, it did not rust in his Golfers,
but was kept bright and warm by being en-
ployed in the channels of trade. Thousands of
and women were given steady and
profitable employment through him. They
will miss him, and are the losers by
the breaking up of the great firm of which he
was the head and soul. There is lesson in the
life and death of the Stewards. There is way
to insure perpetuty Of riches. The day will
come in the lives OF all when they must be
turned over to some one else, and that some one
is not the genius that builded the original struct-
ure and there is division of the accumulations,
scattering and a REIMBURSEMENT. Nor is it at all
necessary that any one who has become inordin-
ately rich should be an oppressor. This mau was
the benefactor of his race. He accumulated
millions, and lived in princely splendor. but he
was the wise employer of many who could not do
for themselves what he did for them 1t was his
genius that was the foundation of many hum
BILE but happy home. There was peace and
enough in thousand households, through
his foresight. But the great level
err had not forgotten him and HIS
and at length the day came when the physician
could do no more and there was a funeral on
Fifth avenue. the saying of few solemn words
the pail and the hearse, roses and Grape. march
to the cemetery and burial The princes pal
ace has again been invaded and strangers will
take possession for there are no children. The
reign of the dry goods prince is at an end.
THE Western Appeal, an organ of the colored
people, says of Mrs Harriet Beecher Stoves I'm
our humble opinion the writings of Mrs. Stowe
did more to bring about the ultimate freedom of
the slaves in this country than any other moral
influence" 1t then suggests thatit would be but
a simple act of gratitude for the colored people
of the United States TO present Mrs Stowe with
a testimonial of some sort commensurate in some
degree with the good she has accomplished. The
New York Enterprise, another paper controlled
by negroes, approves the idea. Such plan, if
carried out, would undoubtedly, aside from any
intrinsic value of the gift, bring great pleasure
to the distinguished woman in her declining
years, as proof that her efforts in behalf of
down-troddon race were not forgotten and were
appreciated by them. Such testimonial would
be one to reflect honor upon both the giver and
recipient
TEACHER in one of the public schools Of
Jersey City has raised a rumpus about her ears
because of her efforts to induce her pupils to
sign temperance pledge Some of the parents
object to having their children unite with total
abstinence organizations, and say that "a little
whisky in their tea is good for them" The
statement of the teacher, however, that she was
led to introduce the pledge by discovering that
children came to school with the odor of liquor
on their breaths, should incline those with no
personal interest in the matter to encourage the
efforts of the missionary. New Jersey, like ali
foreign countries, has good many queer ways,
but it is to be hoped that the custom of admin
istering ''cod tea" to their babies will not be
adopted by the people across the border.
FROM lot expecting much from the weather
bureau, the public have come to demand more
that they realize at all times. The question now
is how did yesterdays snow storm get in with
out being heralded by the proper officials whose
business it is to look after these things? The
announcement was made that for the twenty
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weather would be fair and warmer, whereas it
almost Immediately became colder and quite
cloudy, ending with a snow storm of considera-
BILE severity. hundreds of miles in extent The
coolest ''spell' this season came unheralded,
while others of less severity were duly an
nounced in advance of their appearance.
AT woman suffrage meeting in Philadelphia,
the other day, one reverend speaker encouraged
the sisters by assuring them that every year equal
suffrage is delayed women are becoming better
fitted for it by the extension of the industrial
and educational sphere which is opened to her.
AS q considerable number of years is likely to
elapse before the privilege is conferred the
prospect is that the coming woman who finally
gets chance at the ballot-box will be qualified
to cast her vote in so busnesslike and cultured
a way as to strike the beholders with awe.
BELvA LOCKWOOD has been attending the con-
ference of temperance women in Minneapolis,
and describes the meeting as the overture of
an opera. the finale of which will be played about
the time of the next presidential election" 1t
is to be hoped that Belva does not confound the
temperance movement with her own candidacy
for the presidential chair. The finale of her
race will be very pathetic aud we should regret
to have the great cause of temperance reform
end in the same SAD way.
FRAULEIN VANZANTES, Mademoisele lAlle-
mand, Madame Person, nee Berthol, and Herr
Ludwig are announced as the star singers in the
American Opera Company. Particular attention
was given to the makeup of the ballet by the