The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-08


| into the Gulf Stream and drift in anortheasterly
| direction toward the coast of Europa In mid
ocean, those to the northward will b carried by
| the general surface drift up past the coast of
| Ireland. while those to the southwark will get
into the southeasterly drift current which moves
| slowly to the soulheastward and southwark past
the Azores and along the coast of Africa
THE frequent recurrence of the letters tx.
NJ. O." in the epstles written By Mr.. Arbuckls,
of New York, to Miss Campbell has caused great
amusement to ths lawyers and the court in the
breach of-promse case betwesn those parties
The attorneys forFthe plaintiff declare that the
mysterious intial5 stand for kiss me quick"
but this Interpretation may be regarded as q
wild effort OF the legal imagination. In view OF
the fact that Mr.. Arbuckle Complained in his
letters of having stomach and bronchial trouble
liver complaint and malaria, the natural in
ference is that tn ecabalistio TX NJ G. referred
to his favorite Differs At all events there is a
bitter flavor about them at this stage of the
game.
As nearly as wecan make out from the testi-
mony in q recent trial, socialism is an etheria-
combination of vibratory sympathy and phil
lanthropic emotion by which the individual man
is brought to bear on human governments with
subjective Influence tempered by abstract
justice and modified with the doctrines of Schle-
gel, Comte and Kant in such way as to induce
coordination of political economy and eternal
verify for the benefit of those who believe that
all governments is based on principles of esoteric
indivdualism that can only find their ultimate
expression in a concatenation of spiritual condi-
tions by which the ego is merged in the non.ego,
and the moral parallax of the finite sinks below
the horizon of the Infinite We trust this is not
libel.
NOTICING the foolish and mischievous talk in
some quarters CONCERNING the "captalistic press
the New York Times remarks that "the press is
'capitalistic in the Sc nse that every daily news
paper OF any accoant represents considerable
investment of capital, as it must to secure the
payment of its expenses, which in the main
wages for work Of one kind or another" Per
haps after all, labor would not profit much by
the abolition of capital nor by ntimidating the
owners of capital to such an extent that they
should refuse to invest it
MIGHT we be permitted to suggest that if any
able and distinguished gentlemen feel i'm
PEELED to leavs this country because the ''soeal
order" does not suit them and they do not
how they can change it soon enough, that the
passage outward, from New York is now at very
reasonable rates. Perhaps the "social order' of
Germany, for instance, would suit them better;
or they they might try Russia for change.
Ex-pREs1DENT Harper, of the Fidelity ank,
was much affected by the death of Baldwin.
the late cashier. but concludes that she is better
off than if he had come here, although he would
have been nicely treated here This admission
~ a m
over the Ohio penitentiary place of resi-
dence. is matter of some interest. Come to
think of it, though, does he mean heaven?
Two helpless and elderly ladies living to-
gether in Massachusetts, town came near being
drowned the other day in a curious manner.
A water-pipe in the house burst the doors were
shut tight and the water had risen to the low
sofa on which one of them was lying when help
came. Helpless old ladies who live in water
tight houses with defective plumbing should
provide themselves with lifepreservers.
BUNNY" CAMPBELL. of the Campbel1Ar.
buckle breach-of- promise suit, which il filling
New York editors with much JOY, is thirty
nine years old and bleaches her hair; Baby"
Arbuckle is ffty-fi and dyes his mustache.
They wrote iove-letters to each other by the
ream, and of the most ardent description and
only youthful souls filed with romance.
THE Buffalo Courier, commenting on the diff
ferent styles of spelling that prevail on the
American and Canadian sides of the Niagara
river, says "They put into parlor and an
extra e into wagon. Whereas spell Jail with
a j, an a. an l. and an !, they perversely make it
gao-but they get there alt the same" It
would be an excellent thing if more Americans
in Canada got there.
IN February Queen Victoria will 60 to Ger
many to attend the wedding of two Of her grand
children. Il would not only be sinful, but ille-
marriage on British territory, both church
the continent it is another affair. Queens as
we'll as common people can adjust their morals
to suit the climate.
THERE is no difference between the man who
fires gun and the one who advises it; but there
is a difference between a man who throws q
bomb and the one who gives the advice. This
is the shadowy border land between socialism
is the difference between gunpowder and dy-
Mantle. Il
THE English people will have to make presents
to the Prinss and Princess of Wales on the cele-
bration of their silver wedding before they have
fairly got the Queens jubilee gifts paid for.
large family
BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.