The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-06
MINOR MENTION.

or, at most. taking but furtivs eances
At the attractions in the windows. The rule
is supposed to be founded on the theory that
only she unsophisticated have any curiosity con-
corning the contents of show windows, and BY
stopping to gaze betray thoir verdancy. AS .
matter of fact. however, such windows are FREE
quently arranged with such care and taste that
they are well worth inspecting from an artistie
point OF view, whether the onlooker
is interested in the wares displayed
or not. As studies In color and drspsry
they often repay examination. Moro than
this: il may a. well be admitted frankly that the
resident metropolitan 10 not devoid of interest
in the articles of apparel and the fabrics dis
played To profess an indifference is 40 much Of
an affectation as in the case of farmer who
should pass along the middle of the country
road with 'eyes front, lest any chance stranger
should suspect him Of unfAmiiarisy with the
scenes ut his side Show windows are arranged
for the purpose of being looked into. and there
is no sufficient reason why they should not Do
looked into to the hearts content. and with the
mouth open should the Razer choose.
The New York newspapers. after fair trial,
have raised their price to the old figures preva-
lent before the recent "craze' for reduction in
order to get big circulation in numbers carried
them OF their feet The Tribune in announcing
the change says:
while this change IL made, in fact for the
cake Of our readers in order that we may give
them better paper it is also directly intended
for the benefit of the retail newsdealers Of this
city. by whose advice the step has been taken.
1t may be proper to say that tho simultaneous
xss~ -, cf h. <6ap2 xx,6s NJ
this city at least Of those having the teiegrsphic
news, is due. not 20 the formation of any trust
but apparently to sounder ideas on their part
concerning the rational management of Dews-
papers The Tribune resolved some time ago
to return to something like the old
price of its Sunday edition; and this
intention. Of which no secret was
made, may have led to q general movemsut
The act. on their part. il q wise one. They
might now. wisely, 20 further. and make the
price of their daily issues Che same a. that OF
the Tribune and the Herald The reduction
of the daily issues OF such Of the newspapers
here as have the teleeraphic news was never de-
mandsd by the public; and cents 10 not .
solvent rational and prudent price for q large
New York newspaper which means to maintain
the cleanness. scope and excellence OF its news
eclumns and the dignity of It's editorial tone"
As the Journal remarked not long ago, In no
ticne the change in the price of the Sentinel. Of
this city, the tendency of good journalism is not
toward cheap journalism Two-csnt papers and
fve-csnt papers occupy entirely different fields.
and are entirely different things. There 10
nothing 20 cheap as . complete. well-conductsd
newspaper at 5 cents
A FEW days ago the Journal copied an article
from . Nebraska paper which charged Miss Min
ME Freeman, the school teacher heroine Of the
blizzard story that so thrilled the country last
winter. with getting fame and cash under false
pretenses, she, It was said. having been helped
home by her pupils instead Of assisting them.
This charge was very painful to sympathetic
readers who. on the strength Of that tale. had
drawn beautiful mental pictures Of the young
woman soiling through the drifts with nftesn
young Nebraskans hitchsd to the rope behind
her. TIE destruction of this cherished picture
cover. 1t u, therefore, gratifying to note that
another Nebraska paper has come to the
defense of Miss Freeman. and declares that the
stories dsrogstory to her bravery are false and
inspired by the enemy and malice of other
teachers, who happened to be snuRly in their
homes when the blizzard ragged. The public has
set great store by Miss Freeman, and 10 glad to
have her put right There il reason to fear
! however, that the young woman herself, now
that she knows the disagreeable publicity which
attends such acts 40 hers, would think twice in
another storm before ropine her pupils together
JUICE PUGH. Of Columbus, O., has granted
the application Of certain citizens for q per-
emptory writ of mandamus to compel the board
of Police Commissioners of that city to close
the saloons on Sunday. In his decision the
Judge held that the question was exclusively
one of law. the petition being that the court re-
quire the police board to enforce the law Of the
State. There is" said the court. - plain. I'M
equivoeal statute which prohibits saloons from
being kept open for business on Sunday. There
is another equally plain and explicit statute
which enjoins on the police board plain and
specific public duty to enforce the criminal laws
of the State" Starting out with this view. the
court had no difficulty in reaching the conclu-
zion that the Police Commissioners should be
compelled to enforce the law. This remedy
might fit the case of Terrs HAuts. where the
police board persists In defyins the law.
Is there nothing Few Under the sunl Amer
cans have been calmly reposine in the belief that
the fns expressive word ''blizzArdu vas like the
thing itself, OF purely American Origin, but 1T
appears not A writer In Notes and Queries, an
English publication. says:
Tho word blizzard 10 well known through
the Midlands, and its coenates are fairly numer-
Gus have known the word aud its kin fully
thirty years. Country folk use the word TO de-
note blazing, blasting, binding. dazzling, or
sitting. One who has 20 face severe storm of
snow. hail. rain. dust or wind. would say on
reaching shelter, that he had faced . bizzer, or
that the storm WAS a regular blizzard A blind
| ing fash of lightning would call forth the ex-
clamation, MY! that wor blzzomerr or That
wor blizzer! Put towthry sticks on tn FIRE,
| an let's have . bizzer'-a blaze A GOOD big
zom'-a good blaze. That tree il blixzarded'-
blasted, withsred. As &C oath the word is often
used. and May be blizzerded.' will be readily
understood
An observant individual called at the Journal
Office to state an interesting discovery he had
made In regard to the Statshou dome, viz:
that IL faces the beholder from every point Of the
compass II have been walking around And
around it." said the caller. land 1t turns Jus,
a. do and looks the same way all the time, no
matter which eide es the building you are on.
At first / thought the dome revolved but saf