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

provements in tho way of a heavy debt, the
building is cozy, and comfortable, and conmo-
dious Our Christian friends think it, after its
manner. something of a model structure. 1t is
an ornament TO the northeast quarter. and the
services to-day will be those of a glad New Year
to the congregation and their friends They in
vite the public to unite with them in the house
warming.
AT the recent Board of Trade banquet in New
York Bishop Potter spoke to the sentiment OF
Religion and Commerce" In the course
of his remarks, which were serious and witty by
turns. the Bishop spoke of his early life in dry
goods house. and pointed out how we'll the ex-
perience fitted him to deal with men, for it gave
him an insight into human nature. He consid-
cred that every candidate for the ministry ought
to have such training It was true there was
sometimes in business minds a confused appre-
hension of obligations He gave instance in
point in San Francisco. several years ago.
When the plate was being passed round vestry
man caused furore when one of his friends
shook his head at the plate. The vestryman
asked: WHAT Are you not going to contributed"
mo-" was the reply; call my money belongs to
my creditors" "But is not the Lord your largest
creditor2" was asked "Yes' rejoined the
friend, but he is not crowding me like the rest
just now"
THEY have a real cute preacher down in Cam
den. n. j. He was annoyed by the receipt of
anonymous letters charging him with scandal
Gus conduct and after trying every ordinary
means for discovering the author set trap for
her-for some unknown reason he had no doubt
the writer was her. The trap he used was
what is known in social parlance as s'eandy
pull" The shrewd minister concluded that this
attractive form OF festivity would bring out all
the sisters. and he, therefore, announced that
one would be held in the church parlors. Then
he arranged for a game to be played in which
specimen OF each persons handwriting
necessary. The plan worked beautifully. All
the congregation turned out, each individual
wrote in an album that was passed around, and,
10 and behold. specimen was precisely like
that in the scurrilous letters. Now the minister
is happy and the wicked sister is in outer dark
ness.
ANEW YORK haberdasher has created a panic
in Louisville society by bringing suit against
several fashionable young men for expensive
articles of dress, bought credit some years
ago, and never paid for. The strain of modern
society the intellect is probably calculated to
make young men absent-minded, but they
should try and remember to pay their tailor
bills.
IT was outrage upon the community yester-
day that the street-cars were not supplied with
double teams. and made TO run with reasonable
regularity. If the ''bes: streetcar system in
the world" cannot accommodate its passengers
in bad weather, it should withdraw for repairs.
1t is in bad weather that street-car facilities
most needed.
IF the Humane Society had been on duty yes
terday it would have been kept busy in looking
after Colonel Johnson's suffering street-car
mules II it not cruelty to animals to COM
pei two of those seventy nine creatures to pull
a heavily -loaded along the icy tracks, then
there such thing cruelty.
Mr.. GLADSTONE celebrated his seventy ninth
birthday on Dec %. His chief London organ,
tired probably of keeping his obituary notice
pigeon -holed, published it on the morning of his
birthday, under tho title, "a Retrospect" An
obituary notice by any other name is just
sweet-to the subject of it
PERCENTAGES and Averages and examina-
tons not treated by the recent teachers
convention with the respect accorded to them Of
old time. The made by the Journal upon
these educational hobbies has had it's effect.