The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-19


mother off until ehe cut into the throat and
stomach and found his tubes. He says he did it
s.in the interest of science" and that it was
charity case anxssay, he felt that it was no.
body's business. Srvwords to that effect With
this precedent established intubation is likely
to be looked on with disfavor by the poorer
classes.
A VERY neat thing in the way of an interview
WAS bit of Mrs. ELLA Wheeler Wilcox's talk
with st. Louis reporter few days ago. What
are your political incIinationsap was asked.
81 haven't any, T7sAid the impassioned poet
s.But which ticket would you vote if you had
BALLOT"
81 wouldn't vote if l had thousand ballots
unless it would please my husband. don't pay
much attention to politics, except at election
time, when, / thinks every person becomes more
less interested I expect I am Repub-
lican." d
What DO you think of Mr. Blaine's withdraw
al from the presidential racer
II don't know what to think of it. believe
heard my husband say that he was sorry, and if
he is sorry then am sorry, too:
THE new State-house of Texas is about COM
pleted. and arrangements are making for it's
900. and the compensation the part of the
State was 100000 acres of land situated in the
Panhandle" and including nine counties sufi-
cient of themselves to form new State the size
of Connecticut. The structure is built of native
red granite, mined about twenty-five miles from
the capital and closely milling Scotch
granite. The dimensions of the building are
very IMPOSING, and in architectural effects it is
only surpassed by the Capitol at Washington
and the State-house at Albany. N. Y. Indian
apolis furnished the thing for its floors.
A Boston paper advises girls to go to cooking
schools, not tina they may fit themselves for en-
tering peoples kitchens, but to prepare them
selves to teach other girls tho culinary ar. There
is evidently artfully -concealed purpose in this
advice. With all the girls turned teachers,
there will come time when there more
worlds to conquer. SO to speak; or at least not
enough schools to go around Then, with all
these skilled instructors out Of jobs. will be the
time for suffering housekeepsrs to secure COM
petent cooks. The happy day is far ahead, but
those who want good cooks are obliged to look
ahead.
THE superintendent of the Hartford Insane
Asylum declares that nlne-tenths of the female
an argument for the athletic young woman and
the literary young woman, and the STACEY"
young woman, and the various and sundry other
kinds of young women who do not take kindly
to the confinement and monotony, and lack of
compa nionehip incident to the purely domestic
life. To the good people who urge them to de-
vote their attention to the "home circle" and its
duties it is only necessary to reply that fear of
the funatic asvlupn forhida
1T MADE one blunder while in America, and
for that had not apparently besn forgiven. I
once questioned as to what I thought of
American institutions and, while Civ
ing credit were credit was due,
I could not help stiemati;zing their sys.
this word was strong, and now wish to take it
back. There was no greater admirer of Ameri.
can journalism than myself, for there was po
finer editorial writing in the whole world than
found in America."-Rev DR.. Parker.
THANK you, Doctor. What the Journal said,
though somewhat pointed. was not actuated by
malice Your apology is perfectly satisfactory,
and the compliment is appreciated. Come again.
THE Bohemian residents of Chicago have sent
in a remonstrance to the school board against
having their children compelled to study Ger
man in the primary grades, declaring that it in
terferes with their acquiring proficiency in
English. Europeans. outside of Germany, do
not come to the United States with the expecta-
ton or desire of gaining knowledge of any
other language than English. ALI signs point to
the prospect that German must gon out of the
public school curriculum.
It is quite common nowadays for parents to
set their children MP in housekeeping but we
don't often hear of children doing we'll by
their parents. A notable exception is
the case of Justice Harlan and wife. who have
recently moved into beautiful new home at
Washington, built by their two and pre-
sented to the mother q token of filial affec-
ton. Such incidents help to make life worth
living.
A PENNSYLVANIA Congressman wants the
price of tho Congressional Record reduced in or
der to bring it within the reach of the poor
man. This solicitude is unnecessary, for the
poor man who knows when he is we'll off doesn't
want the Record at any price. Besides, the rule
is that when paper lowers its price its quality
deteriorates accordingly, and in case Of the
Record this result would be truly dreadful
A PHILADELPHIA paper withdraws from the
exciting discussion George w. Childs's pros
poets for the presidency and Sam Randalrs stay
ing qualities long enough to inquire why it is
that a loaf of bread which cost cents a loaf
when flour $14 barrel, costs cents now
with flour at Sc a barrel and the loaf OF smaller
size. And sure enough. if it is SO, why is it?
THE streets are muddy now. but mud dries
rapidly in this region, and it may not be long
before clouds of DUST flying. At all events.
if the Council means to do anything in regard to
street sprnkling it is not too early to begin.
Nothing could add more to the attra ctiveness
of the town than to have the dust kept down
during the spring and summer months.
NEW YORK has over two thousand insane per.
sons scattered about among its county poor
houses. and one county boasts that its share of
unfortunates is taken of at cost of 81
cents per week each. With it's legislators shell
tered in fifteen million dollar State-house New
Workers can hardly be expected to do much for
ctoff h1air