The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-06

downfall. He is a pleasant, genial and
whole-souled young fellow, making himself
agreeable with everyone that he met" No
doubt he was an ornament to fashionable
society and very whole-souled. But per-
haps it would have been better If he had
lived on bread and cheese and cultivated
the old-fashioned virtue of honesty.
THE Catholic Review. contrasting the
services in Protestant and Catholic
churches, says:
"Our Protestant friends, who are dis
mayed at their empty pews ana cnurches,
might benefit in many ways by an occa-
sional Sunday visit to Catholic churches.
of the large churches. Let them go round
about and alone among the poor quarters,
where fashionable churches are not known:
The Catholic Church knows no fashionable
churches Let them 60 at or IL o'clock In
the morning, or in the hours between, and
they will find the church constantly filled
at all the masses. They will find people
standing and kneeling in aisles and all the
vacant places"
!, There is food for thought in this. There
is no aristOcracy inside of Catholic
church. In them, all the world over, the
pauper kneels beside the millionaire, the
poor woman in faded gown and shabby
shawl beside the one in fashionable and
costly raiment. This is not seen in Protest
ant churches. The doors of the latter are
open to the pOor-wide open-and the poor
are thrice welcome to enter, but compare
lively few of them do so. The small con-
gregatiOns in our Protestant churches are
mainly composed of well-dressed people.
Are there no poor Protestantsf If So where
do they worships
A GENTLEMAN of this city who recently
spent an evening with Edison and his pho
nograph says the latter is a most wonderful
and interesting machine. 1t records with
mathematical accuracy every word and
sound that reaches it, with the exact mOdu-
lation and emphasis of the original, and
reproduces them with the same accuracy
after lapse of months or years. The
record is made on small scroll about the
size of an ordinary lamp-chimney, with a
surface which receives and retains every
impression. On the evening referred to
Edison produced some scrolls containing
the record of speech delivered at Re-
publican meeting in New York during the
late campaign. The speech was ground out
word for word, together with the applause
and hand-clapping of the audience, the
occasional EXPLANATIONS from the crowd,
and even the music of passing band. At
one point some one exclaimed: whats
the matter with Harrisoni" and the stereo-
typed answer came from hundreds of voices
Even this was recorded and repeated by the
wonderful instrument. The inventor says
the machine will have very practical uses
A ST. LOUIS paper that last week violated
journalistic honor by publishing the message
of Governor Morehouse in advance of it's
delivery to the General Assembly, is now
referred to by its local contemporaries as a
"sneak-thief," and its editor is spoken of as
hound" This sort of transgressiOn is so
rare in newspaper circles as to excite much
comment when it occurs, and the rude
terms applied to the case by the local rivals
are echoed in spirit, if not in language, by
the press generally. 1t has long been GUS
tOmary for public speakers to consign their
addresses in advance to the hands of news
paper men, with the understanding that
they are not to appear in print until after
delivery. This is a matter of courtesy to
the press, in many instances saving tele-
graphic toll, and always affOrding time for
proper typographical care. To respect con-
fidence of this kind is point of honor in
reputable newspaper offices, and violation
of faith is almost unheard of. The course
of the st. Louis paper is reflection upon
the honor of the press in general, and Oh
this account if no other, it deserves all the
ObjurgatiOns heaped upon it.