The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-04

novels. poetry and belles-lettres. hut he
will continue to contribute articles in his
own name as heretofore. Some OF Mr..
Thompson's best work has appeared in the
Independent. a series of essays on the ethics
of fiction having attracted especial atten-
tion.' In securing his services as editor of
its book department the independent.
which ranks high among literary period
icals. at once compliments his ability aud
benefits itself. The author of 'Hoosier
Mosaics'' is well qualified for the position.
CIVILIZATION and modern inventions are
having a hard time in conquering supersti-
ton In China In no other Pagan country
would the people have thought to resist a
government measure by destroying the
chief place of worship, and then attempt to
prove that it was an omen of displeasure
from the gods against the innovation of
railways in their land. The burning of
the Temple of Heaven and the subsequent
disclosures will tend to civilization by
opening the eyes of the people to the densi-
ty of the superstition that surrounds them.
The British Medical Association has late
ly published an extensive statement of the
influence of alcoholic drinks on the dura-
ton of human life. The commission in
charge, after examining carefully 1884
cases of death. reported as follows: Total
abstainers live fifty-one years twenty-five
days; habitually temperate drinkers, sixty
three years thirteen days; careless drinkers,
hfty-nine years sixty-seven days; free
thinkers. hfty-seyen years fifty-nine days;
decidedly Incorporate drinkers. fifty-thres
years thirteen days.
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THAT hidden dangers Turk In a bunch of
old l0ve-letters has received fresh yerifca-
ton in the case of the young girl who went
to the roof of a hotel in the City of Mexico
with the intention of burning her package
of missives. The girl succeeded in her
errand, but during the operation her dress
caught fire and she was terribly burned. If
she lives and gets another lover his letters
will probably be destroyed one at a time.
The wife of adeputy sheriff in Minnesota
has set an example to those of her sisters
who are wont to lavish attentions on GER
tain classes of prisoners. She took a fancy
to a young highwayman in her husbands
care N liberated him, and to make sure
that his future would be looked after, went
with him, first taking her husbands re-
volver and money. The woman was forty
years of age and the highwayman twenty.
THE opening of the medical colleges with
a prospect of an increased attendance would
be alarming were it not remembered that
former crops of medical graduates nave not
devastated the country. In fact. they mys-
teriously disappear, and, with few excep-
tions, are not heard of more. The question
of what becomes Of the doctors will have
to go into the list of unanswered conun-
drums.
w. H. WRITES the Journal to the effect
that if James Clarence Mangan, a young
Irish poet of the earlier years of the present.
century, had not written his little poem
"Karaman'' the world would never have
heard of Maryland. My Maryland" which.
he says, is simply a parody of Mangan's
production. "Karaman" can be found in
Prof. Cummock's reader and speller.
SOUTHERN counterfeiters nave adopted a
new method of putting their bogus money
in circulation. A Methodist minister, who
was arrested at Birmingham, Ala. recently,
for passing spurious silver, proved that the
coins had been taken up in the regular SUM-
day collection. Out of eight pieces of silver
in the contribution-box. seven were coun-
terfeit.
| CHARLIE S. PRATT, a confidential book
keeper at Meriden, Conn.,, who was arrested
| for embezzlement and confessed, put a
wonderful amount of truth in the words:
1T is the same old story of living beyond
ones means. / am a thief" The world
would hear less of de~falcations and like
offenses if Mr.. Pratt's warning was needed.
THE Democrats of Montana talked pro-
lection on the stump. This explains why
they Jared considerably better thu their
brethren in Ohio and Iowa can hope to i'm
the coming elections. but they evidently
took no stock in the sincerity of Cleve-
lands suggestion that party honesty is
party ~expediency."
Mr.. MAURICE THOMPSON has been made
associate editor of the New York Independ-
emit. Thus, one by one. the members of the
Western Association of Writers are being
recognized and brought to the front.
THOMAS II. CARTER, Congressman-elect
from Montana. is a talented young Irish
Republican. and people who know him pre-
dict that he will make a valuable member
of the national legislature.
RAPID internal transit would do more to-
ward the growth of indianapolis in a year
than all other agencies put together have
done in the last decade.
A NEW DIRK paper casually remarks
Monuments are becoming plentiful as
medals" The paper is evidently blessed
with far-sightedness.
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
lola has strict notions about the propri.
cites of dress, and always wears a lace
frilled shirt and lace cuffs when writing.