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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29
NEGATIVE WORK IN CHURCH AFFAIRS.

In the Methodist General Conference
there was a vast amount Of church poll
tics that, to disinterested spectators and
in the la~nguage'of Joseph Cook, did not
seem to make for holiness" Various
changes and reforms that many men,
bers of the church were anxious for
failed of accomplishment and by meth
DDS that, in a convention of politicians
or business men would have savored of
trickery. The conference is, indeed,
more likely to be known for the meas
ures it defeated han for those it passed.
II failed to make any new bishops, to do
away with the five-year limit, to ad-
vance a step further toward union with
the church South, to curtail the power Of
the bishops, save in q or two minor
matters, to order an investigation of the
management of the Book Concern"
dreadful namely; the revision of laws
was indefinitely postponed, action on
the question of providing for equal lay
and ministerial representation was tenn
porarily evaded by referring it to the
annual conferences. and the .'woman
question" was disposed of in the same
way. The proceedings in regard to the
latter issue were of a character to make
the General Conference and the church
ridiculous in the eyes of the world. The
annual conferences had voted once and
given a majority in favor of admitting
women to the General Conference as lay
delegates. Instead of taking direct ac-
ton upon this, a bubble was res0rted to
and the annual conferences are asked to
vote upon the definition of the word
"laymen" between now and 1896, and If
by a two-thirds vote it is decided that il
will consider the subject again. Inas-
much as the term 'laity" is defined in all
the lexicons as the church membership
the ministers of the denomination have
either to decide that the word has q
different meaning in the Methodist vo-
cabulary and thereby make themselves a
laughing stock, or they must stand by
the authorities and vote again for the
women as the majority did before. This
trick for the sake Of securing delay was
unworthy of the representatives of a
great church and is certain to cause de-
served criticism that might have been
avoided, with benefit to all concerned,
by n little fair dealing. The opponents
of the women are certain to suffer defeat
sooner or later, and they would have
gained in the estimation of the public
by submitting to the inevitable and
coming down gracefully.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29

camera Is keener in distinguishing things
than the human eve. The case is WELL
known of the Photographer who took o
picture of n woman who appeared to be
in good health. and whose skin seemed
perfectly normal To the ey 80 of those who
met her. But in the Photographic negative
there were n lot of quser spots or freckles
upon the face which the photographer could
not account for: they were not due to any
thing in the process OF taking the picture.
and they did not appear TO be IN the sit
ters face; hut in twenty-four hours the
woman came down with small pox. and it
the spots in the skin. which no eve could
as yet perceive. Well. the case to which
the Listener refers IS one In which. so TO
speak. the camera has detected n kind or
moral spotting ON a human face. "A person
whose parents on both sides had been very
bad in various ways and who. under the laws
of heredity. was thoroughly entitled TO 10
bad too. was. on the contrary. very exem-
plary and thoroughly we'll behaved. Fur
thermore. this person was handsome and
noble of feature. and gentle and winning
in facial expression. All who saw the
face were at once prepossessed by 1t. But
whenever this person was photographed.
something cruel AMI criminal was sure to
be revealed In the picture. IL one had been
an ex pert in criminal neurology. II there 10
any suoh science. he might have said. when
asked 10 give an opinion of the character
of the subject from the photograph. This
person 10 a forger or embezzler on a large
scale, with u strong tendency toward coun-
terfeiting, and a perceDtible leaning in the
direction OF homicide" All the wees OF
the persons ancestors seemed TO he re-
vealed in the photograph.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29

total as S151. 2S3. 80 in 1891 and S173. 1907 3
in 1892. This is not a large discrepancy,
but enough to fix n suspicion of care
lessness upon the figure manipulators
of the Sentinel. The Sentinel goes ON
10 say that the total increase of the
State tax is S15, 80. leaving its read
ers to infer that local taxes are respOn-
sible for the remainder of the increase
of the tax of 1892 over 1891 (S21. 1856. 16)-
that is, Sc $780, n. The Gazette Tribune
gives the figures of the State tax paid
for the first half of the year, which
show that Howard county paid 3d.
526.SS more for the first half year of
1892 than it did for the half year OF 1891,
and that the State tax of this year Is
more than double that of last. The
local taxes in this Republican county.
instead of being made higher to injure
the Democratic party, as the Sentinel
has asserted. are lower in the aggregate
this year than last, the total assessment
for the first half of 1892 being SEC. 517.S2.
against 6 7,974.12 for the corresponding
period of 1S91-a decrease of S1.456.3O
for six months. And yet, by the Senti-
nePs figures, it is made to appear that
local taxes were increased S6,639.77.
Not only is Democracy n tax, but it is,
in the words Of the late Horace Greeley,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29

did the most to awaken the public con-
science to the outrage of human bond
age was Harriet Beecher Stowe with her
great work. "Uncle Toms Cabin" In
six months she wrought a revolution in
public sentiment in the North. where for
twenty years the only effect of the Lib
erty party had been TO elect the pro-
slavery Polk for President owe Henry
Clay and to give the prO-slavery power
a greater influence in national affairs.
Mention is made of these matters be-
cause the political Prohibitionists claim
that they are following in tho footsteps
of the Abolition agitators with their
Liberty party, who, in time, gave the
Nation freedom. Good men as were
those Abolition leaders, they did nc such
thing. Neither are those who claim their
precedent to sustain their third party
ism doing anything to promote the real
cause of temperance. In fact, in States
like New York the liQuOr-dealers regard
the Prohibition party as their most
potent and timely ally.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29
THE PATHOs OF LAUGHTER.
A Merry Manner Not Always an Indicati,
of a Light Hearr.

A Merry Manner Not Always an Indication
of a Light Heart.
Harper's Bazaar.
There are a few vermont traditions in
this world of ours which it is about time
the world discarded. One of them Is thar
q merry, careless name can only belong
10 n shallow mind, and q demure one al
ways covers depth of thought and feeling.
There never was a greater. mistake. A
quiet demeanor may be quiet because moth
ing RACES underneath to disturb its smooth
serenity. And an unconcerned bearing 10
often q cloak to conceal real passion and
earnestness. Sometimes o of the abund-
ance of the heart the mouth speaketh"-
not
There are people-perhaps not many, but
there ore sOme-to whom 1t is actually pain
full to reveal their inward enthusiasms.
This may be owing to disposition or to
education, perhaps to both. And to such
the of an indifferent or q lively
manner may offer the best protection to
their real self. And in their dread at
having this real self discovered they will
often turn the Disguise into q caricature,
exaggerating the laughter and making the
foolish speeches more reckless, doing viO-
lence in every way to the emotions they
are striving to cover.
There are such natures. Sometimes thcy
20 through life without unmasking. Some.
times. "shutin." they find their onIy growth
toward the light which comes from above.
Sometimes they reveal themselves to ono
OF two souls. and are content with that
much of sympathy and appreciation. To
the world they show ever the same smiling
front. and perhaps 60 down to the grave
misunderstood by their nearest friend.
And 1t sometimes comes to men or women
who possess natures like this-is such q
nature a blessing or q cursei-it sometimes
happens that while their hearts are torn
with anguish and their souls are passing
through ire, that then their laughter be,
c0mes the lghtest and their words the wit
test. No one perceives the tears under
such laughter. Yet, perhaps. they are con-
tented. And hone can say such natures
are impossible. Some people have them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29
THE ATTACK ON DIR. BRIGGS.

To speak of a church conference, or a
synod. or a general assembly as a relig-
ions body is something of a misuse of
terms, as it is with church government
and church politics that they have 49,
rectly to do rather than with piety or
godliness. 1t is, of our the theory
that the proceedings of these gatherings
are all with a view to the promotion of
true religion, bat as a matter of fact
this ultimate purpose seems to be greatly
Obscured in many instances. The Pres
byterian General Assembly at Portland,
great deal of time in the discussion OF
the Briggs case, and the prospect is that
the larger part of its session is likely to be
tax Ell up with the matter. DR.. Briggs
construed a point of Presbyterian doc
trine in a more liberal way than his on
sentative ministerial brethren thought
proper, and they show q determination
to turn him out into outer darkness
therefor. What tina t point of doctrine
is, and in which way DR.. Briggs's on
structiOn differed from the accepted rem
dering. probably not one Presbyterian
in five thousand can tell. and the other
1900. knowing that the chances of sal
walton are not imperiled by what Briggs
or any other man may say, do not care.
1t is charitable to believe that the rev.
erend gentlemen engaged in the prose-
cut ion of DR.. Briggs are honestly con-
vinced that the fathers of the church
were infallible, their Interpretation of
the Scriptures correct beyond dis
pute, that the Westminster Con-
fession of Faith is n sacred instrument,
ard that the cause of Christ is aided by
casting out with stern rebuke and
stigma of disgrace all who, in the light
of advanced intelligence. venture to
suggest a different meaning for any
point. But whatever the members of
the assembly may think, the outside
world is likely to have q different opin-
ion and to look with irreverent eyes up
on an a~ssemblaRe of ministerial breth-
rem anxious to cast discredit upon q
learned associate, although not one of
them dare ave that his Christianity is
other than the purest or the honesty of
his motives open to suspicion. TIC, nc
cOmplish the overthrow of Briggs may
tend to encourage piety. but the result
Is such a remote possibility that the
scoffers will continue to deride and q
multitude of observers, anxious to know
the right. to doubt tho wisdom of eccle-
siastical methods.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29
wELL-PAID OFFICIALS.
Railroad Men Who Are Given Small Fort
unes for Their Services.

Railroad Men Who Are Given Small Fort
unes for Their Services.
Atlanta CONSTITUTION
Railroad officials are better paid than any
other set of sslaried men.
President Milton VI. Smith, of the Louis
vile Il Nashville. refused $4,000 a year
from the Richmond IL Dauville. SO he must
get a handsome salary.
$. NJ. FELTON, asked $50. 600 q year salary
when be left the Erie TO take the presiden-
cy of the East Tennessee, Virginia n Geor-
gia, and he required Q written contract for
tive years. too. The company gave il. and
although he has been superseded and 10 bue
a vice. president now, he gets $4,000 q year.,
and has three years longer on that contract.
The Richmond Terminal would have
gwen either Henry or Albert Fink $4,000
o year to take the presidency under the
proposed REORGANIZATION scheme. The best
paid general mnns gers IN this part of the
country get $4,000 a year. Such systems
as the Richmond * Danville aud the
East Tennessee pay that. The Central and
roads of Its class pay q general manager
say $4,000 year. A little road OF a nun
dred miles will not pay more than $4,000 q
year to a general manager, tor less ability
is required TO run IL.
Traffic managers are well paid. and de-
servedly SO. They make The money. You
will find plenty of men who do not believe
in traffic managers and say that they are
fifth wheels" and all that. but II 1t were
not for the fifth wheel the wagon would
upset in turning around short. In pursuit.
of traffic the railroad wagon does not al
ways have a big field TO turn around in. but
often has to take short cuts aud make sharp
turns.
Traffic managers get Sc. 600 or $4,000 a year
up TO S2~Q,0O0-that is in the Southern coun-
try. In the North and West they average
about the same, but there are exceptional
cases. perhaps. where more Is paid. although
IL is doubtful If any lines pay better than
the large Southern systems.
superintendent, general freight agents
and general passenger agents get from
$1,000 to $1,000 a year. according to the size
of the system and its business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29

that body is that the word "obey" has
been stricken from the marriage service.
The women delegates, it is hardly nee
essary to say, voted for the change.
The Methodist Protestant Church is not
strong in numbers, but if this action had
been taken by the Methodist Episcopal
Conference at Omaha its effect would
excellent brethren of that conference
who helped to side-track the woman
question will shudder at the might
have-been when they hear what MethO-
dist Professionals have done.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29
Mussel Hunting.

Columbus Republican.
The stream of Clifty is just now being
cleaned Of all the mussels In 1t. This Is -
new thing in this locality. Heretofore 10
has been thought that this species of she'll
fish was of little value. The shells are now
extensively used in the manufacture OF
buttons. A factory at Anderson has as
many as fifty mussel- gatherers In this State
at the present time.
Tho manner of taking these mussels from
the streams is by means OF q hook very
similar to one used for taking oysters. bnt
smaller. The men. wearing high rubber
boots, wade into the stream. fish MP the
mussel aud with n peculiarly shaped knife
open the shell, kill the mussel and toss 10
near the shore. where 1t Is left. In a few
DAYS the fish aud turtles In the stream eat
the musseI. and then the shells are gath
cred and shipped TO Anderson.
The Ratherer receives a penny for each
shell. 1t is estimated that as many as 3
. carload have been taken from Clirty alone
in the last three weeks. Those who rave
noticed these experts work find that there
is q great skill required. When the mussel
is taken from the water and touched at
certain places by the point of the knife the
shell opens like the leaves of q book. and
almost AS easy. 1t is then no trouble to
kill it. and this Is the plan pursued.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29

THE necessity of automatic car
urged in his messages, is now urged by
magazines and public men. The single
fact that. of 749. 301 railroad employees,
e.451 were killed and 22,396 injured
during the twelve months ending June
80. 1890, is an unanswerable argument
for a change. When it is further con-
sidered that 1.459 of the deaths and 49,
IT, of the injuries are confined to 153, 235
employees directly engaged in the han
ding of trains, or one death for every
105 men and n injury for every twelve,
the urgency of the suggestion which the
President has made in three messages
ia anparent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

A DENTIST in Boston is about to ex-
anime the teeth of one Thousand school
children to ascertain if there is anything
now % learn about the teeth of the human
race.
THE question of woman's rights seems to
be making Roadway in Chicago. An entry
made on tho Palmer House register last
Thnrsday was "Dr. Mary Weeks Burnett
aud husband"
The shortest will on record was recently
made by the late Franc b. Wilkie. a we'll
known newspaper man In Chicago. AL il
contains Is this: Il give aver thing to my
wife. Mile W. WIlkie."
FATHER seldom thinks aloud. you
know" is the neat reply credited to Count
Herbert Bismarck when asked recently If
his father thought of taking part in certain
parliamentary debates.
Mr.. +. V. DEBoIssIERE. a French citizen
of Williamsburg. Kan, has donated all his
real and personal property. amounting to
nearly e150. OOO, TO 70 board of trustees to
found an Odd-fellOws' orphans home.
THE Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Aus
tria. son of tho heir TO the throne. is said
to find his greatest pleasure in the useful
function of running q locomotive. and
brings his train In on good time and in
good order.
DEAD mems shoes are very often sur
prises, but probably none more SO than the
legacies of the late Horace Daniels. of New
London. who bequeathed 500. 900 to his
friends. and now they cannot find where
the property 10.
abroad of experience says
that if you wish to send a friend in Europe
q gift of something peculiarly American,
maple sugar, old-fashioDed mOlasses candy
or peanuts traw. OF courscI, will be accept
able. as these toothsome delicacies arc un-
known in b%eniehted foreign lands.
THE King of Siam. who 10 said to possess
one of the finest collections Of diamonds in
the world. recently sent an agent to Paris
TO sell some of his best gems. Foreign pa
pers say that his Majesty has ecide TO
build q beautiful crystal palace. and to
purchase q magnificent yacht. and wishes
to raise money for the purpose.
APRoPOS of the engagement of Count
Herbert Bismarck to The Countess Mar
garet Hoyos. the Pail Mall Gazette says:
Ever since he came TO mans estate there
have been again and again rumors of his
engagement and approaching marriage.
Now it was the fair daughter of some un-
important German princeling; then n Jump
was made TO "a roy al bighness very near the
German throne; again there WAS weeping
and gnashing of teeth at his betrotbal TO a
French princess; and who has not heard
his name coupled only n season or two ago
with that OF one OF the most beautiful and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29

PRESIDENT HYDE, of Bowdoin College,
in Maine, startles the country with an
article in the May Forum entitled elm
pending Paganism in New England"
He attributes the cause to too many
small churches, to the lack of vitality
IN the theology taught. and like causes.
Of course, DR.. Hyde speaks rather of
rural and village New England, and of
towns which have three or four weak
churches where one strong one could
live. 1t is hoped, however, that 1t ia not
coming to paganism in New England.
and that the time when the Macedonian
cry is raised for the West to send mis-
sionaries to New England to break the
power of heathenism is far away.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29

To be heartily envied is that person who
subscribes for one magazine and only one,
and when 1t reaches him is able to sit down
in an easy chair by the window or under
the light of a steady burning lamp. and
slowly read its pages. There is rare enjoy
ment in that. One who chances through
all the magazines and reads zone of them
knows nothing of the pleasure that falls TO
the lot of the person who waits eagerly
every month for the arrival Of the maya.
zine.o To the latter that arrival is an
event. He cuts the pages In a lelsureIy way.
and reads everything from first To last. and
very likely when an article strikes him
with particular force-whsther favorably
or unplcasantly-he sits down and writes
an eight-page letter to the editor. setting
forth In full his pleasure or annoyance.
With the posting OF this letter he feels that
he has done hls duty. and he Ia more than
repaid If he receives q reply. To 80 many of
us the coming of the magazines is not an
event but merely an episode. We look at
the pictures. run our eyeg over the table of
contents. say to ourselves that this one Is
dull this month and the other more inter-
esting than usual. read an article here and
there, and hin no more about it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29
A PERVERsION OF HISTORY.

With every passing year the public
sentiment against the use of intOxi-
cants gathers strength in society. Fewer
people use them as beverages. and a
smaller number of those who do fail
into habitual intemperance. This is not
due to law nor to the Prohibition party.
for it cannot point to any practical
work to promote temperance. They do
not even hold temperance meetings in
which tho evils of the drink habit are
set forth. On the contrary, they de-
nounce the work of such men rs Francis
Murphy. Among the PrOhibitiOnists
there are well-meaning men, but more
who are simply malignant. disappointed
politicians whose only desire is to de-
feat the Republican party. They claim
that they stand in the same relation to
temperance as did the old Aboliti0nists
to anti-s,avery. While not admitting
that they are moved, for the most part,
by the same devotion as were the Abo-
litiOnistS, the course they are pursuing
is doing no more for temperance reform
than did the Jealous Abolitionists for
the freedom of the slave. They did
not affect public opinion because they
were so violent in their denuncia-
ton of those who did not agree
with them. For more than twenty years
they assailed slavery and those who did
not agree with them. 1t was not until
the slave power amazed the country by
demanding the right to extend slavery
that public opinion was aroused and
public sentiment turned against slavery.
As these people who do the most prac-
teal temperance work are the Coughs
and the Murphys, so the one person who
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29

THE Grafton incident to Memorial day
will be delivered in TOmlinson Hall on
Monday evening by ex-Congressman
Johnston, of Rockville, and every man
and woman who believes that the proper
observation of the day will tend to de-
velop the spirit of patriotism should be
present. They will hear the opinions of
a patriotic man expressed in the full
spirit of conviction. There will be ap-
propriate music.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29
"Bigest Man on Firth"

Detroit Free Press.
Sc. Peter don't let men through the pearly
portals because they air politishans.
Most peapel fayers a tariff that favers
them.
When q statesman talks about the "pals-
dunn of our liberties" these days he gets
laft al.
don't alters believe o mar that says he'd
rather be rite than be President.
SomothIns ronR when a Itch man can't
get the government place he IS after.
It's past findIn' out why a man that kin
make. OF says he kin, $4,000 a year at home
10 90 willin' to take o ASSOC government job.
The Amerikin eagel amt a hen burd.
man that will buy q vote Will steal one
eff he kin.
Pauper votes is bad as pauper labor.
The President of the United States. IRE.
specify of persons. is the biggest man on erth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-29
In the discussion in the Omaha Ger

In the discussion in the Omaha Gen.
eral Conference over the question of adj
hitting female delegates, Rev. DR..
Field, of Philadelphia. advanced the re-
markable argument that such admission
would drive the young men and boys
out of the church. The presence of
women in social and religious gather
ings generally has not been observed to
have this terrifying effect upon young
men and boys, but quite the reverse.
What is the matter with the young men
of DR.. Fields acquaintance, or what are
the women like in Philadelphia, any
wav9