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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22
A VERY GRAVE OFFENsE.

Everybody believes it to be the duty Of
ministers of the gospel to reprove all those
whom they believe to be offenders. Those
who are in touch with them will bear tes-
timony that the most of them perform that
part of their duty with faihfulness and
candor. Indeed, there is reason to suspect
that, in their zeal to warn the world of it's
wickedness, clergymen fail to note wrong
doing on the part of some of that profess
sion. The Journal does not wish to be CAP
tious, nor does it have any feeling of re-
sentiment because it's sins are set forth
with those of it's associates by the clergy
as frequently and as vividly as the subject
will bear, but it feels called upon to direct
the attention of ministers to very grave
offense which some of them practice.
The charge which the Journal makes is
that many clergymen who are under the
supervision of conferences unite in mar
riage any couple who have a license Now.
it is fair to assume that when a young man
and young woman ask to be married in anv
other place than the home of the young
woman's parents, or in the presence of her
parents, an irregularity of some sort ex-
lists. That the parents of a young woman
shall consent to her marriage is custom
as old as history. Such custom is based
upon reason and justice. The family rela-
ton is the foundation of society. To at
tain the best results there should be har-
mony between parents and children when
the latter go forth to homes of their own.
1t is probable that the commandment,
Honor thy father and mother" has a
bearing upon the taking up of the marriage
relation as well as upon other acts. Ger
tainly, father and mother cannot be so dis
honored when a daughter. barely of age,
escapes from home and is married without
their consent. The parents of a young
woman have a right to be consulted, be-
cause, in the event of misfortune, the pa
rental home is her refuge. Yet there are
thousands of clergymen who will marry
young couples whom they know to be fugi-
tives from the home of the woman, without
making any inquiry whatever-not so much
even as to learn if she is of legal age
Some clergymen seem to think this sort
of thing is smart. They look simply upon
the romantic element in the runaway mar
riage forgetting that the contract is one
which involves the whole future of the
woman, and that hasty and irregular mar
riage is more liable to lead to sorrow than
to happiness.
1t is not forgotten that there are cases
where parents are unreasonable. and in
which, after every effort has been made to
secure consent, marriage is justified with
out it. Such cases. however. are so rare
that no person qualified by law to solemn
ize marriage should marry to any man a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22
SHREDS AND PATCHES.

Practice may not make the lawyer per-
feet. but enough of it will make him rich
Puck.
A man may be full of grit, but he should
be careful about making rasping remarks
Lowell Courier.
He who receives a good turn should never
forget it; he who does one should never
remember it.-Charron.
He-Do you believe in woman taking
mans place She-Yes; in a crowded
street car.-Philadelphia Record
Any may do a casual act of good
nature, but a continuation Of them shows
it is part of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
No man ever offended his own conscience
but first or last it was revenged upon him
for it.-South.
WAS that mind-reader able to read your
ing in French. and my French is perfectly
awful. Truth.
The average man overestimates his wife's
affection for him about much as he does
the importance of his trade to the butcher.
The Bachelor.
Louise, two-thirds of every healthy in
fants life should be spent in sleep" We'll,
don't tell me about it; go talk to baby"
Household Words. ~
In few weeks children will be busy in
schools putting snnoyanoss. on their teach
ers they have thought out during Vaca-
tion.-Boston Transcript.
Ethel-Maud has been trying to learn
how to ride a bicycle for four weeks now.
Penelope-Is her instructor stupid? Ethel
No; handsome. Judge.
1t is almost as trying on the feminine
jewellers in hotel to be obliged to pick out
what they wish to eat if they were
forced to go to market every day.-Phila-
delphia Times.
The most curious thing about the insane
rush to Alaska is that the proportion Of
fools in the rest of the world does not seem
to be materially decreased.-New York
Tribune,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22
CHILsD-STEALING.

The incidents of the kidnapping case in
Albany, n. Y, go to show that child
stealing is a crime which arouses public in
dignation to an extreme degree. Probably
no single event directly affecting so few
individuals ever excited so much interest
throughout the country as the abduction
of Charley Ross. The state of public feel
ing was such that the abductOrs were
afraid to produce the child knowing that
this act of restoration would not save them
from the severest penalty of the law, or
possibly a worse fate outside the law. The
intensity of the indignation in the Ross
twenty-five years against a repetition of
the crime but the Albany villains were not
shrewd enough to comprehend that public
opinion had in nowise changed in regard
to it. 1t will he remembered that the police
of Philadelphia would not permit Charley
Rosss father to obey the behests of the
kidnapers and pay the ransom demanded,
but insisted on carrying out their own plans
for detection and capture The failure of
these plans and the presumable death of
the boy, in consequence, probably led the
Albany men TO nope thdt the parents or the
Conway boy would follow different course
and deposit the money called for without
notifying the authorities. In thus arrang-
ing for secrecy they reckoned without the
hysterical fright of the mother, who made
known the contents of the abductors' let
ter to all the neighbors, and without the
quick action of the detectives in fixing upon
the probably guilty persons. Circumstances
indicate that had not the capture been
effected when 1T was the child would prob
ably have been killed as the pursuit be-
came hot. But the rescue of the boy I'M
harmed, did not allay public Indignation
and tho captured abductor had a narrow
escape from being lynched The staid old
city of Albany was wrought up to a great
pitch of excitement, and crowds stood in
the streets discussing the matter and wait
ing developments. The penalty in New
York State for kidnapping is twenty years
imprisonment, and the men concerned in
the Conway case will doubtless get the full
limit. 1t is a crime the American people
will not tolerate, and the history of this
affair will probably so emphasize it's dam
gers as to serve as an affective warning
for a long period.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22
BACTERIA IN BUTTER.
Curious Discovery Claimed by Prof.
StOrch, of Copenhagen
Pittsburg Dispatch.

PittSburg D1SpaIcn-
1t has always been the custom to allow
cream to sour or "ripen' before churning
il for butter, because after this process
the butter comes better and more quickly,
is of superior texture and flavor. and keeps
better than butter made from sweet cream.
Lord Lister and Pasteur many years ago
showed that the souring of milk and cream
is due TO a process of fermentation, during
which the milk sugar is converted into lac
tic acid and that this is due to the activity
of minute micro-orgdniSmS
Prof. Wilhelm Storch, of Copenhagen, has
now introduced the use of pure cultures OF
milk-souring bacteria in butter making.
He has actually found several kinds of bae-
terra that are concerned in the normal
souring of cream. but has isolated three
species that impart especially fine f1avorS
to butter under favorable conditions.
terra, I'm appearance like a soft white pow
der, which is put up in bottles containing
about one hundred grams, and may be Elk
ported and preserved for an Indefinite
period. A very small quantity Of this Gull
ture will suffice 10 make a large quantity
of butter. which VIII possess all the quail
ties desired in the best grades. 1t Is only
necessary to use the pure culture perhaps
once a month or once In six weeks, for
every day a portion of the fermentation
starter Is left over for a subsequent opera
ton.
This discovery should prove a fortune TO
many dairy farms. but II is available for
the smallest households. 1t is likely TO lead
to valuable results in the manufacture of
cheese The uneven quality OF cheese,
which in many cases appears to be beyond
control, may possibly through the use OF
proper cultures. be absolutely checked
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22
THE FISH LAW.


There is some criticism of the fish law.
protection to carp than it does to game fish.
and partly on the ground that it is too Sc
we're. The first objection is voiced by the
Hartford City News, which says
A man who lives on the Mississinewa
river says there never was a greater mis-
take than the enforcement of the law
Against seining, so far as the MississineWa
Is concerned. He says there are few If any
bass in the river in his section and all that
seiners would catch would be earn and cat
fish. The river is full of carp which found
their way there from the fish ponds which
many deluded farmers maintained several
years ago. The bass, it is said will soon be-
come extinct in water inhabited by carp
The carp is distinctly a hog among fish. 1t
deVours the spawn of the bass and pre-
vents their reproduction The seiners would
catch carp and thereby remove the enemy
Therefore. the enforcement of the law
works an injury.
To the same effect is the following, from
the Noblesville Ledger:
Local fishermen hold the opinion that it
will not be long until White river is wholly
depopulated of bass. Carp, with which the
stream is rapidly filling, are the common
enemy Of bass and distinctively a hog
among fish. They are persistent and dew
astating foragers and if they are per-
mitted to have their way, it is only a ques-
ton of time until the bass become wholly
extinct. Taking up this line of argument,
1t is claimed that the law which prohibits
seining is a mistake. SenerS would be able
TO catch the carp and thereby remove the
enemy of the bass. which is conceded to be
the best fish in Indiana streams.
Both White river and the Mississinewa
are naturally good bass streams, and, under
proper protection, would be we'll stocked
with that fish. 1t is undoubtedly true that
the carp is an enemy of the bass by bur-
rowing In the sand at the bottom of streams
and thus defling the water and driving bass
away. There ara some streams and ponds
in Indiana which might well be surrendered
exclusively to carp. but the bass streams
should be kept free from them, if possible
In spite of their suggishness, however
they are an aggressive fish in that they
multiply and grow rapidly, and the quality
above alluded to makes them a natural en-
envy of bass. Fishing, as a sport, would not
suffer if SEEMING for carp were permitted by
law, and would be promoted if every bass
stream in the State were cleared OF them
1t is questionable if the multiplication of
carp is not doing more to drive bass out of
Indiana streams than SEEMING would do.
The criticism that the law is too severe
is based on the allegation that the prohibit
ton of SEEMING and trot-line fishing has so
incensed farmers and landowners that
they connive at any violation of the law and
even encourage dynamiting. This is the
most barbarous practice of all and the most
destructive of fish. SEEMING and trot-line
fishing are not to be compared with it. 1t
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22
ABOUT UMBRELLAS.
Manufacturers and Dealers as Well as
buyers Have Trouble with Them.

Hardware
One of the fruitful causes of holes in the
folds of an umbrella is improper care when
1t is wet. To roll UP wet umbrella is to
the banes of the umbrella manu-
facturer is loaded dye on silk. Out of
one hundred samples of silk submitted to
the writer not even ten were pure dye, and
so per cent. of the silk thread submitted was
overloaded with dye and would not stand
of trouble in umbrellas, and our concern
insists all the silk and silk threads
standing a chemical test in this respect.
When over-dyed silks are wet and the UNI
brellaS rolled and set away, we find the
owners complaining chat their umbrellas
are cracking in the folds. Fine holes APP
pear and they are apt to return the UNI
brella to the merchant and claim damage.
Aside from kid gloves, there is no article
sold in connection with which merchants
are so imposed upon by their best" GUS
toners as umbrellas. This is a tender
theme. The tempers of the wives of our best
customers are not to be trif1ed with when 1t
comes to returning half-worn gloves or UNI
brellas. With dignity not attained on any
other hemisphere in the habitable globe,
she sails into the store of the merchant
slams down the battered relic that has act
ed as playhouse and tent for the children
of the neighbOrhood and demands new
umbrella for the miserable apology sold
her only three months ago. She declares
it has only been used three times and only
to accept this as final, offers her the choice
of his stock and she sallies forth with the
air of a cOnqueror conscious thar she mas
triumphed Then he pockets his loss and,
wonders what the next imposition Will be;
and people wonder why so many retail mer-
shants fail to commit suicide. If an UNI
brella is properly made, of good material
and decently used 1t Will wear for years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22
HELPFUL INFLUENCES.

All the elements that go to make a sue
cessful convention have been in favor Of
the Young Peoples Christian Union now in
session here There has been a good at
tendance, the programmes have been well
carried out, harmony has prevailed, a spirit
of enthusiasm has been aroused, the wealth
er has been perfect, and every arrangement
possible has been made for the comfort of
the visitors. The members no doubt re-
gard it with satisfaction, and it will go upon
the records of the organization as a red
letter gathering. That part of the public
which is not personally interested looks
of such meetings, they may not became more
main; a religious meeting is always held
to be of general benefit even by those who
are individually Indifferent to religion, while
a gathering of young people, filled with the
aspirations and enthusiasm belonging to
their time of life is a spectacle that must
appeal to the sympathies of all who retain
any of the spirit CT youth 1t is sometimes
asked, not in the way of fault-fnding, but
of pure inquiry what comes of such gather
ings, what good those in attendance gain
from them. 1t is not a difficult matter to
answer. The young men and women may
or may not grow in spirituality as a result
of such meetings, they may not become more
devout because of them-these are matters
on which church leaders do not agree but
the direct benefits in other lines are clearly
evident. These young people come from all
parts of the country; many of them are UNI
used to travel and have but limited out
look upon life Although they associate
mainly with their own kind, they must
gain some of the broadening effects of
travel. They make new acquaintance with
new ideas, they learn liberation, they listen
to speakers they might never have an OPP
portunity to hear otherwise, they acquire
fresh thoughts and altogether widen their
world in wonderful way Such a conven-
ton as that now in session is educative
in ways remote from its direct purpose,
however effective it may be in that line,
and it's influences are cfar-reaching. When
the gathering dfssolves the community in
which it has met will retain a pleasant
recollection of it, and the members, scat
tered far and WIDE will carry with them
new ambitions, ideas and impulses that will
bear good fruit long after.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22
LITERARY NOTES.

Edgar Allen Poe's self-love is well il
Illustrated in letter of his which has Just
been made public. 1t was written to an
editor and asks him to correct some false
reports as TO Poe'S personal appearance
which appeared in another newspaper.
Henrik Ibsen is breaking up his home in
Christiana. Norway. He will first go to
Copenhagen, and about the end of the year
will permanently settle in some. italian
city. He recently mentioned to friends that
he had three news plays almost ready for
publication, one or two of which he ex-
poets to bring out this coming winter.
Hell fer Sartain Creek in Bloody Breath
itt," which gave it's name to one of Mr..
John Foxs story books, is, of course, a
real Kentucky rivulet and seems to be
doing well. 1T may cheer you to know"
writes it's historian, that Hell fer Sartain
Creek now has a Sunday school 1t is
called Hell fer Sartain Sunday school,
Here are some of the funny requests for
books recently made at the New York free
circulating library: Three Mosquitoes"
Trial of Lord Gilbert" by Parker ('@rrail
Of the Sword" by Gilbert Parker; The
Walking Jew, f" My Cellar C'MarceIla'O:
Mr.. Midshipman, Esq" Twenty Thou
sand Legs Under the Sea-" and red his
tory with a white map on the outside.
1t has been some time since Henry James
has done anything in the way of criticism
and there will be uncommon interest in the
appreciation Of his friend Du Maurier.
which he has written for the September
Atlantic. An unpublished lecture of Du
Maurier 8, by the way, has been found and
may be issued soon as a small volume 1t
deals with art as the mirror of social life.
Besides Mrs. Oliphant, Blackwoods
mourns the loss OF another old contributor.
the Mr.. Shelton who wrote under the nom
de plume of Shirley" The origin of that
signature was explained by Shelton him
self, who said that, as young man, he
reviewed Charlotte Bronte's Shirley" She
was moved to thank him in "a letter that
a young man remembers, and he re
solved TO wear Jane Eyre's colOrs for life"
Walking along a seaside esplanade yes
terday," says a writer In the London Mail,
Il saw a girl vainly trying to cut the pages
Of Mr. Guy Boothby's new book with a
fairpin. She could not manage it, so put
the book aside. Why Will publishers per-
sist in remaining blind to the advantage
of machine-cut edges? I don't know if Mr..
Heinemann is having the edges of The
Christian cut by the binders, but it is
appalling to think that 5000 readers may
have to do this work with hairpins and
toothpicks."
Mr.. Sponord who has in no respect abat-
ed his fatherly concern for the Congress
mai Library. is very hopeful about its
future prospects. The new library building
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22

Williams College, in Massachusetts,
which graduated President Garfield and is
one of the eminent colleges in the East,
has just given notice that it cannot take
over a given number OF freshmen this year
because that is the limit of the accom-
modatons of the institution. The trustees
might build larger, but they and the con-
servative faculty are said to entertain the
opinion that it is better for the member
ship Of a college to be limited to the num-
Der of students the faculty can know per-
sonally. The idea is worth considering, even
if it should be regarded as old-fashioned.
Williams has no travelling teams.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22

The fact that there is some opposition in
Richmond to inviting the Grand Army of
the Republic to hold it's national encamp-
ment in 1899 in that city is not so surpris-
ing as that there should be a strong and
respectable sentiment in favor of it. The
Richmond people including many ex-Con-
federates, who favor the proposition de-
serve a great deal of credit, but it would
be a pretty severe test of Southern hos
pitality and probably the time has not
come yet to apply it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22

Rev. Anna Shaw, as an argument in IA
Vor of enfranchisement of women says
that Wyoming, where women have voted for
twenty years, shows the greatest percent
age of marriages and the smallest per-
centage of divorces in any State, together
with not a single inmate of insane asylums.
1t is often said that women, particularly
farmers wives go insane from hard work
and lack of recreation. In Wyoming they
presumably brace themselves up through
long hard winters thoughts of going out
to vote in the spring
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22

altogether. to the great lessening, as the
Meese Association believes, of the sum of
human happiness To work against this
tendency to postponement, to convince the
young man and the maid that now is the
accepted time for marriage, to bring the
shy but willing youth into the company of
the pleasing but timid maid are features
or the beneficent work that the Meesites
nave set themselves to do. 1t may be said
that this is precisely what society is
tor-the society whose doings are set in
column to themselves every morning-but
this notion is incorrect. Society is not form
ally organized for it's work, nor will it
openly acknowledge that its purpose is to
promote matrimony. On the contrary, it
denies what everybody knows to be true
and carries out it's plans by indirection and
a system of self-deception. Matrimonially
speaking, it is a hypocrite Moreover, it Is
not organized, each member of it working
Tor himself and herself. 1t is by organiza-
ton, with fixed and definite purpose, that
great works are accomplished in these
nays. Marriage is a good thing, and Mr..
Meese and his clients are not only not
afraid to say So but feel it their duty to
labor openly in its behalf. Their efforts will
be supplemented by the increase of pros
perity under the Mckinley administration,
and boom in marriage licenses, minister's
fees and general bliss will in all probability
soon be noted in northern Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22

The appointment of General Azcarraga
as prime minister in Spain will disappoint
the hopes of those vino looked for the ap-
pointment of Senior Sagasta, the Liberal
leader. The announcement that the new
premier is in accord with General Weyler
means that there will be no material change
in the Cuban policy, and that Weyler's calls
for more men and more money will be COM
piled with a little longer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22

The Journal recently said: lone does
not hear anything now about there not
being money enough to do the business of
the country. Business has improved Won
derfully. and yet there is no complaint of
scarcity of money" The New York Sun.
commenting. says: Just wait until the
begin to SOW resolutions again Just wait
until the autumn winds sigh and sob with
resolutions about the scarcity of the cir
culating medium and the insufficient
amount OF circulation per capita" From
present indications the abundance OF
other crops and the good prices for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22

About this season of the year editors who
are able to do so and have the time travel
reader is aware of this by the observations
of the travellers. The one thing which is
generally criticised is the sleeping car. All
agree that it is about as uncomfortable
as it can be and that there is fine field
for an inventor to discover something bet
term fact, something a great deal bet
Tor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22

First and last, the soldiers and sailors
monument commissioners and regents have
been much criticised. When the present
managers began work anew. tearing down
and taking up the small fountains, there
was much criticism. Now, however, that
the new fountains are assuming form and
one of them is in operation the general ex-
preston is that of satisfaction. 1t now APP
pears how necessary these fountains orig
inally designed by Bruno Schmidt We're to
give the whole work an impressiveness
which it would not have had without them