The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-08
IN THE GOsSIP'S CORNER.

Thou brave Khayyam. to whom be sweet
repose;
We pour g. cup in praise of Thee tonight.
Thou Poet-Priest. whose verse with joy
ance glows.
No somber creed of He'll and Woe is Thine;
But joy as mellow as the jocund wine
We laugh with Thee. and bidding gloom
depart,
Crown Time with chaplets from the festal
vine.
Long life to Thee-for dead, Thou Invest
yet
Thy Spirit send, that We may not forget
To-day we are; tomorrow is not come.
And we and Joy to-day should be well met.
xxx
Years ago-so long that the mind Of man
hath well-nigh forgotten it-there was a
song of which a part of the refrain was
They do such things and you see such
things" or words of similar meaning. And
so it is with Kentucky, even laying politics
aside. There was a swell wedding down
in the Bluegrass metropolis the other day.
and in the published description Of 1t there
was a paragraph to the effect that Mrs.
B. gave a reception to the wedding par
~, at which Mrs. BIS S~unday-school
class served the punch"
Shades of Bacchus and John Wesley Did
you ever see the like?
Xxx
"'Tis the sayson," said my friend Ho-
gan, 'whin we count up tn pinnies to say
II th'Il buy tn Ould woman a dhriss an
tn childher some toys an candy. an thin
go down t tn saloon beyant tn alley an
blow in tn dollars on a tor-r-key rattle an
tb' drinks or tbt bupG il1Gt r. DrOua p fh'
watchin' an waitin' worruld thot we're rals
hot stuff. Thin we wondher pfwy tn divvle
it is thot the mon behint tn bar takes his
pick O. light an darruk mate while We
make our luxoorious raypast on chuck
steak, onless tn ould woman's been lucky
with tn washin'. IT'S an onaven worruld
at tn Dist, an we're always huntin' some
way FIR to make it onavener, SOS t be able
t domn tn ither f%ellie."
With smallpox and diphtheria scares on
every hand, let me again remind you Of
the one certain preventive and cure:
Sulphate of zinc, one grain; f~oxglove
(digitalis). one grain; half a teaspoonful of
sugar; mix thoroughly with two table
spoonfuls of water; add four ounces more
Of water and take a teaspoonful every
hour.
Either disease will disappear in a day IL
this treatment is conscientiously followed.
Children should be given smaller doses,
according ID age, And, above all, don't
get frightened. Take the ordinary pre-
cautions against inequalities of tempera-
ture, and preserve equanimity Of mind and
temper.
Toledo is in the midst of a three weeks
art exhibit, the chief interest centering in
the extensive collection of paintings Sc
lected by Mr.. E. d. Libbey, Of the we'll
known firm of cut glass factors and presi-
dent of the Toledo Musuem of Art, from
the salons of Europe. during his summer
trip abroad. There are ninety-four can
vases on the line, arranged in two gall
leries in the Gardner block, right in the
business heart of the city, and Indian
apolis visitors to 1.-The Lady of the Lakes
will do well to bear it in mind. 1t opened
on Wednesday. and each weeks exhibit
opens on Wednesday of that week, to con-
tinue four days. Mr.. Libbey is one of the
most competent connoisseurs in America,
and always is willing to back his judgment
with his plentiful means. In addition, the
best Toledo artists. including Edmund
Osthaus, are well represented, and as To-
ledo is well provided in this respect, the
city is in position to furnish a real treat to
lovers of the beautiful in art.
XXX
I'm peace, as a wise man, he should make
suitable preparation for war"
1t is quite likely that Mr.. Roosevelt, in
developing that part of his message devoted
to our national defense. thought not so
much of this extract from the Second Satire
of Horace as of that better and more APP
plicable form in which it is put by Vegitius:
who would desire peace should be pre-
pared for war (Qui disiderat pacem prae-
paret bellum), but to-day happens to be the
} birthday of the author of the "Odes'' and
} 'Satires" and not that of the author of
Rel Militari," so l give the former pre-
! cedence. Horace (Quintus Horatius FLAG
cus) was born at Venusia. Italy. on Dec. s,
| 65 B. c., the son of a manumitted slave. and
[ died at Rome, on Nov. q, s 3. c., as poet
laureate. He was one of the few Roman
5 poets who preferred his independence as a
poet to the tempting prizes of political am
bition. and his life, therefore, was eminent
" prosperous and serene. He was the chief
lyric poet of the age, and in the whole
= galaxy of Roman literature he undoubtedly
: ranks next TO Virgil.
l XXX
= One Of the curious coincidents which this
) day brings to view is the fact that on Dec.
I S Elihu Burritt. the learned blacksmith"
an American reformer and linguist, was
born, in 1911, and on Dec. s another black
T smith, Robert Collyer, "the blacksmith
: preacher" an English Unitarian and
6 divine, was born. in 1893. The day, too. is
I another anniversary that Americans, and
especially Americans of the South, would
do we'll to bear annually in mind for great
honor. for Dec. s. in 1865. was the birthday
= of Eli Whitney, inventor Of the cotton gin.
His invention, made in 1895. completely
revolutionized the whole business of the
culture and factoring of cotton, and made
n the staple what it IS to-day, one of the
. chief of Americas agricultural products.
: 1t is only within the last two months that
r the first radical Improvement has been
made in the gin that Whitney devised on
1 the plantation OF the widow Of Gen. Ma
thaniel Greene. while he was teaching
= school in Georgia. THE GOSSIP.
A Human Cry.