The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-14
ODDS AND ENDS.

An old colored woman, detailing her troubles
the other day; ''Yes'm 1 done spen' heaps O.
| money ON Liza 'an now stead a-helpin' me she
| puts in all her time atuukin' on de tinker"
| "Tunkin on the tinker; in heavens name
! what's thatP
why playin' on de piany."
| Telegraph operators are sufferers from dread
| full disorder-one that is unknown to any other
trade profession. 1t is called chronic capitali-
cation, and grows upon its victim until in very
| short time he is wholly unable to write any
word in the language, except it be a proper
name, with any other than a capital letter. This
| disease RACES with the greatest vrulenee among
the gentlemen who take the press report
W.
'Harper's Magazine and Harper's Weekly9
Yes, sir. Beautifully illustrated-the Magazine
especially" said the periodical literature dealer
They must be spending great deal of money
on these publications now. But they don't sell
near as well as they did. Why? I think it's in
the nature of retributive justice. For me-, ly
twenty years the Harpers, in their publications,
have violently assailed the Catholic Church
Now, there is one element Of that church, and
Large element particularly in the great cities,
that buys good literature Harper's by their
course, have cut themselves off from that class
OF customers Now they have antagonized
another formidable class of readers Republicans
and the educated people of the country-there IS
no denying the faet-mostly belong to that party
The Harpers to be deficient in tact
There's a perceptible diminution in the sale of
their publications with me-"
Henry NJ. Mack, brakeman and extra freight
conductor on the Big Four road, was knocked
off ear near London while setting brake and
instantly killed. The cold comfort is given that
tina ear fpnE1o which ha woe Iyarnlfad xuas ra-
frigerator car, higher than ordinary freight cars
and that had he been on lower car he would
not have been killed. 1t would seem that it
would be better for the road to either cut down
the cars or raise the bridges than to shorten
the stature of its employees by knocking off their
heads. But the Big Four evidently thinks
otherwise.
The practice of carrying the cofined remains
OF infants and small children to the cemetery in
hacks in which surviving members of the family
ride is one that is fraught with considerable
danger. as it often tends to communicate infec-
tious diseases. These hacks are hired for livery
purposes, the same hacks in which are conveyed
the bodies of children who have died from diph
liberia. scarlet fever, &c.
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In Terre Haute the wonderful discovery has
been made that better police service can be OBJ
tanned with the city divided into fifteen districts
with one patrolman in each, than in eight, with
two in each. This is brilliant discovery, and in
a few years indianapolis may be induced to
adopt the idea. The polieeman-the Indianapolis
polleeman--is gregarious animal Nobody ever
saw solitary policeman. He has occasionally
been seen in couples but often in threeS. fours and
half-dozens. If the Terre Haute policeman is
like him Of this city, he will be afraid to be left
alone at night.
It's high time to raise a protest against the
pessimistic style of advertising that is now gal
Looping through the city papers. 1t is calculated
to make people believe that the bottom has
dropped out and that everything is going to the
demnition bow-wows. The terms slaughter
ing" sticking in the knife" and similar assas-
sinlke suggestions are extremely offensive to
majority of buyers. Nobody believes the house
that advertised 40 per cent reduction" last
week, followed by a further reduction of 30
per cent reduction" this week, with prospect
i've reduction of 60 per cent" next week. The
late Mr.. Ananias would have exerted his inge
nuity to discover moro plausible methods.
~
Under the head "a Good Suggestion this
item is riotipg among the patent plates; That
French druggist advocates the use of round
white bottles for medicines to be taken internal
ly and square colored bottles for poisonous rem
edies and those to be used externally, adding as
reason that the difference in shape will prevent
large number of the accidents now common
among people who do not read labels
lit won't do at ALL said an indianapolis drug
gist
''Whyp
'For the reason that it would breed the very
careessness the evil effects of which it is in
tended to remedy. Physicians many medi-
cines that are POISONOUS taken in undue quanti
ty, but are safe remedial agents in proper doses.
1t would be unwise to warn the patient of poison
,an hat &c % oah he
people is to go slow-as slowly Cleveland in
forming his Cabinet-and read the label"
II think I know what Councilman Spahr
means when he threatens to bring an investiga
ton in the Council, to discover what promises
were made by certain councilmen to the Traders
Tea Company, if they really did guarantee the
company immunity from arrest and what COM
pensation the councilmen got for their generous
action said gentleman yesterday to the re-
porter. Then continuing Il know one council
man who found $25 prize in package of
coffee he bought there / noticed both before
and after this draw that he was very conhden-
tia with the proprietors of the gift coffee con-
Germ. I understand he made another lucky
draw soon after Let the investigation 60 ON
~
'Vice-president Wheeler was the only Vice
president who from the first exactly understood
his position, or rather lack of position, in this
government" sand Mr. w. P. Fishback to a
Journal reporter, land Mr. Hendricks will know
one of these days. If not soon, at least when
four years and few months from now he comes
home with the sole perquisites of his office-the
andirons of the vce-presdental chamber, longs
poker and coal-hod, the only tangible reminders
of his greatness
''Do you know W. c. Ball, proprietor of the
Terre Haute Gazette" inquired lounger. OF
course ''Well he's an enterprising man and
runs bright paper. Some years ago he dropped
over here to see if ne couldn't get some adver-
Using. He sauntered into an establishment on
South Pennsylvania street and made his bust
ness known to gentleman behind the counter
utntino the of his nanhr and the