The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-08

have trouble to fill the prescriptions demanding
this new medical wonder. They do not like to
buy it except in small quantities, for the reason
that like all other medical discoveries as the
number of manufacturers increase competition
reduces the price A little while ago a country
druggist, evidently not knowing the cost, sent TO
a wholesaler here for an ounce of il. AT that
time it was rated at 81 so grain, and an ounce
would have amounted to about 800, probably
taking his entire drug store to paw for it. It is
now selling at 80 cents grain, but e. r. Squibb,
the Brooklyn chemist says he viii soon be able
10 furnish 1t at IL cents grain, perhaps even
lower.
To-day is Sexagesima Sunday, ostensibly, but
not really, sixty days before Easter Lent will
begin on Wednesday, the 18th inst
W. G. DePauw is a true Indianian. He was
determined to furnish the glass for the new
State-house without regard to profit and even
proposed to the State-house Commissioners that
they set their own price upon it-anything SO
that the honor OF making it in the State would
be secured. He was told that it could not be
done in that way, and so, like the other COM
petrors, he made his bid. He secured the COM
tract but the other bidders, knowing how he
felt about it, bid exceedingly close, so that he
got it by very narrow margin.
Young Mr.. Jay and his inamorata were OUT
strolling the other night, and as they turned
from side street into one of the principal ave-
nues, Mr. Jay exclaimed:
"Oh, l saw the moon over my right shoulder.
That is awfully good luck!"
Miss Gush turned her head in the same di.
rection and saw the moon; then shivered aud
cried:
."oh, dear How unfortunate it is that ana
left handed"
"The expectoratng American has hard time
in Europe at least that was my experience"
said William Wallace. II wanted to lay in Q
supply of chewing tobacco at London but DR..
Kitchen persuaded me not to do so on account
of the trouble we would have with the custom.
houses You can get any luxury on earth in
Paris except good chewing tobacco l offered
our guide five francs to get some that / could
use. He brought back piece of navy twist.
deadlier than nigger-head. 1 had to do without
for about four weeks At Genoa, on shipboard,
L saw three gentlemen. They looked like Amer
leans. and as was fairly ravenous for tobacco
l made up my mind to speak to them At that
moment one of them stepped to the side Of the
vessel and spat. A long amber-colored stream
plunged into the Mediterranean could stand
it no longer but Immediately asked for chew.
He was an American and better yet he
had quite supply of tobacco, and freely gave
me half dozen tinfoil packages of excellenH
hne-cut. Talk about bread to a hungry mani
The thankfulness of man starving for tobacco
is the highest type of gratitude"
The coolest of the winter weather has gone BY.
but there are several weeks yet in which the an
thracite stove can get in it's deadly work. The
open CRATE is the best heat-giver ever invented az
there is never any doubt on the score of ventia-
ton where it is employed. In regard to the ven-
tllation of bed rooms, the expression is attriD-
uted to Horace Mann that, since the atmosphere
is forty miles deep all round the earth, it is
useless economy to breath it more than ouce.
clearinghouse keepers complain kthat the
present session of the Legislature has been the
least remunerative to them of any session held
here for quarter of a century. Said one indg-
nant landlady: "Do you know how many of the
members live? They don't engage board and
live like men holding their positions should
Many of them rent cheap rooms down town.
sleep on cot wash in crock, wipe their faces
on their coat-tails, and buy lunches of wiener
wurst and cold beans With this kind of econ
omy they will be able to take home NEARLY all
their per diem"
1t is understood that private bankers all over
the State are opposed to any legislation that wiH
tend to open up their methods of doing business
to the knowledge of the public, and are prepared
to defeat any bill that may come before the
Legislature.
The names of the three tailors Of Tooley
street. who issued their renowned proclamation
beginning, 1--WE, the people of England" have
been lost from the scroll of fame. but the names
of the three brewers of Indianapolis, whose proc
lamation will read, eve, the people of Indiana"
are Schmidt, Lieber and Maus. It is these three
who are pushing the saloon keepers forward in
the fight against law and order. The saloon
men are forced to make the fight demanded by
the brewers, for the reason that they are poor.
often in bad repute, and usually in debt to the
brewers, and when they need bondsmen in order
to get their liquor licenses, they have to go to
the beer-makers to get their names for that
purpose. The brewers hold the whip hand, and
if they can break down the present law they.
more than the saloon keepers, will profit by it in
sales of beer during the warm season, at Sunday
picnics. and in summer night orgies