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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-27

statement) that she intended-as you supposed
to return 10 Kensington Gardens tomorrow. Or
has my memory deceived met
'Your memory is perfectly correct"
THANK you. / confess / am not only dis
tressed by what you have told me of Mrs Zant
Il am at a loss to know how TO act for the best
My only idea, at present. is to try change of air
and scene. What do you think yourselfp
think You are right"
Mr.. Zant still hesitated. cit would not be easy
for me. just now" he said, ITO leave my patients
and take her abroad"
The obvious reply to this occurred to Mr.. Ray
burn. A man of larger worldly experience might
have felt certain suspicious, ard might have re-
manned silent Mr. Raybur spoke:
why not renew your invitation and take her
to your house at the seasidtg" he said.
In the perplexed state of Mr.. Zant's mind, this
plain course of action had apparently failed to
present itself. HIS gloomy face frightened d.
rectly.
THE very thing!r he said. IT will certainly
take your advice If the air of ST. AIMS does
nothing else. it will improve her health. and
help her to recover her good looks. Did she
strike you as having been lin happier daysl a
pretty womanF
This was strangely familiar question to ask
almost an indicate question, under the cir
cumstances. A certain furtive expression In
Mr.. Zant's fine dark eyes seemed to imply that
it had been put. with purpose Was 1t
possible that he suspected Mr.. Ray
burns interest in his sister-in-law to be
inspired by any motive which was not
perfectly unselfsh and perfectly pure2 To ar
rive at such conclusion as this, might be to
judge hastily and cruelty of man who was per-
haps only guilty of want of delicacy of feeling.
Mr.. Ray burn honestly did his best TO assume
the charitable point of view. At the same time.
it Is not to be denied that his words when he
next spoke were carefully guarded, and that he
roseto take his leave
Mr.. John Zant Hospitality protested. why
are you in such hurry2 Must you really got
shall have the honor of returning your visit to
morrow, when l have made arrangements to
profit by that excellent suggestion of yours.
Goodbye. God bless you"
He held ont his hand; hand with smooth
surface and tawny color that fervently
squeezed the fingers of departing friend. lis
that man a scoundre9" was Mr. Rayburn's first
thought. after he had left the hotel His moral
sense set all hesitation at rest-and answered:
You're fool if you doubt it."
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.
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THE DEATH OF PACKENHAM.
An Old Negroes Claim to Have Found the Ball
That Killed Him.


Moreanfeld Letter in Louisville Courier-Journal.
Calling at the residence of Judge Huston, IN
this place. few days ago, my attention was at
tracted to a rusty, much battered cannon ball,
which held the front door open. In answer to
my curious inquiries about it, the Judge gave
the following history:
when we were younger and better-looking"
nodding at Mrs. Huston and smiling, I'VE spent
a winter in New Orleans. and while there went
down to the battle ground, as matter of course,
as all strangers did. On our arrival at the ditch
next the river an old negro living near by came
out OF his cabin as we supposed, to point out
localities. l waved him away somewhat en-
phatieally at first. Then seeing his disappoint-
ment. recalled him.
Uncle said |. if you can bring us the very
cannon ball that killed Packenham Ill give you
quarter for it,
Come this way, young master, he grinned.
And we followed, some fifty yards to the rear Of
his cabin, where crossing low fence, he parted
some tall weeds and disclosed to view heap
nearly wagon-load appaiently-of balls, shells,
etc. that he had collected and saved from the
battle field. From the lot he selected that ball
IA twenty four pounder) and brought it to me.
insisted that was the identical ball Well, we
brought it bone, and there it has lain for forty
years. Colonel Robert Smith, of Henderson
county, who commanded company al the battle
of New Orleans CHANGED to be here. at my house,
very soon after had obtained the ball, and, in
answer to my Question whether he thought it
one of Jacksons or British ball, he said it was
undoubtedly of Jacksons, probably from one
of the ships in the river, since the British could
not have transported a gun of that size the
bayou route over which they came"
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How the Gear Travels.

The carriages which are used by the Queen
when travelling long distances are comfortable
enough to satisfy the most exacting passenger,
and the imperial train of the late Emperor Ma
poleon used to be considered miracle of lux
ury; but the latter WAS not good enough for the
late Gear, who purchased it. and it was i'm
proved, and altered and refurnished out Of
recognition before it was pronounced fit for use
in Russia. The English saloons sink into utter
contempt when compared with it. This train,
which If always used by the Emperor and EN-
press for long journeys, carried them to
Kremsier and back There are sixteen car
riages, of which the first is kitchen, and then
come for police agents. one for
the military suite, three for members of the
household and two for the imperial family, each
grand duke having entirely separate compart-
ment, which can be fitted for either day or night
use. The carriage of the Empress has spacious
sleeping compartment with hammock bed,
furniture of ebony and utensils of silver and an
immense looking glass. There Is a bedroom,
completely fitted, and a compartment for the
lady-in- waiting. The Empress's stting-room
contains writing table, sofa and easy chairs.
The Emperor's sleeping carriage is fitted with
olive-green leather. and only contains d bed and
dressing-table and bath. Then comes a sitting
room, fitted very simply; and lastly the dining
room. which is furnished with carved oak, and
merely contains tables. chairs and a sdeboard.
There is communication throughout the train
from one end to the other.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-27
RUSSELL SAGE'S CHARITY.
How the Millionaire Avoids Beggars' Impo-
sitions,
ew York Letter in Chicago Inter Ocean

New York Letter in Chicago Inter Ocean.
pretty girl entered lawyers Office. She
was young neat, and III her eyes was roguery.
She was a swinder She carried bunch of
printed tickets for the rattle of watch, and she
said that in order to help her poor, dear, sick
mother sudden financial strait she had
resolved to sacrifice her own golden time-piece
by lottery. Would the gentlemen please buy
chances at ST. apiece? All this was precious non
sense. She was a clever little rascal, who
utilized her good looks and glib tongue to get
dollars from susceptible men. An adept in fiat
terry, she had learned how to kafoozle the kind or
fellows who imagine that they are the deuce and
ali with girls. Three inmates of the Office which
she now invaded were adamant to her assault.
Bus it CHANGED that she interrupted discussion
Of Russell Sages disposition.
II will! bet $10" said one. that this girl can
wheedle Sage out of money. And she
shall have half the stake if she wins. He is an
old fool in the hands of pretty and audacious
artst."
IN tell you what I'll do" was the reply.
lyon shall risk your money on the girl. ] will
put the same amount on the beggar down there
in the street" pointing to the man against Trim
ity fence. IF he gets from Sage more cents
than she does dollars, then / win; if ths con-
trary. lose. Is it a eol One of his clerks is an
intimate friend of mine. and from him we viii
get an exact account of what happens"
The scheme was carried out. and | think that
the conditions of it are illustrative of phases in
New York life. AS to Sage. the outcome was
greatly to his credit. The beggar in tatters was
first sent in. Sage gazed at him critically and
said: IF you are as badly off as you say. you
ought to be in bed. will send a clerk with you
to Roosevelt Hospital with an order to charge
the necessary expenses to me, and don't doubt
that you can be cured"
There was no more the matter with the man
than he wished to preserve intact, and he with
drew hastily. The girl next tried. She did her
tremulous speaking, her shy elancing, and her
covert fattering as skillfuy she could in
about sixteen seconds. Then the millionaire in
terrupted her.
Let me see, young woman" he said; "what
was your errand the last time Won came around
here2 Oh, yes; | remember You had been &C
cidentaiy left behind in the departure of Your
family for Chicago. and you wanted to borrow
money enough to buy ticket to follow them.
All. you're q fraud. But III do something for
you I'll pay the fee for your entrance to the
Home for Fallen Girls, and ! think you ought to
go there"
And ! think" the girl exploded that you
ought TO 60 to the devil. you old ehump'
What the two beggars couid get from Sage
was so difficult 10 appraise that the bet was de-
clared off.
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How the Author OF paradise Lost" utilized
His Time


AT his meals he never took much of wine or
any other fermented liquor. and he was not fas-
tidious IN his food; yet his taste seems to have
been delicate and refined like his other Senses
and he had preference for such yiands as were
of an agreeable favor. In his early days he
used to sit up late at his studies and perhaps he
continued tins practice while his sight was good,
but in his latter years he retired every night at
o'clock and lay till in summer. till 5 in
winter, and if not disposed then to rise. he had
some to sit at his bedside and read to
him. When he rose he had a chapter of the
Hebrew Bible read to him, and then, with, of
course, the intervention of breakfast, studied
till II He then dined, took some exercise for
an hour-generally in chair. in which he usea
to swing himself-and afterward played the
organ or the bass viol, and either sung himsei:
or made his wife sing. who, as he said, had
good voice, but He then resumed his
studies till 6. from which hour till he con-
versed with those who came to visit him. He
finally took light supper, smoked pipe of
tobacco and drank a glass of water, after which
he retired to rest Like many other poets,
Milton found the stiffness, warmth and recum-
bency of bed favorable to compositions; and his
wife said that before rising of a morning he
often dictated TO her twenty or thirty verses. A
favorite position of his when debating his verses
told that of sitting with one of his
legs over an arm of his chair.
His wife related that he used to compose
chiefly in the winter, which account is confirmed
There is remarkable passage in the compo
siton of Paradise Lost which have particu
lar occasion to remember. for whereas 1 had the
perusal of it from the very beginning for some
years. as went from time.to time to visit him,
in parcel Of ten, twenty thirty verses at a
time, which, being written by whatever hand
came next. might possibly want correction as 70
the orthography and pointing; having. the
summer came on. not been shown any for a
considerable while, and desiring to know
the reason thereof, was answered that his
veins never happily flowed but from the
autumnal equinox to the vernal. and that what
ever he attempted lat other times was never to
his satisfaction, though he courted his fancy
never SO much;' SO that all the years he was
about this poem, he may be said to have spent
but half his time therein" Millions converse
ton is said to have been of very agreeable
nature. His daughter Deborah said he was
delightful company, the life of conversation,
and that account of a flow Of subject. and
unaffected cheerfulness and civility." Richard
son, to whom we are indebted for The preserva-
ton of this testimony, adds that ''he had a
gravity in his temper, not melancholy. or not
till the latter part of his life, not sour, not
morose or i'll natured. but certain severity of
mind; mind not condescendine to little things"
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Prince Albert's Missing win.


In the -Four Georges" great amazement is ex-
pressed by Thackeray becausesGeorge III seized
his fathers will. apd never would permit it to
be proved. nor was anything ever heard of it
afterward, and its suppression produced a vio-
lent quarrel with the royal family of Prussia.
There is long narrative in Horace Walpole's
Memoirs" about this will; but it is rather odd
that after the lapse of 134 years precisely the
same thing happened again, for the Queen
quietly took possession of Prince Albert's will,
and nothing has ever been known of its contents
to this hour nor does any one know the amount
of property which he left The Prince
had nothing when he came to England, except
E100 year. or some such paltfy sum; but ne
was very parsimonious llike his uncle King Leo
pold), and have been told that he must have
left nearly million, he received E655. 900
from the country. of which he did not spend as
many shllings, and certain speculations in
which he engaged turned out very profitable. I
have only calculated the Prince Consort's allow
ance; but he also received large sums as military
pay and trifie of f22. 000 as governor of Windsor
Castle, in which snecure office he succeeded the
Duke of Sussex. although the Duke of yelling
ton was anxious to appoint deserving noble
man who had worked long and hard for the cour-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-27
A DRUGGIST TALKS.
Errors Made by Physicians In Writing Oat
Prescriptions.

ErrorS mauo Dy Fhysfcians IN WftSkns Ous
Prescriptions.
''It is not only in deadly poison that the errors
are made, but other drugs as WELL Here's pre-
scription calling for two-ounce mixtures that
contains an ounce of quinne suphate. aud gives
a tablespoonful as the Dose or about twenty
grains of quinine l dispensed drachm, or
about sixty grains in the whole mixture. Here
is another prescription calling for forty grains
OF phosphorus, 70 be divided into twenty pills,
making two grains for dose. put in two
grains, making the dose one-tenth grain. The
maximum dose is about one fourth grain. Here
is another calling for morphine sulphate. one
half ounce with no further directions ques-
toned the man who bought it, and he told me il
was for his child; so gave him magnesia sui
phate, or EPSON salts. well-known
physician gave prescription that was
brought to me to fill. 1t called for aconite
root, one-half ounce, with directions teaspoon
full. told the messenger who brought it that it
would be finished in three quarters of hour
That gave me time to send for the physician,
who was in a rage because of the delay in filing
the prescription. His anger increased when
| tried to explain to him, and he said he
knew what he was about, and would not have
any outside interference. After he cooled of it
turned out Just as l expected. Heintended that
the teaspoonful of medicine to be put In a
tumbler of water and teaspoorful of that taken
every hour. But the directions merely stated
.easpoonful, which of course meant the quantity
of medicine. The maximum dose of aconite root
Is ABOUT ten drops, ana gnat is tne reason
l called the doctor. He didn't thank me
a bit, however but said he would
send no more prescriptions to Another
physician prescribed for a child of q few
months dose of one grain extract of belladOn-
Ea and repeat every two hours The maximum
dose for admit is two grains. / corrected the
prescription so that there one grain in the
whole mixture There are many errors made by
physicians in confounding hydrargyrum bichlo-
ride. or corrosive sublimate. with the noffensive
hydrargyrum chloride, caomel / have more
than once corrected prescriptions where strych-
mia sulphate was prescribed instead of euinine
sulphate. and there is physician whose pre-
scriptions / never pass without revising them,
it is not unusual for me to find two or three err
rors in one of his prescriptions For these
things we Il believe nearly all druggists have
had the same experienced get no credit; but let
one of us make a single mistake and then all
hands are condemned think the physicians
who write the prescriptions need looking after
good deal more than the druggists who put
them up.n
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AN HOUR IN A DENTISTS CHAIR.
With a Dissertation Improved Dentistry
Thrown In.

Thrown In.
New York Graphic.
Come in" said the dentist pleasantly to
young man. whose face looked as if he was hiding
an apple dumping behind his cheek.
The young man gave glance of appreh en-
sion around the room at the various implements
of torture and sank into cane-seat chair.
Nice day" observed the dentist, with SMILE
'Toothache?"
The young man nodded his head affirmativey
Take a seat in the chair" remarked the dent
list. (which TOOTH pleased"
The young man indicated well as he could
with the dentists fingers In his mouth.
''Ah! yes. see," returned the dentist, as if
he had found a quarter in his last summers
vest. Does this hurt?' he asked he took the
bludgeon end of a miniature crowbar and ham
mered on the aching member.
1t seemed to-
keep your mouth open, please" continued
the dentist, as he exchanged the crowbar for a
rake. "A little wider, please There that will
DO. Now" he added. as he plunged the teeth of
| the implement into the crown of the tooth and
scraped off the upper part of it, ''can you feel
| tbisg All Sensitive, is its Well. / guess that
is the tooth. The pulp is eongested Now, I've
got to cut away the old filing and open a vent
Then we can kill the nerve and fill the tooth
again, and then you will have a tooth as good as
new"
While the dentist was talking he placed foot
lathe near the chair, adjusted drill in it, one
| or two sizes smaller than an auger and started
the machinery to work
Now" he added as he stuffed the young
mans mouth full of napkins, "open your mouth
little wider, please"
The young man dropped his chin upon his
shirt bosom and breathed hard. The dentist
inserted the drill into the tooth and began grind
ing.
Does that hurt you?' he asked, cheerfully, as
he bore down the drill with $50 pounds of
brute force "Ah! l am almost down to the
nerve. Did / touch it then? MOI 1t doesn't
bleed yet. Several years (gouge) ago it used
| dg) to be barbarous (push) the way there the
operator laid aside the drill, and took up small
| sharp edged hoe) dentists scrape) treated (digl
| their patients All! / thought you wouldn't
mind this (more scraping) l am almost tmors
| dggingl down TO the tpush) meat. But now
! there ne abandoned the hoe for a spike with a
head On it like feather duster), all this irasp)
is changed. 1t ldig) is humane (scratchl pro-
| fession now. We (punch) never hurt (scrape-
ig-rake-scratch-claw all in one) them
now. I'm through, now, that's all right, he added
! pleasantly. he removed the gag from the
| young mans mouth, and gave him opportuni,
| ty to recover.
Now, he continued, as he got out formid-
| able array of bottles, and prepared mixture
into which he dipped small wad of cotton,
''open your mouth, please. l will put this in.
and it will kill your Hurtq Oh, no! 1t
may pain you for few minutes, but it will not
| hurt you to speak of. Come in next Monday,
! please, and will renew the application. Three
| dollars, please"
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The Concrete and the Abstract.

Ben: ferley PoOrc.
President Lincoln, when importuned by Gov
ernor Yates. OF Illinois, to appoint o friend
breadier-eeneral, said: Yates III tell you the
difference between thu concrete and the ABSTRACT
When the Senate passed resolution requesting
me not to appoint any more brigadiers, as the
vacancies were all full, that's the concrete.
But when senator comes up here with a long
petition and longer face, requesting me to
make brigadier out of some scalawag of friend
of his, "a IL happens every day. call that the
abstract" The Governor thought the iliustra-
ton was very good and laughed heartily oyer It
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Captain Forbes and the Bottle of Brandy.
Boston Traveller.
The gallant Captain is also something of a
wag. When a pilot commissioner he took a
cruise in the bay board of a pilot-boat, to see
how the business was conducted. The weather
was raw and cold and he thought that little
brandy would do him no harm, and asked if
there was any on board. The pilots like all
others who knew him. would do anything to
obge him, and were but too happy to furnish
him with what he desired A bottle of brandy
which had cost $40 by the gallon. was handed to
him to help himself and this he did most liber-
ally. He called for bucket of tepid
water, which was readily furnished by
the cook OFF went his boots
and stockings, in went his bare fee.
into the bucket, and then he deliberately poured
the entire bottle Of brandy into the bucket and
handed the empty bottle back to the pilot,
thanking him courteously for the liquor, The
pilots were horror struck at the use to which
their precious liquor had been put. but said
nothing. The Captain seemed to enjoy his foot
bath, rubbed his feet with vigor. and, when he
finished, highly commended the brandy. Bran
dy," said the Captain. in conclusion, addressing
mixed with warm water-try it; but vile stuff
for the stomach-avoid its This was the Cap
tain's last brandy scrape afoat The pilots were
all teetotalers to him afrerward. few DAYS
later he more than doubly compensated the pi-
lots for the liquor he used. He only wished to
teach them object lesson" which all men
would do well to learn. namely, that brandy 10
better outside than inside.
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have frequently had occasion to notice that
in public places women are much less likely to
observe the forms of courtesy than men. There
was a striking instance of this at the State fair
on Monday. platform had been erected At
the south end of the building for the aceommo-
dation of Governor Hubbard and party. and,
naturally enough. before the exercises this be-
came filed with spectators. When one Of the
officials of the fair came around shortly, hs had
no difficulty in clearing the platform of men.
But polite eoaxing was NOT sufficient to makesa
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number Of the ladies bulge. It was only when
the police appeared that the polite request, rei-
dered more impressive by uniform and brass
buttons was able to prevail The ladies were
not to be influenced by the laws of common
courtesy applicable on such an occasion. and
they only succumbed before the officers OF the
law
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Inasm uch as the Prince of Wales is now said
to wear gloves all occasions, the revival Of
kids among swells on this side of the At antic
may safely DO predicted.