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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-28
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
His Recent Visit to Washington A Young
Lady's Unconscious Compliment.


Lady's Unconscious Compliment.
Washington Letter.
The great event of the month has been the visit
of Oliver Wendell Holmes. He was the guest Of
Justice Gray, of the Supreme Court, but his host
was obliged to share the delightful privilege of
entertaining him with Mr.. Blaine. the President
the Secretary of War, and many others as
could get shy" at this best production of New
Engand-not excepting even THANKSGIVING day,
Plymouth Rock. and Priscilla the Puritan
maiden At the dinner given by Mr.. Blaine Mr.
Cleveland was one of the guests for, although
representing opposite parties, IA warm personal
liking exists between the two men, the versatile
wit and the boundless energy of the one finding
a rounding out and completion in the solid quail
ties and untiring working capacity of the other
DIR. Holmes is an immense favOrite through
out the South, as Miss Page once unconsciousy
told him. She visiting another sister, who
is the wife of a professor at Harvard, and at a
gathering Of the literati heard some one say DR.
/ Holmes was present
Where is he" she asked with enthusiasm.
do show me-"
II do not see him." said the little gentleman
| to whom she was speaking He was very little
gentleman, with face like a winter apple, a
pair of twnklihg brown eyes and merry smile
but his name she had not heard.
80" she said, II am so anxious to meet
him. You know he is such favorite in the
South"
Indeed, he answered, evidently greatly sur
prised. Il thought that Yankee principles and
Yankee literature were-just the reverse of pop.
ular"
She smiled her own brilliant smile:
Perhaps you are not altogether wrong, but of
this can assure you-no Southern gentlemans
library is considered complete without the 'Au-
tocrat at the Breakfast Table"
He positively colored up and looked confused
and just then some one laid hand on his shout
DER and said;
"Dr. Holmes
Tableau!
But Miss Page through her bushes told him:
1T is all true, and you must accept the COM
pliment au pied de la lettre for l did not know
to whom L spoke'
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The Red Cross Calls for Assistance.

BosToN, Dec. 26-The National Association
OF the American Red Cross is in receipt of two
circulars from the international committee of
Geneva, the first of which solicits the aid of the
other national societies in favor of the Bulgarian
Society of the Red Cross, which has been COM
PEELED to care for the wounded of
its army before it had time to
sufficiently prepare itself. The second
circular solcits aid for the Servian Society of
the Red Cross, which finds itself, in the short
space of nine years, in the midst of a third war.
These appeals placed before the Red Cross
societies and the people in general, with the
recommendation that such action be taken by
each and all as the heart and conscience may
dictate. Communications may be addressed to
the president of the American Ped Cross Soci-
ETY., Washington.
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DE LESSEPS AND HIS BABIES.
manipulating Reduced to q Science-How
His Children Are Brought Up.

Paris Letter.
Let me transcribe passage from daily jour
nal. 1t is imaginary, but truthful to the letter.
1t IS the family diary of NJ De Lesseps. The
date is 1855. Entry No !: "Nov. 19-Count
Ferdinand de Lesseps celebrates the eightieth
anniversary of his birth" Entry No g Dec
5-Mme. De Lesseps presents to her liege lord
her and his twelfth child" Of both these events
the Count is wshed-and expects" many happy
returns" Entry No. 3; Dec 6-Count De Les
seps goes out for a gallop; his horse stumbles,
throws him to the ground, and falls upon him
heavily" Entry No. A. Dec This evening
the Count De Lesseps gives n grand dinner be-
ing himself in the best of health and spirits"
And yet English cousins boast of their
Grand Old Man" Indeed. the great
canal-maker is remarkable man. 1t
is fine sight to soc him in the park
with his family, eleven children with in no case
more than two years nor less than fifteen
months difference in the ages of two consecutive
sclons. And now appears No. IL, "a duodecimo
edition of my works" remarked the Count iocu
larly to friend who congratulated him upon the
event. This is family raising reduced to an ex-
act science And when you the eleven
drawn up in a line you notice that their sizes are
automatically graduated Their father in
tends that, if possible they shall live to as good
and vigorous an old age as lie enjoys He nures
them to hardship. In summer time he makes
them run barefooted, bareheaded, barelegged,
barearmed, and, in fact, as nearly naked as the
usages of civilization allow. And at his coun-
for them in which they spend
an hour or two daily in the original garb
of Adam and Eve. AS a result their skins are
as tough and healthy as that of an Indian. They
never catch cold. They arc never sick. In
these respects they differ much from most
French children, who, as rule. what the
English would call 'coddled" too much. They
kept indoors. When they do go out they
are overdressed. They never romp and play like
English and German children. Taken out for
walk thav liant in in -ctpinoo md met
keep step and walk in an exact line. They have
no liberties, no amusements. AS n result they
are tender as dollhouse plants and as artificial.
And when they come OF age-ah, well! They
make up for lost time that is all! 1t is pity
the example of the De Lesseps family is not
initiated throughout France. And this in the
number of children as we'll as in tho way Of
bringing them up. For small families or no
children at at all is now the rule in France In
many parts of the country and in cities and
towns, the number of births does not nearly
equal that OF deaths, so that the population is
decreasing
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A Story of General Scott.

AtlaHLa CONSTITUTION.
Every one has noticed the heroic size attrib-
uted to General Winfield Scott in his statues
and portraits. Few of them are exaggerations
of his real proportions. He was six feet four
and half inches high. and perfectly formed. In
his full dress uniform he presented superb APP
pearance. 1t is said that the diminutive Mexi-
awe-struck when they him and
that many of Thorn attributed the success of the
American army to tho grand physique of its
leader.
The General was greatly inconvenienced by
his unusual size and whenever he had an op-
portnnity always had special preparations made
for his comfort In an old autograph album, in
hand:
WASHINGTON, Friday. June Is, 1860
"Proprietors Girard House, Philadelphia:
'Gentlemen-Expect me at the Girard House
tomorrow night at IL o'clock, and please give
me bed, at least six feet six inches in length or
without foot board. Yours respectfully.
''WINFIELD SCOTT."
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THE ESCURIAL.
The Palace and Mausoleum of the Kings of
Spain.
New York Herald.


New York Herald.
The Escurlal comprises convent. church, pal
ace and royal mausoleum. 1t is situated about
twenty seven miles northwest of Madrid. on the
slope of the Sierra de Guadarrama The sur
rounding country is sterile and gloomy wilder
ness The Escurial was founded by Philip III,
of Spain, in fulfllment of VOW to ST Lawrence
made after the battle of st. Quentin, on Aug
10, 1857. in which he was victorious over the
French army. The work was intrusted to the
architect John Baptist of Toledo, and the first
stone was laid in 1863. Upon the death of the
original architect, in 1867 his place filed by
a pupil, Juan Herrera. The masonry was CON
cuded in 1884, and the entire work was COM
pleted in 1893, but has since been added to or
adorned by almost every Spanish monarch
notably by Ferdinand VII.
The ground plan of the building, which is in
the shape Of grdiron, in memory of the mar
tyrdom of st. Lawrence, is estimated to cover
1885, 1872 square feet The building is TAO feet long
and $50 wide. There are seven towers. fifteen
gateways. and. it is said, IL. 900 windows and
doors. The exterior of the Escurial is grimlv
plain and massive. The chief entrance is never
opened except to receive the King, whether alive
or dead Over the second grand entrance, in the
Court of Kings, are six finely carved statues,
seventeen feet high, representing kings of Judah
The church is one of the grandest renaissance
edifces in Europe. 1t is $40 feet from east to
west, by 200 from north to SOUTH and rectangular
in plan. The dome is 60 feet in diameter and
its height is 800 feet. The magnificent bronzes
and marbles, and the rich paintings of the high
altar form striking contrast with the bold and
simple forms of the architecture.
Directly under the altar is the Panteon, or
royal mausoleum, in which only kings and moth
ers of kings can lie. The walls and ceiling Of
of the stairway which descends to the mauso.eum
are of jasper The burial chamber is octagonal
in plan, and is incrusted with Jasper prophyry
and other precious materials. There are twenty
six inches, containing sarcophagi of green mar
HE Here pOt0mheN tha raN1apc of Oh, .p1a
V. of Philip III and of nearly all their successors
For other members of the royal family there is
another mausoleum known as the Panteon de
los Infantes.
The palace contains suit of marvelously dec
Grated rooms. which were formerly occupied by
Queen. Isabella in summer. The inlaid work is
very elaborate and costly, and rare paintings,
tapestries and sculptures add interest and beau
ty. A small room or CO.. is shown, in which
Philip Ii died. in 1898. An opening in the wall of
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this cell admits view Of the high altar of the
church The library of the Escurial was at one
time one of the richest in Europe, but it suffered
much in the fire of 1911, and it has suffered
since from plumber and neglect The Escurial
contains frescocs by Tibaldi, Carbajal, Carducho
and Lucas Jordan Among the paintings are
works by Titan. Tintoretto and Velasquez.
The confagration of 1871 ragged for fifteen
days, little but the church surviving uninjured.
On the night of Oct l. 1872. a fire broke out in
the palace and the upper library. The damage
done then has been repaired almost entirely.
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A Call for Further Information.
lou Pail Mall Gazette.

The news page of the Standard sparkles with
an excellent joke this morning. The well In
formed New York correspondent of that paper
gives US glimpse of the real American humor
lurking under his usually serious exterior With
out word of preliminary explanation, he cables
that mr.. Finerty, of Chicago believes that the
new English Parliament will grant home rule to
Ireland. If not he says, "the very few men in
this country and in Ireland who most condemn
violence will become silent entirely, or will ap-
prove of almost anything which may be done by
what is termed the extreme element to annoy
and injure England II tho coming Parliament
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-28
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL.

In order to meet the demands of its country pat
rons arrangements have been made whereby the Sum-
day edition of THE JOURNAL circulated to all posi-
bic points reached by railway early the day Of it's
publication. The special features Of THE SUNDAY
JOURNAL are well known. They will be increased
during next year. The circulation of THE SUNDAY
JOURNAL is the largest and best of any Sunday paper
published in Indiana.
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does not grant the demands of Mr.. Parnell will
never give any further aid for parliamentary
agitation for will have lost all faith in English
Parliaments in reaching n settlement of this
question" Now, this is grave indeed and we
trust that Lord Salisbury will lay the words of
Mr. Finerty, who was formerly a member of
Congress. to heart. But let the able gentleman
who administers the Standard i'll New York first
let US know the opinions of Mr.. Gilhooley, of
Oshkosh, and Father OFlynn. of Bucksnort,
Ark. Then we shall be in position to frame a
policy
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-28

EIMIru UaZettc
"Ah therea' (the salutation.) "Ah tbere9'
1.-THE reply.) Dandy day." conversation opens J
bet your hustle" conversation Closes ''rra-
Ia" THE farewell "Tra-la," (ditto) (Steno-
graphic report of the conversation of two EImira
young ladies in the hallway of a fashionable
church last EVENING"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-28
A Chinese Type of Mclean Man.

Ii Hung Chang was Chinee man,
But over the sea he sent
His gold when he heard of the hating plan
For big Grant monument.
To look for dance when they merely pipe
Is the rich New Workers. way,
And Ii Hung Chang is a finer type
OF Mclean man than they.
chicago Tribune
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IF you cannot go to Florida when sick take
Red Star Cough Cure. No opiates.
u El,1k.1Ez l2lItzl-1l
DIED.

DIED.
WEEKS--At her residence in this city, Mrs. Per-
mea Weeks, wife of Richard Weeks aged eighty three
years two months and eight days.
Funeral services at Roberts Park Church at p. m
on Monday, Dec. % Friends of the family invited
WISHARD--Winiam Kenneth Wishard. infant son
Of George w. and Ida l.. Wishard, on Sunday De
ceinber 20, at ii a.. m aged six months and twelve
days.
Funeral on Tuesday, Dec. 90 at 2 p. M. from the
residence Of DR.. W. II Wishard No. 50 Huron street
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EVERYTHING has a cause; tickling in the
throat, husking of voice, violent coughing etc 4,
the effects of severe cold. DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup cures the cold at once, and re-
moves its serious effects
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Church, where her father is vestryman. In
the Sunday school she has class Of large boys,
In whom she takes great interest Once a
year she gives them dinner and when any one
of them gets old enough to start in business she
makes it a point TO secure place for him.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-10
sIDEwALK NOTES
l.. u. Curtis, the iowoIer,
j., Il. Curtis, tho jewoler.

l., IL. Curtis, the iowoler.
il, u, Curtis, tho iowOler.
The whole earth for Soc, at Erb's,
Pictures and frames az Paul Erh'a.
Burt & Near shoes at Loon Kahn's.
Straw hats at cost at Leon Kahn'a.
orr's bugglea arc soliing fast, 72i
Main street.
George a. Webster hes moved his
Office to Sl2 Elm street.
Fine Stetson hats, 81 less than any.
body else, nc Leon Kahn's.
A genuine hand turn ladies' button
boot at $3.50 at Leon KRhn's.
Ladies', misses and childrens spring
heel clippers At Leon Lahn's.
Go to Ellington for flno parlor suits,
bed room sets, chairs, tables, etc.
S2s Main street, All kinds Of fruits
and vegetables at A. L., Boucho's.
Orr, 72i Main street, can't DO boat on
buggies, buc k.board or road carts.
Boucho keeps oil kinds OF cigars and
tobacco. Try his nicklo Tiger cigar.
Go TO the Two Brothers Saloon for
ice cold Wsgonhauber beor on draught.
Only Wagenhouser beer sold at the
Two Brothera Saloou,c corner Main and
Sycamore streets,
Tho finest assortment of spoctaolos
and eye glasses In the city, corner
Main and Poydras streets.
Elegant new stock OF jewelry Just
received. Corner Main and Poydras
streets. Il. Il. Curtis, iewelor.
Immense stock OF wai paper, the
latest designs and colors, are being ro-
coivod by Hamilton & Young.
To have your watches, clocks and
ewolry repaired, 80 Ia. l.. II. Curtis,
corner Of Main aud Povdras streets.
One OF tho nicost presents for your
wife 10 q phmton or buggy. IL don't
cost much. Orr win sell Thorn low, IA
Malr street.
Mrs Chestnut has decided 90 sell
her en- tlro stock o. ladies' undarwaro,
and ohildren's dresses no prices which
arc lower than they eau DO bought for
Of wholesale. Her stock is complete,
but sh desiree 10 sell them all out ut
prices o make Thorn sell 30 that she
can have more room for her millinery
department,
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"Tho Fastest IN the Wo1ldp

ONCE Southwest Passenger Agent Wanda
liza Line " PennsN lvania Route, Dallas,
Texas, July |, 1855, To all Coupon Ticket
Agents in Texas aud Arkansas:
GENrLEMEN:-lp selling the round
trip excursion tickets TO Pittsburg
(which are good to return until Octo-
Der Sl) by the Vandalla Line you are
hereby authorized to say TO passengers
that we run three solid trains daily
each way between ST. Loais and Pitts
burg; that these excursion tickets are
good on al trains and that "No EXTRA
FARE is CHARGED on CUR FAMOUS
LIMITED EXPRESS TO PITTsBURa PAS
sENGERs' on these or any other tick
cts.
Time from st, Louis TO Pittsburg by
the Limited is only 20 hours.
Time from st. Louis TO New York,
81 hours, With three daily trains each
way. Very Respectfully,
GEO. A. KNIGHT,
Southwestern Passenger Agent.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-10

Take all tho Kidneys aud Liver
Medicines,
Take all the Blood purifiers,
Take all the Dyspepsia and
Indigestion cures,
Take all the Ague, Fover, aud
bilious specifics.
Take all tho Brain and Nerve force
roviVeTs,
Take all tho Great health restorers.
In short, take ali the best qualities OF
all these and tne-best
Qualities OF all the best medicines
in the worl1, and you wilt find that
Hop Bittors have tho best curative
qualities and powera of 0ll-con-
In them,
And that they will euro when any
or all of these, singly or-c0mbluedi
FRul!l!
"A thorough tIial will give positive
proof Of this.
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southwestern Passenger Az


a. W iholOh obbhhilAb
Rev. Sylvanus Cobb thus writes to
the Boston Christian Freeman:-We
would by no means recommend any
kind OF medicine which We did not
know to DO good-particularly for in
tants. But of Mrs. Winslow's Sooth.
ing Syrup we can speak from knowl-
edge. In our own family it has proved
blessing indeed, by giving an infant
troubled with colo pains quiet sleep,
and tho parents unbroken rest at
night. Most parents can appreciate
these blessings. Here is an article
which works TO perfection and which
is harmless; for the sleep which it af.
fords the infant Is perfectly natural,
and the little cherub awakes as Upright
as button" And during the process
Of toething its value is incalculable.
We hayo frequently heard mothers
say that they would not DO without it
from the birth of the child till it had
finished with the teething siege, on
any consideration whatever. Sold by
all druggists. % cents q bottle.
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LAMPAsAs SPRINGS.

Great Health and Pleasure Resort.
This place has justly earned the
reputation of the great health and
pleasure resort of the Southwest For
melcuriel, rheumatic, cutsneous and
kidney diseases they arc the most GER
tain auxiliary and specific known.
The hotels are conceded 10 be the best
in the country. The San Geronimo,
centrally and delightfully."- located
corner Fifth and Main streets, is one
of the most comfortable, elegantly
furnished and best ventilated houses
in the State, which with It's excellent
cuisine and moderate rate of 50 per
day and special rate to parties by the
week or month mako the San Geron-
imo q great favorite. Two sample
rooms on the first floor, 20 feet square
each-best in the State,
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Geographical Center ofDallas

1t seems that there has been dissen-
sion between ths city engineer, board
Of sldermon,and the citizens generally
as to the geographical and business
center OF the city. This question has
been agitgted as it controls in great
measure tho location Of various enter
prises now being established, and also
those 10 follow. We learn, however,
from aIeliable source, that the matter
has been amicably settled, all agreeing
that Webster's photograph gallery,
Elm street, occupies the most central
point.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-10

Every lady uses Pozg0urs medicated
complexion powder. II is a household
treasure. The madam finds 1t i'm
possible to go down town without
first rubbing 1t on. If the baby cries
she goes for the puiG-box. If the "Old
man" come home ruilled or chafed, be-
cacss business il dull, &c, Pozzoni's
powder cools and allays his troubles.
Then all is gladstone joy. No family
should be without il.
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NIelnne,a Elnat LING

Mr.. b. II. Melone has established
tho Office OF his float line nj Sinker,
Davis & Co.'S, Elm street (t0lephono
No. 1851, whore 40 sll times orders will
DO received for the prompt delivery OF
freight. Heavy merchandise, safes,
boilers, engines, household goods, ETC.,
promptly and safely moved rele-
phone and all cslis promptly attended
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Tha gentleman VINO desires a drink
of sOulething Gne, that viii rejuvinate
without producing any bad effect, a
cigar, or il may be 70 indulge in q
quiet game OF billiards or pool, aud
withal courteous treatment, will find
the same NJ the Tart SALOON, on
posita Oliver ~ Grlgg's bank III aie
Thompson, proprietor,
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Five year ago / broke down with
kidney and liver complaint and
rheumatism. Since then / have been
unable TO be about at all, My liver
became hard like wood; my limbs
were pulled up aud filed with water.
All the best physicians agreed that
nothing could cure me. l resolved TO
try Hop Bitterp; L have used seven
bottles; the hardness has all gone
from my liver, the swelling from my
limbs, and 10 has worked miracle In
my case; otherwise would have been
now in my grave.
J, w. MoREY, Buffalo, Oct. |, 1881,
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Poverty and Suffering

81 was dragged down with debt, poverty
and suffering for years, caused by sick
family and largo bill fof doctoring.
/ was comp stciy IN couraged, until
one year ago, by the advice OF my pastor, |
commenced using Hop Bltters, and I'm one
month we were all we'll, aud none Of us
have seen sick day since, and / want IA
say TO allpoOr men, YOU can keep your
families well year With Hop Biticrs fol
know Il" "A WORKING MAN.
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Dealers win subserve their own in
tarest when buying crackers, snaps,
jumblos, etc, by always insisting on
getting he Dozier-Weyl Cracker Co.'s
Parrot Brand. TO secure a good and
permanent trade you must handle the
best brands, and the Parrot Brand Of
crackers has no superior. For sale by
all leading jobbers in Texas.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-10
IDYL-NU MORE.

The dollar OF our daddies
Is not considered bad
Nor do folks underestimate
The little sOnny's scad,
But the Sunday OF our city dads,
The Appellate Courts adoption,
Beats sons and dads and County Courts
And even Local option.
Then come and sec NJ old Glen Lea,
You'll find things every fine;
With open door In the eve ut four,
And the same IN the morn TN nine.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-10

Advocatosot prohibition need have
no fears Of "PRlCKLY ASH BITTERsn
as it in a medicine, aud by reason of
its cathsrtic properties cannot DO used
as n beverage. IL IS manufactured
from the purest materials, and acts
directly on tho Liver, Kidneys, Stom-
ach and Bowels. AS a blood purifier
it has no equal. IL 10 pleasant To the
tastO, and effective in action.