The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-11

a few lozenges in the pockets of the man
he had brought in. The other articles were
put away 10 be returned in the morning.
but the lozenges were swallowed by the
officer. Like Jones's friend. the policeman
one-but a man noted for his sobriety; and
the effect of the loZengeS was really re-
markable. To be brief, in a few minutes
the officer was in a worse condition,
loquaciously, than his prisoner. His brother
officers were shocked at his seeming down.
fall. and the chief was so angry that he
uniting explanation. Neither Jones's friend
nor the policeman yet knew what caused
their troubles. They do not suspect the
innocent-appearing lozenges, and are will
ing to swear they were not drunk.
The next person TO try the Exhilarant
was Jones's best girl. Soon after meeting
the friend mentioned above he saw his girl
returning from a shopping expedition. All
girls ike candy, and when JOnes's best saw
MIN put q lozenge in his mouth she gently
chided him for his selfishness. Jones un-
hesitatingly gave her a small package, and
as she was booked for a '5-o'clock tea he
f foe ! ieII her; In the meantime' she had
On the way TO the tea she took an
other, and later on one or two more.
We're limitations OF sherry-their effect was
shocking. No other girl could get in a
WORD edgewIse while Jones's best was at
the tea" F~inally-but, perhaps. to avoid
1000 for scandal mongers, the veil should
be drawn here. The lozenges had the same
fnal effect on the girl that they had on
- hA1 l1IlLl
Next day Jones learned of the fate OF
ms TREND the policeman, and his best
girl. He alone knew the cause Of their
CONDITION, and he wisely refrained from
s9V~ anvtht1g. This was the beginning
or his trouble, the pr anlonitory signs Of
tie .Opp.4ns OI tne castles he had built.
Still Jones did not give up hope. He de-
termfned TO experiment further, and also
resolved not TO let any person sample his
Exhilarant again until he had corrected its
defects. While he was thinking over the
matter the postman arrived and handed
MIN a bulky package of letters and cards.
Jones was surprised. His correspondence
up TO that time had been limited TO three
or four letters a week. On top of the
1t up and read. 1t was from a man who
had seen the account of Jones's wonderful
discovery in the Sunday Journal. He had
tended bar in Chicago for six years" was
a grad of a gold cure institute and had
suffered from delirium tremens. He was out
or work and wanted an agency to sell the
Exnllarant. From the recommendations he
gave it was evident he felt himself qualified
to picture the horrors Of drunkenness and
induce people to purchase tie harmless in
t~oxicant. He was just the man Jones
wanted. but, for reasons before stated,
Jones was not ready to employ agents.
Jones cast the grads" card aside and
opened a letter. 1t was from a barrel-house
keeper, who objected to having his business
ruined by the Exhilsrant, and made insin-
uating references to bombs and Internal
machines. Jones mentally sized up the
protestant as an Anarchist who would bear
watching. The next letter was from a
8NAAA[ III AOB&o&a " Ia AEL ollNA
listing of the stock II any was issued. An
other was from a temperance reformer of
no note, who feared his profession would be
ruined if drunkenness was abolished; he
tried to persuade Jones to refrain from
putting his preparation on the market.
Other letters were from reformers of vari-
Gus kinds who didn't want the world to
grow good too suddenly. Fighting the devil
was their occupation, and if the rum traf-
nc was killed there would be nothing for
them to do. One writer was mean enough
to suggest that Jones was less of q philan-
thropist than a grasping capitalist who
wanted to get his foot on the necks of the
people. Jones dismissed this man as a Pop
ulist.
But the letter that capped the climax was
one purporting to come from a Senator who
had favored taxing whisky $50 per gallon
and extending the bonded period to fifteen
years. He served notice that should Jones
attempt to introduce his EXhilarant he (the
Senator) would see that a bill was passed
imposing a tax of 10 cents on each lozenge,
"for revenue only" When Jones read this
his last hope fled. He had expected to pay
several hundred thousand in income taxes
each year, but he did not believe there was
justice in making him supply all the money
for the needs of the government. Sc Jones
is in trouble. Instead of millions rolling
into his Golfers he is growing poorer; in
stead OF the nations uniting in paeanS of
praise in his honor, he is being condemned
by even his own townSpeople; instead of
being canonized by the church, there is
danger that he may be treated as an ene-
my. Verify IL is hard to be a true refOrmer
in these modern days.