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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06
ABsINTHE DRINKING.
n Hour mt Which the French All
sorb the National beverage.

Paris Letter.
-Absinthe. a name almost unknown In
england. is, In its way, the national drink
Of France. The daily consumption Is enor-
nous. In fact. without any wish TO over
state the case. the habit Of imbibing this
lnsldious green liquor Is rapidly assuming
the proportions of a national curse. Like
the craving for opium ard other drugs
the taste. when once ipduised. does not
cessity.
with almost incredible rapidly. b
French. are naturally a most temperate
people. Spirit drinking. for the sake OF
intoxication. is quite unknown Wine. the
universal beverage, Is seldom taken In ex-
cess Absinthe. as a disguise for alcohol
has done more harm TO France than can
a refined form Of alcoholism. The princi-
pie of the herb itself is most Injurious. but
II Is the alcohol in which it Is STEPPED
that forms the real bulk of the drink. and
which is the real intoxicant.
Absinthe is an appetizer. Unlike spirits.
IL Is not consumed at all sorts OF odd mo-
nearly every town of France the green
has become a Special feature Of the land
fs ssRFss i ErSm 4 tn e. c @; TO AND 4 q m nsan 5as H't os
the pavements are crowded Everyone Is
drinking absinthe. The liquor is almost
green becomes a milky sage with lovely
opal tints. Absinthe is taken In tiny sips.
Each mo1thful has to be nnsered S oyer;
coursing through the veins. The brain
grows clearer. The world seems brighter.
Life is made worth living.
AS a rule. one glass alone Is taken This
is considered the proper limit before lunch.
and again before dinner. At first the liquor
is taken very weak, and, by and by. the
palate Is captivated by the peculiar ana
exquisite fragrance, and IL Is taken
stronger. The one glass becomes two. Tn
occasional drinker blossoms into a regular
observer of the green hour. What the doc
tors fear most is women drinking Refue-
ing to dilute the liquor at all, they consume
1t neat. with the most terrible result on
the constitution.
Alcoholism in general and absinthism IN
particular" says . specialist on the sub
ject. creates a special race. both from the
point Of view OF the intellectual faculties
and physical characteristics. This race
may very well continue, with all its physi-
cal infrmities and vicious tendencies, Tor
several generations. But exposed TO every
sort of accident and malady the race soon
ton of chronic and hereditary absinthfsm
Is worthy OF The highest attention OF legis-
lators, who, when they neglect IL, incur an
immense responsibility. II must always be
remembered. however, that absinthised par
ents who transmit a faint to their posterify
You never see them really sober. They are
in a constant state of tension"
1t would be quite ridiculous, II IL were
not so sad, to notice how habitual abSinthe
drinkers dine later year by year. They
wish to sit another hour before their sec
ond or third glass. 1t has even been de-
clared that the comparative downfall OF the
theater in Paris during the last i've years
is due In great part 10 late dining, follow
ing late drinking in the afternoon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06
MATRIMONIAL WOES AND DECADENT
FICTION.

If Mrs. Craigie John Oliver Hobbes),
whose matrimonial woes are now being
aired in an English divorce court,
gained her ideas of life, as expounded
in her novels, from her W experience.
then the divorce. as well as the peculiar
character of the novels, is accounted
for. Her latest story, which bears the
ridiculous title, The Gods, Some Nor
tails and Lord W~ickenham," belongs to
what is known as the decadent school,
and is one of the most unpleasant of its
kind. There are, it is true, two or three
virtuous persons among the people Of
the book. n one man, possibly two,
who may be called manly-which is
more than can be said of every novel of
this class; but the atmosphere of the
tale is unwholesome, and the immora
relations Of scertain leading characters
its keynote. The hero is a mentally
fiabby creature who lacks courage to
ask the girl whom he loves to marry
him, and easily becomes the victim of
an adventures. Although much SYM
pathy is expended upon him by the au-
thor. 1t is difficult for the reader to
share the feeling. The heroine is rather
a c0lorleB young woman, and the only
character delineated with much force is
the adventures. The story carries with
it a suggestion of English divorce courts
and their exposures of a phase of high
life' occasionally made. though divorce
does not figure in the book. 1t is a
morbid study of conditions which could
only be exceptional in any society, and,
though presented with some degree of
literary ability, is not sufficiently artis-
tic to justify it's being. John Oliver
Hobbies may believe that the picture
she draws is typical, since as Mrs.
Craigie she gives in court a description
of her husband which would serve as
that of the worst villain in her story.
But il the writer's of the decadent
novels are to unload their personal woes
as well as their unpleasant works OF fic-
ton upon an unoffending world, some
thing will need to be lone by way of de-
Tense. The surest means of protection is
probably a refusal to read the objection
able and depressing books. and to polite
ly express regret that the unhappy per-
sona1 experience of the writer's leads
them to produce unstable literature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

two-dollar piece. So, too. in France. where
the abbreviation Is not used we ind such
pieces as 10 francs" 30 francs" and 30
marked tx thaler.' which IL all very plain.
but the moment a clerk. bookkeeper or
other person makes an entry or jots down
a memorandum he tells you that IL Is q
It'll X" The English pound sign. which
Is believed to be the Oldest monetary ABB
breviaticn now in use. is the old initial let.
ter by which the Romans expressed
pounds" just rs Ne use the Tbs" II
has been suggested that we use our money
abbreviation backwards. because that the
Romans, in expressing pounds" always
said 'libera decem.'' instead OF "decem
liberia" the first being pounds ten and
tial letter or character was used IL always
preceded the figures thus. ..fle." instead OF
the reverse Thus the whole world has
gotten in the habit of doing these things
backwards.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

Th9SDelphi Journal devotes a column
to exposing the sins of omission and
commission of the Democratic officials
OF Carroll county. What it says is no
doubt true, because il sustains it's
charges with the specifications. Among
other ltransgressions. the commissioner
issued s per cent. thirty-year bonds to a
Democratic banker in this city for a
loan at a time when the bonds Of so
good a county as Carroll bearing AZ
per cent could have been readily sold.
There Is reason to believe that a good
deal Of this sort of thing has been and
Is being done in Indiana Fortunately.
there seems to be a purpose in several
counties tc bring men who betray their
trusts TO account.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

His Friends Fear Him Because He In
. bicycle Crank.
New York Tribune.


What come over Jones lately? p asked
one OF a group OF men who were seated
about a table IN an athletic club. Hes
got to be q regular hermit. He used to be
as sociable els anybody, but now you never
see him dining with anybody. and he sits
alone in the reading room as IL he hadn't
a friend In the club.
"You don't know about Jones because you
don't ride q wheel" said a second man.
A Of us bicyclists are afraid TO talk
much with him for fear Of being urged to
and we should all like to 20 on tours with
him. but he's the most awful rider in the
club. He never seems to get his III Cen,
the man who starts out to ride with him
is likely to be brought home on . shutter.
ton. When he Invites US to so on a run
with him. II isn't pleasant TO refuse, so
we lave all got to keeping away from him"
It's q pity" chimed in q third. for
Jones h q delightful fellow otherwise. and
he - extremely fond Of company on his
trine. But there = eimply no getting on
with BIN WHEN ~ - on hts wheel. Three
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

made by amateurs. And so in nearly all
lines 1t Is the man who loves the work, not
the man who lives by 1t, through whom
progress comes.
]. J. Haley. of Rhode Island. has just
bought from the United States government
an island in Lake Worth, Fla. He paid
81 cents for 1t, and S for the entry fee. He
makes $50 a month by sitting on the island
and catching green turtles as they pass.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06
.sixteen to One' Explained.


The panacea of sixteen 10 one has been
understood in many places very differently
by the people who have listened 10 the
sirens Turing them TO the rocks OF free
silver coinage. but nowhere has IL received
so original and refreshing Interpretation as
in the heart of. Alabama. the baiiwick OF
the Hon. Reuben Kolb. I'VE want free
silver at is 20 J." cried a gentleman with
chin whiskers and one suspender 10 a sound
money advocate in the recent campaign:
land we want IL now. We'll. my friend"
replied the man Of some sanity. what do
you mean by free coinage at sixteen TO
oner How would that help your" "How
will that help me- replied the disciple OF
the Hon. Reuben. why. It'll help me a heap
sakes. I've got a wife and seven children.
and II we can get free silver at sixteen 10
one thatn bring me SIS for every member
of the family. Seven and one is eight. ana
one is nine. Nine times sixteen Is IA.
IN be in $lH every year. That's how itn
help me. See?"
And still the Hon. Reuben Is in New York
trying TO raise funds TO help along the
cause; and the campaign OF education goes
steadily on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06
ST. Louis Republic.

81. Louis Republic.
peculiar that We should use the dollar
mark 60 before, instead of after the fig
ures in expressing the sum Of 5. 10. 20 or
any other number Of dollars? We may
say twenty-five dollars plain enough for
any one to understand, but as soon as we
put the expression into figures and char
stead OF Us. as Ii should be. Nor is this
all that is peculiar in this connection. In
every country which has a written Ian
Walton for the unit OF value proceeds the
figures In England the pound mark 90 Is
used in the same manner that the dollar
mark Is used In this country. while the
same popularity is noticeable in Germany,
where the abbreviation m. nor mark) APP
pears preceding the lumber. Just as the
French abbrevIation r.. for france Is used
In France. II authorizations are not used
the legend Ii more apt 20 be correct. We
instead q p :13" as one might expect.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

When the name of Richard Croker.
ex-Tammany boss, precedes that Of the
distinguished civil-service reformer. the
Hon. Wayne Macveagh. in the list OF
the guests of the American Society at
London. n is forced to conclude that
in the estimation of the Democratic
managers the former is the more impor-
fanf persou
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

The Rockville Tribune refers to those
Democratic papers in this State which
are inclined to oppose unlimited 16-to-1
as Wall-street papers. and to their man.
ayers as convention m~anipulators. or
words to that effect Thus the cause Of
Democratic harmony goes forward.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

President Mcbride. of the Labor Fed
Grafton. said in his well-considered
speech in Chicago. ON the Fourth. that
as many men were without employment
in 1893 as there were in the country at
date of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. That was because so many of his
unions got ever with Carnegie by voting
for free trade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

1t is feared that If Mr.. Morss did not
see the President through the medium
OF the third best consulship in that Off
Gals gift he would not have said on
the Fourth that "Mr. Cleveland is the
recognized official head of a great radi-
cal party His more active colleague
IN booming Mr.. Cleveland before the
Chicago ~c,nvention, the Hon. John Gill
bert Shanklin. does not see Mr.. Cleve-
land III that light.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

wife up in his castle, under guard OF a
duenna. That shows how much she was
respected.
She-WelI, anyway. If she was not re-
spected so much in those days, at least
that shows she was more highly apprecia-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

Why should the Governor pardon an
ex-county official in the penitentiary
who caused a courthouse to be set on
fire to hide his rascalities because con-
fiement is alleged to undermine his
health? Softness to such offenders is TO
take away from a great crime its
enormity. Besides. the culprit would be
restored to health in a very brief space
after being partially indicated by a
pardon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

A bull fight, Mexican style, may be a
brutal affair, but the taste which can en-
joy a fight when the bulls horns are padded
and the horses protected by shields is a
triie toos effeminate for a healthy civiliza-
ton. The excitement of such an affair will
be equal to that of a dog fight when the
teeth of the participants have been ex-
tracted in advance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

Those people who are yet bowling
about the railroad m~onopolies. as If a
railroad Is a monopoly unless the gov
lime furnishes every man with free
transportation, should be silenced by the
latest figures showing the decline In
rates since the war. In 1867 the wheat
rate from Chicago to New York was
44.75 cents q bushel. against 12.sS cents
during 1874 Packed meats were shipped
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

Twenty thousand people connected
with or interested in labor unions cele-
brated the Fourth in Chicago and lis
tened to and a~pplauded patriotic
speechesta fact which brands as a SIAN
der the statement which has been made
to the effect that the workingmen in
large cities are not patriotic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

sAs the result Of an inquiry made by
y or the most prominent business men
in Kansas, 1t is reported that the unlim-
tied 16-to-1 heresy has lost ground in
that State very p~erceptibly during the
past two months. 1t is so generally.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06
Revenge.

81 have just captured a slot machine
maker down on the beach, said the SER
yitor.
We'll nave him served broiled alive"
said the King of Mbwpka, grimly. He and
his kind nave been responsible for a fall
ing of Of more than so per cent. In the ris-
sionary contributions"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

The Missouri editor who went East and
killed his wife, his children and -himsel
went to extreme measures. and his course
cannot be justified. but much can be for
given a Missouri editor. His fate is a sad
0na
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

Anderson is one of the cities which
shows its prosperity of the past four
years in its increased valuations, the
township. which embraces that city
showing an aggregate valuation of near
~ IS. SOC. 900. :
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

1t is really distressing to be told that rain
interfered with the celebration of the
Fourth in New York and other points in
the East. The weather here was ideal. but
then the weather here is apt to be.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06
Dfstrust.

sally-An' after we are married. will you
keep on ,ovin' me?
Rube-TH love you till-till the cows come
home. as the Teller says.
"Yass, an then go dow to the grocery
an let me do all the milkin'."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06
IN THE AIR.


ShS-Raby is learning to crow.
He-Heavens, Learning to crow? / won.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

Tammany celebrated Independence
Day, but there were visible signs that
they were not half as independent as
they used to be.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06
JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY,
ms poIfs. Ind.
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places
PARIS-American Exchange In Paris. % Boulevard de
e(apucines-
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WIZARDS Hotel and the Washington News Exchange.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

Detroit Tribune
Yes" explained Lucifer. as he stood at
the gate or Hades and gave each lady
a badge as she entered. I'VE have 10 DO IL.
The women In their new styles look so
like the-that Is TO say. We found Il DIM
cult TO distinguish his Majesty among \
crowd of them"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

Detrost Free Press.
yrs. winslow-Are you perfectly surs
tcak there will be no men around n you go
Kitty tsadiy)-oh. yes. mother. We are
perfectly sure that there Will be no men
around whether ne 60 wadinx or not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06

when a mar vent to war he locked lhis
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-06-15
THE CHURCHEs.

The Baptist church, Rev. o. D. Taylor
pastor, will hold services at IL O'Clock
tomorrow morning. All not worship
ping elsewhere are cordially invited.
Sunday school follows the morning SER
vice. No service in the evening.
Methodist Episcopal church = Rev.
John H. Wood, pastor. Services at
IL O'Clock a. M, and 8 p. M; Junior
League at 8 80 p. M; Epworth League
at p. M; class meeting Sunday at 10
a. m. All are cordially welcomed.
Calvary Baptist church, Union and
Seventh street. Elder j. H. Miller, pas
Preaching every Sunday at IL a.
m. and $50 p. m. Prayer meeting on
Wednesday evenings at z 80 p. m
Sunday school at e:45 a. m. All are
cordially welcomed.
The Congregational church, corner
of Court and Fifth street-Sunday SER
vices as usual: At II a. m. and 8
p. m. worship, and sermon by the
pastor, w. @. Curtis. Sunday school
Immediately after the morning service
and meeting of the Young Peoples
Society of Christian Endeavor at Up. m.
All persons not worshipping elsewhere
are cordially invited.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-06-15
Knights Of the nIaOcabees.

The State Commander writes us from
Lincoln, Neb., as follows: "After try
ing other medicines for what seemed to
be a very obstinate cough in our two
children we tried DIR. Kings New Dis
covery and at the end of two days the
cough entirely left them. We will not
be without it hereafter ,as our experience
proves that it cures where all other re-
NEEDLES ail.''-Signed F. w. Stevens,
State Com.-Why not give this great
medicine trial, as 1T is guaranteed and
trial bottles are free at SnIpes & Kiners-
ley's Drug Store. Regular size SOC and
$I.O0
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-06-15
rhe Currant Greek Road.

Mr.. w. M. LoughmilIer of Waldron
called at THE CHRONICLE Office today and
gave most favorable report of the new
Currant Creek road. He drove a four
horse team hitched to wagon, loaded
with over two tons of wool. up the grade
in less than six hours. The grade is six
miles long, but the horses were not
sweating when they reached the top.
The only complaint Mr.. Loughmiller
had to make was that there were not
sufficient turning-out places along the
road. This, by the aid of small appro-
priation, could be easily remedied. The
new grade, the gentleman states, is of
incalculable benefit to the country it
taps, and Mr.. Loughmiller is enthusias-
tic in his praise. The road from Bake
oven to Antelope is not in very good
condition, and Mr.. Sherar has ex-
pressed the intention of making improve
ments on this portion of it.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-06-15
Lost.

Onered Cow, branded TX on right side f. s. on
right hip; two sits In each ear A reasonable re-
ward will be given for delivery or information
as to her whereabouts.
nayn ). L. KELLY.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-06-15
nappsnlng. IN Antelope.

To THE EDITOR The school district
bond election held on June 9Th. to vote
on proposition to bond the district for
$4,000 carried by unanimous vote.
Born, to the wife of Bert Rogers, June
18th, an S-pound boy.
Rev. Mr.. Baily, Baptist minister
from Prineville, delivered, last Tuesday
night, one of the best sermons ever
heard in Antelope.
There is talk of reorganizing the Union
Sunday school, at which all denomina-
tions or those of no denomination will
be welcome. There was such an organ
ization two years ago, which was very
successful and drew large crowds for a
year, but the Methodist church was or
ganized and there was no place for the
Union to meet. The need of such an
organization is strongly felt.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-06-15

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