THE EFFECT OF SEIDLITZ POWDERS.
On the first consignment of seidlitz powders in the capital of Delhi, the monarch became deeply interested in the accounts of the refreshing box. A box was brought to the king in full court, and the interpreter explained to his majesty how it should be used. Into a goblet he put the twelve blue papers, and having added water the king drank it off. This was the alkali, and the royal countenance expressed no signs of satisfaction. It was then explained that in the combination of the two powders lay the luxury, and the twelve white powders were quickly dissolved, and as eagerly swallowed by his majesty. With a shriek that will be remembered while Delhi is numbered among the kingdoms, the monarch rose, staggered, exploded, and, in his full agonies, screamed, "hold me down!" then, rushing from the throne, fell prostrate on the floor. There he lay during the long-continued effervescence of the compound, squirting like ten thousand pennyworths of imperial pop, and believing himself in the agonies of death—a melancholy humiliating proof that kings are mortal.
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Globe, Volume IV, Issue 302, 1 June 1875, Page 3
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183THE EFFECT OF SEIDLITZ POWDERS. Globe, Volume IV, Issue 302, 1 June 1875, Page 3
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