The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-11-25

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watery eyes, standing at my Office and
starting in. His body looked as il it
had been rolled out long between hands
like molasses candy stick. His nose
was merely an elongated, aeshy plung,
aud his forehead was decorated with
two red streaks instead Of eyebrows.
He had no expression at all in his face
and his policeman's hat was so large
that it threatened to settle down on his
shoulders.
His uniform reassured me, and / ad.
dressed him with some impatieuce;
My friend l suppose am wanted
to attend an ipquest--or what is your
purpose y
mo, doctor, the man aiu't dead
yet"
Anything in the surgical way 2"
l was police surgeon as well as
coroner.
"No."
Well, then, why am sent for this
time Of night 7"
Don't bother, Perfessor; the man
amt ded yet but they say he'll be be
fore morning"
" Are doctors attending him ?"
"Oh, he's in good hauds."
What's the matter with him Z"
Well, said the official, some folks
says he's got too much knowledge into
him that he cant live under it"
Cerebral disorder, ell 7"
What p
"B ain disorder, mean something
wrong here"
touched my forehead, and so did he
as he SAID:
Aye; aud l thought I'd drop 10
and tell you if you were going to the
station to morrow to take look and see
1T its post mortem or not. Besides,
wanted to see where could always fud
you in case Of need"
bowed and attributed his visit to n
feeling Of curiosity. He sat on the sink
with one rubbered foot thrown over the
other, and wiped his nose with dirty
handkerchief several times, while his
eyes wandered about like Christopher
Columbus after his various discoveries.
Finally he spoke, like one who thought
himself called upon to say something :
" Periesser, there has been an acci.
dent this afternoon terrible, too"
"AhH said l.
lawful !" said he.
What was 1t"
"Nltro glycerine explosion up in the
iron works-a hundred fellow mortals
busted p
"Sad %
Affecting, very" Here he rubbed
his mouth with the back of his hand.
Pertesser, what is that nitro-gly.
cerine 2"
81" II is a very dangerous article"
answered, happy to display my kuowl
edge. 1t has nearly twice the dis.
tructiveness Of gunpowder, but, unlike
it, does not explode on the application
OF heat. A red hot coal dropped into
it will not explode it. IL will freeze
it is yellow aud greasy. Its symbols in
our nomeolature are C6, H5, (No. 81 A,
o."
"You don't mean to say so !" said
the officer, interrupting me in disagree
able tones in the very middle ofa choice
extract from one fmy lectures. "Why
but you amt told me how it does go of.
Ii fire won't bust it what will 7"
told him if it we're pressed or any.
thing fell on it, it would explode.
Place il under the crusher of a
cider mill, strike it with hammer, let
a weight TALL on it from height"
"Yes," said my man, "apd that rou
ses its volcaner, does il How does i,
it come Perfesser 7"
"ln little cans--why, like these" !"
said ], discovering that there wus a
little can on the marble sink, which |
had carelessly neglected to replace in
the cellar. | then took little of the
glycerine and spread it on a thin piece
of paper, and laying the paper on an
anvil, struck it with q hammer. A
slight explosion and fame burst from
the paper.
snow, really" said the policeman,
starting back; Suppose, Prefesser, that
there can would made mighty noise
II allowed to explode in here all a,
once 7"
at would blow the entire building to
atoms" said l, resaming the analysis Of
Mrs. Johnson's stomach.
MOI heard the policeman remark
In deliberate Yankee tones; "You don't
say so2"
The next moment lay on my back
a gag 10 my mouth, terribly frightened
and sick at heart. Over me stood the
policeman, and the FIRST thing that func.
tionery done-looking me straight in
the face--wos to take of his nose He
then rid himself Of bis red eyebrowd
hair, cap, and became a determines
fellow, with tho eyes of a 6end, and the
nose Of a Roman.
! $50 you think" said tho metamor.