The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-02
TAKING A PILL.
] Midsiieto~n TranSeript.

swallow pills with grace and dignity ans
 perfect composure. just as there arc mcr
 born 10 lead armies successfully and cth CTS to arouse nation by single burn
 lng sentence. and stlll others to carve
 tough hen without covering the congre-
 ga,,oR with woe and gravy. but they ars
 no, born very frequently. To most of u. ihe swallowing oi pull of average sire is
 an event in our lives that we do not soon forget. The memory oi II comes 10 us 0 q and Ter and there are some of US maybe who can s,ill taste the squinine pail we took m the tall of -IST4 That IS
 if ~e haven't taken one of the same sot, since to give us a treshkr memory. There
 IS an individuality abou, the quinine pill
 one of those big. smooth. glossy qui- nine pills. that you will never forge, II you have any business relations with it there Is An individuality about this pull.
 VIC say. ,ha, cannot be disguised.
 When pill comes within the charmed circle of persons teeth the throat kicks
 IL puts up the shutter and closes the door.
 IL apparently desires to go ou, al hasl. ness. This same throat may take m chunks ot anchewable becfs,eak as big Us hickory nuts. and other stores ior the interior department by the slde al winch pill oi the lafses, growth ~suid seem an inslsnlil, ant a.ia,r. bat Il draws the Inc a, pills |, shuts up shsp and says ,o you last as plainly sS can be. "you don't send an, pil.s past me If l kno~ Il
 This acton of the human ,hroa, m ihe matter ot pills is sery curieus and my>tl- iying to the ordinary mind. and ~r won. der that Matthew Arnold and other great thinkers have not gwen II more attention and soukh io nasc clearer for the rest ot as the reason ~hy the human ,hroa, is thus apparently sa unreasonable
 some day when soa arc not expecting any ythlng to happen ouislde ot the oidi- nait run ai human events. you feel Il hitle cold streak oi ,ntanetblencss. a> Herbert spencer would say, strike you m the back O; the uet k. run down ,o yoer tSei and up again on Inc other side. and then bcgin to fake ap old personalities al through your s> stem Aou know then usht a~..Y without lookAa. m an eney olopeda that you have ,hili. and you go uit Is A doctor and ass hun to pie- scribe ioi you The doeteT looks ai youf tongue, feels yonI pulse. writes you | prescription and sends you to a diuSgl>t The diessist reads the hieroglyph.,s on the prescription and gives you box ai pills with directions Tor taking. There is about eleven os thirteen of these pulls. big smooth iello@s rolling about in some soft ot a yellow powder. and you go home and take one of them according to the rules and regulations on the box The whole iamil, come into the room to see :.:e ;;S: :..;::::...:;::s s .: ;;s::se The; A.:s taken pulls in then tune and they know there ls fun in pill performance when they are spe tatots only. Nou probably sAy that you arc nai eoing to have m, foalishness ~i,h that piii you are lust gong io swallow ngh, down and be done with 1t. Then you take 4 pill out of the box open your mouth. hold youi head back. dtop in the pill and make seven ot eight desperate swallows. ihv pill comes up smiling and with ,ts yellow ovetooat and d good deal of ns ugh flavor ~otH or oa seGI tongue. and you look littIc dlsappoin,ed Some one who has had a wider experience than the others ~iih pilis tells you to try a swallow of water with IL. All nght. You're wiling ,o take advlec ln this your hour oi need lou drop the pail into yoai mouth d gan and hastily drunk hall d glass of water Where IS the pil. now oh. ttis snug enough down b> the sidc oi your tongue. l. dldn; go down w,,h the ireshei 1, !, nos tfAveiins by water ,his season. 1ty soine grated apple. sug gests the person with the adyIce on tap. All nght, bnag the grated apple. You arc wiling by this ume ID try anything thai promises ,o deeeise your thfoa, to letting that piii through 1t is ooyefed nie el, m the very ceR,re oi d spoonful ot grated apple, and wIth 4 weak sor, of smile you throw your head back, put the contents oi the spoon on your tongue. and swallow ali the grated apple. The r l lingcrs iot an instant about the pal ate, as II II had forgotten the psss-~ofd, and then comes slusly up 10 the teeth, leaving 4 great deal of its individuality all along its track. Now bread is sug- gested for disguise for the pill That is a good ides. Why didn', some one think oi that before. ioa chew up whole mouthtul oi bread. put the pill in the middle of II and make ,he gTea,es, eiior, of your life m the way of 4 single swallow. B4t the result ls not satAfAt- tory. The bread goes rlgh, along sc- oordins 10 schedule, but the pl!l ls side ,fa ked and held for further orders. By ,his ,me a good part, or, ,o your taste d bad par, of the pill Is worn away, and you feel Una; you would knoS the res, of II by taste ai any future tune m your life
 Further. there Is the In Arks of bitterness and woe and hatred of the inventor of ,ht pal. stamped plainly upon your coun- ,enAnce, and rnayhap your feelings are such ,ha. you canno, wiih seemliness es- press them in the bosom of your syInp4 ;hi1ing family. 4, last. Ius, as you are aboui ,o giYe up m despair, some one suggests that the pill be mashed ap and clothed in Jeliy. That s the best idea yet Why wasn' T though, of sooner 7 The pill IS mashed and clothed in jeliy and n moment II has passed the guarded precincts of your interior depart ment. | has gone ai last, not in It's original form, but. AS broken pac kage, and sken you realite tha, the perform