Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-09
A PEA OF POISON.
1t Would Kin Thousands If Properly Ad-
minisUered.


ministered.
Milwaukee Journal
"Stand and deliver" said the reporter
to a young man who lounged negligently
near an OdorOus booth, where toilet soaps
and cologne bottles of fantastic appear
ance were arranged.
"My name is w. II. Boyd, "
he said. 81 represent a Phila-
delphia firm. Here's a new patent
graduated stopper for the convenience of
druggists in selling perfumeries. The
stopper is followed out IN the shape of
a measure, with ounces and half ounces
marked on it. A new thing, just patent
ed, I assure you. Here, my dear boy, is
a perfume that has never been equaled
in the realms of legends or mythology.
1t is known as "AlOha," and takes its
name from a lovely Indian maiden, who
dwelt on the Pacific coast. She died,
and out of her grave sprang a flower,
from which the perfume was made.
Have a trial bottle. Anything in the
way of soap, perfumery or cologne / can
show you, but no pOisOns. No, no! you've
got to draw a line somewhere"
Poison, eh?" said Lehn & Fink, of
New York, from a quadrilateral table
and counter a half a block away.
eff you want to be poisoned, step right
this way. Don't you want to be poison
ed? Want to poisOnsOme one else? Well,
here in this tiny vial is enough poison to
kill all the people in Milwaukee, just by
its Odor." He produced a little bottle an
inch long, and with a glass a quarter Of
an inch thick. Inside was a lump Of
yellOWish material about as big as a pea.
The stopper was rendered alright by
sealing wax. "That is OsmiCum, used in
cases of cancer for cutting the tissues of
IL y L. s-T-T h IL
lists, in handling deadly pOisOns, wear a
glass mask, with a sponge over the nose,
STEPPED in some powerful chemical pre-
paratiOn, which purifies the poisonous
air before it reaches the nOstrils. He
had $50 samples of herb, seeds and
flowers, and 800 alkah and chemical pol
sons. Here's a kind Of poison which
they use in insane asylums for allaying
sms-hyOscanum." In fact, ali the
pOisOns known to Brunehault or Borgia
and probably score Of new ones, were
displayed. Brucine, which was employed
in Dumas great novel to kill the Vile
fort family, was there. 1t was worth a
palpitatiOn for man TO know that he
stood alive with only brittle glass bot
tie and death.
"I represent a Philadelphia house"
said E II. Ross, ''I've got fluid extracts,
eIixirs. hypOdermic tablets and medici-
nal IOZenges. I hold In my hand a crys-
tai of pure menthOl, made from the oil
of PEPPERMINT. PipmenthOl, which is
made from the pure peppermint, is far
superior to menthOline. which is made
from a kind of spearmint. What for?"
"For headache" Ever seen a pair Of
scales that is sensitive to the II $50 part
of a gTain?" asked @. E. Tremner, who
came up from Philadelphia to look after
the interest of Henry TrOemner at the
Convention. Give got a pair here that
VIII weigh a hair" 1 pulled one from
my head, and the scales sho wed that 1t
weighed IL ,OOOth part Of a grain. They
are enclosed In a glass case with an ele-
CANT cherry frame, and cost $500. 1t has
an aluminium beam, agate bearing, iridi-
an knife-edges, and is probable the most
sensitive and accurate scale nthe world