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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-12
ARSENIC INE8RIETY.
Pcculiaritics of Man who Used til
Poisonous Drug Daily.


Poisonous Drug Daily.
A typical example of a class of cases
not well understood by the general
public-cases in which arsenic, like
alcohol or opium, is taken as mar
cotic or Il stimulanc-is detailed by DR..
T. D. Crothcrs. An English veterinary
surgeon and trainer, who had a greatly
exaggerated fear of death, had COM
menced the taking of arsenic in the belief
thatit wouldprotect him against disease.
He had continued it on account of its
stimulative properties, and consulted
the doctor only after the i'll effects Of
the habit had manifested themselves.
Up to 1880 he was in good health and
did his work well, although he was
then taking from one to two drains of
FoWlcr's solution of arsenic every day
or second day on account of eXhaus-
ton and bad feeling" For four
years he wandered from place to place,
doing service as a trainer and horse
doctor, and during this time the use of
arsenic had steadily increased, until he
was taking three ounces of Fowler's
solution in 4 day. The ordinary dose
of the drug is five drops three times d
day. He often found it difficult to pro-
cure so large quantity of solution, so
he commenced to use the powder, Of
which he ate fifteen or twenty grains a
day.
His appearance at that time was that
of man in good health. His face was
full and the skin clear and white. The
unsteady, and when talking the facial
muscles moved Unfortunately. His cOun-
tenance showed no wrinkles or marked
lines. His walk had become deliberate
and hesitating, and the sensibility Of
his skin was diminished He COM
planned of rheumatic stiffness, which
was very pronounced when deprived of
his usual dose of arsenic. At times he
ate an inordinate amount of food, and
then he would abstain from eating for
Il week or more. For 4 year his sleep
had been broken by bad dreams; he
would wake up covered with pcrspira-
ton, and his mind was filled with vague
and depressing fears. When he awoks
in the morning he felt sense Of eX-
hauStion and pressure all over the body
which steadily grew worse until the ar
senic was taken. One hour after talk
ing the drug all this bad feeling passed
away, and 4 sense of quiet cXhilaratiOn
prevailed, which formerly had been
marked, but at last was shorter and
less distinct Breathing became diff
l,,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-12
Not Familiar with Them.

Miss Clara-Can you call the names of
the different stars and consultations, MI
Featherly?
Featherly-Oh, yes. There is the north
star and the evening star and the Great
Bear and the Little Dpper and the Milky
Way, and all the rest Oh yes
Miss Clara-The Great Bear is called
Ursa Major, is it not?
Featherly-Oh, you mean do know bO-
tanical names? / an ashamed to confess
do not. N. y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-12

Prof. Bernstein (cEpatiating) Life is
hollow; it is Il bubble; nothing is what
it seems.
Eycrybody-IIow beautiful!
Prof. B.-Ne are walking on volca-
noes which may Mt any moment over
whclm us.
Eyerybody-IIow truc
Prof. b. getting cXciteD-I-myself
;ould explode this volcano. For in
stance, there are some men who habit
ually deceive their wives. There is a
man here
Six men (rising) We'll, Professor, |
can assure YOU
(Scene Of great confusion and six
women faint. --PbitadePhja GaH.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-12

The good brother was very much shocked,
and hailed him with:
Hello, Brother Bum! Are you Offering
incense to the deyil?'
Brother Bum slowly lifted his eyes TO the
intruder's face, settled back into his Old
position and drawled out:
''Ya-as. But l didn't know he was so
near. y Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-12
THE DRUMMERS' TAX.
How the knights of the Grip Avoid rs
Payment.

How the knights of the Grip Avoid rs
Payment.
Yesterday three commercial travel
ers were before the City Court, and
were fined two hundred dollars each
for not having licenses. A drummer,
whose business takes him into all parts
of the South, says there isn't a city or
town from Washington to Matamoras
where he doesn't find tax laid on sell
ing by samples At some points it is a
State law which cOnfrontS the bagman;
ut others municipal ordinance, and
there are points where both State and
"a city license are required
But we don't always put up" said
the travelling man with 4 smiling can
dor. 1--WE look upon this tax upon
trading as an imposition, and when
ever we can dodge it we ought to do so
without any wear of conscience. Here
in Washington we are supposed to pay
one hundred dollars for a license which
is good for 4 month, but we don t;
neither do those who are up to the
tricks pay the fine. There are parties
here who make it regular business
acting as eo-betweens. They pay a IL
cense to the District as commits
sion men. When come in | 90 to
one Of these parties and say: 4 want
to sell some carpets He saws: All
right; when do Won want to 90 round?'
| name the hour, and we start out to-
gether, visiting the houses which deal
in carpets. do the trading, just the
same as if the commission man wasn't
by, but all transactions are understood
to be through him. When get through
| pay him one per cent. on the gross
sales have made, pack my cases and
skip out without having contributed
dollar to the District Treasury.
That is one way" said the travel
ing man; "but Washington is about
the only place where it works. The
last time | was in Charleston, S. c.,
before had been in the city an hour, q
smart chap with Il touch of the Hebraic
in his dialect, tapped me on the shout
der and asked if | was 4 commercial
man. said didn't think it was any
of his business. He turned back his
coat and showed Il badge as municipal
detective and said there was city Ii
cense OF ten dollars to pay for soliciting
trade | told him l didn't know that I
was going to do any business in Charles
ton; | was there to see the city and
some old acquaintance. He went off
not well satisfied, as | could see. l
knew he was watching me and | gave
him good tramp, went down to
the front of the city, inspected the
Calhoun monument and incidentally
dropped into two or three business
houses. Toward night my acquaint-
ance overhauIcd me again and
suggested that it would be well
for me to take out that license I said
TO him: Sec here, I'm not going to
drum the city. but there are two or
three places where | can sell bills of
goods, and then I'm going to get out.
These people l deal with are old Gus
toners of our factory. There won't be
anything said about my business here.
You take this and Wen let that license
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-12
MISCELLANEOUS.


Questionable wives and fashionable
husbands rarely know where to find
each other" But the Sheriff manages
to find the husband at Chicago
J02yHu
A Boston man was taken i'll out
West. When asked if he wanted any
thing, he said: 80, give me anything
made of beans SO the attending
physician gave him castor oil.-Chjcaq0
Times
Stanley says that sunshinein Africa
looks ike moonlight That's about the
way it looks right here at home to the
Board Of Trade man who gets on the
wrong side of the fence in a big grain
deal.-Ct ic0go Ledger.
The Captain of Il Boston sloop has
been fined twenty dollars by the GUS
tom House authorities of Newport for
having her name on the stern painted
in white letters on red back aground
instead of white letters on black back
ground,-N Y. Sun.
The brightness of some stars varies
periodically, more than 1O8 so-called'
variable stars being known, while many
more are suspected variables." The
periods range from a few days to many
years. The variation is usually slight.
Boston Budget.
Hundreds of acres of sandy desert
near San Francisco have been made
fertile by the introduction of beach
grass. In other places where, few
years ago, there was nothing but sand
dunes, there are now thousands of cy-
press and pine trees.
The full name of the fourishing city
of Southern California was La
Peubla de mestra Sonora, la Rejna de
Los Angeles the City of Our Lady.
the queen of the Angels. When the
people got too busy to give the entire
name, they shortened it to Los Angeles,
the angels Chicago Inter ocean.
The British manufacturers have
been accustomed to make poor quail
ity of cotton cloth and stifen it with
sizing for the Chinese market 1t is
now learned that the Celestials have be-
come tired of the stuff and are buying
good American cottons at little higher
price.
"A few days ago party of Georgia
gentlemen were discussing high prices
in the South during the latter part of
the civil war q paid $40 a yard for
a suit Of gray cotton jeans" said the
first speaker; 1.-The suit of clothes cost
me 5000 after being cut and made"
''The biggest trade | made during the
war, said No. ,, ''Was $50 for spool
of cotton thread ''And l." said the
third speaker, paid $15 for shave"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-12

The Parisians are rejoicing in the
prospects of being able to indulge in
the sport of salmon fishing in the Seine
and the Marine ut no distant day. The
artificial formulation of 800, 900 salmon
Ova is going on at this moment in the
aquarium of the Trocadcro, and when
the fry is sufficiently grown to support
the change these rivers and their atllu-
ents are to be stocked with the Young
fish. The parent salmon, some five
hundred in number. were imported
from California in 1873. The American
fish is, as is known, stationary in its
habits, neither requiring nor practicing
the annual visit to the sea necessary
for the development of the salmon Of
the Old World. The fish have thriycn
remarkably well in the aquarium, and
some Of the progeny have already at
tanned Il weight from sixteen to twenty
pounds, which is, however. only half
the average weight Of their full crown
congeners in their native streams. 1t
has been calculated that the stocking
of the French rivers with America sal
mon, if it could be successfully accom-
plished, would represent an annual
gain to the country OF some -, 900 900.
-By00&h31 Eugic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-12
FRONTIER LIFE.

perate Struggle for Life with Mad Bull
in Dakota.
An officer Of the regular army, whose
death recently took place, and who in
mis- lifetime was well and fayorably
known in st. Paul, having been sta
toned at Fort Smelling, told the follow
ing story of his experience on the
frontier many years ago: One cold day
in the winter of 1866 l started from
Yankton, in stage, bound for Fort
Randall. My only companion was =
young army officer, journeying to one
Of the western posts to join his regi-
ment. 1t had been showing hard all
day, and the four horses attached to the
stage found it very difficult to drag the
vehicle through the drifts and over the
bad roads. | and the young man soon
became engaged in conversation, such
was the effect of riding in stage in those
days. 1t was sufficient introduction
to ride together, and fellow travellers
depended much on one another to pass
away the weary hours spent in the
coach. We spent half day in travel
ing short distance We were both
tired. The young officer suggested the
prOpriety of taking horses at the next
station, which proved to be Springfield.
He thought that it would be a change
to get out Of the stage and exercise our
selves on horseback. gladly assented,
for | was heartily tired of being cooped
gl,I ~ d" 9tase' no1i We SoC 70 spring
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-12

'You are a liar, sir"
"You are a gentleman"
"AhP' returned the first speaker, molli'
fed. 81 was mistaken. Please accept my
apology"
Don't mention it, replied the other,
curtly, II was mistaken, tcO."-M. Z
Graphic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-12
BY THE WAY.
some Passengers whose Acquaintance ALI
of Us Have Made.

Now there abideth on the railway car,
and travel up and down the land therein,
the citizen whose name is Legion. William
II. II. Legion, of Legionylle, Legion Coun-
ty, and this is the manner of man he is:
One of him taIketh politics. From the
time ne getteth upon the train until he step
peth off he talketh the local politics of Ded-
dangon County into the weary ears of the
stranger from Farther India, who knoweth
about American politics far less than the
pig at the corn pen knoweth about the new
star in Adromeda.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-12

A New York man has devised q
plan by which Jhc Atlantic Ocean can
be Illuminated at night He proposes
to employ light ships, bearing electric
candles OF enormous power and COM
nectcd with each other and with y
submarine cable by suitably adjusted
wires. The practicability of this is
based on what are styled two urdis-
puted possibilities namely, that u
light ship viii lie at anchor in a heavy
sea without protection, and that cleo
trical communication may readily be
maintained from such ship with the
two Continents +. Times.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
$500
$3.50

Will buy a splendid Cashmere, made
plain, and worth $3.50.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
RASMUSSEN'S CARD.

calling attention the reftted and do
Studio making it not only the complete decidedly the
this vicinity We also wish call to our dn
Photographic work. all recently produced containing no @
pleasing positions and effects of light VARYING in size ~
miniature 6x20 inches We have been old and
tent critics that it by far the finest display this c %
artistic success largely due to the fact that make greater effort "
excel than undee and bring experience w %
gathered from II years continuous havng our Photo
graphic 1857 which have not oa
months either sickness vcaton long
appreciate the Importance effects in Photo hence our
ing is fitted with consisting wall G
ustrades stone and rustic bridges and fences boat rocks c
water hlies staways variety of grounds nn
chairs table statues Chicago Photo
equaed in gallery in this vicinity butWe plainly (and it
matter easily dmonstrated that gallery in this
amount of Instruments don't boast they rom
sale and used by predecessors for years. %
instruments of the latest improved makes containing Others
Voaend Enscope and Dameyer instantaneous THESE @
LENSES
pleased patron the best advertisement to %
the advertisement by the excellence of work In better %
satisfactory results given show of %
ves different positions and all of these proofs shown should @
improvements suggest themselves resings will gladly free
charge Gallery avenue,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
HELD UP AND ROBBED.
Two Boys While Camping ON Big Isl.
and are Attacked i'm their Tents
and Deprived OF their
Valuables.

For about week E. s. Bowman, son
of Circuit Clerk E. 81. Bowman, and q
companion named E. Woods. have been
camping out on Big Island. putting in the
time during the day in hunting and fish>
ing, and sleeping in their tent at night.
The boys have been having genuine
good time of it, for Mr. Bowman has pro-
vided them with every convenience nee
essary for good time, aud last week,
thinking that their supplies might be out,
he visited them, and left enough meat,
bacon, bread, ETC., to last them some
time.
The boys had enjoyed this manner of
living until o'clock last Sunday morn>
ing. when their tent suddenly came down
upon them, and arousing they were inn
mediately confronted by several ruffians
they know not how many-two OF
whom grabbed them by the throat while
another went through their pockets.
The boys were relieved of theil
watches and other jewelry, all the money
they had, besides a good deal of theil
provisions, and the scoundreds escaped
with their booty. Who the brutes are
thar would attack two boys In the middle
of the night, the police are unable to de-
tect, and theyihave been quietly working
the case since Monday morning
| The robbers must have been tramps,
and are likely miles away from here by
this time-that is the opinion of the po-
| lice force
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
County Court

Judge Hand, of Henry county, held
session of the county court last evening
and discharged the following prisoners:
William Dudley, sent up Feb. %, in de-
fault c, payment of fine of ss5 and
costs for vsgrsncy, and Jacob Klngling,
sentenced May II to pay fine of $50
and costs for disorderly condhct, and
committed for failure to pay the amount.
CRIMINAL.
On the criminal docket, James B. Carey
was called up for obtaining goods under
false pretenses. A plea of guilty was en-
tered The defendant was fined $25 and
costs, and ordered to be confined in the
county Jail until fine and costs are paid.
Henry Ross plead guilty TO larceny,
and was fined $25 and costs and sem
fenced to thirty days in the county Jail,
and ordered to stand committed until fine
and costs are paid.
William Gibson plead guilty TO larceny
also, and was fined $95 and costs and
sentenced to ten days in the county
Jail, to stand committed until fine and
costs are paid.
James Wilson and James Riley, for
swindling, on a plea of guilty, were fined
S15 and costs, sentenced TO ten days in
the county Jail, and committed until costs
are paid.
In the case of William Reading, Will
liam Hawk and John Burton, for carrys
ing concealed weapons, the defendants
each plead guilty. and were fined $25
and sent up until the amount and costs
be paid.
For malicious mischief, Charles Sharks,
after plea of guilty, was sent to the
reform school at Pontiac for the term of
Eve years Charles Fitzpatrick. upon
conviction of the same crime, was sent 10
the county jail for sixty days.
In the matter of the people VS. Otto
Deitz. held to keep the peace, the de-
PENDANT was discharged.
Judge Hand left for home at o'clock
this afternoon, and will return next FRI
day to finish up any business needing at
tention in the county court.
PROBATE.
15-In the matter of the estate of John
Mulligan, deceased, application by ad
mInistrator to sell real estate TO pay debts
Certificate of publication and mailing filed
and deemed sufficient Minority of Henry
n, John, Frances B., and Samuel P
Mulligan. Suggested Z. E. Parmentel
appointed guardian ad Item for said mi
nors. Answers of guardian ad litem filed
James F. Mulligan called and defaulted
Bond in sum of $400 filed and approved
Decree of sale.
16-In the matter of the estate of Eli
"a j. Melster deceased. Will admitted
to probate and ordered recorded as pro
vided by law.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
RAILROAD RACKET.
Annual Inspection Tour Of the 80"
Ofiieials...0ther Echoes along
the Line.

At o'clock this afternoon a special
car will arrive over the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy road, containing I. j..
Potter. vice president of the road, II. b.
Stone, general manager, ]. d. BessleI,
general superintendent G. s. Resseauie,
superintendent of all the Illinois divisions,
W. c. Brown, superintendent of the st.
Louis & Rock Island divisions, Ii. G.
Houlahan, train master of the St. Louis &
Rock Island division, J. A. Sheppard
assistant general passenger agent and
Paul Morton, assistant general freight
agent. The party are taking their annual
tour of inspection over the road, for the
purpose of looking after the offices, sta
tons, depots, etc, with view of making
such improvements as may seem neces>
sary.
The pay car "Gazelle." of the great
Rock Island route, arrived this morning
and distribute 4 the monthly allowances
of the filthy lucre to employees here.
This week the Rock Island will sci
round trip tickets to the National En-
campment at Portland, Maine, at reduced
rates. Those desiring to take advantage
of the low rates should apply at the tick
ct Office for information.
The record of John Given, superinten
dent of the Davenport and Council Bluffs
and Keokuk and Des Moines divisions Of
the c., R. |. s. p, is as follows: Borr
In Ireland July 9Th, 1928; entered rail
way service in August of So; April of go
bookkeeper and paymaster Keokuk. For
Des Moines & Minnesota railway; April
go to May "a, general ticket agent same
road; May '64 to September 70, genera
freight and ticket agent Des Moines Val,
ley railroad; September 20 to January IA
superintendent of same road; January "a
to October ~, general freight and ticket
agent K. & D. NJ. railway, October rs t,
February 80, freight agent X. s D. NJ
division of c.. r. l. & P. railway; Feb
ruary 80 to April 'S3, division superin
tendent same road; April 'S3 to date, su
psrintendent as above.
Assistant Gen. Supt. Royce, of tn
Rock Island road, has for many year
been close observer of the weather. ant
is unusually posted in meteorological at
fairs, whether in the form of snow bloc
AIDES, spring floods or summer torDadoes
A casual conversation recently between
Mr. Royce and Sergt Connor, of the De
Moines signal station, has resulted in a
agreement between the two to organize
volunteer weather service for the Roc
Island road in Iowa. Sergt Conner wi
supply the observations and forecasts
and Supt Royce will arrange for the de
tails of their distribution. The service
expected to begin July 1, and will n
doubt be of advantage to train crews, an
possibly the people along the lines of tn
Rock Island.