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The Dillon tribune., 1886-06-19
MORRISON R. WAITE.
|CHIEF.JUsTICE OF THE UNITED SrArrs

80 S.
In the quiet old rural town of LYME.
Connecticut, still stands the house
where Morrison Renwck Waite was
born, November %. 1916. Mr.. Waite
entered ialc College at the az. Of srv-
enteen and graduated with honors in
1887, in Il class which included William
N. Evarts, Edward Pierrepont, Professor
SilIiman and others who have become
distinguished men. He then began the
study OF law in his fathers office Mt
Lyme but finished his studies in the
Office OF Samuel NJ. Young, then IL prom.
inent attorney in Maumee City, Ohio.
In 1879 his preceptor took him into
Partnership. and in 1850 the firm OF
Young n Waite removed to Toledo, Ohio,
where they began what soon proved to
DC u large and successful prnr, Ice. \
few years after, Mr.. Waitc's Younger
brother was admitted to tho bar, and Il
partnership was formed consisting Of
the two brothers, which con,inllr,; w to
N" time OF the formers appointment 10
4, present high position, lv President
Grant, January Goth. 1874.
Politically Mr.. Waite is a Republican.
out he was always too deeply engaged
III his profession to become much of Il.
lurtisan or party leader. To all the war
measures of the Government h. gave
earnest and effective support. In 1919
MI. Waite was elected to the Ohio Leg
stature as IL Wing. In 1SG. he was IT,
lHctantlya candidate for Congress hut
vi, was defeated by Edwin NJ. Phelps.
thereafter other nominations and APP
l"lnt'nent> were rendered him, but lie
refused to accept amy OF them.
MI. Waite was u conspicuous member
Q! The Geneva Tribunal. as one of the
mite States counsel, AMI he performed
ms a'i'olis task to his great credit and
!" The entire satisfaction of his Govern
hlent. At the conclusion OF his ,luiie, ii,
'el'cva he returned to Toledo and IT,
s''lnct practice. and in ISL; Was chosen
president OF the Ohio State tulls,i, utiuuul
convention. Upon tn" death Of Chief
justice Chase there was Intense Interest
'Nroushout the United States to know
VINO would hc his sl"crsSor. After the
SI ,.!v nominations OF George II.
"iii'a'ns and tni":' '.-',;',1 AMI thewi,h-
"I;t"a! OF their ,!n:"s~. President Grant,
selected Mr.. Waite. "'!''~,. ap:min; mrn.
was was confirmed l'y. ,.::' ,.uani,u"u- vote
| Of the Senate.
W The official r::r, .: If Chief-Justirr
walt" has Vins;:;;,,,t J., wisdom Of his
appointment. !" t. ..,'ri;iv respected for
"'spr"lound knnwirv-r nt law. general
''''':" and u'l"" and """volcnt life.
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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-24
After Making His Maiden Speech.

"What did / sayi' asked a member of
congress the other day when hs sat down in
his seat after making his maiden speech
-rll be blamed if / know what was talk
ing about l never was so scared in au nv
life His friends conSoled him by saving
that be acquitted himself quite well, barring
little nervousness; but they did not tell
him that when he arose he held his right
hand up like a little boy at school trying to
catch the teachers eye, and began his
speech by saying, Mr.. Chairman. Just give
me few minutes to speak, il you please.
This very fear OF stage fright keeps q mum
Der Of good speakers in their chairs during
the sessions OF the house There i: tina,
peculiar fear which takes possession OF a
number Of men, and literally seals their
mouths; they can not utter the thoughts
that rise within them But this fear does
not extend to all the men in the house. and
those who have least to say and know the
least are continually bobbing up and taking
up the time Of the housa 1t IS q common
thing for . speaker having once broken the
ice to become infatuated with the sound o:
his own voice in debate, and use It for ali it
Is worth in and out Of. time and plaza
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-24
BEREAvED.

Do you know that my smiles are sadder Tar
Than a rain of heart broken tearss
Do you know that my gay bright greetings
bear
The pentup sorrow Of years?
You have laid on my heart the heavy stone
That closes youths sepulcher,
Yet press your hand, and we lightly talk
OF the beautiful days that were
You have stabbed my soul, yet meet your
eyes
With eyes that are meek and still
How long to caress and-to wound you,
dear,
With the selfsame passionate thrill!
Oh, changed and lost! If wept beside
Your grave, with deep grasses grown,
You could not be further away from me,
And-I could not be more alone.
Mary Ainge DeVc-e.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-24
Playful Member of the House

of the soundest lawyers in the house, is one
of the most playful in it If you watch
him for Ave minutes as he saunters around
on the floor you will observe that in that
time he will have his arm around the waist
of some Republican member, he will have
adjusted the collar of some particularly
well-dressed gentleman, and caressed the
mustache Of some conceited one II re-
markedly large or remarkably small person
comes in his way he will meet him in a
mock pugilistic encounter, and be is sure to
have tickled some fat man under the short
rib In that time he has been solving some
kno,ty legal conundrum and he has ceen
smiling all the Tina w Arlington Post
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-24

could not possibly have known what physi-
cal action they were likely to cause Hy-
drogen had an effect analogous to that pro-
duced when it is used medically.
But all these phenomena, though curious
and entirely incomprehensible, were thrown
into the shade 10y experiments made with
medicines under similar conditions. A bit
of crude opium enveloped in paper was
placed under the head of the subject. In
less than minute his eyelids closed, his
muscles relaxed and he was in a sound and
tranquil sleep. In ten minutes he awoke OF
his own accord, rubbed his eyes, yawned
and had all the symptoms Of a person
awaked from profound repose. The opium
was then applied to the forehead, the back
of the neck, the right and left sides of the
head, the soIes of the feet, and always with
the same result A small bottle Of narceine
caused sleep with the turning of the head to
the left. One of codeine, sleep with snoring.
One of nicotine, applied to the right wrist,
commissions Of the face on the right
side, and such an intense burning at
the point of contact that it was necessary to
remove the bottle Choro- by drate Of marco
tine produced sleep with great pain on
awaking A vial of atropine placed under
the sole of the foot caused the patient in
Cnreo SECONDS 10 rest lHnuoVaDie WIFI us
eyes open. Soon the eyelids dropped the
eyes were convulsed and the pupils became
iialated. Choral in paper applied to the
arm caused sleep in less than minute. A
vial of digitais placed on the sole Of the
foot brought on immediate vomiting and
splitting, with a feeble pulse and interrupted
breathing. The phenomena alarmed the
ply sicians in attendance they were so in
tense. Sulphate of quinine in vial pro-
duced no effect but placed on the forehead
caused an intense headache SO also with
caffeine, which only when placed on the arm
caused a violent excitement, with pulse and
resp,ra ton ACCELERATED.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-24
,.ethod 81 security Against flro.

An ingenious arrangement to guard the
records OF the dock department n New
\ ork, FROM icing urnel III ease Of IT9. has
lately been constructed. l. consists of an
iron door weighing 30 pounds. which
travels Oh an inciina. This is held open by
latch under all usuai circumstances. ii a
ire should occur the heat would cause the
expansion of certain sensitive bars OF metal
-talse IN turn would then close an electrical
circuit ami on tie establishment OF the
current the latch is released and Gown comes
the door. A device is also provided " hereby
the latch can be trippel at viii from any
part OF the bun ding -Texas Sitngs.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-24
The Cheap Production OF Electricity.

The Cheap Production OF Electricity.
Mr.. Henry B. Ford claims to have dis
covered the secret OF the cheap production
of electricity. His process discards the
steam engine, zinc and the acids, and relies
upon carpon in its cheapest and most ac-
cessble form. Mr.: Ford claims that with
distillery Stops, the debris o. gas house
the muck from swamp he can produce an
electric current sufficiently powerful to re-
place steam and produce light Common
salt or ocean water is all he needs, with the
waste carbonized materials. 20 induce the
current If his invention is what ne claims
for it, steamship can 90 to sea with some
waste CARTON. one-tentn' the volume of the
coal which is now indlspenss Bile. and
motive power can lie developed which will
cost bat trife, and We, be powerful enough
to pGonel the heaviest and largest steamers
fro a continent to continent II there is
anything iii this invention, its possibilities
are simply incaic;l liable. -bran. Leslie
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-24
A Connection tn the Ferries.

The Brooklyn bridge has proved serious
competitor to the Ferries The Union Ferry
company shows that its receipts have fallen
off from g., zoo, 90 per annum to $4,000,
and with the approach of mild weather the
company is obliged to discharge sixty Of it
handa -Chicago Tribune
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-24
FrriCht Di.cri.ninatian in Ens;Iand.

talk about discrimination IN freights in
this country. An English paper states that
shopkeepers in the town of Bacup. in Ian
cashire, England. can buy sugar in London
send it TO New York, via Liverpool, order it
back to Bacup again via Liverpool at ten
pence ton less than they can get il over
the railroad from London to Baeup direct
Chicago Herald
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-24

The Circle OF the JourD alistic Current.
The mysterious and regular circle of the
gulf stream is duplicated In a journalistic
current that have noticed for years Good
men working for a few years in the east be-
come dissatisfied and drift out to the
frontier, eventually gravitating to Denver.
They stay there a certain length of time,
when some nomadic impulse l won't at
tempt to explain drags them to Kansas City
or St Louis There another pause, perhaps
of years, occurs, when the current carries
them into Chicago. From that city they
sooner or later wander to New York. where
the center of gravity seems to exist OF
course this is barring accidents and the
possibility of getting off at some such
siding as Louisville, indianapolis or Cincin-
nati-places not Oh the regular circuit So
general is this swinging around the circle
that there are scores Of men now at work at
the New York offices who have had expert
ence in all the places | name and in just that
rotation H. Reber, Glooe Democrat
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-24
A SEWiNG-MACHlNE AGENT

Tells the Story of His Success In Paying
for His Board in Advance.
"When first met Jack he was always
flush In fact he is now, but he is man
ager. Jack was at work then for a sewing
machine house, and had charge of the city
trade He used to ask me often to dine
with him, and l noticed he never paid for
what he got We seldom ate twice at the
same place, and l began to think his credit
was monumental Next time we 60 to
Crafts to dine let's take all the boys in the
office with u.s. said Jack, as we left we'll
known restaurant one day. i don't like
the place at all, and I'm anxious to eat up
money said |, to draw Jack out Yes,
they all owe me more than I'll ever get
might quit work now and board around
eat the..accoun,s up You see, once put an
advertisement in Sunday paper, which
read something like this:
"First-class board wanted for frst-class
sewing machine, direct from the factory.
References required"
We'll, got over seventy-fve answers
/ was given the Lest of references-b bankers,
preachers and doctors Most OF the letters
we're from boarding house keepers and res
taurateurs. They were from all parts of
the city. AS manager of the city trade l
could sell city machine as a sample at the
wholesale price but l didn't do that l
picked out twenty good restaurants and
boarding houses, and bought twenty ma
chimes on my own account on four months
time. The whole ale price OF each machine
was $40, and the retail price So OF course
paid sly each, AMI sold them at the retail
price, At each of the twenty PAGES told
them that ii they wanted Lrand new ma
chine | would let them have one direct from
the Office for so cash, and would take the
balance out in board They jumped at it,
especially as the machine was one of the
best made, and promised TO take it back
if not satisfactory. Near three restaurants
| got suite of rooms on the machine &C.
count. In less than ito days l had deliv-
cred the twenty machines, had $500 cash in
pocket, with four months in which to pay
for the goods had 500 to take out in
board and lodging in various parts Ct the
city, and, as say, got tired OF eating up
my profits on the scheme The 500 was all
profit and also 81 on each machine Why,
l worked the same plan on the tailors-they
wanted sewing machines. | could sell a
tailor heavy manufacturing machine for
$50 which cost me S30-and what an elegant
suit of clothes got for that $50. New
York Star Interview.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-24

a
Tie most curious and most convincing
Of these periments was the following:
When the sick person had retired for the
night there was slipped under his pillow a
little packet Of janorandL In less than a
minute his eyelids ,losed and sleep eusued.
Three minutes afterward sleep ceased, saliva
evudal from the mouth, tie s.,in became
moist aaj Inc patient complained OF exCes-
sive Aeat II recoverin., consciousness he
sIo5e of q sweet taste when ae drank milk
or when he put a cigarette 10 his lips This
n harine action OF tie saliva was unknown
to tie stteudant PIN sicians. though it had
leen previously desrriJ Cd as IN attendant
ph nomanon. In this case it is scarcely
ueoe ly 10 call att ntion 20 the marvellous
Goa u1es Of lie { pertinent The medicine
was nos even placed in contact with the skin,
but at distance from the patti, Mt who did
not snow tadt anything was un or his pill
losv. or [ be had been made aware OF il could
rot have known its nature or its posi-
bic results Vet the effect on his system
was similar though more radical than I'D
have been the same remedy applied in a
regular way some skeptical physicians APP
piled mercury or enium in packets whose
contents were unknown TO the Others pres
ent, and could not be even Surmised by the
patient. and always with the intolerable
burning or sleep as desert ed il the previous
cases
These experiments and Others with other
medicines acre renewed on these AMI other
patients in numberless ways. and always
with the same conse ,uences. Cherry iaGrei
produced religious ecstasy; a bottle OF
champagne, unopened, intoxication, with sing
FERROUS effects produced, often without even
external contact: How could mercury
blister the flesh through its tubes OF glass
and cloth envelopes! How could a medicine,
placed unknown under a persons pillow,
cause salvation, with the accompany symp-
toms! The substances were usually in
closed in paper. or in bottles. and many OF
them are oiorless and couli send forth no
ei:luvium TO Affect the patients nerves The
whole matter is profoundly mysterious
San Francisc Chronicle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-03-18
How to Kill the Blues.

Generally speaking, if you are trOub-
led with "the blues" and cannot tell
why, you may be certain that it springs
from physical weakness. Instead of
lying on sofa and counting painful
ideas, if you are a despairing lover, a
hypOchondriac or valetudinarian,
you should be up and stirring yourself.
The blood of a melancholy man is
thick and slow, creeping sluggishly
through his veins, like muddy waters
in a canal the blood of your merry,
chirping philosopher is clear and quick,
brisk as anewly-brOached champagne.
Try, therefore, to set your blood in
motion. Try, rather, what a smart
walk will do for you; set your pegs in
motion on rough, rocky ground, or
hurry them up a steep, craggy hill /;
build stone wall swing an axe over il
pile of hickory or rock maple turn a
grindstOne dig bitches; practice
''grOund and lofty tumbling;" pour
water into selves with the Danaides
or, with Sissy phus, sup the high hill
heaye a huge round stone ;" in short,
do anything that will start the perspi-
ration, and you will soon cease to have
your brains lined with black, as Bur-
ton expresses it, or to rise in the morn
ing, as Cowper did, ''like an Internal
frog out of AcherOn, crowned with the
oeze and mud of melancholy, Prof.
Mathews.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-03-18
Be Cheerful.

Leok on the bright side of life. An
unhappy disposition brings the wrin-
kles to ones face. Fretting makes
one look old faster than work or pow
erty. Fault-fnding eats away at the
heart like Il worm at tree and makes
one witlIered. Poor air and n cheerful
heart are better for the health than
good air and Il gloomy heart. People
look ten years younger when they
smile than when they grOan. A jolly
old lady rolls back old age. Cheerful
ness sets the blood flowing from head
to foot, kindles fire in the eyes, brings
beauty to the cheeks and gives quick
ness to the step. Laughing is con
slant tonic which wakes up the mind,
thrills the heart and strengthens the
will. Cheerful people get we'll quick
er than gloomy ones. Cheerful per-
SONS are sick less. There are some
people who never seem happy only
when they are fault-fnding. Misery
is their joy. If there is any bright side,
look at it-keep looking at it and it
will grow and if there is no bright
side, then polish up the dark side. -
Rev. Smith Baker, in Morning Star.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-03-18

of age, the boy is found to need only
ten hours. When full grown and in a
healthy condition, the man may find a
night of eight hours sufficient to re-
pair the exhaustion of the day and
new create him for the morrow. But
if he discover that he needs more sleep
he should take it. There is surely
something wrong about him; perhaps
forgotten waste must be repaired.
His sleep, evidently, has not been
made up; and until it has and he can
spring to his work with an. exhilara-
ton for it, he should sensibly conclude
to let his instinct control him and stay
in bed Margaret Sidney, in Good
Housekeeping.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-03-18
A RAILROAD TRIP FIFTY YEARS
AGO.

1t is just fifty three years ago since
the first trip was taken on the Albany
and Schenectady railroad. The cars
were coach bodies from an Albany liv-
cry stable, mounted on trucks. The
trucks were coupled with chains, leav-
ing two or three feet slack so that
when the train started passengers we're
"jerked from under their hats" and
when it stopped, they were sent flying
to their seats. The locomotive fuel
was pitch pine, and dense volume of
the blacklist smoke f1Oated toward the
train. Those on top of the coaches
had to raise their umbrellas; but in
less than ii mile the cloth was burned
off, and the frames thrown away. The
passengers spent the rest of the time in
whipping each others clothes to put
out the fire, the sparks from which
were us big as ones thumb-nail.
Every body had heard of the trip, and
came thrOnging to the track as though
a presidential candidate was on exhi
bitiOn. They drove as close as they
could get to the railroad in order to
secure place to look at this new GU
riOsity. The horses everywhere took
fright, and the roads in the vicinity
were strewn with wrecks of vehicles.
At first the old stage custom of
"bOOking passengers"- their
names-prevailed; but it fell into dis
use. One list reads: "BOy, Lady,
Stranger, Friend, Whiskers."
A Boston paper said a railroad to
that city would be as useless as one to
the moon. A member of the Massa-
chusetts Legislature opposed it on the
ground that nobody ever heard of such
il thing, and it would be improper to
take peoples land for project no one
knew about Detroit Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-03-18

wedding they engaged their rooms,
and enjoyed furnishing them and Wis
iting them together quite as much as
if they were arranging mansion to
live in. They moved their trunks the
morning of the wedding day, and in
the evening they had a few friends
come in to see them in their little new
parlor, where the minister married
them. The bride then served the
guests to supper she had prepared
before putting on her white dress, and
everybody was very happy and merry.
1t seemed almost as if they thought
this way of doing was as pleasant and
homelike and lovely AS if they had
rushed off to spend their savings on
wedding Journey Record.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-03-18
VERMONT NEWS.

Fair Haven voted at the town meet
ing to appropriate $1,000 toward Il pub
lie library.
DOren Pratt and his wife of Benson
wrapped their baby up so snugly on II
recent outdoor excursion that the little
one died of sutfocatiOn.
The national rifle club holds spring
meeting at Bellows Falls in May. The
members of the club use heavy muzzle-
loading rifles with telescope sights.
!. A Vermont college base ball league
Us one of the prospects of the coming
season. The university of Vermont,
Middlebury and Lewis colleges will be
the contestants.
The sanitary inspection of passen-
gers Oh trains between Montreal and
Island Pond and the famigation of
mails, both made necessary by the
small pOx scare in Montreal, were dis
continued last Monday.
There seems to be considerable fric-
ton over the new library enterprise at
Rutland and the following have with
drawn their subscription from the La
dies Free Library association Chas.
Clement 81 Sons, $1,000; Joel b. Har-
ris, $3.50, and H. H. Dyer $l25.
Frank Carpenter, who was lieu
tenant in the 0th Vermont regiment,
has among his rebellion relics, copies
of the Richmond Daily Inquirer, pub
lished in 1864. He was subscriber of
the sheet while in Libby prison, pay
ing 800 for three months subscrip-
ton. He got word to his family of his
whereabouts by paying So for per-
sOnal in the sheet which happened to
be copied by New York paper.
The library rooms of the Montpelier
Public Library association were form
ally opened to the public last week
Tuesday, with speaking and other ex-
ercises. There are 9I5 shares of stock,
amounting to $4575. Stock subscrip-'
lions already paid amount to $3495
cash from donations, lectures and other
sources, $742. 81 /; interest, ETC., 5000.
The expenditures have been: For
books, $2S23.S0 furniture and fixtures,
Sl1l.l2 current expenses, 1928,
leaving Il balance of $l27O.72, cash on
hand. Over $500 volumes have been
purchased, and the donations number
about 700 volumes.