Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-27

chance last winter. and loaded up at IoN
1 prices. They will sell out on the next ris
! and make a handsome profit.
That's not a hInatic letting off his prnt
up energies in long drawn out maniaca
scream, which you hear on the night al
these still evenings. That's only the yor,
of the new wiener wurSt boy. He's got tn,
wurSt vocal trade mark of any one in The
business.
Springfield people hardly appreciate theiI
excellent public library a. much as they
should. In So large town A. lThana. fOI
instance there is no public library at all
The nearest approach to one is a circulating
library, membership in which cost s. pei
year Single books are loaned for ; cents
each. The privileges of the Springfield Ii
brary are all free, and the method OF con
ducting il is much more convenient than
that in many large cities. such As Cincn-
mali, where the immense number OF mem
! berS makes it necessary t" employ a vast
amount Of red tape in issuing the hnokS
The Springfield library is now in full blast.
after being closed two weeks for invoicing
notice that the Springfield small boys
are beginning to use the paper cap pistols
again. According to the Cincinnati En-
quirer there is nearly As much danger i'm
these insignificant looking little toys aS in
a real bulldog pistol. The paper caps sold.
are made by enclosing detOnaton powder
between two slips of paper. This powder
contains powdered glass among its other
ingredients. When il eXplodeS the parti-
cleS of glass and chemicals fly through the
air in an invisible cloud of impalpablr dust
These particles sometimes pierce the fingers
of the boy who fires the pistol, and produce
injuries which have in many cases develop
ed into lock jaw. So many deaths occurred
from this cause in certain cities in the east.
hand and passed law prohibiting the sale
of the cap pistols and the paper caps. be
lieve similar law was introduced
into our Ohio legislature and
passed. Several dealers in Gin
cinnati were fined for selling cap pistols.
and there was lively crusade against them
a few years since in the newspapers. As is
usual in such cases. the agitation prevented
the sale for awhile. but failed to stop it
and believe it would not be
hard TO buy any quantity Of the dangerous
little explosives. A. the Fourth of July
season is upon Us, it might be well for care
ful parents to look into the matter and see
that there are no paper caps in their boys
S lpply of fireworks for the Fourth.
The death or Foster Runyan by drinking
aconte in glass of lemonade last week
was peculiarly horrible. \ wrlI-known
citizen wants to know why bottles contain
ing poison in drug stores cannot have bell
of some kind tied Ia the cork ~ As tu warn
anyone that they contain poison by the
ringing of the bell as soon a, they ave
picked up. With mistakes of this kind &C
curing so frequently it seems aS if some
method should be devised BY which the
dangerous character of the contents of a
bottle should be forced on the attention of
every clerk as soon as he picks up the bottle
Sam HOuck. the well-knOwn hOOkkePper
of this city, received the deed the other day
for fine l6O-acre Kansas farm near Sur
prise City, which he pre-empted some time
ago. Sam showed good American enter
prise and grit in getting that farm He
went out to Kansas. hunted up the best
farming land which was open to pre-emp-
ton, and promptly Staked out his claim of
100 acres. Then he put the required NUM-
ber of acres under cultivation dug a well
the required depth. built small cabin and
lived in it on the lonely prairie often enough
TO fill the requirements of the pre-emption
law, and has al last received his deed for
the farm. 1t is located only a mile and a
half from Surprise City, place of 500 i'll
habitantS. and the town is building toward
the farm and will soon br reached hy a
railroad. The farm in time will be worth
a small fortune. Here is an example Of
what one young man has done. and what
any of our young men could do. The West
is full of magnificent opportunities for
young men, and Horace Grecly's 60
West remains As true today as when it
came from those honest sturdy lips.
GObIetS are beginning to supplant the use
Of the Old-fashiOned beer glasses in Spring (
field saloons. In New York city not one of
the beer glasses with handles are used !
Lager beer is invariably served in gobets |
Cincinnati. that great stronghold of beer
still clings to handles on beer glasses.
though few gOblets are used.
Prof. Van Sickle. who formerly kept a
business college on Limestone street, in the
Commercial block, has been engaged for /
over year in writing scientific work. .
which will be in the nature of a small ency-
clOpedia of all the natural sciences The
professor says that he has studied condcn-
SatiOn in his treatment of the sciences and
b .lieves that his book will be of great value
t. the general student as well as for a work
Of reference. The professors industry in
his undertaking is attested by the
great pile of completed manuscript, which
is already six or seven inches thick. He
has not commenced negotiating for the pub .
liCatiOn Of the work. and will complete il /
before looking around for publisher
An exchange speaks of fOur-wheelcd /
trirNr.Ia That i. -.