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Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
The Fatal Drug That Inspires with viva,
city and Brilliant Conversation

| The Fatal Drug That Inspires with VIM
city and Brilliant Conversation.
Il IS well known that habitual opium eat
| ers suffer most terribly when deprived Of the
| drug. DR.. John Crowell SAYS, in Popular
| Science News, that as the time draws near
| for q repetition Of the dose the victim begins
| to feel nervous and uneasy; sometimes he il
chilly, with habit Of yawning and stretch
ing, and sometimes he may suffer neuralgia
pains in different parts Of the body. II the
administration is not at once made the vic
tim experiences nausea and profuse perspira-
ton, with a sense of extreme prostration
and fatigue But all these distressing sensa-
lions vanish when the dose is taken After
while it is found that an increase of the
drug is necessary in order to produce the
desired results and before long an amount
is tolerated Of surprising magnitude.
According to DR.. Crowell. opium eaters
take the drug in every variety Of form. In
the crude state the gum is eaten or smoked.
In the liquid preparations the tincture is the
most popular but peregoric Is favorite
form, especially with women, while the elk
irs are also largely used. Morphia holds
sway over large proportion Of consumers,
either by the stomach or hypodermically.
The amount of the sulphate of morphia that
can be tolerated by a confirmed subject is
enormous, sometimes reaching as high as
sixty grains in twenty-four hours.
The organ most directly affected is the
stomach, and nausea and impaired digestion
and consequent lack of nutrition are among
the results that follow.
But it is upon the nervous system that the
use of opium produces the most profound re-
suits. It is here that the pathological effect
is clearly seen, the influence upon the Sc
cretory glands being merely secondary.
Every physician has seen, says DR.. Crowell,
in opium habitues cases illustrating to q
greater or less extent the stimulant action
upon the intellectual centers
While under the influence Of the drug
there is seen the vivacity. the loquacity, the
brilliant flash of the eye, the ardor and glow
of the countenance, and the general super
excitation so peculiar to the morbid condi-
ton, and in such contrast to the depression
and wretched melancholy attending de-
privation of the drug.
There are cases Of society women who.
having spent most of the day in bed, will
flash most brilliantly in the evening under
the influence of the drug. And the fascina-
ton of literary and aesthetic conversation. so
captivating to the habitues of salons, is not
unfrequently the inspiration Of the potent
stimulant.
DR.. Crowell further states that in the
treatment of this morbid condition two
methods are tried-a sudden withdrawal of
the use of the drug, or gradual diIninution
in its administration. Both methods have
strong advocates. But the theory and practice
of the first are sharply controverted by the
wisdom and experience of the managers of
retreats for the victims of this dreadful
habit. According to DR.. Bancroft, of the
Concord, N. H., asylum, gradual reduction
is generally approved by physicians in this
country.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
SAD CASE OF SUICIDE.

New YORK, Dec. Emerson o. Sails
bury, aged 80 years, killed himself in the
boarding house No. los West Forty fifth
street, today with dose of morphine. The
man was a member of the Brooklyn
Masonic lodge and in letter to his sister,
Mrs. DR. r. W. Truman, of Deruyter, y
Y. he stated that the lack of money, health
and position drove him 10 suicide. He
besought her ito break the news carefully
10 our dear old mother in Detroit, Mich,
and tell her not to grieve for me, for | hope
shall be better off in the other world -
Little is known of the suicide in this
city He was OF a very retiring disposition.
was careful as to mis- dress and had the
appearance of gentleman.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
Bauty of Face and Beauty of voice-A
Great Singers Rule for PRESERVING Roth


Youth, beauty and freshness OF voice be-
ing priceless possessions TO women in the the
atrical and musical world, they are natu-
rally good judges of the best means of pre-
serving the same, therefore the following adj
vice TO an. actress, attributed 10 AdeliHa
Patti, will be interesting to outsiders as well:
Take plenty OF exercise; take it in the
open air; take it alone and breathe with the
mouth shut. Live on simple food; ali the
fruit and rare beef you want, very little
pastry, glass OF claret for dinner, coffee in
moderation, but never q sip Of beer, because
it thickens the voice and Supplies the senses
Keep regular hours for work, meals, rest and
recreation, and never under any circum-
stances indulge in the fashionable habit OF
eating late suppers. II you want TO preserve
the beauty of your voice, Che beauty of face
and the priceless beauty OF youth, keep wei.
keep clean, keep erect and keep cool"
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
wedding Announcements.

In case Of private or informal wedding.
an announcement Of the marriage is sent out
next day By the brides family 20 al friends
and acquaintance Il Is engraved upon a
sheet OF note paper after the following form:
.sMr. and Mrs. William Stanton announces
the marriage OF their daughter agnes 70 Mr..
Arthur Howard. On THURSDAY Oct II, ISIS.
To.edo, o. In the left hand may be added:
AT home after Nov. 4, at - supplying
the blank with TIE proper street and NUN
Der. These notes are in many instances pre-
Jared for distant friends who co1ld not Be
present even AZ q large wedding They raaT
be seat IL two envelopes b. mail
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02

Probably the meanest looking specimen OF
the canine race ever seen in Detroit was fol
owing at its masters heels on Griswold street
Ia other day. a policeman whose curiosity
was aroused halted tho man and asked:
is that your dosf
"Yes, sir.
Pretty rocky, isn't her
He is. You can't say enough mean
shings Of him
And you'll sell him cheapr'
"TeS-for 10 cents"
"But il he should get into a fight with an
other dog"
''Id pun OF my coat and whoopee and
rustic and hck ten men If | could get az
them
That's human nature
1T is. A do- IS a dog. no matter how
homely be Is. just put somebody up to klok
Phltagrus once and see now IN boiler for
gore Detroit Free Press
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
THE WHITE HaDS

CINCINNATI. Dec. Notices purporting
TO be from white cap organizations have
been left with several persons in this
county near Glendale. They are 70 the
effect that the persons notified must leave
the county in ~ days. They are accused
of failure 10 provide for their families
Dispatches from Sardinia, deny the re
ported whipping there OF two womer
They say that Burkes, the first victim.
who was subsequently reported insane,
has signed contract TO appsar IL Gin
nuatl museum
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
OOD-EEIIOWS

NASHVILLE, Dec. 1.-The grand united
order of OddFellows IN America, has been
in session in the state capital since last
Tuesday morning, with about 200 dele
gates present. The following grand Off
GERS were elected: Grand master, William
Forester, OF Richmond. Va; deputy grand
master, Charles 3. Wilson, New Orleans;
grand secretary. j. B. Bowen, of Phila-
ielphia grand treasurer, w. II Curtis, OF
Brooklyn. grand directors-J Grant. of
Nashville. Tenn; J. w. Anderson. OF Pitts
burg: W T. Cooper, OF Montgomery, Ala
T. /. Tuppins. OF Cadville, O. The p.sce
of next meeting is Atlanta, October . 1890.
The convention Is still in session
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
Whooping Cough.

In every case of whooping cough physi-
clan should be consulted early in the attack
He can then give full instructions as to man
agement A child with whooping cough
should be we'll nourished, and food nutritious
in character and sufficient in quantity should
De urged upon it.
During 1T of coughing the child's head,
as he bends forward, may be supported by
the hand. In some cases putting the finger
in the mouth will induce vomiting and so
shorten the paroxysm. Aside from this there
is, according to Journal of Health, very little
that the mother can do to assist the patient
during his distressing attack.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE following
items are taken from the monthly public
debt statement issued today: Total debt:
principal, 81 $50. 917, 706 %; interest so. 057
544 40; total, 81 500, 975. $50 r. Net cash in
treasury, s52, 234, 610.0l. Increase of debt
during the month, 81, 1885, SIT; decrease of
debt since June 80. 1888, 81, 094, 500. 81. To-
tai available for reduction of debt, $780,
$50, 1864. Total cash in the treasury, as
shown by treasurer's general account,
S6I2. 1S4. 62l 81
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02

Lady Annie, wife OF Sir Thomas Brassey
died At sea, On board the yacht Sunbeam, On
the outward bound VOYAGE FOR Anstralia,
Sep. "a, 1887. Regarding tbs sad event,
Tie Literary World says, The picture Of
that white winged ship OK p.sas1re, akin
ming tie Pacific on its d:ssan: ~Ay. psGxang
uoue-. 70 drop beneath tie waves tie
body Ct her who lad ben the he Of al its
motion, AID thea beading On sowars1s .ee
eastern horizoa, Ike body visa0a; soz.,
b an impressive o3e.z
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
KlLRAIN CHALLENGES SULLIVAN

CHICAGO, Dec. IA formal announce
ment amounting to challenge of John L..
Sullivan by Jake Kilrain was made here
tonight. The announcement is the result
Of Sullivan's challenge to Charley
Mitchell. 1t is in the shape Of the follow
ing statement from Parson Davies, Kill
rains manager, to the Chicago Times:
'Kilrain thinks that if Sullivan can fight
one man he can fight another and there
fore makes this offer: He will fight Sui
livan with bare knuckles to finish under
the the rules of the London prize ring, the
rules under which the latter won the
championship from Paddy Ryan eight
years ago for 5000 side, and to give Sui
livan abundant opportunity to get into
perfect health and condition will not in-
sist of fighting IN FIVE weeks but will give
him ten or twelve weeks. Richard K. Fox,
Kilrain's hacker, stands ready at any time
and is indeed anxious TO make the neces-
sary deposit at any time and kilraln IS
equally as anxious to hear that Sullivan
will meet him.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
PEARS SOAP is the purest and best soap
ever made.
FAST ROIINO RATES ADVANCED.

CAICAGO, Dec. 1.-The general managers
of the east bound railway lines agreed at
their meeting to restore all classes of dead
freight, including grain and provisions,
and to advance decreased beef rates to the
basis of SOC per 100 pounds and live stock
rates to 221S The restoration of rates is
delayed five days longer than expected, the
time for change to take place being De-
cember Il instead of December II.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02

Salvation Oil, the greatest cure on earth
for pain; has no equal. Persons suffering
from rheumatism, neuralgia. or from cuts,
bruises, sprains, etc., should not be with
out it. Price only % cents.
What is the whole duty of a married
MANI asks the new conjugal catechlsm.
To be agreeable to his wife and keep DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup in the house for the
children when they get cold, of course.
Ask us something hard
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
RASC Bali NEWS

PITTsBURG, Dec. lit is stated upon
reliable authority that arrangements have
been made for Columbus, O., to take the
place of Cleveland in the American Base
Ball association. Four citizens have
agreed to subscribe $4,000 for the purpose
of putting a good club in the field and a
meeting of prominent officials of the asso-
citation viii be held in Columbus tomorrow
to close the DEAL
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
THE CTRIKE is DEAD.

INDIANAPOIs, Dec. 1.-The sWitchmen' S
strike seems dead There were no new
developments today. Traffic IS resumed
everywhere and the strikers have lost their
Jobs The talk about the engineers and
firemen going to strike to force settle
ment of the switchmen's grievances grows
less and less every day and even the
strikers no longer claim any radical
action of this character in their behalf.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
Mr.. RANDALL ON DECK.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Hon. Samuel J.
Randall and his family arrived in this
city todsy. Mr.. Randall bore the fatigue
of the journey well and on his arrival was
in the best of spirits While he viii at
tend TO the duties of chairman of the
committee on appropriations il is probable
that most of his work will be accomplished
at his home and that he will not attend
meetings of the house except on occa-
sions until after the holiday recess.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02

Among curiosties Of the medical art is
successful transportation Of skin from
corpse to living being, Of which a Berlin
physician reports case. The patient was a
boy aged IA, who was suffering from loss
of the integur1ents of both feet, consequent
upon burn. Some skin was taken from the
legs of a man aged 70, who had died twenty
minutes before, and was transplanted to the
hoy'S feet
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
GAMRI FIR SHOT.

TRENTON, Mo-, Dec. 1.-As Belle Hud-
dleson, a dissoluse woman, was leaving a
saloon at midnight last night with fe-
male companion, Charles Gibson, a gam
bier. made an offensive remark. She
turned, and drawing a revolver fired at
him. The bullet entered the back of the
left eye and lodged at the base of the brain
infiicting a necessarily fatal wound The
arrested
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
Scraped Meat.

Instead Of the minced raw meat often
given it is now claimed that scraped meat,
prepared as follows, is much better because
it is free from sinews and more palatable.
Take piece of steak cut like little block,
scrape the surface with a silver spoon till all
the pulp is extracted, then cut slice of the
steak and scrspe the newly cut surface again.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
Weakness of the Ewes.

Infants are frequently born with eyes 20
weak that they water" upon exposure to
wind or light, even when judiciously adj
vanced to these. A nurse recommends for
the cure of this weakness frequent bathing
with water Of the saltness and temperature
of tears
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
CONTEST IN NEW JFRcEy

BELvIDERE. \. j., Dec. 1T is posi-
lively asserted that j. y. voorhees,. the
defeated Republican candidate for con-
cress in the Fourth New Jersey district
will contest Samuel Fowler's seat Mr.
Fowler was declared elected by - plu-
rality.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02

EIl.e Stops, little gtrl living In Moon
township Pa. died from eating too mauy
chsstnuts. Shortly after eating them she
complained OF severe pains about TIE heart,
and before medical aid could reach her she
was dead
According to official statistics there were
2,6iT avAianches LAST winter in Tyroi and
Vona-iberg. TIE number Of human Lives
lost was 6fry-shree, and about 500 beasss
were killed Many hundred bsidinSs we're
Destroyed
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
The Nnise of a Great City.

James Russell Lowell says Of the noise Of
London:
II confess that I never think OF London,
which love, without thinking OF that palace
which David built for Bathsheba, sitting in
hearing of one hundred streams streams OK
thought Of intelligence. OF activity One
other thing about London impresses ne BE-
you'd any other sound have ever heard, and
that is the low, unceaSng roar one hears
always in the air. IL is not mere accident,
ike tempest or cctarace. but It Is irnpces-
sive, because i, always indicates human viii,
and impulse, and conscious movement: and
I confess tina. when lear It almost feel as
If ! were listening 70 tie roaring loom o.
TINA"
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
BIG RAILROAD CASE WITHDRAWN.


IOWA CITY, Ia, Dec. Thomas S
Wright, general solicitor for Iowa. and A.
E. Swisser, local attorney, representing the
Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific railway
today dismissed in Judge Fairall's court
here the famous suit of the above named
company, against the Iowa railway COM
missioners, in which Judge Fairall enjoined
the commissioners from putting into effect
their schedule of last June.
The dismissal is in the following words:
Now comes the Chicago, Rock Island x
Pacific Railroad company and dismisses
the action in this court having the above
title and all proceedings therein at its own
costs, which are now paid in court for the
reason that the schedule, the performance
of which was enjoined on its petition, has
been abandoned by the defendants"
Mr.. Wright said to a Republican re-
porter tonight that his company considers
the order made by the commissioners in
the Davenport case as an abandonment of
the schedule enioined because the new
classification adopted in the new order
changes the old schedule and hence pre-
vents a new one for the company is inter
ested. The old one being abandoned the
injunction as such was no subject upon
which to work. The old schedule was the
matter in dispute; being abandoned it
could no longer be the subject of dispute
The new order being something of an ad-
vance on the old schedule and being
claimed by the board to be reasonable, the
old one Is admitted to be TO that extent
unreasonable. The plaintiffs counsel
stated that in this situation the plaintiff
had no occasion to go on with an expensive
litigation against the old schedule. The
dismissal will b. certified to the supreme
court and probable ends proceedings there.
This leaves the cases of other companies
still pending in the federal court. where
it will be remembered the new schedule
has been restrained by Judge Brewer.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
CABINET PROBABILITIES

HARRISON'S VISITORS GIVE En-
PRESTON TO THEIR CHOICE.
Michigan Desires a Portfolio 1or
General Alger---General Payne,
of Wisconsin, Prominently
Mentioned.
The President Elect Asks no Opinions and
kbstains From Giving Publicity
TO His Ideas.
A Contest Announced in the Fourth New
jersey District-What Prominent
Democrats Think Of the
Split in the Grand
Army-General
News.
Wichita eagle., 1888-12-02
TELEGREPHlC BREVITIES.

LEXINGTON, KY, Dec 1.-The second
fatal dynamite explosion on the Kentucky
Midland railway within ten days occurred
Thursday afternoon. Four men vera
killed and several dangerously wounded.
The men working at the place where the
explosion occurred ara convicts leased
from the state by contractors on the road.
The men We're blasting rock in cut when
the dynamite charge was exploded while
all We're at work. James McNairy, boss of
the gang, was among the killed.
BISMARCK, Oak, Dec. IA heavily
loaded freight train colliued with an ac-
commodation train near here yesterday,
smashing the accommodation locomotive
and badly wrecking the freight engine
severely nlured, though none fatally.
CHICAGO, Dec. Nv. 3. Jones, of the
firm of Jones & Co., whose treasurer, Fred
w. Mccain, left the city with the firms
books, said to a reporter that Mccain also
carried away a large sum of money. In
the absence of the books the amount can
not be determined but Mr. Jones thinks
he has taken between $4,000 and $780, co.
AUBURN, \. Y. Dec. AT the opening
of the United States court this morning
Judge Brundage summed up for Haines
in the opening smuggling case. The great
weight of his argument was the denuncia-
ton of Lawyer Stone, of Ogiensburg, who
turned states evidence, and in eulogy of
Hanes' good character. He closed by en-
deavoring to show the absurdity of Haines
engaging in any such plot and urging the
jury not to give any weight to the teSti-
mony of a perjured william.
United States Attorney Lockwood fol-
lowed for the government, carefully re
viewing the testimony, upon which he
asked for the conviction Of defendant.
AUBURN. Dec Erwin A. Gardner was
this afternoon sentenced to four years in
the Erie penitentiary and fined $4,000 for
smuggling opium. The jury is still out on
the conspiracy part Of the case.
BLOOMINGTON. H., Dec. DIR. w. B
Boyd, wealthy and widely known citi-
zen, committed suicide last evening by
shooting himself. He had been in poor
health for some time, and it, is thought,
temporarily deranged. He was president
of the Walton Plow company of this city,
and estimated TO be worth 500 Nl0
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1888-12-01

The call of the stomach must be an
swered even at the cost of subsequent
discomfort. How TO make digestion
a regular sequence of the satisfaction
of appetite 80 long bafiled medical in
vestigation that IL was almost given
up in despair, and dyspepsia viewed
as we'll nigh incurable. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters came to the rescue OF
the dyspeptic, and upset the theory OF
incurability. II IL be used with per-
sistence, and common sense in diet be
not constantly violated, the Bitters
will most certainly restore vigor and
tranquility TO the stomach and con-
slant regularity in it's digestive func-
tioDs. The dyspeptic who uses it sys-
tematically soon ceases to suffer after
dinner penalties, and enjoys comfort
under the waistband between meals.
A benefcent change, truly, and one
that is aided by q sedulous avoidance
of indiscretion in eating and drinking.
Constipation, biliousness, nervousness,
malaria, kidney troubles and debility
are easily remediable with this fine
restorative.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1888-12-01

/ did the first time, when the Paris
journals said had lost my head as
well as the man / executed. | feel
that responsibility, especially in cases
like MOreau, the herbalist OF st. Denis,
who protested In quite q different
manner from avowed criminals, even
ct the foot of the guillotine, that he
died innocent.
"Nor do l wish to enter into the
question Of the respective merits of
hanging, garroting or beheading.
Whether some more scientific method
of giving death will replace the guillo-
tine, | cannot aay. think not.
Electricity has been suggested, and
poisoning by means of prussic acid.
The guillotine does its work thor
oughly, for when the head Is once
severed there is no means of sticking
in on again, while recovery from pois-
on or electricity is not impossible with
the aid of the executioner, who might
be induced to moderate the doee for a
consideration. The gu .flotine permits
no collision between the administra-
tor Of the law and the friends OF the
guilty. As long ~ capital punish
ment shall exist in France, the present
method will, l think, he maintained as
more sure in It's effects ard as offering
the least objection.
Capital punishment may be said to
be virtually abolished in France at
the present day. Paris alone last year
tried 500 men for murder, and con-
victed only five of them. The lenien-
cy shown TO criminals in NJ. Crews
time led TO a reduction in my salary
from $500 to $1,000. This Ia my in
come, for get no fees or perquisites
yet am content"
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1888-12-01

springing the knife. Soon as touch
a button in one Of the upright posts
the knife falls and the head IL received
in q tin vessel containing sawdust.
The body is unstrapped, put into q
coffin, with the culprit's head between
his legs, and the remains are then
driven off to Ivy cemetery, where
they are buried"
"Does life endure any time after the
head is severed?"
mo, think not" the executioDer
replied, refectively. 1.-THE great loss
of blood produces syncope. Besides,
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1888-12-01

see, to make 1t fall swiftly and with
tremendous force when / touch the
spring. Now, this IL the reason why
/ think that all consciousness departs
from the brain of man after the fall
OF the head. At the same instant that
the neck IL severed by the blade, the
weighty portion strikes 30 fearful
blow on the occiput that the cheek IL
often bruised from the fall Of the head
into the tin vessel containing the saw
dust. Yet the head Is only raised
few inches above the tin vessel which
receives II. Such blow Ia, In my opin-
ion, sufficient to drive out any ray Of
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1888-12-01

memory, reflection or real sensibility
that may linger, after the decapitation,
in the brain of the most obdurate,
bull-headed criminal"
care you In favor of capital punish
ment?"
"Such o question should not be put
to me. My business Ii 70 carry out
the sentence of the law, without In
quiring whether the law is right or
wrong. Custom has not hardened me
to tuch On extent that / am unable to
distinguish, however, between one
criminal aud another. I feel the
responsibility Of shedding the blood
Of fellow-crs$ture - aOutely now -