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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
Poisoning Not a Lost Art.

DIR. John Ii. Long, S. G. D., is widely
known as the Professor of Chemistry in the
Chicago Medical College and the Medical
Department of the Northwestern University
of that city. He sends the following letter:
DEAR DoCToR-I suppose the prepara-
tions of opium must be looked upon as the
most painless poisons, while the soluble
cyanides and hydrocyaric acid are as
speedy as any.
1 can not say which is the most difficult
poison to detect. There are certainly sew
eral which, in most cases, would escape
detection by chemical means.
Poisoning is probably not "lost art, 4"
although increasing knowledge makes it
less often success ul.
Yours respectfully,
j. H. LONG.
CHICAGO MEDICAL COLLEGE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26

/ once served 4 church in New Jersey
that had been run in u rut for many years.
At the services all the men would sit on one
side and all the women on the other. Such
was the hold the foolish custom had upon
the people that it took year to break it up.
Won HIolike or Grant never had tougher
lob IN the line of strategic or diplomatic
work than had in this matter. 1t was old
fogyism in the coucrate.
In another church was deacon who had for
a quarter oil Il century, always offered the first
prayer at the weekly meeting. He would
watch till the pastor was through his lecture
and down upon his marrow bones he would 90
and would hold on for from % to 90 minutes
Finally the last feather fell on the eamel's
back and | asked someone else TO open the
meeting. 1t was q bold stroke, and came near
bursting up the whole organization.
Now. don't object I" ancient things, so long
as they are of some utility. bat do abominate
that kind of conservatism which dwells in the
catacoinbs of eternal retrospection. and never
looks into the bright and glowing future, full
of possibilities that the imagination of man is
utterly incapable to comprehend or conceive.
Onward is the watcnwUTd of the age. The
human race cannot progress too rapidly There
is divinity shapes oar ends. Let uS cling to
one round of the ladder of progress until we
Can reach another. but when we do reach it,
leave hold of the lower one. But my spaee il
exhausted. IHE COUNTRY PARSON-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
How He Was Heard.

Philadelphia Times.l
"Why wasn't heard more in Congress?"
rejoined the member contemptuously: do
you read the papers?"
Certainly L do"
"Well, then, did you never notice in the
reports Of speeches Laughter Applause
on the Republican side,' and such things?
1 took leading part in them every time. 1"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
Poisoning HypodermicaIly,

DR.. John M, Maisch, Professor of Materia
Medica in the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy, writes as follows:
DEAR DOCTOR - Poisons administered
hypodermically are, as a rule, difficult to
detect-organic more so than mineral. So
far as l know the poison used by the Bor-
gias has never been ascertained.
Very truly yours.
JOHN M. MAISCH.
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHAR-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
The Atehison Woman,s Bread.

Kansas City 1imes.I
An Atenison woman is getting a good
deal of advertising because she succeeded in
making IA wo-pound loaf of bread out of a
pound of flour. Ii all the Atchison women
make their bread as heavy as that it is
no wonder that the men are so dyspeptic
that they are always quarreIing about some
thing
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
A Chance for Promotion,

Jewelers. Weekly.J
Office Manager-Johnny, if you don't get
move on you I'll kick you through the
skylight.
Office Boy-Kick away. This is the first
chance to rise I've seen since 1 came here.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
ROCKS ON THE TRACK.
Conservatism isl Train-Wrecker Of
the Very Worst Type.
PROGRESS IN THE COMMUNITY,
In the School and Even in the Church Often
Ditcbed by 1t.
EVIL OF ETERNAL RETROsPECTION



1t ls strange, but no more strange than
true. that wherever aud whenever energetic
and progressive men seek to advance public
interests there can always be found others
who are just as industriouslv employed in
trying to block the wheels and wreck the
train. In the history of most cities and
communities there has been an epoch when
things appeared 10 reach climax. Against
the desire OF few men who tried to go
ahead there were those who rolled the rocks
of opposition on the track and whistled
"down brakes"
Why notrun over the obstructionistand 90
ahead anyhow? That is very natural
question. read recently of a train being
bsought to a standstill by a large colony of
caterpillars getting on the track. They
were so numerous and produced such an et-
feet that the engine wheels could not grip
the rails so as to make any headwaY. Be-
fore the train could move the track had to
be cleared, and in the clearing thousands of
caterpillars were slain. Now, there is, for
a wonder. no society for the prevention of
cruelty to caterpillars, so they could be
killed with impunltv with the shoyeIs and
broons of the gravel train. But this system
cannot be brought into play in dealing with
human impedin.en enta. You have to wait till
thev die a natural death. and somehow other
this species of humanity exhibits a most stu
penduOus pertinacity In clinging to life. Your
energetic business man entering upon his
career Is sometimes handicapped and held in
check by influences Indicated, and the friction
Kills him. Not SO the Kicker" He lives on
and on. wrinkle here and there as the years
come and CO. but he still lives, growing and
grum bling amt wondering what the world is
coming to. He has grOveled and saved a few
dollars. and finally he does pass in mis- checks.
Then, as rule, unless he EaS sOWn too much
OF the seed OF opposition in the minds of the
rising generation there is growth in the direc-
t1on of progress.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
Fogyism in the school Boards.

Now, this same principle of opposition to
the onward march of endeaFor is not con-
fined to communities as whole, but is felt
everywhere. At one time L served on the
Board OF Education in a town in New York
State. One member of the board, which
with TWO or three exceptions was a wooden
affair anyhow, thought the boys and girls
were 'gittin' too much eddikatiou." When
he was n lad that didn't ''larn EN- retterick
and Histology, nor any O. that kind a
truck. They larnt spellin' and readin' and
rethmatik." He didn't believe in spending the
peoples money in ''i5ografy. and all that kind
a nonsense"
Visiting this same schOol one day this same
man watched a pupil doing example in
algebra.
What are you doing. my lad?" he inquired
algebra" was the reply.
why them's not alphabets. thcm's figgers."
The Principal tired to keep the school from
laughing. but It was no use. Then the member
of the board thought the discipline was not up
to the mark. In order to make the schools
anything like efficient this man, with two or
three others, h2d to be Squelched. a propO-
sitiOn to ventilate the buildings in accordance
with modern scientific methods met with
howl of opposition from these men, and they
had TO be eircumVented by strategy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26

Many years ago, possibly 80. a maehinst
arrived in this country from England, and
settled in the city of Trenton. N. J. As he
approached that town, which was then an
old-fashioned place, with the flavor of Revo-
lutionary days still upon it, he got into
conversation with native. Asked what
his mission was, he said he had engaged as
machiniSt in new concern Just formed or
forming. The citizen was terribly alarmed.
He considered that such dirty business
would just ruin the city, with its smoke and
its noise. People who owned land tried to
keep back the tide of enterprise that was
seeking its level on the banks of the dear
old Delaware. This class OF obstructionist
was very numerous. The idea OF the pure
sunlight of heaven being soiled with smoke,
and the air filled with sulphurous tumesl
They wanted none of it.
For few years this spirit had its effect,
and there were numerous long funeral pro-
cessions and many grand rhetorical eulogies
pronounced before 1t was killed. Within the
writer's memory, however the city of Trenton
has grown from large village to a city whose
manufacturing industries are possibly more
diversified than any other his continent. It
was hard thing TO kill the opposition. When
street cars were first spoken of a great many
people rose I'D in arms and denounced those
WHO urged the matter. Now they touch almost
every important street. All this was made
possible by few small manufacturing inter-
ests being allowed. under protest. to locate
within the sacred limits of the old Revolution
airy burg.
This IS one illustration of many that might
Is notable by its rarity. don't know whether
PlttSburg ever was afflicted in this way or
not. III she was she seems to have gotten over
II, and Is now IN the sull light of better days.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26

EVERY hunter who can afford II Keeps a
pack Of dogs trained especially for this
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-01
old Exception.

In Atlanta, Ga, said reporter of the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette on his
return from trip through the South,
there is an old business man, with snow
white beard and hair, whom everybody
calls " Old Exception When Sherman's
army invested Atlanta Sherman issued
an order that all non-combative Confed-
crates should leave the city within "a
hours This man, who was a founder,
called at Sherman's headquarters. II
want, he said, to remain in Atlanta,
am O business man, and had no hand
in the hostilities. Didn't you cast guns
for the rebels in your foundry" General
Sherman inquired Yes, was the re-
ply, II did, but I had to do it. | have
large interests here, general, and wish
you would make me an exception; I'd
like to stay to look after my property.
~Yes, said Sherman grimly, I'll make
an exception in your case. The At
lanta mans face frightened, and he
started to tell a story. Orderly, Gem
eral Sherman called, "Pve concluded to
make an exception in this mans case.
The orders are that all citizens shall leave
here within "a hours. This man must
leave here within an hour. If he doesn't,
shoot him. Ever since the war this old
man has been called ~Old Exception, =
and the reporter said that it was peril
ous thing to ask him what he thought Of
General Sherman.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-01
ONE GENT

ing her ring? For you did, sawyou-
But laughed gayly. and boldly draw
ing her yielding form to my side, re-
piled: "All that can explain 60 your
entire satisfaction, fair lady mine, If you
will say just once, / love you, Henry,
and will marry your" And prisoned
her face between my hands.
She struggled an instant, and then,
finding resistance useless, pouted: ~Wells
then, love you, torment and so sup
pose / shall marry you some day. And
now tell me about that ring, but remem-
Der. sir, if your explanation Is not satis-
factory / withdraw my consent.
SO / acknowledged my deceit, and that
/ finally convinced her of my fealty to
herself no one would doubt who could
see us at this moment in our own happy
home, while as ! write she leans over
my shoulder and laughingly says that
"she is pleased to see that at last am
willing to confess what deceitful Great
ure / was. although she trusts that un-
der her careful teaching have since
improved vastly in that respect
And / think so, too. dear reader, for
in our cheerful cozy little home have
no reason to wish for change. am
satisfied at last
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-01

Mrs. Geo. p. smoote, highly cultivated
and estimable lady Of Prescott. Ark, writes
under date of April - 's9: During the SUM
mer of 1885, my eyes became inflamed, and
my stomach and liver hapelessly disordered.
Nothing ate agreed with me. took chron-
ic diarrhma, and for some time my life was
despaired Of by my family. The leading ply.
eicians OF the country Nere consulted, but
the medicines administered by them never
did me any permanent good, and fingered
between life and death. the latter being pre-
terable to the agonies was enduring. In
May, 1888, l became disgusted with physi-
eians and their medicines. dropped them
eN and depended solely on Swift's Specific
&. 8. 81, few bottles Of which made me
perxnently well-well from then until now."
1t Builds up Old People.
MY mother who Is q very old lady, waa
physically broken down. The use OF Swift'a
Specific Is. 8. 81 has entirely restored her 20
health.
RIB. DILwoRTH, Greenville, 9. @.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases males
&na. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta. Co
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-01
now some Th eatrieal ManaGera Bsgan.

How Some Tn eatrical Managers Began.
Henry Il. Abbey, the boldest of all
men in theatrical business, began his ca-
reer as a cornet player in the orchestra
of the theater in Akron, Ohio, his ma
tive place; Dan Frohman, the manager
of the Lyceum Theater, started as an
errand boy in the counting room of the
New York Tribune; Augustin DAILY, the
leading stock manager iii America, was
originally a newspaper reporter; John
Stetson, the Boston magnate, was pro-
fessional athlete, and had few equals as
q sprinter; A. NJ. Palmer, of the Madi-
son Square and Palmer's theaters, was
employed i'm public library and after
ward dabbled in local politics It was
from the latter occupation that Sheridan
Shook took him to give him place in
the Union Square Theater. John b.
6choeffel, Henry Abbey's partner, was o
ieweler in Rochester; Tony Pastor was
clown in circus; j. Nj. Hill got his start
from a Chicago oyster house; X. M.
Hooley, of Chicago, as a negro min-
strel; Theodore Moss laid the foundation
of his fortune as ticket seller in Wall
lacks old theater; E. G. Gilmore, one of
the richest of managers, was bartender;
Rudolph Aronson was connected with
music publishing concern; Frank w.
Sanger, of the Broadway Theater, was
an actor; j. Wesley Rosenquest got his
start from his brother in law, Samuel
Colville; Proctor, of the Twenty-third
Street Theater, was an acrobat; Harry
Miner was a policeman; Hammerstein,
of Harlem, was a cigar maker; I. Henry
French, as a boy, tended his fathers lit
tie book store in Nassau street; Hyde
and Behnan were variety team, and
Colonel Sim, another Brooklyn mana
ger, originally ran variety theater in
Baltimore; Edwin Price, of Price q Ber-
ger, was a prize fighter, but is now a
lawyer as we'll as manager. There are
few men in the profession, by the way,
" no are more polished or more genteel
than this same Mr.. Price.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-01
ANNAPOLIS MD. MONDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER l. 1890


Poets should reason:
Let them 81,
Argument l. eason-
Bells should ring.
sta ements none. nor questionsi
Gnomic words.
Spirit cries, suggestions,
Like the birds
He may use deduction
Who must preach:
He may praise instruction
Who must teach;
But the poet duly
Fills his part
When the song bursts truly
From his heart
Tor no purpose springing:
For no pelf:
He must do the singing
For itself.
Not In lines austerely
Let him build;
Not the surface merely
Let him guild.
EeArle3S. untnVlLeQs
Like spring.
OPAL words, in-lighted,
Let. him sing.
As the leaf grows sunward
Song must grow:
AS the stream flows onward
Song must flow.
TJseless2 Ay-for measure.
Roses die.
But their breath gives pleasure
God knows whyl
-[John Boyle o'Reiily.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-01
APortnnata Woman.

Mrs. Mary L. Baker, of Ovid, Mich.
has reason TO be very thankful. She was
q great sufferer from heart disease for
years. Was short Of breath, bad hungry
spells, pain In side. fnttering. faintness.
etc. After takiDg two bottles Of DR..
Miles New Heart Cure, she says, II am
better than for 20 years. My mind and
eyesfght have improved wonderfully. I
advise all peFsoDs thus afflicted to use this
great remedy" The City Drag Store re-
commends and guarantees IT, Dr. Miles
work on Heart Disease. containing marvel
ous testimonials, free.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-01

60 IL you want good cigars and tobacco
20 to Alex. sHart's, Maryland Avenue.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-01

HORSE and CARRIAGE. Sold for
want Of use. A great bargain. Apply at
this Office. Il
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-01

It is proposed that permanent record
be made of the songs of birds by means
of the phonograph. "This done, says
a correspondent the song could be re
produced leisuiely and scored by q
competent music an. Thus art and ma.
sure would 60 hand In hand.
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-14

A PIocHE, New, man relates that in
riding through Eagle valley, Lincoln
County, recently a rancher was at
tracted by a peculiar moaning sound.
On finding the spot whence it proceed
ed he removed some sage bush and soil
and found an aged Piute Indian, known
as Teekaboo, had been buried alive He
summoned some ranchers, who resur.
rected the Indian from the grave, and
it was then ascertained that he had been
buried alive by his squaw, who had
been left to take care of him while the
young bucks and sqaws were enjoying
themselves at fandango at Paneca.
The old squaw left in charge of the
Indian, who was an invalid, concluded
that he had but a few days to inger
any way, and that if she remained with
him she would miss the fandango and
the chance of getting another husband,
and, therefore, she determined to bury
him. She did so, and reached Paneca
in time to participate in the fandango.
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-14
A Modern Need for Sleep.

There is not one man or woman in
ten thousand who can afford to do
without seven or eight hours sleep.
All those stories written about great
men and women who slept only three
or four hours a night make very inter-
esting reading; but 1 tell you, my
readers, no man or woman ever yet
kept healthy in body and mind for a
number of years with less than seven
hours sleep. Americans need more
sleep than they are getting. This lack
makes them so nervous and the insane
asylums so populous. If you can get
to bed early, then rise early. If you
cannot get to bed till late, then rise
late. It may be as Christian for one
man to rise at eight as it is for another
to rise at five. 1 counsel my readers
to get up when they are rested. But
let. the rousing-ben be rung at least
thirty minutes before your public ap-
pearance. Physicians say that sud-
den jump out of bed gives irregular
motion to the pulse. It tales hours to
get over too sudden rising. Give us
time, after you call us, to roll over,
gaze at the world full in the face, and
look before we leap.-T. De Witt Tai
y11Op
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-14
STOCK AND FARM.

Wichita Eagle: A lady said that
they had sold upwards of $500 worth
of peaches from their farm, ten miles
east of town, this summer, and that
they expected to sell at least $500
worth of apples.
From Abilene: Over fifty horses,
from all the leading stables of Kansas,
are in training at the driving park,
preparing for the ANIMAL summer race
meeting, August 20, 81, %. The man
agement anticipates q most successful
meeting, owing to the large number of
entries already made.
Wichita Eagle: A farmer said to us:
"Come out and see big field of corn
that I have got which will make forty
bushels to the are, and which rain
wouldn't even improve now" The
truth is in the nor hwestern section of
Sedgwick county there are hundreds of
fields which will turn out a very fair il
not quite an average yield.
Topeka Capital: ames L Anderson,
formerly engaged n the ccal business
in North Topeka, but now farming near
Rossville, brought iu sore samples OF
corn taken from a teld of sixty-five
acres he is raising. The ears helbrought
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-14

The celebrated German remedy for
burns consists of fifteen ounces of the
best white glue broken into small pieces
in two pints of water and allowed to
become soft; then dissolve it by means
of water bath and add two ounces of
glycerine and six drachms of carbolic
acid continue the heat until thoroughly
dissolved. On cooling this hardens to
an elastic mass, covered with shining
parchment-like skin, and may be kept
for any length of time. When required
for use it is placed for few minutes in
a water bath until sufficiently liquid
and applied by means of a broad brush.
It forms in about two minutes a shin
ing, smooth, flexible and nearly trans
parent skin.
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-14

in arc fully developed, from ten to
thirteen inches long. 1t is thought his
field will yield seventy five bushels to
the acre.
Leavenworth Sun: From a gentle
man who has travelled through several
counties of the state, and especially the
eastern portion, we learn that the corn
prospect is better than many people
imagine. Although not approaching q
full crop, it will be more than the aver
age, and our farmers will receive q
greater benefit from smaller crop than
they did last year, when it was hardly
worth hauling to market. Corn at
wholesale is worth All cents.
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-14

IT is reported that P. T. Barnum,
while in England, carried on very
secret negotiations with the view of
buying the Shakespeare homestead for
the purpose of pulling it down and ex-
hibiting it around the country. He bid
as high as 81, 700 for it, but when he
thought he had secured the precious
relic the English government bid $500
more, and the negotiations were de-
clared at an e2d.
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-14
The Grocer's Polite Horse.

A horse belonging to Brewer gro-
Ger appears to hold the palm for polite
ness just now. One day recently he
had been backed up to the door to re-
ceive his load, So that the wagon stood
directly across the sidewalk. Turning
his head he saw some one coming on
the sidewalk, and deliberately, al
though those in the store kept calling
to him to stop, stepped into the road
and stood there with plenty of room
for passing, nor would he return in
spite of all commands, until the trav-
eler had gone on his way, rejoicing
that he had not been obliged to go out
into the muddy treet.-Kennebec
Journal.
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-14
all against the 5,so5, ,Oo5 of Russia and
France; that is, about $50, 900 nen
fewer.

An eccentric old gentleman recently
knocked out whole graduating class
in a Western college. He got the boys
together, the day before the commence
ment, and told them that he would
give SO to every man who would an
swer correctly two plain, everyday
questions. The questions were as fol-
lows: What is the origin of the COM
mon phrase, "to hope against hope?"
And, Why is the human ear shaped as
it is, instead of being fat? Not a man
answered the questions correctly, and
the old gentleman went away declaring
that colleges are failure.
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-14
Everything Goes Wrong

In the bodily mechanism when the liver gets
out of order. Constipation, dyspepsia, con-
tamination of the blood, imperfect assimila-
ton are certain to ensue. But it is easy to
prevent these consequences, and remove
their cause, by course of Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, which stimulates the hillary or
gan and regulates its action. The direct re-
suit disappearance of the pains beneath
the ribs and through the shoulder blade. the
nausea, headaches. yellOwness of the skin,
furred look of the tongue, and sour odor of
the breath, which characterize liver COM
plant. Sound digestion and a regular habit
of body are blessings also secured by the use
of this celebrated restorative of health,
which imparts degree of vigor to the body
which is its best guarantee of safety from
malarial epidemics. Nerve weakness and
over-tension are relieved by it, and it i'm
proves both appetite and sleep.