Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-21
.ady, CHANGING up with a smile.

| lady, glancing up with smile.
The jeweler answered in the affirma-
tive.
'Well. - said the actress; ''you have
noticed then that my diamonds ara the
very best, l assure you that the queen e
collection is not superior in regard to
quality. The market value of my jewels
is 500, 000.'
So there is one prosperous actress who
saves her earnings, and some of the gilt
ter of the stage is real.
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At the Monmouth Park races, hap
pened to sit behind two elegantly dressed
ladies, whose richly embroidered JAG kets
opened on white satin vests, with shirt
fronts and collars in very "manIsh !"
style. Each of these bosoms displayed q
diamond solitaire worth at least $1,000.
Their hats, parasols, gloves and sho es
were all in exquisite harmony. l dom
think l ever saw TWO women with more
refined faces, more exquisitely cut fea-
lures. particularly the lips and chin.
Hereabouts exactly was it that there
dwelt q smile of enhancing power, q
smile to catch and hold man S love with
that strength which so often enables him
to set the cold barrel of revolver against
his temple and joyfully welcome death
rather than live and see another man in
his place.
All me! Well, as 1 sat there asking
myself what sort of robes those two wo-
men will wear in the sweet By and by,
one of them said to the other:
''Blanche. darling, did you bring
your nux lozeEges with you?'
Right here, for the benefit of my guile
less reader, 1 must say that nux Is the
botanical name for strychnine, one of
the most virulent poisons known to the
materia medica.
''Why, what q question, Justine,
dear, - replied Blanche; ''you know I
never go out without box Of those mar
vellous pick-me-ups. Here and
the faultlessly gloved hand held out
little round box in old silver, quantity
carved and jeweled.
Justine took one of the tiny white tab
lets ana passed it across her beautiful
lips. There was moment of silence,
and then closing her soft, full, liquid
blue eyes, she murmured:
''Ohi what a delightful sensation.
Take hold of my hand. 1 seemed to be
floating away onswings of down. There,
its passed now. Why, they must be of
extra strength. Blanche.
Eyes, they are. 1 ordered them ex-
pressly for our use. The old supply only
contained the thirtieth of a grain each
only the usual dose; but these contain
the twenty-fitth of q grain. Aren't
they heavenly?'
''1ndeed they arel' was the reply.
Presently the two beautiful creatures
changed their seats and I lost sight of
them, but l didn't forget them.
never shall, for sure as water runs and
smoke goes up shall some day read of
the sudden death of beautiful victim of
strychnia.
The strychnia habit has increased at
an alarming rate in the metropolis.
That is due to the remarkably tonic
powers of the dangerous drug. In the
hands of careful physician it may be
considered a remedy of great impor-
lance. Its power to restore tone to the
system after great mental or physical
debility has long been acknowledged;
but, like other potent remedies, it be-
comes an instrument of terrible posi-
bilities in the hands of the
ignorant who rashly make use
of ii as a mere 'spick- or
'tfresher" to stimulate the system and
brace up the tired and shattered nerves.
Let me explain why. Its effects are
cumulative. That Is to say, the twenty