The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-28
TOPICS OF
THE TIMES.
Incidental Remarks Picked Up and
Dressed by Reporters.
A SICK CITIZENS ESCAPE.
In Trying to Check His Ailment He Al
most Sacrificed His Life in TAX
ing a Dose of Arsenic.
A SICK CITIZENS ESCAPE.

One OF our prominent townsmeu who
has been on the sick list for some time al
most succeeded in putting an end to his
illness at the expense of his life the other
day. 1t was not case of attempted sui
eide, or a case OF taking a dose from the
wrong bottle this time, but was due to
the enlarged Judgment of friend. The
physician in attendance had instructed
the patient to take ten drops of an ar
senical preparation and the friend esti-
mated that the ten drops were equal to
teaspoonful. The patient took the dose
and nothing was thought of the matter
until the doctor learned of it. There Was
quite shaking of limbs when the medi-
cal man said to the patient, "Well, that
you are not a dead man by this time IL
only due to an overdose. 1 cannot ac.
count for your existence in any other
way. You have taken a tsaspoonful of
arsenic and may consider yourself lucky"
The DOCTORS prescription will be followed
to the letter hereafter.
The story of the above yident was told
in one of the hotels last night and was
followed by one told by dentist, who
says the men OF his profession always
dread fineiweather. They can always tell
when a storm is coming without consult
ing either barometer or the weather fore
casts Their patients are the best baron.
eters insthe world The teeth are pecul-
iirly affected by damp weather, partieu-
larly badIteeth. When people begin flock
ing to the dentists with toothache and
pains in thesjaw the tooth -puller knows
spell of bad weather is coming. A good
bit of it is neuralgia, but 1t is a sure sign.
The rush of business keeps up until the
stormy weather sets in, and when business
falls off the dentists know the storm is
abating, and fine weather will soon follow.
When toothache patients are few and far
between you5can rest assured that sea-
son of pleasant weather is at hand.
The recent newspaper talk over the
Titman Harrington real estate deal has
given property in this town quite a boom,
but the owners must not allow their
heads to be turned. One man who was
standing out for bid of SIS 600 for his
place now wants $4,000. The number of
people in this town who have $4,000 to
invest in real estate can easily be
counted and there are not half
the number who have $4,000 or
10000 to invest so the people dis
posed to sell their holdings must
not run too high, lest they may be sub
jected to disappointment and take big
drop. The price paid for one property
cannot always be considered in fixing the
value of another, because there may be
score OF peculiar circumstances in connec-
tion with one sale that would not enter
another. Real estate has been booming
in this town for the past two or three
years, yet Mr.. Harrington only received
for his property just what he was
| offered about six years ago. This seems
strange, but it is fact, nevertheless.
1t seems more remarkable since Mr.. Tit
man has within the past forty-eight hours
received an offer OF $4,000 for the prop.
erty, temptation of profit of 5000 for
the time taken in making two trips to
Scranton. Here is where the force of cir
cumstances comesin. In Mr.. Harington's
hands he property stood at $4,000 for six
years and in spite of a boom during the
past two years it did not move, but it
jumped 5000 inside Of two days after it
got into Mr.. Ttman's hands.