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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-14

their srsenical servitude. Arsenic, Of
all drugs, is wonderful in its cosmetic
sHects. After few months dosing
the cuticle acquires pellucid clear
ness, free from spot or blemish, beneath
which the fine tracing of vein or the
unrestricted play of an emotion is ex-
quisitely pictured. To be sure there
are some obstinate skins which will
yield only to a prolonged dosing, but
there is further compensation in such
eases through the softening of harsh
ness in the visage and general round
ing out of what, in this way, becomes
D lovely countenance.
Now this pleasing state of things,
Ike the ugliness of the Sfbyl, is extern
al only. The woman who uses arsenic
for any length of time draws drafts
upon the near future which are only re-
deemed in the bankruptcy of her
health The languor which externally
IS delicious proves inwardly torture.
That exquisite wilderness Of brow,
checks, nose and neck is concomitant
only with an organic agony in compar-
lson with which the path of virtue is
triumph of the flesh. And when, the
repose of the pillow affords to an ugly
girl the solace of dreams or sleep, her
fair, drugged sister losses like n skiff
in storm, fighting vivid Nightmares.
The devil, according TO st. Cyprian,
makes women pay for their beauty.
Arsenic, in this respect, is like the
devil
When the reports of the treasury de-
partment and of that of the interior
had been received, the question arose:
How is the evil to be dealt with? It
may not be known TO many men. al
though it undoubtedly is to most
women, that an immense business has
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-14
FAIRIES MACHINE WORKS.
Build and Repair
ENGINES, BOILERS and MACHINERY
12i S. Washington Ave-, Wichita.
fhs Real ss.aits ssIif.

Wealth without hsalsh Il poverty. n
Is surprise thas people Do not have
sense enough % know that noney ex,
pended in fashionable and aIlotvabl,
dissipation is worse than wasted; aud
that wealth won az lbs expense Of
health Is the most appointing attain-
ment that is possible. Tho real wealth
Of life is in spiritual and physical
health. lie vk0 possesses these need
not pine for The accurluls sion Of money.
Tic has what vill afford him rlore pleas.
ure Than any amount e property. add
he has what no amount 81 money can
buy. There are bat lew 20 whom Reost
health il net sttainsbla. though Il mar
10 !rrstrieVabls 81 wast0nly thra~z.
away. The price Of Is j. ten p~rancs in
ali things. Industry ard Cleanliness. Of
body and - mind hscaro fat1viox
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-14

Eleven thousand guineas is now
the record price paid in an auction
room in London for q picture. This
amount was realized al Christie's for
Sir Joshua Reynolds portrait OF Lady
Betty Define, sister Of the earl OF
Carlisle, with her children. a picture
which Is well known through encrav-
ingS- TWAS put up a 5000 guineas.
and was secured by Mr. Charles
Nertheimer, dealer. for 1000
guineas. The famous Duchess OF
Devonshire," by GainSborough. which
so mysteriouslv disappeared. was
Knocked down for ID, 100 guineas. and
the Raphael in the Dudley collection
two years ago went Tor about 5000
Vuineas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-14

and the hue which so adorns the CHEEK
capriciously establishes itself at the
tip of that old factory organ. The head
grows heavy, and the nervous system,
like the heroine of any paper-coyered
romance, is torn with cortending emo
tions. A single look in the mirror
makes this wretched creature. an
arsenic consumer once more.
Does any man deem this an exagger-
ated picture, or that we are not suf-
fering nationally from the habit which
is responsible for it? Ask any author
ity on the drug trade or any active
member of the board of health OF such
metropolitan centers as San Francisco.
St. Louis, Philadelphia, Boston, New
York, Chicago. The concerted action
which these bodies viii make has ref
erence only to the sale OF the drug.
The efforts of commissioner Edison him
self have been largely rendered nuga-
tory by the facility with which small
quantities of arsenic can be mailed
from one city to another. Moreover,
the legislation of the states is not uni.
form. But now it is intended to pre-
vent the sale of the drug unless speci-
ally prescribed and to break up the
trade in arsenicated nostrums. A bill
has been prepared and will shortly be
introduced into various legislatures to
this end.
arsenic has always offered great
temptation to women" said Dr. Cyrus
Edison, reviewing the subject when he
was asked about it. ''But after all we
can only take general measures. l do
not see how we are to prevent the use
of the drug unless we convince the
women that it does more harm than
good. They can always procure it by
stealth even if it be made a misde-
meanor 20 traffic in IT. and then we
would have only aggravated the evil
Physicians are very careful in prescrib- |
ing arsenic, and not infrequently &c |
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-14

grown up all over the country in thu
manufacture and sale Of what are
known as arsenic complexion waters
In New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
and Boston these goods are delivered
from wagons TO the retail druggists, 50
great has the trade become. The
waters are white pellets which must be
taken morning and night indefinitely
Now these goods contain very little
arsenic, bat when a woman whose
sy stem does not yield readily becomes
Inpatient for results, She has another
resource at command. This is 10 per
suade medical friend TO give her n
prescription for the drug, or to pur-
chase it on some pretense at store.
Young girls are the most frequent vic
tins of this sort. II is curious fact
that very few women over thirty are
arsenic fends in this country. which
shows the habit to be compara lively
Pecspt hera-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-14
WAR ON ARSENIC
The Concerted Movement to Supr,
press the Drug OF Beauty
Searfu1 Destruction OF Our women-BuA
Their Beauty Increases Ever and the
Government Has Discovered q
Wonderful State Of Things.
TCoPYRIoHE fsp41

To such extremes has arsenic EATING
peen carried by the women of America
that the health boards of thirty cities
90 and nine states viii shortly take meas
Nres to discourage the use of the drug.
The concerted action thus inaururated
Will be unprecedented In its nature and
extent and source of surprise to many
persons who have no idea of the length
to which the arsenic habit has ravaged
the health of American women and
girls.
The first intimation that any evil ex-
listed came in evidences of the enormous
increase of the trade in arsenic during
the past five years. Governmental sta
tistics are always very dry affairs, but
anyone curious enough TO compare the
figures of the treasury and interior de-
partments, will be surprised at the rev.
elatiens they make on the subject of
arsenic. Now comparisons of these fig
ures with the health reports show a de-
cline IN the diseases for which arsenic
is specific Thus the health board of.
New York first became aware that
great quantities of the drug were being
used without the mediation Of a doc
tors prescription.
But the induetive evidence, thanks to
the Iabors of such experts as DR.. CYRUS
Edison, commissioner of health of New
York, Surgeon General Walter Wvman,
OF the treasury department, and former
Chief A. L. Drummond. of the secret
service, that arsenic is the resource of
many woman's beauty became ire
futable as time went on.
1t is becomming more and more
evident that American women who
lead lives which make personal att
Effectiveness desirable possession, are
characterized sy a languor that's melt
ing, by a fragiity that is more emble-
matte Of the lily than consistent with
good appetite, and by slow, sibillant
utterance, clear and resonant but ac-
companied by nervous excitability of
the lips. Added to this is the growing
rarity of pair of rosy cheeks and the
frequency Of that pallor Of counte-
nance which imparts a distinguished
air to the most irregular features.
OF course. it is the effect upon the
skin which tempts so many women to
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-14

Fair Msdsn-IIow savsEeiy thai
COW looks ~ msi
Farmer Hayssed ITS Jour red para
20. mum.
'Dear NJ! ] knew * vas littIe bls
out II fashion. sut Z didn't sapposs .
country c1a pres.G HStlgc -Pcaruons
Woex!y
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-14

not reveal to the patient that the drug
has been prescribed at all 1t is of I'M
doubted efficacy in skin diseases"
As rule, men never find out wheth-
er their wives, daughters or sweet
hearts are using the drug or not. Sus-
picion would be usually aroused by
such remark as; isn't Maud getting
to be quite good looking now? al
ways thought her so plain" were it
not that the prevalence Of the arsenic
habit is so little suspected that no adj
mirer dreams of attributing feminine
loneliness TO it. Yet it has won many
husband and explains in occasional
instances the ravages from which GER
tain types of lackadaisical loneliness
suffer.
It was Surgeon General Wyn1an who
pointed out, when the anti-arsenic agita-
ton began, that there is danger from
slavery to the drug in another direction.
1t gives occasion fof a murderous use Of
arsenic, and VIII complicate the inves-
legations of suspicious deaths. Traces
OF arsenical poison are now very weak
as evidences of murder. The victim
may have been 4 "fend." Indeed.
some of the most interesting murder
cases have been complicated in this
way. Mrs. Maybrick owed her pecu-
liar type of beauty to indulgence in the
Turing poison and one Of the most IA
nous Of Wilkie Collins novels hinged
upon the same enslavement Of the
heroine. We're one hundred lovely
women TO die under suspicious circum-
stances tomorrow. Il would be rash to
conjecture the number of corpses IN
which ''traces of arsenical poison. as
the reports of autopsies put it, would
be found.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-14

But when a woman has once become
auser of the drug in this way there
seems no escape for her. The horrors
set forth in that lurid volume, the
Confessions of an Opium Eater" are
nothing compared to the ordeal of the
woman who is battling the nostalgia
of arsenic. Even a few weeks abaR-
donment of the drug will convert her
dangerous beauty into faded ugliness.
The skin assumes the tint of ancient
whitewash. The nose grows fabby,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-14

Queen Elizabeth was called Good
Queen Be>s by her friends and Bloody
BeSS by her enemies. She was also
designated the Maiden Queen. the
Queen OF Virgins. the JEtamed Heifer.
Fortunes Empress, the Glory Of Her
Sex. the Miracle OF Tune. Astryea, Qri-
ana the True Diana. Gloringa and 9TH
sr names respectful and the contrary.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-23


 cen dollars per week. but because of the prevailing hard times hls income had been reduced to twelve dollars This sum, with some small change, comprised his cash capital. As he but toned his coat about his neck he re- flected ruefuffy that this was very small sum with which to meet his ex- penses and to buy Christmas presents. The wind blew briskly down Park place as he walked toward Broadway, thinking of the coming rent day, the empty coal bin and the new dress he had promised his wife. His thoughts were saddened as he remembered that his little boy would have been nearly five years old had he lived until Christ mas. There was a sense of constric- tion in his throat as he thought of last years Christmas tree, bright with spangles, irradiatcd with light and whitened with popcorn balls Then against the walls of memory stood out clear and distinct the figure of bis lit tie boy standing in his white night gown in the gray dawn of Christmas day, with flushed cheeks and eyes dancing with delight looking at the marvellous Christmas tree.
 On Park row near the corner of Chambers street there is toy store of most wonderful variety. Spread out on the counters are cheap mechanical contrivances of every conceivable de- scription. Through the dusty window panes can be seen boxes of toy soldiers, jumping jacks, miniature candles, small plates and saucers, and all those innumerable little things so dear to little persons.
 As Thomas came down the street, his mind intent on his own misery, his gaze fell upon one of the most pathetic figures he had ever seen. Before the window of the toy store stood little boy, whose nose was fattened against the pane. His body shivered with the cold, but his soul was afame with de- sire which was expressed in his hungry eyes. Thomas estimated his age as five years. He wore an old coat, which had evidently been made for a boy twice his age. Pins usurped the place of but tons on the garment. His feet were thrust into pair of yellow gaiters, as- siduous wear affording excellent but cruel ventilation. His trousers, held up by pieces of string, were frayed and widowed in manner suggestive of the fact that the boy had been dandled upon poverty's knee. Thomas took in all these details as he stopped beside the boy and watched him. The in- durated expression in the little face, the pinched nostrils, the blue circles
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-23
RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS
Of Opinions From Parties Who Have Pre- vlOusIy Testified About the
 ElcgtrbpQiSe
71fso r. -

Rev. W. c. Hearn, D. D., .Tallhdega, Ala. Septembe go, 1894: 'sMy good opin- ion of the Electropoise has not changed or abated. l"
 T. NJ. Bradley, assistant cashier of First National bank of Birmingham, Ala, De- tober 10, 1894: ''I am willing to sign any thing you want about the Electroposo. My letter of three years ago still holds good
 Mrs. E. W. Story, La Place, Ala, De- tober 8, 1891: .'l am willing to do any thing to aid the Electropoise. l am still using it with beneficial results.''
 Mir. P. Sid Jones, with Louisville and Nashville railroad Birmingham, Ala. |, October 8, 1894: "With pleasure 1 renew my testimonial given several years ago.'
 Mir. D.-A. Bryant, HackneyRille, Ala. i, October 8, 1894: ''I still think the Electro. poise is the greatest inventionof the age, and l would not be without it for any price,
 Rev. s. J. Knowles, Headland, Ala. i, October 22, 1894: "I still think the Elec- tropoise is the greatest of all curative agents, and l have not language strong enough to express my confidence in it.''
 MT. z. D. Childress, Ralston, Teun. October 2, 1894: My father has i'm proved great deal since he got the Eectropoise. p
 For full particulars and testimonials of reliable people write to Dubois & Webb, 223 North Fist street, Birmingham, Ala. , for their book, mailed free to any address.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-23

the O'Dowd residence. Tommy went into the room and as Thomas fingered on the-threshold he heard strident voice say 4= tf
 ''So that's you, you little scut! Sure you had the heart O me near bruk was that freckened An, good evenin' to ye. sir" as Thomas stepped inside. ''Come in, sir. It's little we have, but ye're welkim as if twas a palace, sir. Tommy, you amodhoun, you, get the gentleman chair"
 "I hope you will excuse me, Mrs. O'Dcwd," said Thomas, "but I saw your little boy looking in a toy store window and thinking he might be lost I came home with him."
 In such genial converse the time passed away, while Tommy and his mother supped on salt mackerel and two baked potatoes. And when Tommy had been tucked away for the night in his mothers bed under the mantcl, on which stood plaster cast of the Virgin with hands outspread in benediction, Thomas had 0 whispered talk with Mrs. O'Dowd, interrupted at frequent intervals by such fervent eXclamations as: "Oh, dear, may your shadow never grow 1essl" May your wife never at tend your funeral" etc.
 At nine o'clock Thomas was walking up Roosevelt street with eager foot steps, He stopped at grocery store and made purchase, then hurried up into Park row again. The toy store man was putting up his shutters, but Thomas prevailed on him to go inside, and at ten o'clock he was back in Mid dle alley again. Tears of delight filled Mrs. o'Dowd's eyes as she met him at the entrance to the alley and led him up the labyrinthine staircase. There was more mysterious whispering. Then Mrs. O'Dowd flew down the stairs again to get bundle of loindling wood. It was well that Tommy was a sound sleeper, as the feeting forms of shad-
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-23

owy figures and the rustic of papers would have disturbed him.
 It was half-past eleven when Thomas arrived at home and greeted his anx- ious wife. When they retired Thomas said:
 Molly set the alarm for four o'clock tomorrow, and get your wraps ready, for intend to take you along to help play joke on Tommy O'Dowd."
 She piled him with questions, but he gave her evasive replies. At five o'clock Thomas and his wife arrived at Middle alley.
 ,'Is he awake?' he asked, anxiously, of Mrs. O'Dowd, who met them at the door.
 No; the saints pc praised, he's sleep- in like the dead. Come here at the dure and watch"
 The door had been thrown wide open, but Mrs. O'Dowd had hung her Sunday. shawl over the opening. Behind the folds of this garment the three persons watched and waited. The blinds had been carefully closed, so that not a ray of sunlight came into the room. Three kerosene lamps were blazing with light to their utmost capacity 1t was painfully still in tho room, and by listening intently Thomas thought he could hear the gentle breathing of the little boy. As the minutes ticl1ed slow ly away the suspense was almost un- bearable. A movement in the bed caught the ears of the listeners. Then the bedclothes were thrown aside, and the little fellow sat upright, apparent ly paralyzed with amazement. Upon little table between the windows stood a Christmas tree two feet tall stuck into the middle of bundle of wood. The lfght'was reflected from hundred pieces of red paper tied to the scrawny boughs, a dozen red and white pop corn balls hung like apples on thelimbs. Little candles twinlSled through the scant foliage, while barber-pole candy, tin soldier md Q jumping jack were prominently displayed. It was an Aladdin-lilSe scene. And before this radiant vision, like saint before shrine, with hands clasped in adoring admiration, stood little Tommy, while his mother was weeping tears of joy with her face hidden in the shawl. L.Thomas and his wife stole quietly out and left them.
 George, stop" said Mrs. Thomas when they reaclled the corner of Roose- welt and Cherry streets. Uplifting her face, which was convulsively working with tender emotion, she said:
 What did it cost to play that little joke on Tommy2"
 Just seyenty-onec cents, sweetheart" he replied. -..r,.
 They walked on for another block. But Mrs. Thomas was bubbling over with excitement, and she stopped her husband again and exclaimed:
 But you haven't any Christmas present yourself"
 Nonsense, Molly, haven't"
 He was interrupted by two soft arms around his neck and kiss. Then Mol lie began to cry. But George quickly soothcd her, and as they sat in the elevated car flying toward Harlem, he said. $50
 Molly, thought was q very much abused man last night, but I've changed my mind. I think l could walk from tho Bnttery to Harlem on soap bubbles and never burst.a bubble to-day" MICKEY FINN.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-23

under the eyes, and the wolflsh look on the wan features faded away as the child turned to Thomas and said:
 Say, mister, If me up so kin see dc candy cigarettes!"
 Thomas lifted the boy in his strong arms so that his range of vision in- Icluded all the Tantalus delights of the bazar.
 ''I wisht me mudder was goin' t hav' Q Krismus tree, but she says she can't have none dis year cause she ain't got mo dust. She scrubs in de Morse buildin' en gets four dollars week. Say, dat's lot O money, ain't it.? iHully gee! Look at de dinlsy little tin sojer! Ain't he a corlScr! Mister, is your little boy goin' to hav' Krismus tree?"
 ''I'm afraid not, this year, sonny" Thomas replied. My little boy is in Heaven"
 "Where's dat? Across de river?"
 'fYes; it is across the river" replied Thomas, gravely, putting the little fellow down upon the sidewalk. What is your name?" he continued. 1Tom1ny O'Dowd," replied the boy, and I live in Middle alley"
 Well, Tommy" said Thomas, you go with me to the telegraph office and then I'll go home with you.
 And so, hand in hand, the strangely assorted pair went to the telegraph office and Thomas sent this dispatch to his wife in Harlem:
 DEAR MoLLIE: Detained down town by important business. Will be home at eleven o'clock"
 Do you know the way horle?n asked Thomas, as they came out of the tele- graph office on Park row again.
 Yes" said Tommy, scornfully. II knew all de streets. Ye goes down New Chambers street till ye comes to Roosevelt, den ye goes down Roosevelt till ye gets to Cherry en den y are in ' dale alley"
 ley followed this itinerary, Tommy
 fg ahead to point out the way.
 entered Middle alley between
 5rmous brick tenements, through
 lg iron gate, and after wearisone
 wh up crooked stairways arrivcS at
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-23
MUSICAL EDUCATION.

Mk. J. MORTON ROYCE (Master in Music, F. c. G., &c.)
 Will resume his musical classes at Pollock Stephens Institute and at his residence on MONDAY, DECEMBEk 31. Instruction given upon the'most approved European principles In
 PIANoFoRTE, ORGAN AND VIOLIN PLAYING VolcR PRODUCTION, HARMONY AND COMPOSE TON.
 TERMS PER SCHOLASTIC MONTH.
 INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION. Each subject taken . ......... ......... st. % Pupils of Pollock stephens Institute...... 500
 CLASS INSTRUCTION. Light singing taken .......$l. % per member Harmony, beunterpont
 tohpositou -,....-...,..... Z,UU per HlemDer Violin ensemble playing. ------- Early application should be made for tn e new year, only limited number of stu dents can be received. Apply J. Morton Boyce. 5l5 21st street. or Pollock Stephens Institute, city. de23 1w
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-23
JOKE ON TOMMY O'DOWD.
Mickey Finn Tells Of @ Merry
 Christmas in New York City.
How a Printer Carried Good Cheer to n Little Street Waif at Small Expense to Himself - Christmas In
 Middle Alley.
lcoPYRIGHT. 1S94.l

HE shadows of Christina S ve were falling
 over the city as Geeorge Thom- as, a printer,
 stepped do " n on the sidewalk in Park place on his way homeward. His earning capac- ity was eight
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-23

Smith & Montgomery, at their old stand on lst avenue, are selling Xmas goods at rock bottom prices. Go and see them.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-23

When you visit Birnling- ham don't miss tho Smith Shoe Company It is part of the sights.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-06-15
DELICIOUS PUOOiNGS.

CoCoANUT PUDDING.-One and one
half pints of milk. one-half cupful of
milk cracker crumbs. onehalf cupful of
sugar, two eggs. one-half cupful of
cocoanut, butter the size of an egg.
Mix, and bake about one hour.
COTTAGE PUDDING.-One cupful of
milk one egg, one tablespoonful of
baking powder. two tablespoonfuls of
melted butter. one-half cupful of sugar,
one pint of flour. Mix, and bake one
half hour. Serve with liquid sauce.
CRANBERRY PTDDING.-One cupful of
sugar, two cupfuls of -four, two tea
the size of an egg. Break one egg into
cup. beat. fill up with milk. Stir all
together and add one pint of cranber-
ries- Bake
ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING.-One cupful
of molasses. one cupful of sweet milk,
one cupful of chopped raisins, one-half
cupful of butter, three and one-half
cupfuls of flour, one teaSpoonful of
soda, one teaspoonful of spices. Steam
three hours. Serve with liquid sauce.
DELMoNICo PUDDISG.-One quart of
milk, three tablespoonfuls of corn
starch. six tablespoonfuls of sugar, the
yoll1s of five eggs. Mix, and cook five
minutes in the double boiler. Pour
into a pudding dish and bake one-half
hour Beat the whites with six table
spoonfuls of sugar, flavor with lemon
or vanilla, spread over the top and
brown in the oven--Good Housekeep- p
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