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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

What st. Louis Doctor Thinks of Cocaine
as an Anaesthetic.

What st. Louis Doctor Thinks of Cocaine
as an Anesthetic.
DR.. j. M. T. Wells of st. Louis is
in all probability the most uncom-
promising opponent of cocaine as an
an9sthetic in the United States. He
is as bitterly opposed to it as the an,
tivaccinists are to Jenner, and he
loses no opportunity to express his
opinion, whether his hearer be lay
man or a professional brother. Il
would probably be regarded as a
crank on the subject if l gave all my
reasons for the stand l have so long
maintained, said Dr. Wells do
not take my word for it. You have
right here in Brooklyn man as
qualified to speak as 1 am He can
cite instances enough to convince
any intelligent physician that he is
playing with fire when he is han
ding cocaine. I refer to Dr. j. Mat
tison, who is an accepted authority
ON the subject. 1t was DR.. Mattison
who CHALLENGED the statement made
by DR.. William A. Hammond ilfse2S6
that hGNA did not believe any Sg s9pf
cocaine that could be taken Was dtSfl-
gerous. This was said in an address
to the members of the New York
Neurological society and attracted
wide attention and considerable crit
icism. 1t took DR.. Hammond five
years to find that he had made an
error, and he frankly acknowledged
it, and I am glad to say that his
words have done much toward
diminishing the use of this poison,
for it cannot be classed as anything
else. hope to see the day when it
will be eliminated from our pharma-
ooppia and not recognized any more
than dried dragons blood or mouse's
heart. That is a little extravagant
perhaps, but am an enthusiast on
the subject and get a little warmed
up when it is under discussion.
"There is a case on record. 1t is
one of the first of the lethal cocaine
poisoning cases, which was most de-
plorable. A young physician, thor
oughly skillful, not at all presump-
tuous and generally regarded as care
full, depended upon the assertion
that cocaine in large doses was not
fatal He administered it to pa
tient, a young mother. She died
under it's effects. The doctor was so
frenzied at what he falsely believed
to be his own carelessness that he
committed suicide, and his father, a
venerable man, died of a broken
heart There is a case on record in
Wheeling where a strong, healthy
man walked into the Bellevue hos
pital for treatment. He was given
one dram of 4 per cent solution. In
four minutes he was dead. AJessey
City physician gave 20 minims-a
little more than 20 drops of per
cent solution-to a patient who was
about to undergo an operation. I'm
consciousness ensued within three
minutes and death within five.
81 expect to have professional dis
cussions on the subject of cocaine
and the danger of its use even in
careful hands. I expect to receive
cool treatment in some quarters, but
it doesn't matter. 1 believe I am
right, and I believe can convince
others. New York Mail and Elk
press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
BODYBUILDING MATERIAL.
Common Sandstone. Furnace Slas
and the Various Kinds of Gravel.

Common Sandstone. Furnace Stag
and the Various Kinds of Gravel.
Furnace Stag has been used on
common roads in Trumbull county,
o., as long ago as 1854. This ma
terlal may be used to some advantage
if the supply is not remote, but it
lacks in wearing quality, though do
ing fairly well while it lasts. Prob
ably any furnace man can explain
the great difference in this cinder
product, some being hard and dur
able, while much that is produced
in recent years crumble merely from
weather action, so pulverizing as to
form a soil that invites the humber
forms of vegetation. 1t is only a
stone that does not readily yield to
wheel grinding or frost action that
is at all worthy to enter into road
construction. The tonnage to be
handled is too immense to make
short lived material pract cable.
Common sandstone has no quail
tiles that render it fit for highway
purposes. Common river or drift
gravel is good when hauling is not
too far, and sand on clay roads cuts
the adhesiveness of the strickly
material and prevents the forming
Of ruts. Roads on gravel are never
in a channeled condition, but wheel
ing is nevertheless heavy in dry
sand. A sand road is the best when
wet.
In the vicinity of Fort Wayne
considerable has been done in max
ing roads with the gravel from the
beds of the st. Mary and st. Joseph
river, but the annual wear is about
20 per cent. of the material, so that
a road is practically rebuilt about
every five years. The wheels soon
grind up a dust on the surface which
both wind and heavy rains carry
away. This action is repeated many
times through the summer season,
when the loss is much greater than
during the winter. 1t is a fact,
however, that the gravels of those
rivers are of poor quality, as the
soil formations there are not of a
character for good road material
from its pebbles.
1t is not necessary to mention
wood as road material, as neither
plank roads not the nicholson or
any other wooden road is a real sue
cess as q road. These counties in
western Ohio where limestone roads
are common, and they are fine roads,
but they occur in very extensive
limestone formations, much of the
stone forming road surface in state
of nature. Exchange.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
- y SS S%ISuh
FOR THE
WHEELING INTELLlG
West Virgidia's Brightest and Best
Newspaper.

The splendid popular triumph foi the:cause
of protection opens up IA new chapter, and one
of the most interesting il the history of the
country. 1t has carried West Virginia into
the column of protection and produced a rev.
olution in the politics of the State. There
will be new and important developments by
reason of the great victory of lS9l-develop-
ments that will have a decided influence ON
the presidential campaign of lS96-and the
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER will follow them
closely in all their details n West Virginia
the Wheeling Intellgencer is the recognized
leader of the cause of protection and State de-
velopment.
All the foreign and home news of the year
will be faithfully chronicled in the Intelli-
gencer's Geographic columns.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
ERED A. THAYER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OAKLAND. MD,

1 have resumed the practice oflaw; office in
the Felty Building opposite the postofice,
where will be pleased to see all my former
clients and others who choose to entrusttheir
legal business to my care.
VIII be assisted in all important cases by
bar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14
A Democratic Opinion.

n. Y. sun, Dem.
The ffty-third congress, inspired
and abetted by the Democratic
executive, has preserved Mckinley
ism, adopted Populism and brought
wide spread disaster upon the
nation.
Exit the congress Of dishonor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-03-14

IF YOUR BACK ACHES,
Or YOU are all worn out, really good for MOTH
ing. Il Is general debility. Try
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS.
u viii cure you, cleanse your liver, and give
good appetite.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22
it Cured Them.

This is the story of the way in
which a Boston man cured his
children Of a senseless habit of
speech:
One evening this gentleman
came home with a budget of news.
An acquaintance had failed in bu-
sinrss. He spoke of the incident
as "lcIiciousiy sad lie had rid
den up town with a noted wit,
whom he described as "horribly
entertaining" and 10 cap the eli
max. he spoke Of the butter which
had been SCI before him in coun-
try hotel as "divinely rancid"
TIC young people started, aud
The oldest daughter said: "Why
papa. | should think you were out
of your heat"
"No; in The least, my DEAR" he
said, rInasanIiy. "l'm merely try
ing 10 follow tn" fashion. have
worked out 'divinely rancid with
a good deal of labor. 1t seems to
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22
"NeW Zealand Under Female
Franchise"

Under the above heading an ar
ticle appeared in the February
number of the Nineteenth Century
from the pen of R. H. Bakewell.
In her address in our Opera House
on Monday night of this week on
Woman Suffrage Miss Clay called
attention to New Zealand as hav-
ing Womaus Suffrage and, in
ferentially, to the good it was ac-
complishing there. We have not
the space to publish the whole of
Mr.. Bakewell's article, but we may
give his conclusions. After a de-
scription of the scenes at the polls
in which large numbers of women
participated, he sums up as fol-
lows:
'It seems to be the general opin-
ion that, whatever may be the
changes made in the personnel of
the Ministry, the colony is now
committed for three years 10 a
course of extreme Radical legisla-
ton. The Opposition is power
tess. All the most powerful men,
bers have either been defeated, or,
like Sir John Hall, have given up
politics. We must trust to beer
and the banks to save us from ab-
solute ruin. The men elected are
nearly all. with only one or two
exceptions, of the most uneduca-
ted class l.. the community, either
the lowest bourgeois or mere car
pet -baggers. They have displaced
men of education and experience.
Such are the results of the Female
Franchise! 1t is to be hoped that
it will he a warning to English
Conservatives. We shall proba-
bly, for some years to come be a
dreadful object-lesson to the rest
of the British Empire. * y
+ The one little rift within the
Lutte is the election of so many
members pledged to the repeal or
alteration of the Government
Licensing Act.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

The silk worm has formida-
midable rival in the parsonage of
DR.. Lehner, of Zurich, who has
patented a process and formed a
company for the manufacture Of
this commodity, artificicial silk.
BY a simple chemical and me-
chanical process the inventor has
succeeded in converting wood
pulp, cotton or jute waste, when
mixed in the form of a liquid pro-
duct, into an uLbroken thread of
even diameter and any length.
The thread, as thus spun by the
mechanical silk worm, can says
the Scientific American, be twist
ed into any desired diameter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22
Why Horses Eat Dirt.

A striking instance of animal
instinct, or "horso sensr," is re-
vealed by the actions of all old
horse owned by Henry Root. a
prosperous farmer of Wissabickon.
Mr.. Roots horse has been trou-
bled for months with rheumatism
of the entire bo.'v, and all the
treatment of learned veterinarians
failed to relieve the suffering ami
NAL. One day, upon being turned
into the meadow. the horse paved
up the loose earth with its hoof
and stopped down to lick up the
dirt. Almost Immediately the
beneficial effects were noticeable,
and ever since the rheuatic horse
has taken his daily dose Of mud to
The extent of nearly a half peck
per day. He is almost entirely cur
ed.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22
Silver Stars VS.. Gold Bugs.

Ex-senator John J. ingalls,, OF
Kansas, IA Statesman out Of 3
Job" as he styles himself, has kopl
his eyes open and OH the look ever
since the political cyclone blew
him out Of the United States Sen
ate. He is evidently expecting
another storm. He said 10 an H.
linois reporter the other day.
81 have just returned from an
extended trip over the country,
and after broad survey of tile
situation, am inclined to believe
that if the question were submit
ted to a popular vote there would
he a majority for bimetal]ism in
every State int]e Union: In 9TH
er words, it has been my observa-
tion that the people are in favor OF
the use of silver as one of the
money metals of our. system.
am inclined to be apprehensive
that if the Republican and Dem.
ocratic parties continue to juggle
with the question, advocates of
free silver may sweep the coun-
try at the next national elec-
tiOn.
81 perceive that the contest in
your State is of national impor-
tance. j deprecate the unyielding
and uncompromising attitude OF
the Eastern people, who are de-
manding an adherence to the gold
standard and are heaping abuse
on those who favor bimetallism. [
believe that a man can be a BIZ
metallis: and q patriot, as we'll as
a man who holds to the gold stan
dard. I am afraid that the un-
bending attitude of the East may
eventually lead to sectional sep
aration. I believe it. to be the his
tory Of parties that not the full
measure of what they wanted was
attained, and that the safety and
prosperity of the country lies be-
tween the extremes of silver mon
ometallism and the ultra gold
standard. I feel that it is time
for the Republican party to take
a wise, patriotic and comprehen-
sive view of the situation"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

The best advice we can offer in
the present state of affairs in this
State is simply to stand By tie
Democratic party. The blame, if
any there be, for being in the low
grounds of political tribulation:
does not belong entirely to either
side. Both have sinned against
good citizenship and both should
be forgiven. Letus get together
Goff's injunction may be bless.
ing after al if it should bring
about this result, In any event
we see no great bugaboo in Goff's
decisions. We carried the cleo
tion in 1876 in 1880 in 1882 with
out registration law and as
matter of course We will carry il
again. The number Of white men
in South Carolina who will appeal
to The negro against their own race
and blood is infinitesimally small
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

The coffee crop of South and
Central America this year will be
about 10 per cent. short of the
crop last year, according to stats
tics received here. The Brazilian
crop last season was 100000
bags and the new crop is estima-
ted at considerably less. The
Mexican and Central American
crops are increasing yearly. The
worlds consumption of coffee last
year was II, 1867, ,250 bags, of which
the United States was first as q
consumer and Brazil first as a
producer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

The Baptists of Baltimore are
busily preparing for the great Con
vention of the B. Y. P. U. A. which
meets in that city July 18Th. The
"Evangel says: The Entertain
ment Committee has done lis work
faithfully and has secured accom-
modations for all the thousands
that will come. 1t is estimated
that there will be at least $1,000
delegates, as the Committee has
already received advices from
10000 people. 1t may, in fact,
run up to 10000 or $4,000, there is
no telling. If the Baptist hosts
make up their minds on the mat
ter the figures will be nearer 25,-
900 than anything else. The
great tent holding 10000 people
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

has already been secured, and the
locality will probably be in the
vicinity of Druid Hill Park,
though the papers have not as YET
been signed. No better locality
could be selected. as it is couve,
nient to all the lines of cars oper,
ating in our city,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

The only genuine goldbug we
have vet heard of in Georgia is
the old fellow at GAINESVILLE who
has 5000 in gold buried where
no one but himself knows, and he
vii! not give away the secret. He
is Il real goIdLug. If there is an
oth"r one in Georgia b" keeps the
fact carefully concealed. TIL" sill
ytrbug organs, however, fear that
Georgia is full of goldbugs,-Co-
!unhus Enquircr-Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22
|THESOUTH AND NORTH AMERICAN
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO LLOYDs
H. A. SMITH, General Co. Agt. for Edge
lid

THE II0YIs ysi"m established 1858 ov"r two centuries
bv Edward Lloyd made hrrongh 1nh perfect
through regular business rogession LLOYDS COMPANY HAS
NEVER FAILED MANY PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN ARE
business ppi" they mnnd to accept the say
the ovds coupled with 'qnal NJ" greater relab-
Offered by oh" insurance in existence Inc Lioyds
Of fifteen er the old line rlces AND IN
having been made they greater relief
this polio. holders in Edg"fed name few:
Jones Son f. j. Norris Alvin Hart ". b Penn Mrs a. b. Lewis
Mrs S A. Dozier. Jmt. Bennett r. p Holloway r. j. FOX lhe
prominent Northern corporal ions and concerns well Known III
Iovis Yuri Austin Nichols u Co, Simpson,
Crawford Simpson, Postal ta'l Telegraph Co.. OF NV YORK
Jor,aI Edison Electric Light Co. of Boston, SpreckIes
Sugar !teGning Co., Lipco Co. OF Philadelphia, p iol RI
lard Co., of jersey City, Armstrong; Gator Co., E'unrIl q 20
Henry Daniel Miller d Co. ot Baltimore IN SOUTH
CAROLINA he larg III It, Applications for lhsu-
received at The ADVERTISER Office
NaN /. 1893
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

That lovely furniture Mrs. -
showed us yesterday came from Ram
sey & Bland's.
If you have put off buying those
curtains, there is still Il chance TO do
50 ut Ramsey &c BANDS.
Tell it in Gath, if you want to, for il
is true that Ramsey u Bland sell
goods dirt cheap.
lfyou trust luck you may loose, but
if you trust 10 Ramsey & Bland's taste
and rXperirn"c %on Will always have
cause 90 he pleased.
II is not ia. + as hard To care for your
bumSy ~ it is to get Gne; but YOU can
save dollars BY buying in the first
place of Ramsey & Isl nd and then br
observing their advice regarding the
proper care Of it.
illinois proposes to tax bachelors,
for their failure to propose TO lovely
women. That serves them right. All
men should marry, and the married
men Of our town should trade with
Ramsey Il Bland.
II you were Victoria you could, of
course. have silver mounted buggy,
upholstered with gold cloth and set
with diamonds, but you would no
more think of using it than IF going
to bed with the crown jew"is for =
night cap. The truth is mUEey can't
buy better buggy than tar $4,000
buggy. There is years of god wear
in en- and they are built right. The
material is tirst-class the springs. soft
and yealding, the triming j. ,beauti-
full.
Ramsey 6 Bland.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

twill not be long before the
pictures of Messrs. Goff, Pope.
Caldwell and Douglass will adorn
the walls of every negro's house
in South Carolina. We also look
for the erection of a monument to
The memory of Sampson Pope by
his colored admirers. Having fail
ed to attain all the glory he desir-
ed through white channels he
like a madman, now seeks it
through others.-Barrwell Senti.
mel.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

G. w. Crocker in the North
American Review makes some
surprising statements about fire
insurance. This class of insurance
costs in the United States more
than twelve times what it does in
France, about seven times what il
costs in Germany, and sour times
what it costs in England. The
relative cost of 800 worth of IN
surance in various countries fol-
lows, and will prove suggestive :
France, s cents; Germany, ID
cents; England, 25 cents; Aus
tralia, 36 cents; Austr. IS cents
Russia 81 cents; United States,
1G0.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

me rather more effective than saw
fully sweet [ mean to keep up
with the rest Of you hereafter.
And now," he continued, "let me
help rou to a piece Of this cquis-
itlvnly toagh beef
Adrerns, he says, are not 50
fashionable as they were in bis
family.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

Columbia secures the Epworth
Orphanage. Bids were sent IN t.
the committee on location from
spartanburg, Union, Rock Hill.
Manning, Chester, and Charleston
The money value of the offer made
bv Columbia was between twelve
and fifteen thousand dollaes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

Register.
The Democratic Executive Com.
mittee met in the Secretary. Of
States office at 9 o'clock, full
membership being present. This
being one of the most important
meetings in its history great in.
terest was taken in it's delibera.
tions.
AS matters of so much moment
were involved, it was thought best
to discuss the political situation
with closed doors.
Before this was done, Senator
Irby stated that at Mrs. Neblett's
request he had promised to give
her hearing before the full COM
mittee. He appointed Messrs
Donaldson, Watson and McSwee-
nv to inform Mrs. Neblett and the
friends with her that they would
be cordially received by the CON-
mittee. Mrs. Neblett, Mrs. Bad
ham and Misses Rion and Feaster
entered the room, while the COM
mittee rose.
Senator Irby introduced Mrs.
Neblett, who spoke in substance
as follows:
"NIr. Chairman and gentlemen
of the Committee, 1 am pleased
to appear before you. Never be-
fore in the history of the State
have women appeared before the
Democratic Executive Committee,
and I hope it is the herald of a
glorious day for South Carolina
when women take part in the Sc
rious business of State. The wo-
men now offer themselves to you
to do as best you may for us and
yourselves. Women have the well
fare of tha State at heart as much
as men. They have as much at
stake. They have at stake their
property, their children and the
honor of the State. The women
are anxious and willing to help IN
this time of dire distress"
Senator Irby stated that 1t was
not necessary to state the reasons
why he saw fit to call the commit
tee together. The session would
probably last long into the night.
The Democracy was now confront
ed by the gravest crisis of it's ex-
istence in South Carolina. The
strength of our position, as well as
its weaknesses, should not be dis
cussed in public. He suggested
that some committeeman make a
motion that the committee meet
with closed doors.
Mr.. ". D. Evans moved that
the sessions be held in secret,
which was carried.
Senator Irby stated that on ac-
count of the law points involved
he had taken the liberty to gel
Colonel Robt. Aldrich and the At
torney General to consult with
him, and he suggested that they
be invited to sit with the COM
mittee, which suggestion was
adopted.
He further suggested that if any
County Chairn1en were present
that they also be invited to be
present.
Solicitor Henry of Chester was
the only one in the room, and he
was asked to remain.
Mr.. ". D. Evans moved that
Senator Tillman and Governor
Evans be invited TO attend the ses-
sion of the committee.
Messrs. Lyles, w. D. Evans and
Sturgia were appointed to inform
them of the action taken. They
replied that they were engaged
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

We publish in another column
the proceedings of the State Dem
ocratic executive committee which
metin Columbia last week. A gener-
al primary was determined on fol
the election Of delegates to the
constitutional convention, a deter
mination that ought to please ev-
ervbody conservatives and Re
formers alike.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

Attorney General Barber has
gone to Washington to institute
habeas corpus for the release of
Beach, the Charleston constable
who was fined $500 by Judge
simonton for contempt in seizing
liquors. This will no doubt bring
up the whole matter of the consti-
tutionality of the Dispensary law
before the highest tribunal in the
land.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

The railroad commissioners OF
this State are now IN the city OF
Washington where they will meet
the commissioners of all the other
states jointly with the interstate
commerce committee.
[By-the-way, will some friend OF
these commissioners tell us il
what way they are helping to earn
their salt or anybody's else.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-22

We Reformers are trying to fire
the Tillman heart by cussln' out
old Goff and the ants are trying
to work themselves up to the high
frenzy notch by hurrahing for
Hampton. What fools we mortals
Iot