The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-18
Queer Jobs That Chemists
Have to Perform.
Old Men Suspect Young
Wives of Poisoning Them.
How One New Yorker Makes For
tune-Queer Names In Jersey.

Chemists sometimes have queer expert
ences. as is shown by the following story
tod by professor In a Western univer-
sity: "For about ton years, be says, II
have made a speciality Of examining and
reporting on cases of real or suspected
poisoning As number of my cases
have been connected with murder trials
have had considerable notice in the daily
papers. This reputation for making
aualy ses for poisoning has brought me
queer class of patrons. Every year have
one or more old men come Go mo with
samples Of food to be examined for poison.
These men, without exception, have mar.
fied Young wives, and when the husband
is taken sick and does not recover as
quirkly as he thinks he should he begins
TO suspect that his young wife wants TO
get rid Of him, and is poisoning him grad
ually through the medium of his food.
sOf course he does not want his wife to
know Of his suspicious. so he quietly gets
n sample of the food he suspects and at
some unusual hour for work, generally
either early in the morning or very late
in the evening. he comes 20 me and tells
me very secretly that he wishes TO have an
examination for poison made. Now, tho
odd part Is that, though i have made
number of such analyses, have mover
found poison present IN any case Then
the husband is very much afraid that his
wife will find out he suspected her and
he gets out Of my laboratory In the quick
est and quietest manner possible. 30
every year l expect to see some elderly
man coming apprehensively up my Office
stairs with well-concealed sample of
food about him TO bo examined for
poison. Every year he comes every year
] make my analysis and find no poison,
and every year tho old gentleman gets in
formation that he considers cheap at the
price"
"a New Yorker who started his business
career about three decades ago as pur-
veyor of coffee and crullers in an all
night tooth at old Fulton Market Is
making barrel of money, his friends
say, as u promoter OF restaurants. This
eating house speculator. after selecting a
location, fopens spic-and-span new res
taurant, with cheap prices, excellent SER
vice. first-class cooking, and top-notch
meats and bread. vegetables and pastry,
coffee and biscuits. He soon builds up n
fine trade; his patrons praise the place
for one or more Of Its specialties, and then
the promoter sells out at handsome
profit
Soon afterward the chef the pastry
cook, the man who bakes the deliciously
raised biscuits, and the keen-eyed. alert
head waiter find one excuse or another
for taking leave. They are not tired of
working nor dissatisfied with the wages
received. They have received notice from
the promoter that he Is ready to open
another restaurant and that their exper.
icnce and services are necessary to him in
giving the new place the reputation that
will draw full tables and enable the pro.
noter to land another purchaser. This
speculator does not confine his efforts to
New York. Boston. Philadelphia Chic
ago and even Denver and San Francisco
have seen the same crowd and the pat-
rons are wondering why the coffee, fish
cakes hashed brown potatoes and goose
berry tarts aren't so nice as when this
place was opened.
II there is another state that can boast
Of the oddly named localities that New
Jersey has 10 would be well worth hearing
from This does not refer particularly to
villages, for they. as u ger eral rule. are
enough in name but there
arc localities which, although in some in
stances supporting only couple or three
hnu ses, really 90 by some name, odd and
sntiquated though IL may bo In the list
the afiix town" seems TO predominant.
Qua ortown, Dogtowp, Feebletowp,
Antonetown, Southtown. Wiretown. Ken
nedy town, Cobtown. Shutdown. Jugtown.
and Stumptown. Woftown is near 81 o
village of Delaware: Quakertown is In
county; Dogtown Is located In
\ swamp south of Asbury; Fuehletown 8
4 settlement along the Morris Canal at tl @
northeast corner OF Washington; Antoine
town 10 the old and prevailing name for
Anthory; Wiretown Ia near Allamucbv;
is above Tranquility; bnl
Stuulptown Is near Harmony; .Tugtown is
he much used name for Valley. which
village has been called within the last few
II
the old residents still cling TO |
the familiar old namu of JuQtown. Some
VI the very oldest names with which we |
lro familiar are Guinea Hollow, Hard |
rrabble, Buttepnilk Bridge. Quaker Set |
lcEent, Cat swamp. and Sin Corner, a |
Dsd place In the vicinity of Danville
These are In Warren county.
Woven paper rs an article that has bean |
invented by Mr. w. A. Maurain of this |
,ity. and it is designed as an improved |
Sird of lining for carpets. A novel do /
'cripticn OF loom Is employed In its pro- |
iuction and into this lcom strips of paper |
} ward long arc fed automatically through |
} tubular guide. which folds them length |
wise; these strips form "a firm vet elastic /
veft quarter Of an inch thick and Sc /
lrrcly bound by warp threads. From |
he loom the woven roll is taken TO ma |
hire which gums and stitches on the pa /
feT eclNaSe anu felnIOfclng SIR llS OF InNar. |
IN another grade the lining os ~ comes |
rom tho loom. is inclosed In parcr. /
which. when worn away by use, leaves |
he interior intact Tho filing docs not |
ldhere TO the carpet. Its thickness gives
In elastic feeling 10 the carpet, ard the |
DOM insures uniform product
There have teen terrible floods In New /
x slaDd and scorching drought In Aus. |
iraiis. In New Zealand the Aburiri /
,lains have been submerged. and many /
thousands o. sheep and valuable stock |
1ave perish cd. The loss is estimated mt |
'omewbere near hall million dollars |
But in the Wilcnnnis district In Australia /
both people and sheep are dying for want |
q water The sheep are dying at the rate /
d thousand day. Within n rndius ~ \
: hundred miles the country has the or. 4
pearrrcs of n desert AID right through /
"a Wentworth. q distance of 2sO miles.
iown to :he river Darling there Ia not a /
vostige Of grass 10 be seen.
Mr.. III. de What has recently returned |
rom n visit 20 the Tchuktis with whom \
,e resided for some time mt Oumwaidiik /
dc says they are physically finer men 1
han the Alaskan races, but they nre
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