davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05

and the like; and yet to most of us the idea conveyed by this word is still hazy and too little exact for useful applca- tion. There seems to be mysterious agency in the modern canned goods or in the cooks choicest dish at which we stand aghast; and it is highly probable that many a supposed poisoner suffered the penalty while really innocent of crime, the death of the victim being due to the production of alkaloid in the liv- ing body.
 Certain food stuffs seem more liable to these changes than others From 1793 Ito 1917, there were on record two hundred and thirty-four cases of pois- oning by sausage. In Wurtemburg, Germany, up to 1853 there were four hundred cases with one hundred and fifty deaths, or a mortality of forty per cent. They seem to occur most fre- quently in April when the meat killed in December and January begins to spoil under the effect of warm weather. Corned beef, roast goose, etc, have also been known to cause illness. Tn our time fish products seem to be a more prolific cause.
 The f1rSt valuable investigations or these substances were made in 1920 by Justinus Kerner, who studied the poi son obtained from spoiled sausages, and compared it's action to that of bella donna. Panum in 1856, showed that this poison was not of a bacterial r1a- ture, and compared to it snake poison, strychnia, etc. But 1t was not until February 9, 1873, that Francesca Selvi gave a world-renowned paper at the Academy of Bologna, in which he showed that in each animal body soon after death are formed poisonous sub- stances to which he gave the name of ptomaine, the Greek name for dead body. In 1S85-S6 Brieger succeeded in isolating some dozen substances from dead flesh.
 Ptomaines are supposed to be the re- suit of anaerobic microbial action on al- Luminous substances, that is decompo- sition, without access of air, by living germs. Many of these substances are extremely poisonous, although not all of them are deadly. Since it Is the al- Luminous substances which are decom- posed, the term leucomaine, Greek for white of egg, has been given to the re- suits of the animal life of the tissues as a rule oxidized substances which are rarely poisonous, but nuder certain con- ditions may become so, though not off, ten deadly.-Kitchen Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05
FLORETTE.
COOL.

Goodness! l don't see how Mrs Pennypurse can stick on so many dia- monds." Easily enough. They are paste. '-Brooklyn Life.
 Bacon-"Are the flies so bad up your way? Egbert-I think not. A great many of them seem to go to church Sundays. onkers Statesman.
 Come" said he after lover's quar- rel, you and I oughtn't to let our tenn pers get the best of us now. Walt un- til after we are married. New York World.
 Mrs. Youngling-John, do you suppose you can hear the baby from where you are if he wakes up and cries? John (who is reading the newspaper)-I dun- no. l hope not.-Tit-Bits.
 Dorothy (who is accustomed to have her eggs prepared before they come to the table)-Mamma, can't I have my eggs cooked with the covers on some time, same's you do?-Judge.
 ''We have here,' said the subordi- nate, "a terrible situation" "Yes," said the Spanish general; land when they learn the facts in Spain we may llOt nave any oitudIlUIl at dll T uCh
 What is the difference between your teasY' Clerk-"In those of the first quality some bad tea is mixed with the good and in those of the second quality some good is mixed with the bad."- Fliegende Blatter.
 Eager inquirer-Are there any good mining locations still open up there? Returned Klondiker-I should say so. You can go there and take your pick. Eager inquirer-Great Scott! If I can go and take my choice Returned Klondiker-I didn't say that. I said you could take your pick. But you'll have to use it in somebody else's dig gings. Eager nquirer-Oh!-Chic Tribune.
 Hicks-Wheeler and Brassey met for the first time yesterday and they got on together famously. They kept up their talk until late in the evening.
 Wicks-What were they talking about?
 Hicks-Bicycles and golf.
 Wicks-But Wheeler doesn't know the first thing about golf.
 Hicks-Neither does Brassey know anything about bicycling. Each kept it up on his fayorite topic without listen ing to the other.-Boston Transcript.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05

ruching. The bodice had vest and sides of violet taffeta and dark gray silk jacket cut into scallops and edged with a violet chiffon ruffle. White lace gave the jabot and the 5arniture of the stock collar,an applied cream lace ap- peared on skirt and jacket front as in- dicated. The bodice hooked in the cen- ter and was made without a belt.
 Covert cloth is putty color, tan and gray is much used for summer travel ing dresses. In our baby days this ma- terial appeared only in an ugly gray, was called "wincy" and had the horrid quality of never wearing out. School and play dresses were made of it and children hated them because they were so ugly and wouldn't tear or soil-be- cause they were always the same and horrid. The colors are much improved in these days and the material IS in- deed boon to grown folk for many uses. It is serviceable not only for wheel and outing gowns where the summery look is not advisable, and yet light weight is desirable, but for trav- cling dresses. The stuff does not crush, and travelling gown of gray cotton covert, made in any of the pre- vailing tailor fashions and trimmed with black braid edged with narrower bright scarlet braid. makes most suitable car rig. With fresh white col lar, cuffs and dicky substituted for city wear, it will serve for the day In town that all of us are likely to have to face during the summer when we must go shopping, or when the winter house must be seen to.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05
FASHION NOTES.
Reasonable Long LAfe.

For months it has been apparent from survey of shop windows or of well dressed women that gray was a stylish color, and the truthful fashions chronicler must still assert Its stylish ness. The reason for it's continuance is that it lends itself so nicely to such artistic color combinations. Pictured here is one of these, beautiful enough in itself to explain why grays hold fa- vor so tenaciously. Its skirt was slate gray taffeta, the flounce of silver gray taffeta edged with a narrow dark gray
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05

into the church and carrying out the casket placed 1t in the hearse and en- tered carriage. The spectators were mystlfied at their strange behavior, un- til man who said he was a friend of the undertaken volunteered the infor- nation that one of the provisions in the Philadelphia undertakers' funeral con- tracts nowadays is an allowance of $1O for pallbearers The undertaken sup plies four men, paying them each S1,5O for their services and pockets the other & The men are perfectly satis- fled, as most of them average 80 or $1O week and they enjoy life.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05

family prayers and made prayer that had so much power" in 1t that 1t deep ly impressed the hardened jockey. Then the elder smoothly and piously proceeded to take the jockey In to the tune of one hundred dollars more than the horse was worth. For q long time the jockey was wont to tell how that prayer cost him one hundred dollars.
 We don't know how pious Brother Jernegan was in his operations, but he was certainly slick enough, It is not, however at all fair to charge preachers who don't know anything about busi- ness with any responsibility for his skill and success.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Gent Word each h. sertion. Five Gents a Word for full week (seven timesl.
 Display advertisements, per inch, one in, sertion. $l.20; each subsequent insertion 4o cents; one week, $3.20; one month, $lo ; one year. $40. -
 Obituary Notices, In prose or verse; ID cents per line. Notices of Births, Mar riages,. Deaths and Funerals, 50 cents each' Local Notices, 15,cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (all matter to be unobjectionable) and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05

The Texas State Horticultural society names 119 varieties of plums grown in the Lone Star State.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05
PTOM ATNES.

The word ptomaine has become fla miliar through frequent headlines in the newspapers-death due to pto- maines-poisoned by canned salmon,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05
THE PUBLIC

ARE CAUTIONED against spurious waters served out of rehlled APOLLINARIS bottles or out of bottles with labels and cork brands resembling those used for APOLLINARIS.
 The imprisonment of Philadelphia offender who heavily fined, and the indictment of one in Chicago, is assurance that all complaints made us of such illegal practices will receive vigorous attention United Agency Company, 5o3 Fifth Ave-, New York,
 Sole Agents of
 THE APOLLZWARkS CO., LTD, LONDON.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05

In recently discovered Roman tomb the skeleton of woman was found which had complete set of false teeth, beautifully wrought in pure gold.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05

An argillaceous earth named "tfol," which contains free gelatinous silica, is largely used in northern Africa by the Arabs as substitute for soap in wash ing linen. Lahache finds that it has great capabilities of absorbing oil, one part of this substance completely ab- sorbing five parts of heavy tar oil. When the compound is mixed with water 8 perfect emulsion is formed, which does not adhere to the sides of the vessel. It is proposed to employ this earth for the purpose of emulsify- ing heavy tar oil for disinfecting pur- poses. For this purpose the tfol is first mixed with an equal weight of water, and then intimately incorporated with sufficient heavy tar oil to make paste.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05

The Greenville (South Carolina) News wants to know what morsels the prohi- bitionists, the vegetarians and the anti tobacco people will draw from the life and habits of Bismarck. "He seems" the article asserts, Ito have eaten great quantities of pork, to have drunk beer freely and to have smoked diligently, and he lived to be eightythree years old, did an enormous quantity of work and held his faculties to the last. Ac- cording to the text books of the estima- ble classes of people spoken of above he ought to have filled a drunkard's grave half century ago, and to have been an imbecile at forty. But we sup pose they will work him around some how to make horrible example of him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05

Engineers say that the Brooklyn bridge can sustain far greater weight than 1t had the other day when block at the busiest hour strung electric cars together from one end of the structure to the other and as result of the strain the bridge swayed perceptibly and buckled a girder. Probably en- gineers know, but 1t would be terrible Nthing if there should happen to be a little mistake in their figuring or the basis for 1t.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05

A group of men not long ago stood opposite a Philadelphia church. in which funeral was taking place. As the casket was being carried up the broad steps it was remarked by one of the group that the pallbearers were an unusually strong and well built lot of men. After the friends of the de- ceased had entered the church to take part in the services, considerable sur prise was occasipned by the reappear- ance of the pallbearers, who assem- bled on the pavement and after light ing cigars entered into lively conver- sation which gave rise to numerous bursts of laughter, which was decided 1y unt:mely considering the solemn duty they were performing. At the conclusion of the services they hurried
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05

Su1z, Swiss town in the canton of Aargau, Is suffering from peculiar it's schoo1teacher, after fifty years ser vice, without giving him a pension, and advertised for a new teacher There Aargau Teachers League having put the town on it's black list and declared that it would not remove the ban till the discharged teacher received a pen sion The town decided to sue the teachers, but no lawyer in the canton could be found to take up the case. Other professional men have also decid- ed to have nothing to do with Sulz.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05

Miss Alice Serber, the first Russian
 girl to be admitted to the practice of law in this country, was sworn in re- gently before Justice Van Brunt in the Appellate division of the New York Su- preme court Miss Serber, who has thorough English education, came to this country six years ago with her family. Her original intention was to study medicine, but she took up law in- stead, and entered the University of the City of New York. She was graduated from there two years ago, and has since studied with Miss Loew and David Sol- omon. Miss Serber is expecting to open an office down-to town, but intends mean while to study medicine and make a speciality of medico-legal jurisprudence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-19

But this Porter was not the first Of that name in
the service. He had father. David Porter. and
an uncle Samuel Porter. who imprisoned
In the Jersey in the time of the Revolution. and
the latter died from i'll treatment at the hands
OF the British. David escaped by cOnceainG
himself in cask which was taken ashore to
be filled with water. 1t the Of this
David who made his mark on the frigate Essex
His son. the third David Porter in the Navy
was the one who cruised all about the South
in his efforts 20 get shot at the enemy. Ills
brother Captain William ID. Porter con-
nected with some gallant affairs in the civil
War. besides which there were Benjamin J.
Porter II. Porter. John l.. Porter and Samuel
Porter. At the present time there are Leutcn-
ant Theodore Porter Assistant Engineer John
S. Porter and carlilc T. Porter. a captain liz
the Marine Corps.
The name Truxtun has always been asso-
ciated with two Of the most brilliant actions in
which the Navy has taken part. Truxtun was
twice victorious over the French in single ship
action. and never defeated any occasion.
though 1t must be- confessed that such a record
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-19

in the War OF 1872 for In his first independent
command. the new Frolic. he was overtaken oy
a British squadron and captured. IL Is lucky
that old Sir Alexander did not know or II al the
time. or he might have reminded Joseph OF the
loss OF his secretary. The name Is now repre-
scented In the Navy by Captain william BAN
bridge Hon.
Perhaps the most remarkable family OF naVa
officers Is that OF Selfridgc. There are to-day
four generations Of Sefridges In Uncle sam
NAVY The first Is earAdmiral Thomas o.
Selfridgc who was appointed in 1918 Then
there is Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfrdge. Jr,
appointed in 1851. Following him are lieuten-
ant Commander James X. Sefrdge and Naval
Cadet Sefrdge.
Equally interesting is the Stevens family the
first OF that name being Thomas Holdup Ste
yens one OF the heroes OF the battle OF Lake
Erie his SON Thomas Iioldup Stevens. the late
rear admiral. having taken creditable part in
the battle Of Mobile Bay. The rear admirals
son also named Thomas HOldup Stevens. Is
now a lieutenant commander in the Navy
More than half OF Americas early naval he
roes are represented In the Navy to-day so that
with such a proportion OF the old stock In the
new blood America need feel no surprise at such
deeds as that performed by Dewey at Manila.
and can confidently look forward to even great
er victories.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-19

ia quite the thing for our naval officers Ihen
there was a Lieutenant Commander william T.
Truxtun who did excellent service in AlbemarN
Sound and on the Atlantic Coast In the CiVi
War. and to-day there is In the service Lieu
tenant William Truxtun.
PrcbIe is one Of the oldest names In American
naval history. for II was Edward frebie VINO
was in the Massachusetts, state cruiser FRO
tector. which in 1850 had a desperate action with
the British privatecr Admiral Dun 1t was In the
Tripolitan War however. that Preble ADDED
lustre to American naval prOwcss The name
was continued il the Navy by George henry
Profile who saw service in the Civil War ana
,ferward became a rcar-admiral. He wrote
history of the American Flag. which every
American ought to read The only Preble in the
NAVY to-day is Frank H. Preble. acting car
penter.
1oUN PAUL AND OTHER JONESES
It is too bad that there is no representative OF
John Paul Jones in our Navy There was a J. T.
Jones in the Confederate Navy in the civil war
but he was careful TO spell MS name J. re"-
broke Jones" There have been plenty OF Joheses
in the Navy however. suhi'icht 10 supply ali
daGcicnces and nearly all OF Them were great
ocbters too Jacob Jones captured the frohc IN
one NJ the most brilliant actions IN naval history
and Thomas ap Catesby Jones was al one 'n'e
in Irncle Sans service. but after"aru III '"e 'o"-
fedcrate Navy The way he hahdIcd 'he mc'ii-
mac in Hampton Roads on March ana ~ Ioo-'
,brc,v n chill over the whole North ihere was Il
r,ce ON the Union side also. Coinhdhucr d. /
1onos one might think that there was sur
felt OF Joncses in the Navy to-day Out the ia'-
ter-dav naval Jonescs are select and strictly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-19

exclusive family only three OF them being in
the line.
THE NAME OF CAMBRIDGE.
cambridge also is a name that usually arouses
American pride. and properly so. IL was VIII
lam Banbridge who by his ready wit saved TWO
OF Uncle Sans warships from capture by the
French, and In consequence was cast into a
French dungeon at Guadeoupe. Again. at Trip
oil he was In the Inflated Philadelphia. capt
urcd by the Turks. and was kept in bondage
eighteen months But finding that sleeping In
noso me cells was not the most comfortable way
OF achieving greatness. cambridge got hold OF
the frigatc Constitution and captured the Java
That he got entirely over the idea Of serving MS
country in dungeons is shown by the TACT That
on his dcathbed he called for his swords and
pistols and his last words were Board the
enemy" Bainbridge's young brother Joseph
was plucky fellow. He the one who. at
Malta in 1903. challenged Sir Alexander Balls
secretary 10 a duel because the latter had said
Those Yankees will never stand the smell Of
powder" The secretary got the worse OF the
argument and died. Joseph was not fortunate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-19
GETTING UP.
From The Chicago Inter Ocean.

From The Chicago Inter Ocean
The Duke of Wellington slept on an iron camp
bedstead eighteen inches wide and argued that
when a man wants to turn over ii is time to
turn out" Edward Everett Hale quotes this re-
mark OF the Duke in the Ten Times one REQ
cord" and takes issue with him. The principle
Is well enough" says DR.. Hale but think the
detail is wrong. Sleep is far too important to
be made uncomfortable" DIR. Hale goes to
tell OF various ingenious devices for automati-
cay waking sleeper. friend OF his fixed
his alarm so that at the foreordaned moment
the bcdcothes were dragged from the bed The
same gentleman found another contrvance
which worked better. The alarm struck .
match which lighted the lamp which boiled the
water for Rosster's shaving. II RCssiter stayed
in bed too long the water boiled over upon hiS
razor and clean shirt, and the prayer book his
mother gave him, and Coleridge's autograph,
and his open pocketbook and all the othef
precious things he could put In a basin under.
meath when he went to bed; 80 he had to get -
before that moment came"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-19
WHAT THEY WANTED.
From The Boston Transcript.
cr victories

From The Boston Transcript.
Constituent You say that the people In 1.-The
district misapprchend your motives and misrep-
resent you in shameful manner. why don
you get your revenge by rcsigning;
Reprcsentative-Confound them. that is what
they are after.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-19
SUNDAY. JUNE 10, 1898.

exclusive family. only three OF them being in
the line.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-30
Died.

On Saturday, December, "a, 1898, at his home
in Rochester, N. Y, Demian d. Williams aged
sixty eight years.
Mr.. Williams was born August Is, 1880, In
Livonia, N. Y, at the nome still owned by the
Williams family In 1851 he was married to
Emily g. Decker, of Lima, N. Y. and the fol.
lowing year moved to Bennington, Mich, set.
Ting on the farm which was his home nearly
thirty years. Here he endured the privations
and hardships of pioneer life, and changed the
virgin forest, stumpy clearings, and log cabins
to cultivated fields and substantial buildings.
In 1881 he sold his Michigan farm to Robert
Wilcox and removed to Rochester, N Y.
Mrs Williams died in 1892 and in 1894 he was
married to Alice e. Miller, of Moaion, N. Y,
who survives him. Also two brothers, Louis
l.. Williams, of Rochester and Oscar F. Will
liams, U. S. Consul to Manila P. l., and one
sister, Caroline e. Williams of Livonia, N. Y.
who was q teacher in the Owosso schools thirty.
five years ago. Mr.. Williams left three adopt
ed children, Allan l. Williams, of Olean, N. Y.
Mrs. f. E. Rogers and Rena B. Rockwell, OF
Rochester.
Mr.. Williams had been failing in health since
last March, although he was about the house
two days before his death. He was buried
with his family In Lvonia NJ Y, on Tuesday,
December q.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-30

Hon. j. j. Carton. OF Flint, candidate for
speaker of the house of representatives, was
In the city Tuesday. Mr.. Carton is splen-
didly qualified for the position he Is seeking.
Representative-eect Geo T. Mason will
go to Lansing. Monday. Respecting the
wishes of 90 per cent of the republicans OF
the county he will support Hon. j. @. Bur-
rows for denomination aud reelection.
w. A. Norton did not only make converts
to the republican faith during his stump
ing trip through this district, last fall, but
he made many warm personal friends, and
one of them offered him Shetland pony for
his boys, II he would pay the express to this
city. 1t is needless to say that the gift was
accepted and the pony arrived In town, this
week. to the intense delight of the young
gentlemen. He is little fellow, but sound
as a bullet, and ''thOse Norton boys" are
the envy OF their neighborhood. -St. Johns
News. Hon. ii. II. Pulver. of Laingsburg,
was served In the same manner.
The republican county committee held a
meeting at the Office of Watson q Chapman
Wednesday afternoon to hear the reports of
the chairman and treasurer and close up the
business OF the campaign. Besides good
share OF the members Of the committee,
several Of the county officers elect were
present. The financial statement proved to
be quite surprise to the committee, for af-
ter all bills were paid, there still remained a
sum sufficiently large to pay dividend"
of 30 per cent to all candidates upon their
assessment After the business was all
closed up. Chairman Frank H. Watson was
invited into his private Office and asked to
take q seat In fine Office chair which had