davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-06-16

nell Commission at a salary of $1,000 a
year. Mr.. Bacon is a Democrat. He
was with the Shell Fish Bureau several
years at a. salary of S 1880 a year, and
was legislated out of Office by the econo-
my and efficiency law that cons olidated
the oyster commissions.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-06-16

Charles r. Bacon, former secretary
of the old State Bureau of Shell Fisher
les and a well known newspaper man of
Camden. has been appointed secretary
Of the Delaware River Bridge and Tun-
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-10-26


Our Fiscal Court has taken
hold Of the road proposition since
it has been remanded to them,
with sincere earnestness. II
started out Tuesday to view the
main road with an idea of get
ting contracts let for the fall of
this year that the county may
get the State Aid that has been
apportioned it, which amounts
to $500. This is what we need,
plenty of push and energy to has
ten the work along. Everybody
knows that no great amount of
progress can be made in the win
ter time at road building, but it
is a requirement of the law that
contracts must be let and work
begun by December or no State
and can be gotten for that year,
and this is what the Court hopes
to do, save State aid for 1916, and
this means dirt to be flying with
in forty days.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-10-26

phlegm and break up your cold.
DR.. Bells Pine. Tar. Honey has all
the benefits of the healing aroma
from a pine forest, it is pleasant to
take and antiseptic, The formula
on the bottle tells why it relieves
colds and coughs. AT your Dug
gist, 25c. Adv.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-10-26

Governor Stanley will speak at
Stanton Saturday afternoon where
he hopes to "meet aud greet" the
people of Powell county who are
not so cowardly as to be afraid of
being called coward. t'Peace"
Is one of the sweetest words in
the dictionary.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-10-26

The advance agent of Hughes,
to- wit: Theodore Roosevelt, has
let the cat out of the bag. At
Winchester the entire speech of
the Colonel consisted of these
words: 81 am glad to meet and
greet the people of Kentucky
who are not too proud to fight"
His very language upon this oc-
casion as at every other place he
goes must convince us that it is
the purpose and aim of Mr.. Hughes
to lead our country into war. In
fact we doubt if it we're possible
to pacify Teddy without a prom
Use to fight. The question is:
Do you want Wilson and peace
with honor, or Hughes and war?
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-10-26

Our little peaceful war of
words in the Presidential cam
paign may well be termed great
pleasure as compared with the
horrible sacrifice of life in the
murderous warfare ON European
soil. Again will the American
people have the greatest reason
in the world to be thankful the.
last Thursday in November, re-
gardless of who is elected Pres
ideut.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-10-26
"a little fun now and then

Is relished by the best of men"
But when dished.with common sense
And gives to man no offense
1t is good for having been
Fen on November Halloween.
The jocular boys night is next
Tuesday, but we do hope he will
not get rude or reckless 10 Clay
City as has sometimes past been
the case.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-10-26
PRESBYTERIAN Church.

Sunday School at 10 a. m. and
preaching service every Sunday
morning at IL a. M. Everybody
welcome.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-10-26
Iiead-on That AlI-wInter Cough

At the first sight of sore throat,
tight chest or stuffed, up head take
a dose Of DR.. Bells Pine Tar
Honey. The healing pine tar, sooth,
ing honey and glyceriue quickly
relieve the congestion, loosen the
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-10-26
THURSDAY, OCT. 2e, 1915.

rOliOWluS is Tepurt VI leuuy
in Louisville sent to us for pub.
lication:
"That was indeed rough neck
crowd in large part that greeted
Roosevelt at Louisville the other
night. 1t takes that sort of a
crowd to enjoy the coarse abuse
and ridicule he heaps on the man
in the White House, who has so
greatly eclipsed him in service to
the country. From deserving the
trusting men and women he
swore he would never betray,
the Colonel seems to be descend.
ing lower all the time in his
methods and proving to his for
mer admirers that he is merely
clay and of a very poor quality
at that. His race seems nearly
run and the sooner he disappears
from the scene, the better. One
thing. is very sure. He made no
votes in Louisville by his blood
and thunder rantings, while it is
equally sure that he disguised
many who have regarded him as
great man.
The farmers may, as Mr..
Hughes, who we regard as a gem
tleman if We cannot Teddy, says,
have been ignored In the eight
hour law, but why should thew
lose sleep over it? They are too
busy housing their crops, for
which they will get high prices
and too thankful to Wilson for
having kept us out of war, to pay
any attention to the hard times
story that the Republican candi-
date is trying to deceive them
with. The farmers are not what
Mr.. Hughes thinks they are. The
Democratic administration has
increased the efficiency of the
rural delivery and they are read.
ing the papers with great inter.
est and profit. The farmer can
work only four hours a day if he
chooses, and of necessity he can
work IL to save high priced
crop.
Roosevelt's sole object is to get
back into the good graces of the
party he came near wrecking.
he is willing TO do anything and
enact any stunt to secure has OBJ.
Ject, even to shaking hands with
Taft, OF whom he said, sit is i'm
possible to reconcile his position
with any standard of honorable
csndGct" and other things as
bad or worse, and playing hale
fellow, well met with the crowd
that he could hardly find words,
even in his vocabulary of blister
Ing invective, TO fittingly de-
nounce. Should he succeed in |
ingratiating himself with the
leaders of the q. o. p. he will |
at once lay his ropes for the Re-
publican nomination in 1920 and |
II necessary to secure it will de-
neunce Hughes, il he is elected,
as bitterly as he did Taft. He
seems to be absolutely unreliable
and INSCRIPTIONS and it is doubt
full if bis blood thirsty denuncia-
tion of the President is making a
single vote for the Republicans.
He is still able to draw the
crowds though, as people 60 to
hear him for the same reason
that they go to a monkey show.
Brer Petty should at once charge
the expenses of his trip TO profit
and loss as the bookkeepers say.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-10-26

1t seems to be characteristic
of some Republicans to pick out
some things the National Demo-
cratic administration has done,
and condemn it until they see it
is unusually popular, then they
go to saying that the principle
was an inception of the Republi-
cans, or that Republicans are
needed to perfect certain pro.
ject. Upon the whole, however,
the g. o. p. are to be congratu.
lated for finding an issue upon
which they can stand, if but for
twenty-four hours at. a time.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-10-26

The advent Of cool weather is
consoling in that We will escape
the nuisance of the Sunday ex-
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-10-26
TREES.

FRUIT AND SHADE TREES,
Shrubs, Grape Vines, Bhpbsrb, As
parasus, Peonies, PbioS, Roses, etc.
No Agents. Free Illustrated Caialos
EVERY THING FOR ORCHARD.
LAWN AND GARDEN.
H. +. Hillenmeyer q Sons.
Lexington. Ky.
Nurserymeu Since IS4I.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-10-26
HARDWIGK & COMPANY
Fall and Winter Goods.

Our Fall and Winter Goods in. We invite you
call and see them and get prices We handle upto-
date and good Merchandise, and prices that will
you money 1t is aim carry possible
cry thing the people 1t will pay you call when
need of any thing dry goods notions clothing woens
misses and chdrens short and long ready
hats sweaters and rain womens corduroy skirts,
mems and boys hats rubber footwear for all mems and
boys dress corduroy and cheap work pants corduroy suits
racoats hunting coats also tables chairs safes
BEDS springs mattresses blankets comforts cots trunks
suit grips oil carpets, sewing machines saddles
harness. hardware queensware, groceries, Balm wagons
Studebaler wagons.
We handle Queen Quality shoes for women ak-Over
shoes for Stetson and Aston brand hats Hart Schaf
and Marx and Matches brand clothing Arrow brand
shirts and collars
If you believe in buying upto-date goods and learning
where you get the most for your money, try us.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-10-26

Free Illustrated caislo,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16

The toad soon became covered with a
yellowish Juice, which was allowed to
drop into pots, into which the arrow
tips were dipped. The procedure here
seems TO be akin to that by which saw
ages tip the arrows they use in warfare
IN the substance of decaying crabs, a
most deadly and rapidly active poison.
We come now TO recent scientific eX-
perimcntation that pursued conjoiatly by
Dr.. joan J. Abel, OF Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, and DR.. David |. Macht. These
very experienced men knew that modern
rharmaco!ogy has produced immunizing
and curative antirenine from snakes,
remedies from amphibians, the Japanese
poison furo from fish. mytilotoXin from
mu:scls. cantharidin from scorpions,
spiders, bees and beetles; formic acid
from ants, thyroid extract (Which il SO
valuable in the disease called myX-
oedema) from Sleeps thyroids, and
suprarenal extracts Of sheep and oxen
tcallcd also adrenain, epinephrine and
suprarcna!inj from those glands OF cap
sUles which lie Immediately above the
kidneys in mammaians.
ia the light of such knowledge Drs
Abel anu Macht experimental on the
iSuio aqua, the largest Of the anura the
taillcss amphibians. This species of
toad, eight inches long b. five broad
some considerable toad--is found in
most Central and South American islands
and III the warmer parts OF Mexico. The
upper Amazon natives make an arrow
poison from its creamy secretion by
which big game is killed within a few
minutes.
DR.. Abcl's specimens came from Mon.
t"So Bay, Jamaica. The general color
OF this liufo is light 10 dark brown, with
snoty patches, and having its back GOV.
cred with wary growths. There are two
large oval parotids behind each car,
which on cutting through them look like
honeycomb. We humans also have par
otidS, which are however, in front OF and
below the ear. The duets OF our par
otids open into our mouths and their
secretions helps to form our saliva IL
is tho inflammation OF these glands
which VIC call the mumps.
Now. Dr. Abel, in scraping off with a
knife some OF the secretion Of the Bufan
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16

parotidS. was struck by. the bluish-green
d!scoloration that appeared or his blade.
He remembered that he had once seen
this color years before on a scalpel
which he had used in cutting into the
suprarenal gland Of mammalian. This
observation led him to testing some OF
the Bufan secretion with fcrric chloride
the result being that he got first a beau.
tiful emerald-sreen color, which pres
entity became purple and then pink And
this is precisely what will happen If
you test in the same way the active
secretion Of the suprarenal gland Of the
sheep or the OK.
This led DR.. Abel to make further tests
with the object of identifying this toad
secretion and to learn If ii contained a
substance akin to or closely allied with
the suprarenal principle. And these
similarities were established. Further
tests proved, moreover, that this secre
;ion Of Bufo aqua contains also second
substance. identical with principles be-
longing TO the disitalis group of med
icines.
Besides the Bufo's parotids DR.. Abel
found also other glands all over the
surface OF the skin These were OF the
mucous variety. such as line, for ex-
ample, the inside Of our noses. When
Bufo was irrtated by mechanical, chem
ical or electric means its skin exuded
a creamy secretion having pungent
odor, and when very roughly handled
it squirted this secretion from the paro-
lids also. Or. Abel found this to dry
in the air. forming hard, brittle yellow
scales that appeared much like dried
snake venom.
When these air-dred cells were
brought into contact with water they
swelled up to gelatinous consistency,
became opalescent and formed neutral
that is, neither acid nor alkaline
foamy emulsion Of most nauseating
bitter taste and pungent odor. a little
Of this emulsi!ied secretion. we'll diluted
and injected into the eye of a dog or a
cat CONSTRUCTED the blood vessels and
blanched the conjunctiva-which Is pre-
cisely what follows the application of
epinephrina.
A little Of this emulsAed secretion in
jected into the abdomen OF a pithed frog
caused slowing OF its heart, while the in.
lection of great deal-of an overdose
caused the heart to stop beating, which
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16

similar in lis action 10 digitals, but from
fifty TO a hundred times more powerful
In the Middle Ages and up Mt least to
100 toads were hung up by the neck In
the air, and then they were dried and
kept ready for use. One Dr.. Etmuller.
who died in 1853, declared that living
toads aroused to the point OF fury are
venomous, hut when found dead they are
entirely devoid OF poison TransiiNed
alive in the month OF luly-the head
and entrals removed-and then dried
and powdered. toads would cure dropSy
and burning fever at night.
1t seems TO have bee. well realized
in the past that the toad elects when
attacked an irritant and ycllowish white
secretion from it's skin glands. We all
recall how. when we wereI small boys,
toads were accused OF giving us warts.
This connection is not proved
Tho secretion we are considering
would indeed irritatc the naturally
scratched and dirty skin" OF small boys,
but the toads producing warts seems
TO be myth arising out of the warty
appearance of the toad's skin. II is. no
doubt, one of those myths arising out
OF the medieval doctrine OF signatures
which 1t would certainly interest the
reader TO look up in any encyclopedia
the doctrine by which it was considered
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16

pure ana lends itself
particularly well to
exact dosage.
And in accord with
the memorable law
Of nature, SO well,
though profanely, ex-
pressed in the popu.
lar sentiment that
life is after all just
one thing after an
other the toad it.
self gets eaten-by
hawks, marshhawks,
owls, crows, snakes
and skunks; while
hens, ducks, geese
and guinea fowl
feed on the innocent
young toads az they
migrate from their
breeding places and
their tiny nurseries.
True nature has sup.
piled the toad with
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16

SOFT L9eI take
them out and
boil the water
down 10 one.llalf
pint. and add
h-churned un-
sailed butter one
pound, and sim
ner together. at
the last add tine
ture Of arnica,
two ounces" /
make no doubt
this was an eff
fectiye ointment,
Oy reason OF
the arnica, il not
OF the toad infu-
sion.
The Chinese
have used sense.
a preparation OF
toadSkin. from
time immemorial,
This sense is an
I'm MIRA DroJlif,.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16

are precisely the effects that digitalis
tpopularly known as foSgloye) produces.
From this Bufan secretion, then, DR.
Abel isolated the blood-pressurc-raisi
epinephrine. This epinephrine or adrcn-
ain can be synthetized also In the lab
oratory from coal-tar products, under
the name OF ethyl.amno-ethyl
benzene. And the beautiful crystalline
substance which Dr.. Abel isolated from
the secretion OF Bufo aqua and to which
toad skin owes its curative and digitalis.
like power over kidney diseases and
dropsy he called Bufagin. He found also
like substance in the skin OF the com
mon toad: and this he called Bufotain.
Thus are the old wives remedies OF
our ancestors justified in twentieth CEN
tury science.
The marked action Of Bufagin on the
heart and on the muscular tissue Of the
blood vessels. classcs this drug with the
most efficient OF the digitalis series OF
drugs Nor does Bufagn-and this is
very important consideration-have the
cumulative effect which makes the con.
tinuous administration OF digitalis dan.
serous. Besides, Bufagin has unusual
keeping powers-a great desideratum
when We reflect that there Is at least one
drug house in the metropolis which
makes it's digitalis infusion fresh daily.
and at night sends to hospitals what /.
has not, during the day, dispensed to its
patrons. Besides. Bufagn is chemically
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16

IUWCFtT, UNIT i y TIT ITOTll
altogether effective. Such were
Davy's findings.
The botanist Andre found
also that the Chico Indians in
the primeval forest Of New
Granada used the skin secretion
Of the spade.footed toad for an
arrow poison. The animal was
placed in bamboo tube. the
operators hands being pro-
tccted by leaves. and when
some of the poison was desired
the tube containing the toad was
suspended over a fire.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16

that plnntS and animals could transmit
their external pecuarities OF formation
or color-could unite those pecularities
on human beings.
We may fairly enough discount also the
claim that toads poison infants by their
breaths; also that if they--toads-are
killed by accident or design cows will
In consequence render bloody milk.
Scientists have from time to time re-
jected the popular belief that toads are
poisonous. Science is now, however.
concluding that the popular notion IS
on the whole, not without foundation.
Indeed as early as 1910, DR.. John Davy,
very much travelled naturalist, invcs-
tsated some tropical toads that had skin
glands large enough to receive hogs
hristles. The largest and most numer-
Gus of these glands We're near the shout
ders and about the creatures neck.
Davy, by applying pressure to the skin,
found a yellowish, thick fluid to eyude
and to squirt occasionally ito q consid-
cradle distance" lie found this fluid
also in the tond's bile and in It's saliva
II was mucilage like. becoming on evap-
Grafton yellowish, with 4 bitter taste,
and smarting to the skin. Davy found
this rather an acrid than Il poisonous
substance, analogous 10 that secreted by
the bee and tle scorpion, rather than
like the more virucnt and less acrid
fluid OF the poisonous snakes. This sub
stance smeared on the toads surface
helps TO defend it from the attacks of
carnvorous animals. we shall see.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16

it's squirts and with the skin glands that
exude mucus, the secretion which
spreads over their skins when they are
attacked. just as nature supplies pretty
much every created thing with some
more or less effective weapon By which
to guard itself against It's would.bc prey.
ing enemies i'll the universal struggle for
existence
Why, then, don't those hawks and the
rest succumb in devouring the toad to
its epinephrine. its Bufagin, its Bufo-
talin? No doubt because in the course
OF age-long toad meals those epcures
have got themselves immunized against
the poisonous properties, pretty much as
the ancient Persian King Mithridates
made himself immune to snake poisons
by taking 1t first infinitesimal and then
gradually increasing doses Of venines.
Also those hawks and the other toad
eaters would no doubt BIO poisoned II
they got the Bufagin and the rest into
their bodies any other way than by the
stomach On the same principle we
humans, as apt as not. eat along with
our fried or broiled or boiled chicken any
number of lockiaw germs: out II those
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16
By Dr.. John B. Huber.

TOLk lore teens with references TO
the poisonous properties OF the
= toad and TO the medicinal value
Of those poisons when properly thtnned
out or diluted to human uses.
Medical science has Just discovered
that there is truth in these old stories
and that the toad furnishes a very GOOD
medicine indeed. 1t comes mainly from
the excreScences or warts or its skin
and il does. Il The main. just what FOLKS
lore said il would do.
The alclenists were constantly ad-
yisi1s dried toad as remedy for
ogopsy, for kidney troubles and for
infiama'a tions-p-etty much rs We are
nov using digitalis for the same ali
menis. And thereby hangs another tale
which ne are presently going 10 unfold
Dried and puive7ized toad was used
for nose-bleed, precisely as We are using
the substance called epiuephrine and
for The same purpose. And dried toads
were applied 20 pestilent bois and to
the itch. Or q toad ointment was used
Here is prescription for such an oint-
nent n use among our first New Eng.
land coonists for sprains and rheum-
atism: Take four good-sized live toads,
put them in boiling water and cook very
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16
THE TOAD AND ITS
MEDICINE CHEST.

A Picture of Giant Tropi-
cal Toad Showing the Skin
Warts" that Contain Use
full Drugs. The Section I'm
der the Magnifying Glass
Shows the Little Glands
That Take from the Toad's
Blood the Medicinal Sub
stances and Store 1t in tho
Skin Excrescences Which
Act as Reservoirs. The
Stomach warts" Are the
Main Reservoirs of the
Secretion.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-16

germs get into a
cut or bruise in
our skins, then 1t
Is very likely in
deed to be the
wooden overcoat
for ours.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
WORK IN 14,11O TENEMENTS
More Than l77,O0O Apartments in
Buildings Licensed by State.

Albany, May IA total Of 1886
licenses for tenement house or home
work were In effect in New York state
at the close Of the last fiscal year,
September 80, 1915, according to
report submitted to the State Industrial
commission by Deputy Commissioner
James L. Gernon, in charge of the
Bureau Of Inspection. Of these 255
represented shops on the same premises
with tenement houses, but in separate
buildings. In the 14,l10 separate tene-
ment houses which are licensed there
arc 1920 living apartments.
During the year $50 prosecutions
for violations OF the factory section Of
the labor law were begun; 140 convic-
tons were secured, and fines aggregat-
ing S3.432 were assessed. During the
same period 7SO prosecutions for viola
lions Of the mercantile section OF the
labor law were begun. In 58 convic-
tions sentence was suspended, WhlIe IN
SO other cases fines aggregstlng S5,SqZ
were assessed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-08
1852 YALE SONS IN YALE
Children Of 245 Graduates Now In
University.

New Haven, May How many Yale
fathers have sons in Yale and have
adopted the practice Of sending their
children TO Yale was disclosed to-day
BY 1.-THE Yale Alumni Weekly" which
presented a table showing that there
are now in the university sons OF Z1o
Vale graduates. OF this number seven
teen alumni have two sons in the UNI
versity. The oldest Yale alumnus WIN
a son in college is A. ID. Blsseli' o.
the Youngest. ]. S. Porter, 81 =,
OF the class Of 10, President ). U; n.
Mcclure of Lake Forest University has
a SON in the class Of 'lS; Hart Lyman;
~ the class of '73, son in the class oil
;Is. ". r. D. Stokes, "a, son In the ,l
class Of 10. and Arthur 7. Hsdley, 10
nresident OF Yale University, two sons
one in rs and another in % ,- 5X-rleS-
dent William Howard TAFT, 49, mas h
son in the class of 'ls.
Al least one president OF anotne.
university, George f. Vincent, OF the
University Of Minnesota, a Yale grsdu-
ate of the class Of 'S5, has a son IN fa Ie
One member of the Yale crew OF 1900,
which created record on the Insmes
tLat has since stood. has son IN isie
r. A. Stevenson, the stroke oar.
William G. Rockefeller, 'e2, has son
in the class OF IL.