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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1893.
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Seven Hundred Thousand
People at the Fair.
Twice the Attendance of the Biggest
Day at the Paris Exposition and
Three Times Any Day at (he Phila-
delphia Centennial.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10.—Seven hundred thou-
sand people, doubtless the greatest crowd
thatever congregated, visited the world’s
fair yesterday, breaking the greatest one-
day record at Paris by an overwhelming
majority; completely smothering the “big
day” figures of any other exposition ever
held, and establishing a. mark, which it is
safe to predict, the present generation will
never see attained. ,
When the morning sun, looking through
alight mist, peeped over the white peri-
sylc at 5 o’lcock many people were nearing
the different entrances to the grounds,
and by the time the gates opened, 6:30,
fully 1,000 people besieged each passage
eager for admission. From that hour un~
til late in the efternoon there was a con-
stant jam at every gate. The department
of admissions had an extra force on duty
and every turnstile was kept registering at
its highest speed. Yet these facilities
'were inadequate. At 1 o’clock Superin-
.tendent Tucker ordered every wagon gate
opened and stationed a corps of men at
each to take tickets, relieving the pressure
from without to a marked degree.
About 4 o’clock, when it was seen that
the crowds had diminished sufficient] y to
permit of their successful handling by
the regular entrances, the wagon gates
were closed after 500,000 people had been
admitted. To this vast army 181,000 were
added in the next three hours. The glor-
ions October weather and the grandness
of Chicago day at the fair kept the crowds
coming all afternoon and evening. A con-
servative estimate at midnight placed the
attendance for the day at .700, 000.
Previous to this ever memorable day, the
palm for large attendance rested with In-
dependence day, July 4, when the attend-
ance was 283,273. Other days notable for
great crowds are: Illinois day, 243,951;
transportation day, 231,522: Polish day,
(last Saturday) 222,176; Knights of Honor
day, 215,648; Pennsylvania day, 203,460,
and railroad day, 202,376. The total
number of paid admissions since the open-
iag of the fair is 16,492,070. The great-
est day at Paris was 897,150 and at Phila-
delphia, 217,526.
EELMA GOLDBIAN GUILTY.
An Attempt Made to Secure a. New
Trial.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—-The jury in the
trial of Emma Goldman returned a ver-
dict of guilty yesterday afternoon. Miss
Goldman was seated by Attorney Hall,
and though she smiled cheerfully when
the jury returned her face was unusually
pale and her lips twitched nervously. Miss
Goldman smiled half contemptuously when
she heard the verdict, and Attorney Hall
innnediately rose to his feet. At his re-
quest the prisoner .was remanded until
Monday and a notice for a motion for a
new trial was given.
The offence for which she was convicted
was attempting to incite to riot. Under
this verdict she may be sent to the peniten-
tiary for a. term not exceeding one year, or
the court, in its discretion, may let her off
with a fine.
Ford’s Theatre Disaster.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—Judge McComas
has overruled the demurrer filed on behalf
of Col. F. C. Ainswort-h, and his co-defend-
ants, indicted for manslaughter in con-
nection with the old Ford theatre disaster.
Defendants were granted one week in
which to petition the. court of appeals.
Unless the appeal he allowed, the defend~
nuts will have to further plead to the in-
dictmeuts.
Gold Reserve Decreasing.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—The treasury
gold reserve has decreased to $88,338,000,
a loss since Oct. 1 of $5,248, 000. The cur-
rency has increased to $17,847,000, a gain
since Oct. 1 of $4,553,000. These figures
mean that the gold reserve of $100,000, 000
has been invaded: by nearly $12,000,000.
This condition, it is said, is largely due
to demands from the east.
U. S. Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—’l‘he opening
day of the October term of the Supreme
court of the United States attracted an
unusually large and notable atendance of
counsel and visitors.
Full Time. ,,
HUDSON, N. Y., Oct. - log-The, Van
Allen cotton mill at Stuyvesant Falls has
started on full time, giving employment to
400 operatives who have been idle since
last J uLY. '
Liver and, Kidney Troubles
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Significant Evidencefat the
Elmira investigation.
Prisoners Alleged to Have Been Ont- _
rageously Paddlcd—Convicts Have
Fquportunity to Tell the Story of.
Their Wron gs. ' ~ i
ELMIRA,’ N. Y.,~ Oct. 10.-—-The Elmira
reformatory investigatibn committee con-
tinued its inquiry. at the'reformatory at 9
a. m. The committee deems the most im-
rortant testimony yet adduced to be the
statement of Superintendent Brockaway"
under oath on Saturday that the board of
managers did not designate the punish-
ment in vbgue as they are required by law
to do. Mr. Richard J. Murray, who was
employed as overseer in the printing 9-
partment from. March until J une this year,
testified: “
“My attention was first called to the
disciplinary measures used in, the prison
one day in May when a young man named
Murray waspaddled: . Later I. took him
into the printing department. Soon after
he was reported for talking and taken to
the bathroom, and when he returned I did:
not know him. His left eye was swollen, -
and black and blue. There was a spot
under his arm the size of an orange.
There was a lump on his forehead, and the
skin was cut. The cut was about three
inches on the cheek. Then I was away for
three weeks and when I came back I in-
quired for Murray. He was then in the
hospital, but the next day was taken out
and buried. Murray was about 18 years
old, and his home was in Boston.
“I have seen other prisoners on the way
from the bath room after treatment with
their faces cut and bruised to return to
work. I remember a man who was taken
from a cell next to mine one night about
9 o’clock by the night watchman to the
guard house.
“The next day he was given a. cOurse of
paddling treatment in the bathroom,
which confined him to his cell bed two or
three Weeks, and then came to be photo-
graphed, in which department I worked.
He was bruised in the small of the back,
and his back was broken out. I received
fo'ur blows with the paddle on my naked
back and two over the head as I turned
during the punishment. My back was
black and blue for a week or ten days.
The back of a man named O’Brien came
up to be photographed. I noticed that his
back was very much broken up from pad-
dling. I was reduced to the convict grade
twice for fighting.”
Chief Clerk Heppe then produced the
record regarding the punishment adminis-
tered to young Murray, showing he had
been to the bathroom four times; was ad-
mitted to the hospital March 30, and died
there on June 10 last. The cause of death
was given as influenza-pneumonia. At
this point Commissioner Craig said that
officers of the institution would be ex-
cluded during the testimony of inmates.
Judge Gilbert said the prosecution
wished to show by the witness that Mr.
Brockway had performed punishments
which he denied. The witness continued:
“When I was working about the soli-
tary I noticed a. man chained to his cell
door for over ten days. These cells were
I saw Mr. Brock-
way fell a prisoner in the yard and fall on
him. He struck this prisoner with a cane
which I think he obtained from Mr. Men
Keloy. I saw the latter strike a prisoner
on the head with a cane in the presence of
Mr. Brockway. The latter told McKeloy
to shoot the prisoner, when he gave up a
clay pipe 'which was the cause of the
trouble. I put a dozen dark doors on
cells. They were portable and could be
moved to any cell.”
The committee reconvened at 3 o’clock
and remained in session until 7 o’clock.
Mr. Stanchfield asked the committee if it
would meet their approval should the board
of trustees reinstate Superintendent Brock-
way after the committee had finished the
taking of testimony at, the institution.
Chairman Craig said that as the governor
had not referred that matter to the com-'
mittee, the latter would decline to express
any opinion in this regard. Mr. Stanch-
field said the defense would call no wit.
nesses until after the affirmative testimony .
had been presented.
I. H. Beach, of Elmira, was connected
with the reformatory from September, 1876,
to November, 1886, acting in various ca-
pacities. He testified to having witnessed
punishments in the bathrooms at the soli-
tary, and in the school room; he knew of
a man being chained in acell, to a sliding
bar by one hand for weeks at a time.
Such punishment was given to prisoners
thought to be dangerous to handle. Men
who refused to work were handcuffed and
made to stand up to a. post during work-
ing hours. He did not know of any cell
being below the ground floor. Wooden
doors were sometimes used, in addition to
the iron doors, on a seclusion cell, so as to
shut out the light. These were left on
for two or three days, except when meals
were served. During the six years he was
keeper the average number of paddlings
were ten per month. He saw the superin-
tendent strike a man, who was being pad- .
died, in the face with his clinched fist;
never saw the blood flow from the back,
on account of the use of the paddle, but
he has seen a resemblance .to blood blisters
and a discoloration of the skin. He had
seen a piece of rubber used in place of the
paddle. He had seen a number of persons
who had received blows on the head from
Mr. Brockwny for turning around while
being paddled but they were not severe
ones. Two men who refused to work and
came near raising a mutiny among the
prisoners in their shops, had been paddled
two days in succession. .
Mr. White, of the New York World, Mr.
Stauchfield, representing the board of man-
agers of the institution and Deputy Attor-
ney General Gilbert were authorized to
review the 1,000 letters written by the
prisoners a couple of weeks ago and pick
out twenty each on behalf of the prosecu-
tion and the defence, the writers of which
would be given a private conference with
the committee and afterwards be sworn in
open session if either side desired.
Read the. GAszTa
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WILLIAM BURKE,
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_ WILLIAM BURKE.
iDANA SABBAI’ABILLA 00.. ' '
__ GENTLEMEN:—For the past eight
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I man. Iy appetite is ravenous—can eat an Thing.—
Eneadache all gone, and I can say feelE
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- DANA’S -
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.to do all it claims—and to any suffering. I rccom-=
Emend it. Try it and be convinced. “ It’s the—-
Kind That Cures.”
Yours very truly, WM. BURKE.
Springfield, Mass.
SIRE—Mr. Burke is well known in Springfield,=
especially in sporting circles as owner of the run-=
mng horse “ Ruvby." His testimony is.
reliable. cs ‘ ours
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BAIVKS .
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NATIONAL BANK.
Wall st, N, Incorporated 1824. Capital,” ca
000. ,Premdeni, E. O.Keeler ; vice-president
Davxd H. Miller: cash1er.;Lew1s C. Green.
Safe Deposit Boxes, Free to Dcpositors.
CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK. Wall st. N.
capital. $100,000; surpalus, $16,100; George M.
Holmes, president; . L. Boyer. vice-prom.
dent: William A. Curtis. cashier.
FAIBFIELD COUNTY SAVINGS BANK. 51
Well at, N. Deposits. $500,000; surplus, sec.
000. Winfield S. Moody. president ;_Mart1nS.
Craw. vice-presid’t: James H. Bailev.treas
NORWALK SAVINGS SOCIETY. Wall st, N
Deposits over $2,000,000, surplus $90,000. Geo.
M. Holmes, president; II. B. Craufurd.v1ce-
_ president : Geo. E. Millentreasurer.
I N S URANCE.
NORWALK FIRE INS. 00., N.In successful
business since 1860: no outstanding claims
WILSON, O. E., Gazette bldg.. N. Invest-
ments and money to loan. Also insurance
written in best of companies at lowest rates
ATTORNEYS. .
HUBBELL. JAMES T.. 9 Water street. N.
HURLBUTT. J. BELDEN. .
Attorney and Counselor at Law room 4, (up
stairs) Gazette Building. Norwalk.
FAMILY GROOERS.
SELLECK. GEORGE WARD. f8 Wall st.. N
Choice Teas and Coffees, a. speciilty.
' LIVERY STABLES.
DANN, H. E., 8 River 312.. Livery Stables.
HOTELS.
NOBWALK HOTEL,opD. Danbury 5; Norwalk
depot and Post-Office; M. McPherson; prop
MODEL MARKET 20 Wall st. N.; beef. veal
lamb pork. poultry. etc. . Wardell,pro.i
UN D ERTAKERS.
RAYMOND. G. 11.. 46-48 Main st..: telephone
MARBLE YARDS. -
BATES. P.W.Water st..N; Steam Stone Works
5 éMonumental andBld’z.
Chinese Act.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—Representative
McCreary,‘ chairman of'the committee on
foreign affairs, had a. conference yesterday
with Speaker Crisp, at which the outlines
of an order from the committee on -rules
for the consideration of the McCreary. bill
to amend and modify the Geary Chinese
registration and restriction law were
agreed upon. The bill will be taken up
after the election bill has been disposed
of and consideration entered upon with-
out limitation in the order. Mr. Mc~
Creary expects that it will be disposed of.
Deadly Grade Crossing.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct. 10.—James
S. Ferguson, aged 52 years, of this place,
and Miss Annie Jacobus, aged 26 years, of
Franklin Park, were killed last evening at
a grade crossing in Franklin Park. For-
guson, who was a liveryman, was taking
Miss Jacobus from a train to her home.
Ellison Gets :1 Stay.
New YORK, Oct. 10.——Juclge Ingraham,
of the supreme court, has granted a stay
of execution of sentence in the case of
Frank Ellison. Argument will be heard
Thursdayin chambers on an order to show
cause why, the stay should not continue
pending appeal for a new trial.
Difficult to Agree.
LONDON, Oct. 10.—-A conference of coal
miners and mine owners was held in New-
castle to consider the pending dispute.
'After along discussion, with no definite
result, the conference was adjourned un-
til Thursday.
A Comforting Reply. ‘
His Fiancee—I do dread to meet your
family. I’m afraid they will think
I’m not dignified enough.
He—Oh no. the girls will take to you
directly. . ' .
She—thich one shall I like best?
He—My youngest sister, Flossie, I
think. She’s an awfully silly little
thing, and . I’m sure you’ll get on capi-
tally together.-Truth.
Au Inconsidemtc Patient.
Physician (who hasl'ordered his pa-
tient to take some sleeping powders)—
Wcll, sir, do you sleep any better now?
Patient~Good Lord, doctor! I can
sleep well enough, but just as I am
about to close my eyes the nurse wakes
me up and gives me a sleeping powder.
—II‘l-icgende Blaetter.
A Wrong Start.” _
Toddles—Papa, which are the best—
cst, ladies or mans? '
Papa—Ladies, my dear; ,
TeddleSr-Then don’t you fink you
an’ mamma ought to bepatienter wif
115' boys, ’cause we, got azog'ong start—4
don’t you sce?+llarper‘s YOung” Peo-‘~
'ple. x '
to put into legislative form the iii-metallic
' and Boutelle of Maine.
.but it soon died out.
_and steel company at Apollo, Pa. , have
-tho‘shlp‘ls can how. > *- f ..
Readthe GMTTR.‘ : Vi
NERVlllEXPEEllNEY
Belief That Congress is
About to Do Something. '
Silver Question Reaching a Climax.
Wild Rumors of Comprom‘se Th1".
Cannot be Verified—Federal Elec3
' tion Bill to be Pushed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. —The session of
the senate was given up entirely to con-
sidering the Sherman act. The question
tion came up in three separate forms. The
first was a sort of personal explanation by
Mr. Harris (dem., Tenn.) in reply to reso-
lutions ’adopted 'at ~a joint meeting of the
Memphis cottOn and Merchant’s exchange, ‘
condemning the course of the Tennessee .
senators on the silver question. Mr. Har-
ris declared his disregard of' a threat con-‘
tained in the resolutions, and said that
the maintenance of self-respect was of
vastly more importance to him- than any;5
office within the gift of the'people. After;
that incident came up the resolution of-;
feted by Mr. Wolcott (rep, 001.) last Sat-;
urday, instructing the finance committee
declaration of policy contained in the
,Voorhees substitute. Some of the most
impassioned speeches made since the open-'.
ing of the debate took place, on’ this-roses
lution. '_ , ' .
Mr. Wolcott criticised the president for
his letter to Governor Northen of Georgia,
characterizing _it. as “intrusive, offensive
and unfitting therelations that should ex-
ist between the legislative and executive
departments of the government.”
Mr. Voorhecs made the resolution the
groundwork of a speech defending the
repeal bill, and asserting (that the state-
ment that it demonetized. silver, even _ if
repeated a hundred thousand -- times, was
not true. He declared that heiwasaready,
when _ the Sherman law nolloiiger dis—
graced the statute books, to act 1 promptly
in carrying out the pledge which, the bill
contained. ' ~ ” '
The Wolcottresolutiou was finally sent
to the calendar and the repeal preper;
taken up. Upon it Mr. Cockrell (dam,
Mo.) occupied the floor for three hours
and a. half, and had not concluded his rc-.
marks when the senate, at 5:30, adjourned.
The ElectiOn " Bill.
In the house debate on the federal elec-
tion bill closed yesterday and voting will
begin to-day. At no time during the dis-
cussion has there been much attention
given to speakers on either side .of the
question. Throughout the past ten days
the attendance in the house has been far
below the average, and the ‘disputants
usually addressed a large array of empty
seats. Even the last day of the discussion
was not productive of much interest. . The
principal speakers on the republican side
were Dollivar of Iowa, Payne of New York
The latter "is one
of the most aggressive talkers in the house,
and he introduced some fire in the debate,
New York provided
the democratic controversalists, Coombs,
Lockwood and Fitch being its cham-
pions. ' '
Wild Rumors.
Wild rumors bearing upon the silver
situation were current about the capitol
yesterday, the most important of which in-
cludes the possibilityof an attempt to ad-
journ congress until December. According
this to story, which cannot be confirmed,
but whiCh has come to the ears of various
senators, the president is credited with
having expressed a hope that the senate
would adjourn rather than accept any
compromise. The silver senators, in dis-
cussingthis rumor, say they will oppose
any attempt to adjourn, because they
want action of some sort. It was also
said, upon the authority of a senator
whose standing is high in his party, that
a compromise had been practically agreed
upon. All of these statements were re-
ceived with a proper amount of “salt.”
Democratic Caucus.
The house democratic caucus last night,
after a session of two hours, unanimously
adopted a resolution. that it was the
sense of the caucus that the federal election
should be passed to day,' and that the
democrats should present an unbroken
column in its support. ‘ ' ' 5
The Eric’s Big Excursion.
NEW YORK, Oct. lOE—The Erie’s special
world’s fair 'eXcursion which left Jersey
City with 400 passengers yesterday morn-
ing, promises to be the largest .of the sea-
son. Over 600 people frompoints on the
Delaware & Hudson joined the excursion
at Binghamtuu, and the number'from
points along the Erie will be very large.
At least six trains will, be necessary to
haudlc‘ this excursion, which will arrive in
Chicago with over 2,000 passengers from
New York state.
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Foster's Affairs. . _..
‘Fosronm, 0., Oct. 10.-—-The committee .-
of three appointed by the FOster creditors“
have contracted with two_ Cleveland ext
ports who have entered upOn their duties
of examining the books Of Foster& 00.,
for the past ten years. fl .. I f
Tho Boom Continues.
READING, Pa., Oct. '10.—For many
months past the-half dozen hat factories
at Mohgsvilléf "this county, have been
working 'only a few days a week. They
have now resumed on full time and full
handed. They employ 350 hands.
More Carpets.
Yosxans, N .. Y., Oct. 10.—It is an-
nounced that the Fcrnbrook carpet mills
will put car-ders, spinners and kuitters at
work on Wednesday of next'week prepar-
atory to starting the looms.
Iron W'orks Start Up.
Binsuuas, O'ct. 10.—The Apollo iron
started up in nearly all departments with
non-union workmen.
The Cholera Suspects. '
NEW Yoax,‘0ct. 10.-—-The bacteriolog-
ical examination of the pass'engersof the
steamer Russia is not completed yet, and:
- a. year.
am fine; vmsvanos.
Adi-twig: nxfpnum Why the Chinese m
. ’ Employed at Whltoe'Mou’e ’Wogee.
cussing the-dispatches recently pub-
lished regarding the driving out by
white laborers of the Chinese em-
ployed in pioking,drying and packing
raisins in the raisin district, said-.to a.
New York Sun man:
“I should be sorry if these dispatches
created the impression in the cast that
we are opposed to white labor coming
into our district. . It is upgn white la.-
. her we must finally depend for our
permanent resident labor, and instead
of opposing it we have maderepeated
efiorts to induce a. class ‘of ’white peo-
ple, to come and settle there, upon
Whom we could draw for labor during
the packing season. It is probably not
generally known that we now. have to
pay Chinese full fa'rrnwlaborer's wages,
so that there is no economy in hiring
them. , - '
“The reason we have had to employ
Chinese is'that the class of white labor
there is unreliable. The Chinese are
hired in gangs through one boss, who
attends to: their transportation. lodg-
ing, feeding and pay. They work
steadily through the season and give
us no trouble. The white laborers we
can obtain, demand weekly payments
of wages and many of them take their
.wages on Saturday, go into town and
. stay. there two or three days, or until
their wages are spent, and only then
return. That won’t do for the raisin
:business. We dry in the sun and when
the raisins are in condition to go to
the sweat houses or from there to the
packing houses, they must go on that
day or they are ruined.
“The raisin-growers are all largely
interested in Fresno real estate, in
the city’s banks, gas and waterworks
and in the material interests of the
city, which would, of course, be bene-
fited by an increase of the resident
white population and they have tried
many ways to induce a reliable white
labor class to settle thereabouts. We
have offered them small holdings of
irrigated lands at low terms, for if a
white man is once settled on a piece of
land the orchard‘Or vines of which he
can easily attend to we are assured of
his work during our busy season and.
perhaps, the labor of his wife and chi]-
. dren in the packing houses. '
“We do not want the' Chinese, but in
the present State of the country, with
practically no agricultural laboring
class, we are compelled to take them.
The whites Who are driving out the
Chinese by force are notthe substitute
we'want. We must have whites who
will drive out the Chinese by settling
on the land about us.”
A CAT WlTH FALSE TEETH.
Feat of a Young Dentist Who Had I
Kind Heart.
The cat that owned the false teeth
had lost his own, and had his jaw
broken besides by a. drunken wretch
who beat him with a cobble stone.
With greatcare, the poor animal final-
ly recovered, says Harper’s Young Peo~
‘ple, but he had to be fed with a. little
milk in a spoon for a long time. When
able to pursue his ordinary business of
catching rats and mice, he could‘not
eat them, because he had no teeth to
chew with. Something must be done
for him, for life supported on “spoon
vittles” was a. burden, and a young
dentist in the neighborhood, who had
become greatly interested in the un-
fortunate cat, resolved to try the ex-
preiment of making him a set of false
teeth. ' ’
Taking the cast‘of the plate was a
terrible piece of work, as Captain ob-
jected to it with all his might, but it
'was nothing to what followed when
the teeth were fairly in. If the ani-
.mal had plunged and scratched while
the 'plate' wasbeing fitted, he acted
like'a mad thing when it was firmly
attached to-his jaw—although it was
well made, and fitted perfectly. He
could not understand that it would en-
able him to continue the luxurious
feasts _ to which he had been accus-
tomed, and -'for several days he was
furious over it._- Every possible ‘and
impossible scheme was tried to get the
uncomfortable-thing out of his month;
,he tore at it with his claws, he shook
his head violently to make it drop out,
he butted against heavy pieces of
furniture, and if anyone came near
' , him he growled and scratched at them.
There, seemed to be danger of his
- going mad, and his friends were sorely
puzzled to know what to do wrth him,
when, greatly to their relief, he
calmed down, and appeared to have
come to the conclusion that his new
possession was, after all, a blessing in
disguise. ' He, was once more gentle
and affectionate, as he had been pre-
vious to his misfortune; and the plate
was”: now often taken out between
'meals and .put back again. In this
way it was worn comfortably for over
', Drugstore Humor.
'f'. Drug clerks often derive amusement
froru‘ the prescriptions that are left
with them. A prescription which
called for certain tablets, and which
was written by a. Chicago physician,
was put up in a. down-town pharmacy
the other day. The directions were as
follows: “One tablet every two hours
for five days, skip four days and com-
mence again." The pharmacist smiled
when he wrote the label, and profes-
sional etiquette, alone prevented him
from asking thefiustomernvho weighed
about 180 pounds; if he thought he
would survive after so much skipping.
Another prescription caused the pa-
tient himself to laugh when he read
the doctor’s directions, which were;
“Take fifteen drops one hourafter eat-
ing in a little water.” “I don't eat in
water,” said the man, “although I, did
chew an apple once when I was bath-
ing at Long Branch.” ’ Strangely spelt
communications are often brought to
the druggist. A woman handed a slip
to a. clerk recently, and said: “Gimme
ten cents’ worth of that.” The clbrk
read, “Grocer-’5 Supplement.” .“Ig'uess
you mean corrosive sublimate," he Said, ,
“but that is poison, and we can’t "sell
it to yon” x-".1‘h'ei about ' want-away
after declaring .thut‘;.sl,1'o _ wanted
"fkill boogswithi??? .‘ if, "
. ‘ Béad'ihe' Gum-v - ‘
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