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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1892
Page
7
Distinguishing Characteristics of Those That Are Venomous. Taking the poison from them Whisky Is Not an Antidote but It Bridges Over the Danger. A Tendency to Swallow Each Other Ftes For The Depatch.1
Superintendent Arthur Erwin Brown of the Philadelphia Zoo discusses venomous snakes, shedding, and bites with a Texan guide tale, detailing rattlesnakes copperheads and cobras, venom effects, antidotes myths, and methods to extract venom. He notes the Gila monster’s venom and the Zuni snake dances as cultural contrasts, while praising the zoo’s reptile house and keeper skills.
Washington dispatch chronicles congressmen held in Union prisons during the Civil War. Crisp and Cobb recount life on Morris Island and Belle Island, including guard dangers, ration cuts, and the dead-line. Tarsney describes the daring escape by posing as a dead man and passing through the gate, aided by a forged identity and a watch, pursued by bloodhounds, and eventual Northward escape with Union aid.
Correspondent describes Montevideo arrival and the notorious rope-ladder descent from ship to tugboat, noting many passengers tumble or are dropped into the sea. Uruguay is hailed as wealthy, healthy, with vast cattle wealth, abundant produce, and untapped mineral riches amid a history of conquest and reform.
Lord Berkeley and son feud over succession as Colonel Sellers schemes in Washington. A Cherokee delegate arrives, a patent venture flourishes, and a hotel fire alters plans. The missing heir hides as One-Armed Pete burned, while the son reappears as Howard Tracey in a boarding house, facing trouble and homesickness.
In a tense room Barrow confronts Tracy over heirloom pride and moral calculus. They debate aristocracy and merit, exposing a shared disdain for a nation tolerating hereditary privilege, while each quietly weighs personal compromise and social duty.
TOTAL ABSTINENCE NOTES from Braddock and Mansfield highlight an efficient organizer and a boast of a colored member. Tex Committee on Public Meetings plans a monster meeting in March and a Ball is needed at Homestead. The Turtle Creek society forms a permanent group Thursday night and Father Mathew association plans a gathering Friday at a local home as a pledge scheme to promote abstinence among parochial school children develops.
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