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DEATH BY ARSENIC.
The War This Poison Acts Tpon tlie
Hamaa System.
When a angle dose of arsenic in suf
ficient quantity to be felt has been tak
en, colicky pains, bowel disorder and
perhaps nausea result. In the course
of an hour after a poisonous dose has
been taken an intense burning pain is
felt in the esophagus and stomach.
This spreads to the entire anterior por
tion of the lower part of the trunk. A
sense of constriction at the throat and
an acrid, metallic taste accompany the
pain. Then vomiting and relaxation of
the bowels begin. As the case pro
gresses the symptoms increase in in
tensity. Then comes a thirst that wa
fer will not allay, although it appar
ently increases the stomach disturb
ance. The victim groans and writhes.
Now he implores the doctor to save
him. Then he begs to be killed and put
out of pain. The extremities become
icy. The pulse is small, feeble and fre
quent, and the breathing Is labored,
embarrassed and painful because of
abdominal tenderness. The surface of
the body becomes dark and of that
bluish qolor that medical men, call cy-
anosed. Violent cramps add their tor
ture, exhaustion becomes collapse, con
vulsions or coma ensues, and death
ends the agony. This torture lasts
sometimes from five to twenty hours.
In some cases these symptoms occur,
but in a modified form, and the doctor
will apparently get the better of the
disease. The remission Will be but for
a day or two. Then the abdomen will
swell, and icy coldness will pervade
the frame. Shivering will become pror
nounced trembling, then cramps* con
vulsions and death.
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SAMOAN COSTUMES.
Hade With a Hatchet, a. Chib aad a
Pot of Paint.
In the south seas dresses are made
With a hatchet, a dub and a pot of
paint. Every housewife is her own
robe and habit maker. . When she feels
t|ie need of a new gown, she goes anc!
chops down a tree. When her hnsbanc 1
needs a new suit, she chops down an
other tree. That Is easy, for men and
{women are dad exactly alike—a plain
Sold of doth canght about the waist
and hanging loosely to the knee or
. shin. The races Inhabiting the islands
pt the tropical Pacific are almost alone
&p having no idea of the loom and the
Various arts of the spinner and weaver.
This lack Is undoubtedly due to the
natural provision of material which
tenders a woven doth unnecessary to
this primitive people. The only fabric
used in that part of the world Is a
crude, tough paper made of bast. The
tree from which the material is derived
is the paper mulberry, or Broussonetia
mapyrifera, which is grown in planta
tions under the sole charge of women
find is also found wild in all parts of
tee islands. In archipelagoes so high
ly advanced as Samoa and Tonga,
iwhere women have none of the coarser
Work to do, the entire care of the mul
berry plantations rests with the wom
en of each village.
The trees are planted closely to In
sure a spindling growth without lat
eral branches. The plant will grow
from seed. In such a dimate there is
no difficulty about getting things to
grow, but experience has shown that
better results follow the planting of
twigs from the sturdier wild trees. In
about three ye^rs from planting the
tree will be in the best condition for
the dothmakers. In that time it will
-attain a height of twelve feet or more,
and the trunk will have a uniform di
ameter of rather less than two inches.
About four feet of the trunk is waste
.and not available for the particular
purpose for which the tree is grown;
"the first two feet from the base is too
tough to work well, and the two feet
at. the top is too soft. If the tree is
Jproperly grown and left to mature,
-there will be available for the doth.
maker a stick of eight feet in the dear
4and as straight as a measuring , rod,
•without knots or branches and of uni
form girth throughout.—New York
ANNO UNCEMENT
Bird* Are Like Human Beiags,
Canaries; like human beings, vary
very much In character, some cocks be
ing so indifferent and Idle that they
.will let the hen do all the work of
building and rearing; while they them
selves sit and plume their feathers.
Others, again, .are perfectgentiemeu In
their manners, .waiting bn the hen with
a quiet courtesy and seeing that all she
requires Is at fence bgpught to her.
Again, the hens vaijt in disposition,
some hens behaving in a quiet, modest
Way, attending to their young ones
Wi& regularity, while others are in a
constant state pf chatter with their
husbands, pecking and arguing with
them every time they go near. Thus
we see that these little birds have their
tiffs and domestic quarrels, not unlike
ourselves.—Chambers’ Journal.
BLANKE’S
constitutes the preliminary stage of
treatment. During the next ten days
Speaking is permissible In the whisper
ing voice; and in the course of the next
fifteen days the ordinary conversation
al tone may be gradually employed.
WATCH FOR OOR DELIVERY WACOM.
A Story of a. Father’s Love.
f Old Mr. — has an only daughter.
They are of lowly rank, but he is hon
est and industrious. By trade he is a
puddler in a foundry, and he earns
$A50 a day. Twenty years ago the
Wife and mother died, and,the child of
five became the old man’s pet. Twelve
years ago he sold his property and
uspent all Ids money -in sending, her
abroad to study music. She came back
two years ago a famous .singer and a
matchless beauty and refused to own
her father. He has moved to the east
Jside in order that by living on a pit
tance he may have $20 every week to
give her to buy clothes. Every week
he sends it, and every week she spends
it, though she neither sees nor writes
to him. Week after week be grows a
little prouder and also a little sadder.—
City Missionary In Ladles’ Hoop Jour-
DKOS'S OLD STAID. Cor. Bradford & Washington Sts. PH0HE131.
HARDWARE.
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to continue ms presenp* _ _
tions and I would get well. After having it filled
twelve tunes without receiving the slightest
benefit, X declined to continue his treatment ant
longer. Having beard of S. S. S. (Swift’s Specific]
f>pflw^iwu!H for mifBimitiiHw, x decided, almost
in despair however, to give the medicine a trial,
and after X had takeas few bottles I wearable to
hobble around on cratches, and very soon there*
after had no ose for them at all, S. S. S. having
cored me sound and welL All the distressing
pains have left me, my appetite has returned,
and I am happy to be again restored to perfect
health. _
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? December, so called fran being the
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March, has probably had more names
conferred upon it than any other of the
twelve into which our year Is now di
vided. Among the early Saxons it was
called Winter Monat, or winter month.
After their conversion to Christianity
they called It Heligh Monat; or holy
month, in honor of the birth of Christ.
In later days in Germany it was called
jChrist Monat for the same reason.
dTires used to be lighted for warmth in
ihis month, and the want of chimneys
used to cause a too obvious inconven
ience,‘which led to its being called Fu-
’jaoeus, or smoky. It was also dubbed
"pan us, or hoary, from the snows or
moarfrosts which then generally whit-
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to any one desiring it. Write our physi
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