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VOLUME VIII.
l Church Directory.
METHODIST.— Douglasville—First, ib. r. I
fifth Sundays.
Bai.tSpkixgs—Second Sunday, atd Satnr ia;
HP>efore.
B Midwat—Fourth Sunday, and Saturday hr-.
k tore. W. B, PIOTE, Pastok.
F Baptist—Douglasville, first and fourth Bun- :
days. Rev. A. B. Vaughn, pastor.
Masonic,
Douglasville Lodge, No. 289, F. A. M.,meets
on Saturday night before the first and third
Bundavs in each mouth. J. R. Carter, W. M.,
W, J. Camp, Secy.
County Directory.
Ordinary—H. T. Cooper.
Clerk—B. N. Dorsett.
Sheriff—Henrv Ward.
Deputy Sheriff—G. M. Souter.
Tax Receiver—E. H. Camp.
Tax Collector—W. A. Sayer.
Treasurer—Samuel Shannon.
Surveyor—John M. Huey.
Coroner—F. M. Mitchell.
SL'I’ERIOB court.
Meets on third Mondays in January and July
and holds two weeks.
Judge—Hon. Samson W. Harris.
Sot Genl.—Hon. Harry M. Reid.
Clerk—S. N. Dorsett.
Sheriff—Honry Ward.
COUNTT COURT.
Meets in quarterly session on fourth Mon
days in February, May, August and November i
and holds until all the cases on the docket are
called. In monthly session it meets on fourth
Mondays in each month,
Judge—Hon. R. A. Massey.
Sol. Genl.—Hon. W. T. Roberts.
Bailin’—D. W. Johns.
ORDIMABY’fI COURT
“ Meets for ordinary purposes on first Monday,
and for county purposes on first Tuesday £u
I each month.
L Judge—Hon. H. T. Cooper.
JUSTIOR9 COURTS.
' 780th Diet. G. M. meets first Thursdavin each
month. J. L Feely, J. P., W. IL Cash, N. P.,
R W. Johns and W. K. Hunt, L. C.
736th Diet. G. M., meets second Saturday.
& A.R. Bomar, J. P., B. A. Arnold, N. P., 8. C.
Ye: ger, L. C. •
,70th List. G. M. meets fourth Saturday.
Fwsklin Carter, J. P., 0. B. Baggett, N. P.,
J.C. James and M. 8, Gore, L. O*.
Dm. G. M. meets third Saturday. T.
M. Hamilton. J.P.. M. L. Yates, N. P., 8. W.
B Bipvcrs, L.C., 8. J. Jourdan, L. C.
WOth Diet.. G. M. meets third Saturday. N.
JT Oamp, J.P., W. 8. Hudson, N. P., J. A.
M. meets first Saturday. C.
' AJ b err J Hembree, N. P.,
G. M. meets fourth Friday.
J* Robinson, N.l’.,
’G. M. meets third Friday. Th->».
'A. J. Bowen, N. P., W. J.Haibm,
MHHtossional Cards
' y®ERT A. MftSSEL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
* V DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
(Office in front room, Dorsett's Building./
Will practice anywhere except in the County
Court of Douglass county.
W. A. JAMES. ~~
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
practice in nil the courts, Slate au
aNMHHP^ ce on Coort House Square,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
T. ROBERTS,
fIMpRNEY AT LAW.
DOUGLASVILLE, GA. >
%ysb (,ti(,(! >' J a *’ t} u' Courts, All legs
receive prompt attention. Office’
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IfTORNEY AT LAW, i
I DOUGLASVILLE. GA.
H In ail the courts. AR bnatneM
■ te k’ ni rwc "' B prompt attention.
I b. gTgrigg!
i ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
I Will practice in all the courts, State and
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I JOHN M, EDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
| DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
■ WUlßteet ice in all the courts, and promptly
■ MAmml to all business entrusted to his oare.
I I.I.JAMES. j
I ATTORNEY AT LAW,
| DOUGLASVILLE, GA,
■ Wil! nmrUre in the courts of Donglasm,
I OMBpbeU, Carroll, Paulding. Cobb. Fulton awl
■ oountwa. Prompt atteniwn given
I j. h. McLarty,
I ATTORNEY AT LAW.
K JJOWLASVII.LE. GA.
■ Will teamin'* in ah tits eonita. both State and
fit IWriui. Omectom* a specialty.
I JOHN V. EDGE.
I ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOCQIABVILLK, GA.
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THE MADSTONE.
Something about a Supposed
Cure for Hydrophobia.
Doctors Say Both the Stone and Cares
Effected by it are Mythical
“Madness in dogs,” said a physician,
“is mentioned in the Iliad of Homer, and
hydrophobia is described as a disease by
Aristotle. Democritis, the laughing
philosopher, developed a theory of the
malady 400 years before the Christian era.
Hippocrates, the father of medicine, aiyd
contemporary with Democrates,, recom
mended the sucking of the wound made
by the bite of a rabid dog. In the ab
sence of a physician to cauterize the
wound or a surgeon to cut it out, the
medical fraternity of to-day would pre
scribe the same remedy. The first thing
an awkward person does when he smash
es his finger with a hammer is to jam the
injured member in his mouth. Persons
bitten by venomous snakes have removed
the poison inlhe same manner.
“The absorbent qualities of certain
kinds of earth or clay have led to their
use in cases of poisonous bites to absorb
the poison, or laceration of the flesh to
stop the flow of blood. When the soli
tary plowman encounters a nest of bees
and gets the worst, of lhe contest he ap
plies a handful of earth moistened with
tobacco juice to the stings. The adhe
sive quality of a spongy sort of clay prob
ably gave rise to the mythical stories con
cerning the use of mudstones for bites of
rabid animals. Mudstones have a mysteri
ous history. Everybody has heard of
them, but very few persons have seen
them. The encyclopedias describe them
as light; porous stones which have the
quality of adhering to a wound. Their
origin is not even hinted at, and their
peculiar qualities are not given. Medi
cal authorities do not mention them,
though they speak of all the different
remedies applied to the wounds made by
animals afflicted with hydrophobia.
“Tradition says the stone is flat, oval
shaped, and of a bluish color. It is said
that it will adhere to the. poisoned
wound until filled with the virus, when
it falls off. After being washed and
soaked in hot water or milk it will again
stick to the wound if it contains any
poisonous matter. It is claimed that
these stones arc effleaeious if applied to
the wound several days or even several
weeks after the victim has been bitten by
the mad dog.
“The cures effected by this wonderful
stone are mythical as the stone itself.
The possessors of these magic healers
claim many lives saved from rabies. The
medical records do not mention a case.
It is impossible to lay your hands on the
man who has been bitten by a mad dog
and saved by the mad-stone.”
Dr. George P. Cunningham has made
the study of hydrophobia a speciality,
and' it is more than probable has cauter
ized more wounds made by dogs than any
other man in Chicago. His office is a
few doors from the Chicago avenue
police station. Every person on the
North Side bitten by a dog supposed to
be mad rushes to the station and the vic
tim is hurried to Dr. Cunningham. For
ty to fifty dog-bitten people come to him
every year, and he estimates that he has
cauterized over two hundred wounds
made by these animals. But three per
sons whose wounds he has treated have
died of hydrophobia.
“If the mudstone is a fraud, tho medi
cal fraternity ought to prove it,” Dr.
Cunningham aaid. “I have examined
all the encyclopedias and medical author
ities that come within my reach to secure
some positive information concerning
luadstoues. 1 have not the slightest idea
of their origin. I can't even find out
what they look like. I have always
wanted to see one so that in rambling
about I might pick up a stone that look
ed like it and make some exjx'riments.
I have never seen a person who had seen
one. They must have the power of a
suctioe-pump if they can draw out the
poison that has been in the system two or
three wet'ka, as it is claimed they can do.
“I imagine that a madstone has about
as much effect as a piece of blotting jia
per. Anything that has absorbent quali
ties would be beneficial, but I should
hate to risk a mad stone thirty minutes
after the poison had entered the wound
even if it has the qualities claimed for it.
The virus enters the system the moment
after the bite. Not all of the poison is 1
taken up at once, of course, and by
promp. cauterization the remaining virus
is destroyed.”— Oiesigo AW*.
The chance* fur success in life are much
greater (or the boy who has grown up on
the farm, and the industrious habits
formed and the fact that hb evenings
were spent at home are what give him
the sundna which enables him to win ia j
the battle of Me.
FAWNING rro BJOTNK—CHARITY TO ALL.
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY JUNE 8 1886.
How Flying Fish Fly.
An excellent opportunity of observing
the aerial means of propulsion in the fly
ing fish was afforded me during a six
days’ calm lately when crossing the Bay
of Bengal. This must be my excuse for
again touching tills subject. I watched
day by day some hundreds rise under the
bow of the ship. The water surface was
a glassy calm. As each fish rose it spread
its wings at once, ajparently beating the
surface with them two or three strokes
before they steadied out. I say appar
ently, for it was not a definite beat so
much as it was a struggle to rise. The
tail which, of course, under water was in
a rapid motion, to escape from the ship,
now gave ten or a dozen rapid beats,
which could be counted by, the ripples
on the still surface, and the fish was ofl
in aerial flight. As each fish lost the im
petus of the first rise, which generally
happened at about forty yards, the bi
noculars showed us the anal fins, which
had till now been fully extended, droop
ing to feel the water. As soon as the
surface was felt the tail was quickly in
troduced, and five or six smart strokes,
also indicated by ripples, brought the
impetus up again and carried the fish
about another thirty yards, when another
droop sent it on again, and so forth, some
of the older fish travelling in this way
400 to 500 yards. The younger fish fre
quently fell awkwardly in this attempt
to regain impetus. When waves are run
ning it requires a clever fish to gain im
petus by a few judicious strokes on the
crests of a wave, and many a fish tumbles
over in the attempt. I once saw a fish
rise close to the ship’s quarter, and it
flew parallel with the ship, pursued be
low by a dolphin or bonita. The latter
followed every sway of the flying fish,
keeping almost under it. At the first
dip the tail went into its pursuer’s mouth,
and there was an end of the flyer. It
always struck me that it -seemed a strain
on the fish to keep the wings extended.
—Jfature.
Fish in the Air.
Certainly, the tenacity of life shqwn
by pond animals is very remarkable.
Our own English carp.bury themselves
divply in the mud in winter, and Wlere
remain in a dormant condition many
months entirely without food. During
this long hibernating period they ean be
preserved alive for a considerable time
out of water, especially if their gills arc
from time to time, slightly moistened.
They may then be sent to any address by
parcels post, packed in wet moss, with
out serious damage to their constitution;
though, according to Dr. Gunther, these
dissipated products of civilization prefer
to have a piece of bread steeped in bran
dy put into their mouths to sustain them
beforehand. In Holland, where the carp
are not so sophisticated, they are often
kept the whole Winter through, hung up
in a net to keep them from freezing. At
first they require to be sligtly wet from
time to time, just to acclimatize them
gradually to so dry an existence; but af
ter a while they adapt themselves cheer
fully to their altered circumstances, and
feed on an occasional frugal meal of
bread and milk with Christian resigna
tion.—Cornh.HL
Cats as Bed-feilorrs.
In reply to the query of a correspond
ent as to the popular belief that a cat will
suck the breath of a sleeping infant,
says: 4 ‘Dr. Tomlinson of Chi
cago, dismisses the subject Socratically:
‘What good do you suppose it would do
a cat to draw into its lungs breath which
a human being has just exhaled F Never
theless it may be said, with all respect
for Dr. Tomlinson and no rosjx-ct at all
for superstition, that the warmth-loving
cat has away ot preferring baby's crib as
a sleeping-place to any other bed or cor
ner. If driven away, she will return
stealthily again and again to the snug
eovert. She lovw, furthermore, to nes
tle close to baby's body, as often as not
thmsting her whiskered nose against the
velvet check, pink and warm with sleep.
Thus far, she may* do no harm. But
when she occasionally curls her bulk of
five, six or eight {rounds' weight upon
the sleeper's heaving thest mischief may
come of it. To escape the risk of this
mischance, if for no other reason, keep
pussy sway from your slumbering baby.
Indeed, he is best off without any bed
fellow.”
Her Method of Kevenge.
“Here is rather a sad incident in the
paper, my dear,” said Squildig.
“What is it?” asked his wife.
•‘A Bohemian girl in Chicago commit
ted suicide to spite her lover, who had
offended her.”
‘ The foolish girl! I wouldn’t have
taken out my spite in that way.”
“VThat would you have done’”
“I'd have married him.”
And Squildig went down town won- <
dering how he had offended his wife be
fore they were married.
WHALING.
An Old Sea Captain’s Tale of
its Rise and Fall.
Brisk Days in New England Ports Pol
lowed by Stagnation.
Forty years ago, before gas and min
eral oil had come into general use, the
I pursuit and capture of whales was one of
the most important industries in the
try, and New-England was its home.
Every spring a large fleet of whaling ves
sels sailed out of Vineyard and Block Is
land Sounds, to return in two or three
years loaded to their decks with oil and
bone. Their crews were composed of
Americans, men who had been born and
j brought up in New-England, either on
I the mainland or on Nantucket, Block Is
land, Marthais Vineyard or some of the
j adjacent islands, with now and then a
; farmer’s son fresh from the hayfield, or
i dissipated young men who were sent out
by their friends in the hope that the voy
t age would work a reformation in their
| charactersand tastes, and a foreigner was
seldom seen among them. The wharves
of New-Bedford, Sag Harbor and New-
I London resounded with the songs and
‘ cries of the steytdores as they hoisted
i out the barrels of oil and bales of bone
from the holds of returned vessels, teams
I rumbled down on the piers laden with
i stores of provisions and rigging for out
ward-bound ships, and the ringing sound
of the calking mallet as it struck the iron,
the creaking of blocks ami the flapping
sails, all combined in one busy hum
which lasted from morning till night.
Now all is changed. In the spring a
' few small vessels and perhaps one or two
large shijTs, a mere ghost of the. former
fleet, creep out of the sounds between
the headlands of Montauk and Cape Cod,
i and spreading their patched and worn
‘ sails to the breeze, stand out into the
deep water in search of the “lords of the
ocean.” Their crews are composed of
foreigners, mostly Portuguese from the
\ Western Islands, aud*jt is as rare to see
! an American among them as it was forty
! years ago to foreigner. The wharves
’ arc dc-set ted and still, and in place, of the
many gallant ships which in the good old
days fiHed the harbors, are a few small
fishermen and coasters, and the arrival of
I a whaling vessel causes as great a commo
tion in the town as a visit from a royal
personage. In years past the American
flag was carried by whalers to the utter
most parts of globe; now it is seldom
seen off our coast. An cld sea captain
said recently:
“Forty years ago we were the greatest
nation on the sea ; now we are the great
est on the earth. The first attempt to
capture whales for the purpose of getting
oil which is contained in the blubber or
outer covering of which we have any rec
ord was made by the French in the latter
part of the fourteenth century. These j
whales were a small species, probably
i blackfish, which frequented the Bay of
Biscay, and they were soon driven off the
coast by the unceasing war whibh was
waged on them. From this time until
toward the end of the sixteenth century
we have no record of the industry. About
this time the Dutch founded a small vil
lage on the island of Spitzenbcrg, and
whaling was carried on by them to some
extent. The whales, however, were soon
driven off and betook themselves to the
coast of Greenland. The Dutch followed .
them, and for more than a century the ;
Dutch oil trade flourished. lu 1680 it |
reached its height. There were then 260 <
Dutch ships and 14,000 sailors engaged '
in the business, but from that time it be- I
gan to decline and in the present century j
has been given up altogether by that peo- !
pie. Then it was taken up by the Eng- !
lish, but they never made a success of it ,
and now they have almost abandoned it. :
In 1813 they had 164 ships in the busi- j
ncss, but at present less than twenty.
“The industry wa: early taken up by •
the New-England colonies, and was at j
first carried on ia small boats from the i
GDcrv. In the first part of this century .
the whales were driven off the coast and i
became scarce, and larger vessels were
fitted out for their capture. The princi- !
pal whaling ports at this time were New- ;
Bedford, Holmes's Holl, Edtrartown, Sag <
Harbor, Greenport and New-London. In !
1854 the industry reached its height. ;
There were then nearly five hundred ves
sels employed in the trade, and their ag- :
gregate tonnage was over 200,000 tons, I
but then it began to decline, and has
never since regained its former magni- !
tude. Now there are about 100 whalers i
hailing from New-England ports and !
about twenty from San Francisco. A
large part of the New-England whalers
are what is called 'plutn-puddinger»,’that 4
is, vessels which go out on short cruises, I
generally for a year. The San Frtmcisco i
vessels are mostly large barks. They :
cruhe both it the South Pacific and Arc* i
tic oceans, and generally ship their men I
for a three years’ cruise. Os late years
many so-called improvements have been
made in the appliances used in the cap
ture of whale, among which are the
bomb gun and bomb-lance, but old
whalers do not believe in these modern
inventions and claim that nothing has
yet been invented which is equal to the
old-fashioned harpoon and lance.
“Whales are getting plentier and plen
tier every year and if there
should ever be a big demand for sperm
oil you'd find there’s plenty of whales
left. But I’m afraid that time will not
come in my day. A whaling trip's not
exactly a pleasure trip, but one gets at
tached to the business, and although I’m
over sixty years old now I believe I could
throw an iron as well as I ever could. In.
the old days a captain would make enough
money in a few trips to keep him the
rest of his life, but now he’s lucky if he
makes enough to keep him a year. No,
whaling’s not what it used to be ” —AVis
York Tribune.
Life Cars.
In a little"gray house with a red roof,
which stands on a desolate stretch of
beach in Ocean County, New Jersey,
there hangs an oval iron case which has a
singular history. The house is a station
of the Life-Saving Service, and the case
is the first life-car ever used in the world.
Its story is as follows.
After the organization of the Life-
Saving Service as a branch of the Gov
ernment, in 1871, its inspectors visited
even- part cf the coast to examine into
the condition of the station-houses and
their equipments.
One of these officers was on the New
Jersey coast during a heavy storm, when
a ship was driven on the bar. He saw
the desperate efforts of the surfmen to
reach her in their heavy life-boat. They
at last succeeded, and took off as many
of the passengers as the boat would hold,
but in returning, it was swamped by the
furious breakers, and rescued and res
cuers were washed into the sea.
For weeks and months afterwards the
inspector went about like a man dis
traught, intent on devising a model
for a boat which should be at once light
enough to handle in such seas, and heavy
enough not to be overturned by them.
The problem was so difficult that he was
in dispair. But one day he startled his
companions by exclaiming, “Swing it on
a cable, and put a lid to it!”
The idea was at once carried out. This
life-car was niada, —an oval, air-tight
case closed by a lid which screws down,
and hung by iron rings on a cable ex
tended from the shore to the ship. On
the first day it was used, two hundred
persons escaped in it from the Ayrshire,
a vessel wrecked off the New Jersey
coast.
These cars, of an improved shape, are
now to be fount? every life-saving
station. But this bld battered veteran is
regarded with a touching pride and af
fection by the brave surfmen.
“She has done good work in the
world,” they say; an epitaph which we
would all be glad to share with the life
ear. Youth's Cornjwn ion.
—|| Bin I
A Client Demands Protection.
A few days ago, in th: District Court,
a prisoner, who had been defended by
one of our young lawyers (who had been
appointed by the court) received the
highest penalty the law allows for horse
stealing, fifteen years.
After the verdict was announced this
lawyer was observed to speak excitedly
to his client, whereupon the client stood
up and told the judge that he looked to
him fir protection.
His Honor, Judge Noonan, replied
that the sheriff would see that his rights
were not interfered with.
“But that is not what I mean,” urged
the prisoner.
“What do you mean?” inquired the
judge, kindly.
“1 want you to protect me. This young
man you ’pir.tcd to defend me says he is
gwine no ask you to give me a new trial,
and I want you to protect me, judge.”
And now that young lawyer tells peo
ple that he won’t defend pauper crim;- ;
nals without being paid for it, not even
if Judge Noonan sends him to jail for
ref using. —Si’ ti iys.
Changing His Doctor.
“I am tired of Dr. Smith,’’ said a sick '
man to his wife. “He doses me with
quinine until my ears are ready to drop I
off, and it doesn’t help me a particle.
I believe I'll send for Dr. de Jerome.”
“But consider his charges, my dear— ;
810 a visit.” I
“I don’t care what he charges. I am
willing to pay for his skill.”
So Dr. de Jerome was summoned, and
then after a careful diagnosis of the case I
he said:
“Give him ten grains of quinine every ,
four hoars. TH call again to-morrow. |
Good day. 5 —Jw Ytrl sm. x ’
NUMBER 18.
I LITTLE MRS. DODDS.
I How She Proved Herself a
Woman of Great Nerve.
f 4
A Western Stage Robbery that Ended
Badly for the Robbers.
| Soon after the close of the civil war,
and when the West was a great deal
| . o
wilder than it is now, several of us took
■ the stage one day from Austin to Eureka,
Nevada. As a matter of fact, there were
five men and one woman, a dumpy little
body with rosy face and blue eyes, whose
name -was Mrs. Dodds. She lived in
: Eureka, and w T as returning home after a
: visit.
The stage route had been clear of roas
-for a long time, but as a matter a
i ceremony each man carried a revolver h
, a hostler belted around him, and thel
I may have been two or three bowie-kniv<
in the crowd. We got away from Aus
tin in good shape, and in an hour we
were all pretty well acquainted. Noth
! ing of particular interest happened dur
ing the day or early evening, but about
9 o’clock at night, while most of us were
I half asleep, the stage came to a sudden
! halt, and a clear, sharp voice rang out:
j “If you move a foot I’ll send a bullet
I through your head! Inside the stage
there! No nonsense, now! Hand those
' pistols out butt foremost!”
He threw the door open and covered
i everybody with the muzzle of his revol
ver. Stage passengers have been called
cowards for permitting themselves to be
“held up” by one man. The time be
tween the stoppage of the stage and the
! opening of the door was so brief that
; none of us could have pulled a pistol.
After that, to have made a motion would
have been to invite a shot. Any one of
i 'is would have been a fool to resist.
i “Step down here!” commanded the
■ agent,, and one by one wc “stepped.” As
! each man descended he pulled his pistol
and laid it on the ground, and then took
his place in line.
“Ahl a woman here!” said the agent
as Mrs. Dodds started to come down.
.“You may remain in the coach. I don’t
rob women.”
She settled back, and he turned to us,
a pistol in each hand, and briskly rc
; marked:
“Now, then, time is money. Each of
you gents shell out, and place the boodle
on the ground. The man who attempts
to swindle me will get a dose of lead.”
Wc began to shell. I stood nearest
i the coach, at the head of the line, and I
placed watch and wallet on the ground.
' As I straightened up I saw little Mrs.
Dodds hitching about in the coach. In
• a few seconds the barrel of a revolver
i rested against the side of the open door.
The agent had his left side to the coach,
' and was about twelve feet away. If the
i woman missed him she would cert- inly
j hit one of the men in line. She must
‘ know this, and I doubted if she would
i take the chances.
i “Come don’t be slow about it,” called
! the agent. “At this rate you won’t get
j into Eureka for a week! I want !”
j At that instant there was a flash and a
i report, and he leaped clear off his feet and
fell to the ground in a heap. We grab
! bed for our pistols and rushed upon him,
. but he was as dead as a nail. The bullet
from her revolver has struck him full in
' the car and he never knew what hit him.
We turned to the coach, and there was
, little Mrs. Dodds crying just like a wom
an, while the smoking revolver lay on the
seat. We just lifted her down and hug
ged her as if wc were her five brothers,
for she had saved the crowd a matter of
SIB,OOO.
We couldn’t press a present upon her,
but when we got to Eureka we made her
husband ;>ocket a purse of SSOO, and we
slipped in another hundred to buy the
little woman the nicest silk dress in the
Silver State.— Detroit Free. Preu.
Danger of Chloral.
At a recent meeting of the -Cincinuat
Academy of Medicine the uses of “chlor
al” as a remedy were pretty thoroughly
discussed. The experience of the pro
fession seemed to be that “chloral was
an uncertain and treacherous remedy.”
Some persons are more affected by a dose
of four grains than others are by a dose
of twenty grains. Cases were reported
where 200 grains per day liad been given,
and one case, reported by Dr. Beck of
the Baden army, where 43© grains were
given in three and a half hours, the pa
tient sleeping for thirty hours and recov
ering. The profession also agreed that
chloral cannot successfully be adminis
tered hypodermically. There were
reported also where death was caused by
the administration of ten or twenty grai*
doses, and where dangerous symptoms
resulted from a single five grain dose.
Buch a remedy cannot be regarded lew
than dangerous in any except the most
skillful hands.— Skwitific