, 1876-11-20
MORTALITY MADE CHEAP.

borne fruit.
MORTALITY MADE CHEAP.
Why FAris arecn IL no Popular with t3nl-
cldca.-.Two Ccnts' Worth sufsinlent to Kill
a hinn.-.The IEorrlblc suf1erlngs OF 1ta
Victims.
Et,s FORK Atrcury,
Tho last ccnsts Of suicides In one year In New
York showed that there we're by Paris green, "a;
arsenic, q; carbollc acid, y; hydrate OF clloral,
.; sulphuric acid, oxalc actd. phosphorus, rat
poison, colch!cum, prussic acid. cflorofoFm,
ether, yellow wort, wluc, each l. II will be seen
by this showing, tho proportions Of which are
aoout the saEe every year, that Paris green is q
fashionable poison.
III The suicides by poIson that leave their inky
statn upon tho polfca rcgsters, this will, III the
large majority Of cases bo found to be the calso
Of death ana yet i is strange that. a death 50
painful AZ TINT by Paris green should be 80 often
mortal eotl and mix tetr bodies with TIC dust,
III the first plncc, there must be soRleting tNd
tcally wrong in the Inv that will permit 80 dead
ly poison to bc 30 readily md extensively sold,
reason of tic popularity Of Til. dcaiiy tirug.
According to tic statutes Of this State, nny
dealer enn sell pint or more Of Paris green
without asking my questions as to tllo use to
which It is to 10 applied, and without any re-
In selling quantities less than this the seller Is
obliged by law 10 ubtaIn md make registry Of
tho natne Of the house aud address Of the pur-
chaser, and the object for which the poison Is
10 be used. Conversation will, mauy drug
glst8-and somo uf tncm very rcspcctn-
Die onrs-dcmunstratca the faHt that this
Inv Is almost 4 dead letter. What wonder,
around It, the sale OF this poison is 80 large aul
that It Is sought by the miserable wrctcles
weary OF tho struggle with want, poycrty, md
misfortune, aud who find In Paris green a'i anti
suppose, oi oil their troubles, for tho poison
can be bought for 81 cents q pound, aud two
cents worth is enough to llurl The poor, weary
soul to death and destruction. It ia an anon,nl-
s ssas poson. als So eagea abt wi VIII oSs o
malitics and restrictions In their sale that IL Ia
difficult to obtain thom without grca. deal Of
trouble or a physicinnis prescription, while Paris
e.. g. b boust 4 ann any pnsop ~ or 1 ~
without question or comment. The Wholesale
druggists aud color mon find It ono Of the most
reality bought and profitable OF their staples,
and thls green death may " found 1., lurking tn
that appears Not alone by design, but by nc
cident as well, llas Parls green brought death to
many family.
arc moro easily oradfcntctl from tho household
by tho uso OF Paris green than by my other
compound, and the careful and conilslng house,
keeper Is fond Of scattering II over shelves and
In closets, where these pcats Inbound. 1twould
folks whose sharp eyes have fcrrctcl out tho
pretty and alluring-lookinE poison, mud hnvc
eaten It In the belief tint It was some comfort
PLACED for their spcefa! dclectatlon., Theru arc
inany little mounds In Greenwood tl,at have
been built by Paris green, many n mother whose
only born Inns been hnatched from her through
the careless hand that left the poison where
baby hands could find md baby mouths swallow
I'm Ia nj lar IN for
In protecting potato and tonlato vines from the
eneroachmcnta OF bugs, and thcrc Is no doubt
that many deaths have been caused by these
csculonts becoming imbued with this SUBJ
stance. Investigations have been going on for
so,nc ttme n1nong scientific 1nen TO discover
whether tho poison docs enter tho soil and i'm
preRnato tho young plants. No satisfactory re-
eults have yet been arrived at. but It seems to
substantiatci cases whero this has been proved
10 bo fact. Despite these facts and ingcatiHn-
ttons, however, II Is ncxt to 'mposatbe to con-
vince the thrifty husbandman TINT be Gun find
any other nntsdote for tho inroads OF tho de-
stroyors Of IBIS crops, and at largo paint house
tho writer was Informed by one Of tho firm, wns
large sale for the poison during the spring anl
summer months among their country customers,
pleasant to reflect tllat the vegetable that 10 IN
tho most general usa OF all others may contatn
MI insidio,s poison tnat, II IL docs not bring
death, may, q all events; bring sertoua aud
worse, worse It terrible. Il Is tort,re
that seems to cat tho vitals a. il BY BY is fire.
stsychpin poisoning Is attended with tho
writhlng IN tho cctasy Of pain; but wliilc tho
ran from Paris green is quito Us great or even
greater, these symptoms arc not developed. This
victim, OIL trss linking tho poison, experiences q
yariably cnstirs. This is followed BY terrible
seneatlon of burning tn the intcstincs, and,
while the unfortunate wretch IL screaming with
agony, collapse follows. d film comes ovur tho
ui,availtug, and the spirit has taken wing. lla
large enough dose llas been taken, the result Is
speedily reached; but, with an ovcrtlose, the
vomiting and retchinE arc Increased thrcefold,
md tho ngony Is longer extended for this rca-
sou. Men mid women do not seem to learn
wfdont from experience, however; but, ut tho
sane time. while Paris grcen Ia IN auch coInnlon
use for many purposes, 1t is we'll that warning
dillon to thc casualties that have already cur
r!cd sorrow and dcsolation with it as the
medium Of carriage.
Whom . eass Of poisoning by Paris green Is
gcon t.,cks hls stomarh-pump unddr Ills arn,
md huste,ls to the scene Ut atLon as rnpllly IA
poas!hle. and, II he be warned IN tlu,c, and Ia
netiye III hls movements, tho would-hc victim Is
4 rule, thu most active men IN the world, n',.l,
in tho maturity Of cMscs, tue poor victim dies
before assistance arrives. 1t Is we'll therefore,
TO bo prepared for such accidents and to know
precisely what to do. Onu Of the surest until
t!otes fo1r arsenic poison, which ts synonymous
with t!lat Of purfs green. is freshly irecipl-
tated sesqutoxfde Of Iron, but this cannot NJ
ways ba readily obtained, and then the home
practitioner should bo prepared 10 resort to
homo remedies. These arB close ut hand.
First, glyo tho victim an emettc Ut wnrin wGter,
and, as soon as 1t can ho prepared, follow this
with dose of chalk and castor-oli mixed to
the consistency Of cream. This Is said to en-
yelop tue particles still atlherent to tho stomach
md render them harmless. It ia almost nn
Iufalliblo antaoto; but the best way ia to have
nothing TO do with Par1s geeen whatever, ind
10, avoiding tho cause, prevent disaatcF.
Chasing 1IoE-IIaw rI,ltmhrsl, Amused
Ills NetghbDrs aud Fnurtoon Htnail uUys.
hf,o 0fitnnA NHlietjH.
Whltmatsllfs next'tloor uetgllbor Is tho nwncr
nbly large sIze, . sharp:baekcd, long
nosel specimen. When Wll.tlnarsh catuu