, 1879-01-11

.letr7nt, rnbl!tl,ra In wlsk. state. states that
n'urc tfsi' p!nc gaion. out Ut every ten now
vile conf Jound OF whisky tviil. distilled spirits
and rhenitrsi nhominatInf1s, and ntlir, "it lhc
world knew what vfllainoua stnfts brandy,
whisky, ard wines are nov made ot, tho present
crop Of drlndArdn would be about tilt last"
What II being done 10 stop these a'lultcrataous'
10 far W ! am aware, nothing whatever.
Now takc our drugs aud medicines. Hero
cannot do better thai, Htotc iht exact words ot
Ia!d to n.e: "TE,e ntiulseratiuns OF drugs 10
this country art perfectly ahominahtc. Tho
physician orders = medicine for patient In ex.
tretnc danucr: The medicine has only a9uaI.
alutte GRAFTON, and the patient dies. y A rear
ago last spring nlhtbeLszed lrnn.varc, so.
called, whicf, las come into extensive usc. cven
In our hospitals, in the form OF coffee pots.
Harvard University chemist who ansiSxed It,
"alire with poson," tho enan'cl! being
,'esy !yoh;e Of o.ag o. iesa
faoa ncsr more or les poisoned by Il, te:
Tore the discovery. VA made. ! an told
hy .hc Secretary Of the Michigan etate Hoard Of
ts1i sEs portion H %.n Sa1 se
children died from drinking milk y, which had
kind Of lin is user for roo1ng and caycs-trougfs,
aand tho water which ruus through and user
journal ef Ch<nt&sry Ut January, 1370, statcs
TINT Philadelphia physle,an-Dr, Emil Quern-
er-has tasted large humber Of tin vessels,
obtained at different places, and found LEAD III
cooking only vessels made Of sheet iron. l AM
not awurc OF my tcaaun why thu ttnware Ut
Massachusetts, Should be lcts poisonous than
the tsn~Brc OF Michigan ana pciinsylyants.
lho ufe OF trseillc, corrosive Eubliinate, and
other ps,!sons has bcco,fc common tn ladies'
drcsscs, f retls, In tewiRg-silka. III threads, In
artificial 1owcrs, tn gentlcmcn's understanding.
IN socks, y gloves. III hatlininRs. In ltuingt u
boots and stNes, tn FAprr collnrs, in eoosed
enafnelled clote's, and doubtless 1T many eiler
| articles. These poIsou. arc :puul io yarjuus
colofs. Ihey arc found N wooirns, silks, cot
sons, and leather. prot. Nichols 10: our aIa..a~
chusctts Institute Of Technology found eight
grains Of arsenic tn cnch squnre loot uf vtpen
dress: Another chetnlst found ten Gralns tf
ersetitc In sinEtu artificial flower. 4 child In
Troy. N. r., recently dicl In .onvulsioas by
taking arsenic irout n green vii thrown over lts
crib to keep ufE fllce.
1he loston Jenrmai Of t:nrn,i.frp {of this
month, JANUARY. 1sial slcaks oE tho use IT
arsenic In the eolornE nattrr Vi dried grassex
anu artclat flowers. ami refers fn several cases
Of poisoning fro,n wenrt1'R these ruwcr. IN be,,-
nefs; also 10 case vi nrsenical poisoning froin
wearing green s!lk e,c,sladr.
Wallpapers containing ursentc nrc largely
| manufactured and sold; also pottoln,,ls papcrs
| used for eurtalns, lasap-sha'}es buxcs, ulout
confectionery. Tor Tickets. cards, and rariuus
tsa ac ',, spa II 9s rsss s
about thirty barrels Of nrscntc. Tue employee
we're required to work only two days il tlr
ss Mans soos q lad .e c IeFe ha made sss uy
kept awRy from It. In railEoud, lecture, and
e'neert tickets there is frequently enuugi, arse
| mic to kill chlld. These arsenlral Wallpapers
pearl, aud other tol,irs Some ars cheap, solnc
| costly; some figured, SOME plain; some glazed,
some nng,nzed. Thu amount ot araenIc i'm.
ported into thia country during the year ending
/ pound contained q fata! dose tor about 2,s01
| n.lult human beings. Yet it ts sold In our
narkcts almost ps freely Us wood and coal, at II
] wholesale price Of fssm rent and = half to Two
Ills editorial columns Tint Il Is es.:.
| mated that about Us per cent Of our
Wallpapers now manufactured contain arscuic.
toilet powdcra used fn liurscrIos at,d by ladies,
BECAUSE It Ia cheaper than tho htnrch of wilIel.
| those powders were previously Mnae. It H.
largely used IN Paris Grcct," which ilus caused
fnuny deaths. 1t Is atatct, OH what scelns tobn
reliable authority, that thcy are now putting It
into candies. Al meeting Ut tho United Suites
| Board Of 1rn'1c, lscid In New York Auv. IL,
1917, Sir. Fuller, retired sugar dealer, declared
| that sugars, Mofasscs, and huucy arc NOW So
atultcfated that though very tond of those
articles, be did not daru to usc them except IN
small quantities. What Is being done lu stop
| these thlpgs3 30 fur as an lwars, nothing
whatever.
rs also cnlanccring human life, II Ia proper
10 add that tho destruction Ut property by !srr
In the United States has gFnwn III ten yclrs
annual @ loss os nearly eio0,o6 ,0H: K Dos,on d,
gentleman recently purchased In dsilereii. parts
of that clty twenty tanplcs Of Kerosene oil. and
submitted them to d skiilful chcnIfst. He fund
aud sud ID voatlun ef law, il i. suiti t{'at liz
| great ChicaRu lire OF 1S1U would ueyrr have uc-
rurre,f II the fluid IN eiuglo lnl,p which enustl
It lal been VI the proper legal standard. Saying
nothing Of the lnnyes to human }iyes II, lnrge
fires, bHrtculary 10 the Sick anti aged, It eannut
10 denied that tnftltnnt OF do!ars' wusth OF
pr,pertr III tbs ctty Of Boston alone 10 constants
y placed III 5eGo!riy BY tho Illegal sale Of these
| explosive and dangerous f1ut.ls.
IT. there any remedy fnr tftGsc thnCse They
arr increasing every ycnr. They lo!s0n ami
cheat tho cols,lt,rr affect, h,h! IN u.utIy cases
destroy, tns health , n"t oy e the rs!', but u
They arc little IT nn Ers to tue se!ler, who. III
ninety-nua cases nit Ut Il hundred, wUn1d trr-
fer to seil honest goolA, ant zurich only tfoso
whom. regardless vi the laws Ut ti.nl and uan,
are little, Il any, better than tbs pirates tint
plunlcr our nhaps TN tho oceat,, cr thr highway.
| ulcn who rob ana inuTacr on tho laud. ! say
libItng the manufacture and nale Ut tnrs1 po!s-
| onoug mud dangerous articles under scycre 1cpl-
altlea, aud compelling ttlu manufacturers a.,.l
sellers vi adu!terassi articles to tell buvcrs ihn
precise churactrr pf the alutterution1. I think
tho sale Of deadly po!sons should b. reatret,si
and carefully gtsrlel hsrr, u It Ia tn
other countries. think that IN nlclic.uc
| should be permitted 10 bc sold uute*s approved
by cot,lsascnt ehr,ists, n,lti that no ct,lua or
| 1guuratit PERSON shuutA b. permitted tn tn.npcr
with humau life BY pretending to be phykltta,..
have not \ word VI fault to Hind With our
"Hoarls Of ilcaith.s They arc doing Creat
! scrrtcc. But this work IL beyond illcr p0wcr.
II they should epr1lsstiy undertake II they
would hs upposcd ut uuce by combinations Ut
capitnl and political Influences whMl, ws,utd
either atcnre their removal " parnlyze thrsr
| Efforts. Gnacr our furm of government there
Is but one senesly, aud TINT Is tn tho fosmattnn
composed Ut iuttuuntsal citizens. Sup.
ported b., voluntary contributions, eu,:
pluY1ng ut!tcere ~Ri1 faHuut ba hEtte.l
or removed by outside Influence, and
who would make It a. dangerous to nauu-
tarture and illegally .rl 1a,lAoaou& taods and
other po,ao1,nus arlttcs In us lnarkets Us It Is
nnw 10 cruslly rat hosses ar ssGryu .attls.
ihesu Is nut Man. WOMAN, Ur tllil IN this
country Ttln has NOT ay interest III fha subteyt