The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-11-09
Acid.

Carbolic acid is an excellent disentec
tsnt. and an English doctor says that q
tablespoonful of it in the summer morn
ine's bath will allay the irritation OF
"nricklv heat" and offera discourage
ment to mosquitoes. But it is a poison,
when drank, for which there is no
known antidote. The following cases re-
,ated in an exchange, show its ceadly
effect:
Some wears ago, a nurse in a hospital,
~mistaling one bottle for another in the
dim dawn ola ioggy morning, gave the
moor woman a teacuptul of concentrated
caSbolic acid, instead of black draught.
The unfortunate patient drank half of
If. and might have taken it all before
| discovering the mistake, had she not
naused for breath. She died in great
agony in q few minutes.
Medical men were of course on the
spot, but nothing could be done. There
is no antidote to carbolic acid; and the
mouth, throat, and-as we afterwards
found-the stomach was SO burnt that
il was impossible to use the stomach
punp; they were in fact charfed white,
like a stick,
1t appears extraordinary that any one
should drink such II quantity ola fluid
SO iniensly corrosive as this acid with
out finding the mistake directly it
touched the bps, s
But medicines, never agreeable, are
usually swallowed rs hastily as possible,
| and the patient does not stop to analyze
any specially unpleasant sensations.
when he knows that some such are in.
evitab!e,
A curious parallel to this case WAS
brought before me ut sea, where Il our
| ter-master went into the cabin of All Of
| ticer OIL watch in the middle of the night,
| and Selling what he took to be a bottle
ofMandy, drank about six ounces OF the
| contents.
1t was pure carbolic acid. and the
| man fell dead before he could summon
assistance; but here, too, We may &C
count torthe large amount swallowed be-
| fore the character Of the liquid was rec
| oynized.
He was consciously in the commission
OF Il theft, and being, moreover. III daE-
ger of detection every moment, noiloubt
| hurried to secure the brandy as rapidly
| Us he could, the expected fluid being
also ola burning nature 10 the palate and
throat.
In this last case, the carbolic acid,
though not in Its own characteristic bot
tie, was labelled poison" and was kept
in the officers washing.locEer. The
quarter.naster had no doubt caught
sight of the bottle there and imagined
it was slowed away for concealmcnt.-
YOUTHS Cnmpanion:
New Story OF Artemus Ward.
A correspondent of the New York
sun gives a pretty picture Of the little
village of Waterford, in Maine, where
Artemus Ward ~as BORN, and then tells
the following stories Of the lmmorIst as
a youth;
Artemus's father died when the boy
was about fourteen years old, and as the
family circumstances were somewhat
limited thereby he was %apprenticed to
j. NJ. Rix, who published the Coos Dem
ocrat at Lancaster, N. II. The stage line
to Lancaster ran by the Brown home.
stead, and the drivers we're not untnniil-
lar with the nhilit! Of the future genial
Snowman" in the way of practical Jokes.
They knew how he organized shows,
| ''S I'll lIo laittiSi . leu cow. Win n
coat sleeve stuffed full Of hay hang
ing from her nosa. served ps the ella
plant, upon which jnnor. l. country
youth We're invited to ride, III start
ling results. They knew, too, how old
Deacon iia!e's white horse had been in
ductd to wander away for miles follow
ing a tempting bit OF hay, hung Just be.
yond reach by means ola lath strapped
10 the horses neck. There WAS an end
less series of pranks gotten up by the boy
10 mystliy the yiilagersin general and his
mother IN particular, and all these we're
well Known to the stage drivers. So
When the young humorist started for
Lancaster, eager to know rs much Is
possible about his future residence, the
veteran driver, Steve Saary, having
previously conspired with the bows in
RlX's office to give young Brown q TT
ing reception, assured lin that Mr..
XIX wasa pious man, and that his hands
were, If anything, more pious than he,
and That the sooner the would bean
prentice crammed on the catechism the
Better. Charles listened dolefully. 1t
was late at night when The train reached
Lancaster, and i'll the morning young
brown he'd himself to the office. Inc
force" consisted ola iourneyman and
an apprentice ramed Smith. They re
celyed him solemniy. The journeymai,
handed him a bibie and made him read
a chapter, after which he was examined
on the catechism. His ignorance was
severely commented upon, but he was
permitted to go to work. At noon a
sliniiar performance was enacted, while
intense gloom rested on the Office dui
ing the day. The next morning Charles
went 70 The Office tesaIved to m,n away
~ n end OF the week, but, on looking
aoout Jailed to lind his fellow craftsmen.
rurther search revealed them under
NE safret STARS too intoxicated TO walk.
ioonH bFoWhw was so angry over the sell
t.f!t ne wrote a note 'othe, driyertilreat-
ehing vengeance, Which was never ear.
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