Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-02

der torture exudes liquid which. W
mixed with the -four, forms paste. Thi
dissolved in water, and the water
then the property OF killing pain. II,
examples a wounded limb is immersed in t
liquid for some minutes all feeling OF pa
disappears, even though the flesh be cut
the bone"
MILK SICKNESS. = DR.. Kummel, C.
Findlay, o., reported to the Berlin Con-
gress some very strange facts, to which the
widest publicity should be given, says
medical writer in the New York Herald.
the central part of the United States Il
exists disease known by the name Of m
sickness" and which only appear in Ger
tam localities and principally/in in spots
wnere the ground has been recently cleared.
1t attacks horses, cattle. sheep and goats,
anc these animals are especially liable to it
wnen tney Craze early in the morning or
late In the evening. Their head droops and
they stop eating; then appear symptoms of
agitation and tFembling and finally the ami
NAL falls to the ground and expires.
This disease also affects man. 1t is pro-
duced by using milk, butter or meat coming
from diseased animal. The symptoms are
great prostration, digestive disorders and
nausea, followed by violent vomiting and
constipation. The breath of these sick per-
sons has a peculiar odor; there is intense
thirst, but no fever; the pulse is normal,
the skin is dry and there is great oppression;
the tongue is moist at the beginning but
later on it becomes coated with white.
These patients are frequently highly
agitated and apprehensive; and at other
times they have a stunned appearance.
The excretion of the kidneys is lessened,
transparent and without sediment; its spe-
clf1p yuniUht ir Nj ip1iu hod The al in Of
abdomen is retracted; the peristaltic move
ments seem to be entirely abolished. The
patient is perfectly conscious. When the
disease has lasted certain time the sub
stance vomited has the appearance of coffee
grounds. Finally the patients fall into q
state of prostration and die quietly in q
comatose condition. The disease sometimes
ends tayorably, in which case the symptoms
disappear little by little. The eonvalescence
is tedious and relapses are frequent The
mild form runs its course in five or ten days,
the serious form in 10 or 20 days
There can be no doubt that this is an in
fictitious disease. As for its treatment, the
writer recommends that the stomach be
washed with tepid water, that anti-emetics
be given, with whisky, capsicum and hypo-
dermic injections of morphine. 1t is well,
furthermore, to stim dlate the secretory func-
tions of the stomach, and the peristaltic
movements of the intestines.
PERIQUE ToBACCo.-Perique tobacco,
although its strength and fragrancehave de-
voted lovers all over the country, is Pc
culiarly a Louisiana product. Strictly
speaking, it belongs exclusively to Grand
Point Ridge, and is grown on 600 or 700
acres of high land in st. James Parish.
Attempts have been made to plant the seed
elsewhere, and while the seed works out to
destiny and blossoms into iull-grown plant,
the connoisseur detects the absence of the
aroma which is precious to the taste.
r. Beauvais, who is agent for most of the
| Perique growers, was seen by a New York
Times correspondent with reference to the
matter. "The Perique crop is failure"
said ne briefly. 1.-The Nita creTasse kept
the ridge covered with II feet of water
for almost the entire season. The ridge lies
four miles back of the river, and the leYee
| in front stood firm, but the ridge succHmbed
to crevasse water in the rear. The crop of
1890 is therefore entirely lost, and the plant
ers barely succeeded in saving the seed by
| transplanting some of it on or near the levea
| where the yards and gardens were not en-
tirely covered with water. There are about
| 90 families engaged exclusively in Perique
culture, and they will suffer next year when
they have no tobacco to seed
The scarcity of Per1que is already becom-
ing noticeable, and 20, 900 pounds will cover
| all the Perique now In factories unsold.
The annual crop is 80, 900 to 40, 900 pounds.
LARGEST MoNoLITHIC MONUMENT
The largest monolithic monument ever made
in this country came from granite quarries
of Missouri. 1t was the monument of the
late Thomas Allen, and is erected at Pitts
field, Mass. 1t consists of a single obelisk
of granite 40 feet high and weighing more
than 40 tons. The block was cut from the
hillside by the "feather1ng process" that is
by drilling holes along the line of the de-
| sired cleft and driving small wedges into the
holes until the split is secured. When first
| taken out the mass weighed over a hundred
tons, but in the course of trimming and pol
| ishing was reduced more than half, and
even then the transportation of so lengthy
and heavy an object was a matter of seriou
difficulty.
Two freight cars, with is wheels each,
were built especially for the purpose of con-
veying it to the East, and every precaution
was taken against accident. AT De Soto
one of the wheels broke. and the monument
was delayed until another wheel was sent
down and fttLd on. That was the onlv de-
lay. Notice was sent ahead of the giant
the special train conveying it was allowed
to pass. 1t safely reached its destination,
and is now as much a monument to the
State of Missouri as to the noble man whose
tomb it guards.
a TRICKY SKYE TERRIER-An English,
man tells of a fun-loving Skye terrier that
he once had. He used to be very fond of
catching flies upon the window panes, and
if ridiculed when unsuccessful was evidently
much ANNOYED. On one occasion, in order
to see what he would do, / purposely
laughed immoderately every time he failed
1t so happened that he did so several times
in succession. partly, 1 believe, in conse-
quence OF my laughing, and eventually he
became so distressed that he positively pre-
tended to catch the fly, going through all the
appropriate actions with his lips and tongue
and alterward rubbing the ground with his
neck, as if to kill the victim. He then
looked up az me with triumphant air Of
success. So we'll was the whole process SIM
ulated that should have been quite de-
ceived had not seen that the hy was still
upon the window. Accordingly drew his
attention to this fact, as we'll as to the abb
sence of anything upon the floor, and when
he saw that his hypocrisy had been detected
he skunk away under some furniture, evil
IDENTIFY very much ashamed OF himself.
The BEST CHAMPAGNE.-The cham
pagne district is territory in the heart of