Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-06-17
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eau de cologne In
world, and its arAeruo,.
secret and asyk31W -. '''e ''~''"
4 ! Years past. SN ALTH'
the manufask1e p.. ms 1t Contain,
kgI fume was nemSd uccs Dro-ysinesu
s4 vanni Matiaf Are dangerous and
tki it takes ttSE' ne"dedne.-.
I'M ,.od .n,r ~ or people think tina,
a.o+ic,, no smell, and this is true
|4 .ha6s/ nj number Of the fashionable
|43eee +al'i kinds The old SELF colored
however, particularly those of a
4 "p 'filhson hue, have a powerful
Il 1t which is dangerous when inhal-
N rms ulor is of saffron flavor and
XII lactS many people in a very peculiar
inner If hrcHthcd deeply. 1t has
re e:pct OF producing light headed
esS, which continues for some time,
Il NJ lusn@ the sufferer to do and say al!
manner of remarkable and ridiculous
NShings. Its influence often lasts for an
.Elour or two and is followed by deep
Nlepression.
iii AS evil properties is the poppN This
lsa y doubtless due to the qUxMtity of
4lpium which the blossor/ contains
flNumDers of individuality especially
4 young ladies Of highly ~Nung temper
n ament, complain of tAoIlrowsy sensa-
ton which comes after walking
q through field of these flowers and
s,afterward of violent headaches and a
! dissemination to move about In Asia
\ Minor, where tie poppy is grown in
u vast quantities for the purpose of ex-
H tracing the drug, tourists are fire.
xquently incapactated for many hours
after inspecting poppy plantation.
and two cases of death among Eng
fish tourists were traced to the same
cause last year ~, A''s-! -: '.ssss21,-
AL flowers grown from bulbs are
dangerous in rooms where there is Ill
ness. Although punches of flowers are
Invariably taken as presents to pa
|tients, such blooms as hyacinths, lilies
: Of the valley, tuberoses and even daft
7; fodls and narcissuses should be care
\, fully avoided The perfume is as dan
Y serous to a person In a critical state Of
z health as dose Of morphia would be,
;. without possessing the benefits which
4 that drug sometimes confers.
\ Perhaps the most remarkable effect
which any garden flower has Oh the
, human body is that which follows the
! handling Of the particular variety Of
i primula known as obconica. Expe-
rienced gardeners are always careful
to wear gloves when potting this
plant. as, should there be ever such
slight scratch or prick on the hands or
fingers, evil results are almost certain
to follow.
The first noticeable result is a slight
itching of the hands and arms. and this
precedes the breaking out Of a skin
disease which frequently extends to
the body. 1t dies away in the autumn
when the leaves fall. and by Christ
mas the sufferer is free, but the pri
mula has by no means finished its
deadly work. When spring comes again
and the sap rises in plants and trees
the dread disease makes its reappear-
ance and continues all through the
summer.
This continues for many years, fire.
quently for the whole Of the victims
| lifetime and there is no known rem
edy for it, although years of the most
rigid dieting have in some cases pro-
duced a diminution in its violence.
| If blood poisoning by the primula
obconica does not take this form, it
brings about the still more dreadful
erysipelas Cases of poisoning through
eating the berries Of the beladonna, or
deadly nightshade. are all too frequent,
but there Is the grayest danger in even
handling this attractive plant.
1t Is very common practice in the
country among parties Of young peo-
pie to pick the berries and flick them
at each other with the fingers for
sport. Then. when heated by the fun
and fusillade. the face Is sometimes
mopped with handkerchief upon
which fingers sticky with the juice Of
the berries have been wiped.
Should but just little Of this get
into one of the eyes fearful calamity
may ensue. Iritis, or paralysis of the
| Iris of the eye, which invariably re-
suits In blindness, has been known to
come on. and against this dread dis
oase medical skill has as yet proved
unavailing. Ihis, too. is in face Of the
paradoXical fact that treatment with
! tincture of belladonna is the one usual
ly adopted in the elementary stages of
lritis.
The dainty heroine who is so often
to be heard Of as idly plucking to
pieces the petals Of flower must be-
ware which blossoms she chooses for
the purpose. Lilies, begonlas, rhodo-
dendrons and peonies are likely to set
up testers, with consequent loss Of
finger nails, If treated in this way
London Answers.
Russin,s Mnny HOlidavS.