The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-06-27

Beware OF the POPPY Ms u contains
opium and Induces Drowsiness.
Tulips That Are Dangerous and
Produce Light Eendednes.
The majority OF people think that
the tulip has no smell, and this is true
or = great number of the fashionable
yariegnted kinds. The old self colored
sorts, however, particularly those OF u
deep crimson hue. have powerful
odor. which Is dangerous when inh.l-
cd. This odor is OF saffron flavor and
Affects many people In very peculiar
manner. II breathed deeply, It has
the effect OF producing light headed.
ness. which continues for some time.
causing the sufferer to do nni say all
manner Of remarkable and ridiculous
things. Its inGuencr Giien lasts for an.
hour or two and Is followed by deep
depression.
Another common flower whose odor
has evil properties Is the poppy. This
Is doubtless due to the quantity OF
opium which the blossom contains.
Numbers OF individuals. especially
young ladies' Of highly strung temper
ament, complain Of the drowsy sensa-
ton which comes after walking
through a field OF these flowers and
afterward Of violent headaches and n
Discrimination to move about In Asia
Minor, where the poppy is grown in
vast quantities for the purpose Of ex-
tracing the drug. tourists are FIRE
quently incapacitated for many hours
after inspecting poppy plantation.
and two cases of death among Eng
llsh tourists we're traced to the same
cause last year
All flowers grown from bulbs are
dangerous IL rooms where there is Ill.
ness. Although punches OF flowers are
invariably taken as presents to pa
tents. such blooms as hyac!nths lilies
OF the val!r-. tabercses a:d even DAT
foGi!s and narc.ssus,s Should he care
fully avoided. The perfume Isl us dan.
gerous to person in critical state of
health as dose of morphia would be.
without possessing the benefits which
That drug sometimes confers.
Perhaps the most remarkable effect
which any garden flower has on the
human body Is that which follows the
handling of the particular variety OF
primula known as obconica. ESpe.
rlenced gardeners are always careful
to wear gloves when pottns this
plant. as, should there be ever such q
slight scratch or prick on the hands or
fingers. evil results are almost certain
TO follow.
The first noticeable result lisa slight
itching OF the hands and sand this
precedes the breaking out Of skin
disease which frequently extends to
the body. II dies away in tln autumn
when the leaves fall. and ~ Cariss-
mas the sufferer is free. bU; tlie prt-
mula has by no means finished its
deadly work. When spring comes again
and the sap rises in plants aud trees.
the dread disease makes its rcappear-
ance and continues all through the
summer.
This continues for many years. fire.
uuently 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 n diminution in its violence.
If blood poisoning by the primula
0bconica does not take this form. ii
brings about the still more dreadful
cryslpclas. Cases of poisoning through
eating the berries of the belladonna, or
deadly nightshadc. are ell too frequent.
but there is the cravest 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 fu:illade. the face is sometimes
mopped with a handkerchief upon
which fingers sticky with the Juice OF
tie berries have been wiped.
Should but Just little OF this get
into one OF the eyes a fearful calamity
may ensue. lnts. 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
ease medical skill has as yet proved
unavailing. This. too. Is in face Of the
aradoxical fact that treatment with
tincture OF belladonna is the one usual
~ adopted in the elementary stages Of
iritis.
The dainty heroine who is 30 often
to lie heard Of as idly plucking to
pieces the petals OF flower must be
ware which blossoms she chooses for
tie purpose. Lilies, begoniaS rhodo-
Gcndro:s and peonies are likely to set
up testers. with consequent loss OF
finger nails. II treated in this way
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