The Tallahassee Madstone

The most fanious southem madstone belongs iu the family of ex-Govemor Walker of Tallahasseë, Fla. The stone was prosented to the governor several jreareago by the persou wlio took it from the. stomach of a deer. The valnable lifcfle concretióri is oblong in shapc. abont I ' mches iu lengtb. and of a bluishgniy color Oneend tapera to a blnnt poiut; the other is flatteued and has au ape.rture throngh whicb. the spongy, porona interior may be plaiuly seen. VVheu iu ase the opening ia applied directly over the wound. and the pithy substauce which forma the interior of the st. o 'snck ont" aiid absorb tih 11 v.ni)i;i. wliether injected by ;i f serpent or a rabid dog. Pei wiio have sein il:v stone applied declaro iil.lt lt :;' '! ' ■ ■ ■! filTJlly tO tile WUUllll Suf lo::g as therewas a p irl iele of veuom w th