How To Act In Case Of Poisoning

JLhe Journal ff ll.;ilth says : " Whatever is done must be done quickly. The instant a person is known to havo swallowed poison by design or accident, give water to drink, cold or warm, as fast as possible, a gallon or more at a timo, and as fast as vomited cfrink more; tepid water is best as it opens the pores of the skin, and promots vomiting, and thus gives the speediest euro to the poisonous article. If paius begin to Te feit in the bowels, it shows that part, at lenst, of the poison has passod downwards ; then large and repeated injections of tepid water should bc given, the object in both cases being to diluto the poison as quickly and as largely as possible. Do not wait flwrwana water - take that which is nearest at hand, cold or warm, tbr every second of time savcd is of immense importance ; at the same time send instantly for physician, and as soon as he comes turn the case into bis hands, telling hiru what yow have done. This tact can not be too widely published ; it is not nieant to say that drinking a gallon or two of simple water will cure every case of poisoning ; bnt it will cure mauy, and benefits all by its ragidly dilnting quality." The fences of the TJnitod States cost more than the houses, cities included ; more than the ships, vossels and boats of every desoription which sail on the ocean, lakes and rivera ; more than oor manufactoiies with all their machinery. and" more than anv omj class of property, real'estftte exc;pte(l. Those of New York are put down at $144,000,000: those of Ohio at $115,000,000, and Pennsylvañia at f190,000,000. At this rate the mouey invested in fonces alone is more than equal to the National debt. As funces require to be renewed, on the average, once in ten jears, the animal cost to the country is not far short of 2ÜO.Q00,O00. Tho average age of women, when they marry, is 25.46 years ; and of one huudred wKo luewci tLis agc, twpnty-ono will never marry. With nien.it fares differentiy; fbr, stmngc as it niay seem, more women than men get married, and, of one hundred of the lattcr who reach the marriage age of 29.5 years, twenty-two will die bachelors. Thus, about one-fifth of our people are doomedtodio unwedded, whether they prefèr it or not The National House of Represontatives is set down as having in it one hundred and thirty-five lawyers, twcuty-fivc merchante, fourteen editors, nino bankers, oight teachers, eight planters, seven farmers, five manufactures, fivo doctors, two ministers, two railroad men, one broker, one civil engineer, four wliose ocoupation are not given. The number of occupation therthan that of hvwyers is mojre di vorsiííed than in previovB coiigresscs. Fro&ioity nevor did rniy man the least good. No man is the richer, or happier, or wiser forit. It curaraends no one to any society. It is disgusting to the reflned; abominablö tothe good"; insultinf to those with whom we assoeiate ; degrading te the mind; unprofitable, needless and injurious to society. A. clerk in a Wabash Avenue dry goods house rcontly assured a lady, to whom ho ■raendeavoring to sett set of furs, said they wem tbe "best furs that ever grew On a fur's back." A ruodntty married lady lately consultad hor lawycr on the following quostion : "As I married Mr. Smith for nis wealtli, and that wealth is now spcnt, nm I not, to all intenta aíiil purposes, a widow, and at liborty to marry again Tbo first iron vossol built in Englañd was a canal bargo, 70 fcct long, 7 fcet 81-2 inches wide, built of 5-10 inch piafes, :it Birmingham, in 1787. Tho first iron ship that went to sea was tho Aaron Manly, built near Birmingham, put togethor in London in 1820. They raiso fivo tons of grapes per acre in California from eight-year oíd vinos, which scll for $15 a ton when wino is thirty cents a gallon. Tho eider the soil the better it yields, for twonty ycars, at least. Last year Franee had six million aeres in vineyards wliieh pïoduoed over mío thüusand million gallons of wino, worth to the producera $200,000,000. California mada last year over seven million gallons, vahied at 12,100,000. The present Btyle of mon's hate is an exact representation of tlie fashion of 1840. The present scrambled style of ladies' head-dress is of older origin, being, aecording to contomiiorary, the identical fashion which provailod before the invention of combs.