A
, POISONED ARROW POINTS. '
Onoal Cat of Tliasa Dwdlr Wa.paaa
Among Analaat aaa Muilwa laafaa.
"The uw ol poisoned arrows It un
doubtedly of Tery violent origin,'' nid
Dr. W. J. Hoffman to a writer tor th
Washington Star. . "They are beUered
to have been employed In Europe in
' prehistoric timet, and later on, aseord
lng to Aristotle, Btrabo and Pliny, the
Celts and Gauls enrenomed their haft
with the juice of a plant of the genua
hellebore. The Scythiana prepared ar
row poison by mixing serpent venom
with the serum of putrid blood, and
other instances are recorded in clastic
literature of people about the Black
sea and in Asia Minor who practiced
similar arts.
"The Alnot of Japan prepare a poison
for spreading upon bamboow metal ar
row points to kill game with, a small
portion of flesh about the wound being
cut out ..before the animal is cooked and
eaten. InJara, Borneo, New Guinea
and other parts of the East India is
lands the same practice obtains to a
considerable extent The poisoning of
arrows prevails extensively in Africa,
particularly on the west coast, in the
Gaboon, among the Somali and with
. Bushmen. By the Bushmen the Juloa
of a plant is used, mixeft with the pulp
as a venomous worm.
"The best known and most active of
arrow poison is the woorara or urarl'
of South America. It is chiefly used
for the tips of darts blown from the
blowgun, and the most important in
gredient is the juice of the plant from
which strychnine is obtained, to which
is added certain other vegetable ele
ments and serpent venom. In Central
America poisons are also employed on
arrows and blowgun darts. The Caribs
employed, similarly, a poison made
from the sap of a tree called the 'man
ccnilles.' The antidote was the appli
cation to the wound of what we know
of 'arrowroot' -
"The Seris of northwestern Mexico
prepared poison by putting into the
ground a cow's liver, rattlesnake,
scorpions, centipedes and other unpleas
Bnt things and beating them with
sticks. Into the mixture the arrow
points were dipped. The Apaches and
neighboring tribes were until recently
in the habit of smearing upon their ar
rows a composition said to consist of de
composed deer's liver and rattlesnake
venom. In some instances crushed red
ants are also reported to have been
used. A microscopic examination of
such a coating upon arrows obtained
from the Apaches in 18T1 showed the
presence of blood and a crystalline sub
stance that was apparently rattlesnake
venom. The venom of serpents retains
its poisonous properties when dried in
definitely. One instance of poisoning
by such an arrow mentioned to me was
that of a man whose wound was a mere
-scratch on the shoulder blade, but
previous to death, which ensued, the
flesh of the man's hack fell oft, expos
ing the ribs and spine in several placet.
"The Shoshone and Bannook Indians
state that the proper way to poison ar
rows, as formerly practiced by them, is
to secure a deer and cause it to be bit
ten by a rattlesnake, immediately after
41... tt:M I- ItIIIaJ anA that
meat removed and placed in a hole in
the ground. When the mass has become
putrid the arrow points are dipped into
It The Clallams, of Paget Sound, used
to make arrow points of copper, which
were afterward dipped in sea water and
permitted to corrode. I have never met
an Indian who would admit the use of
poisoned arrows in warfare against
man. In nearly all instances where
poison are prepared by Indians the
operation is performed with more or
Iims ceremony, chanting and incanta
tion, for the purpose of invoking evil
spirits or demons. In their belief the
effects of poison are due wholly to the
presence in them of malevolent spirits
or demons, which enter the body of the
victim and destroy life."
FRANCE WON THE DAY.
A Boston Mas UbtTMtt His Hatha. Loot,
, Hit Trlowai 4 WSMalf
There were a number of us In on of
the London taverns made famous by
Dickens, when a great big fellow
- slouched in sad made himself very disa
greeable with his mouth, writes a New
York Sun correspondent One of our
party was s man from Boston, snd some
way or other he and the big man came
to exchange words. The first we heard
nf the row the big man was saying:
"You Yankees it great on the brag,
and that's all you can do." .
"Well, I dunno," replied Boston.
"But I do. When did you ever do a
bloomlnk, blasted thinkr
"How about WW
"Never heard of it!"
i "How sbout 181r
"Never heard of It!"
, "Did you ever hear of Bunker HUM"
"I have, sir. That's where S00 red
coats licked th life out of 4,000 brag
ging Yankees!" i
- "I guess not"
"Not! Does you dar to dispute too
Liverpool Kldr
"You'd better read what history aays."
"I have done that 'ere, you bloomink
idiot and it says ss how sll you Yea
kees run st the tint flrel Don't it nowT
,; "I never hesrd that it did."
"Dontitsay thstr
The big fellow had pushed up his
sleeves snd put np his fists, snd it was
-.plain that s row was on hand. He was
big -enough to est up two such men as
Boston, while he had friends to look out
for the restof ui. Our companion there
fore took the moat prudent course and
acknowledged tbst history might say
so. and probably did sty so. This satis
fied the big fellow, snd he turned away
and glared at a Frenchman, also a tour
ist, who had como in later. After a
long stare he walked up to Crspo and
shouted:
"Blast your bloomlnk parley vous,
but we're slwsyt lioked ye out of yer
ouots on land and set!"
"You apeak von big lie!" shouted th
Frenchman, hot In t minute.
"What! Call.tha Liverpool Kid aiiar
to his facer
"Aye! and t sail now giv you von
awful bseg licking!"
"J ohnny" got out of his coat in a Jiffy,
danced around with hi hands up, asv4
tar liter llMaUkSMkl la sfaa tttal
right down into hit booS. and slunk out
of th room, having no more pluck than
a hen. We sat there tor five minutes
before any one spoke. Then it was th
Boston man, who said;
"Just think of It! I oan lick six fel
lows Ilk thst bsnty Frenohman, snd
yet thst big duffer made me swallow two
wars for Independence and Bunker Hill
an topaf theml"
JOE DAMON'S PENSION.
Way" Mala Mas CoaaMmd BlatMU
Ka titled to a Share r It.
"I see that Joe Damon has just got a
fat pension," remarked an Oxford Coun
ty man to a Lewiiton (Me.) Journal re
porter. "I'm glad of it and Joe ought to
give me half of it for If it hadn't been
for me he would never have got it"
"How's that Jim?" asked a by
stander! "were you an important wit
neasr "No," replied Jim. "You see it was
this way. Joe and I both lived in the
am Oxford County town when the war
broke out and later on we were both
drafted. I was working in the woods at
the tlm for the Sandersons, up on the
Magalleway river. It was getting along
in March when I received notioe of it,
and it was then all hurry and drive
about the camp, for we knew that sled
ding would not last much longer, and of
oourte every one was anxious to see
the contract olosed up as toon as
possible.
"When I told the boss thst I had been
dratted he told me to stick to my job
till it was completed and he would see
that I didn't suffer by it Well, our job
was finally finished, and I got home one
night after dark. Before morning them
was a rap at the door, and in a tow
minutes I was under arrest snd on my
way to Auburn. While riding down
there I told my story to the officer who
had me in charge, and asked if it was a
dead sure thing that I must go to the
front He told me that it looked very
much as if I should.
"Several of my townsmen had
skipped toon after being drafted, Joe
among the rest snd until I appeared
the town had lacked one of filling its
quota; but he added: 'I would rather
tee some of these fellows who have tried
to run away go into the service than
you, and if we can find any of them
within a week you may get off.'
"I was put in Auburn jail, and a let
ter from home a day or two later told
me that Joe's wite had let on that he
was secreted in sn old logging camp. I
held my tongue till the last day of tho
week was uncomfortably near and then
I blowed on Joe. The next day he took
my place, for the Sandersons had been
doing what they could for me, tnd I got
off with a week in Auburn jail. ,
"Really, I wanted to go into the army,
but I had an invalid mother at home
who could not bear th thought ot my
going and that's the way I helped Joe
Damon get his pension."
RECREATION FOR WOMEN.
Blew Iks LodiM ol Loadoa Take Outdoor
Sxoreise.
The prominent place which women
bare suddenly taken for themselves in
all forms of healthy outdoor exercise is
of such recent growth that it has not
yet hsd time to form itself Into clubs
and associations. We in London, says
the Times ot thst city, have not yet
seen women able to form coteries and
"ladles' luncheons," ss the sex Is said to
io in New York snd Boston, into which
no Intrusive male toot may enter
Whatever they may do across the Atlan
tic, it la certain that the lair Yankee
visitor does not hero show such aggress
ive femininity, snd is, glad enough to
take her pleasure in company with
despised manwhen the man is English!
No form of reorestion, to s well-born
English woman, can of course compare
with riding. True, in London that it
only to be obtained in the Row, but un
der no circumstances does s well-born
firl look more fascinating than when
"turned out" for the midday ride.
, Time was whena tall hat and the moat
perfect and severest habit wore the
strictest essentials of riding in the Row.
During the last year or two, however, t
considerable relaxation has come over
full riding dress, and s round straw hat,
s oovcrt coat, and cotton shirt were often
indeed, most frequently worn. The
types and conditions of womenkind to
be seen hero are unending. The titled
daughter of an M. F. H. is at her ease
here just as she will be in the evening
tt a dance, or later on exchang
Ing friendly greetings with her fath
er's tenantry at the covert side. Hoi
Brayswater in charge of the riding mas
ter and thinking that being on horse
back is an over-estimated pleasure; here
Is the stout and heavy lady, who hopes
that violent exercise upon a weight-carrier
will allow bar to have her dresses
Bade an inch or two tighter in the waist,
nd there is the professional ridoress
with a showy horse to sell. Yea, the Row
Is certainly the first plsco ot "recrea
tion' for women in London.
The last season has teen driving jump
to a groat height of favor among lash
lonablo women. A smart pony and t
little ralll cart are what they have
thiefly affected, but it is dangorous to
the safety of humbler citizens that
very woman believes driving to be the
easiest thing in the world. Only those
who can and dodrlve well recognize how
Ine an art it is under anycircumstances,
and that in London it really requires a
great amount of skill tnd nerve not to
endanger either ono's own life or thst
tt other people's.
Compared with what it ha done in
the provinces, 'cycling has made small
progress in London st a lady's pa-itime.
It is, however, now becoming more pop
liar, aj several well-known woman are
adopting it Mrs. Hawois, among
ethers, ii an enthusiastic trioyclist, and
an give many useful uinti to other Is
tics about tho wisdom ot taking train
out bcyonddreary suburbs and reserving
trengtb for long runs among the hills
sua pretty scenery which can be reached
to easily from London,
It is certain that the predjudice which
Mice existed regarding ladies riding a
tricycle is fast dying out, and man
women now who are leading sedentary
ivet In offices snd schools look forward
Saturday afternoon's "run" as a
si.u.atlve tnd touts after thoir week's
Inrilt
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by Hood's Barsapitrilla. lload tliis;
"I tun cestui
to write th.-;t 1
a:n nowlupo
fect health and
It hcllLecauM
Hood's Barsa
parllla made
niy blood pure.
My health
broke down
Tvith troubles
poouliar tc
ivomcn, m y
nervous sva-
m was shat
tered and I
hid to take my bed. The physlchn said
there was little hope (or mo. A rcihl)or
told of wonderful cure j by Hood 'a tarat,-
Krilla eud I decided to try It. When 1
d taken 3 bottles, I couMr-Uupoiiduow
X am perfectly well and urong.
Hood's Sarcapa'HSr.
his done sll this for me." Mfs. C, 1'.
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