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Show V Cure fur Snake Ihlf. A gentleman from Hie vicinity of Pa'tou can,) on informed antjrtcr hal a very exciting little epi-odc oectirred up in that canjou recently, and rue wlile'U promnetl for a time to result in the horrible deatii of a u oo J hopper, wlu.se name hen a unable to Kuril. The man liad been cutliijgttove veood fur some da . and had four or five cords of wood piled ujiln dilleretit I lace? along the can von On Tuesday morning he started In toronlup the wood, mil worke-d faithfulle until about Id o'tloek, win u n large rattleemke, vrhiih was collect up under the edge of the wood, blthiui in rapid Hiece-ion ou the hand an J arm. The oor u u-fortunate u-fortunate man was three or four miles from a habitation, ind had nr.tliiiig at hand to counteract the fatal iison. suddenly, however, his ei-s fell ujoii a familiar little vine, known as the Arizona rattlesnake vine. He Ind ros.teil Iu Arizona yean ago and knew of the virtues of this little one-leaved milk wetsl vine, but he had no means of making tea of it NevertlicieM he it mice, as rapidly as i"iUc. gatl end a Large bunch of It, lay eijw n under tlie tdiade of a small oak tree and began to i hew it, 8uaIlov the juice and apily the niace ratiil le-avta to the Mte-. Hu grew d.xzy and faint for awhile, until the medical iiuahties of the weed began to take t fleet. He continued to chew and sn allow the antidote, and the painful ellecta of the jolion grew gradually lets. At about-? "'clock he was able to start for home-, where he arrived with but little inconvenience. He continued the remedy and about IU o'clock Tuesday ulhtwas to all intents an 1 jiiirpo-cs entirely recovered re-covered IXmima Ctl.) rimes. |